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slaking
#289

Slaking

Lazy Pokémon

Normal

The world’s laziest Pokémon. When it is lounging, it is actually saving energy for striking back.

Base Stats

HP 150
Attack 160
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 65
Speed 100
Total 670

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Immune to

Abilities

Evolution Chain

vigoroth Vigoroth Lv. 18
slaking Slaking Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Lazy Pokémon
Height 2.0 m
Weight 130.5 kg
Base Exp 252
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

slaking Front Front
slaking Back Back
slaking Front Shiny Front Shiny
slaking Back Shiny Back Shiny
slaking Official Art Official Art
slaking Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

While Slaking boasts immense physical strength, a phenomenal movepool, and excellently distributed stats, he is severely hampered by his ability, Truant, which causes him to be idle every other turn. Because of this, Slaking performs best when holding a Choice item, as it allows him to make the most of his discrete turns. Generally, Choiced Pokemon require some level of prediction to be used successfully, but this requirement is of far greater importance when using Slaking. Bringing Slaking onto the field is a huge gamble, and it will almost always result in a casualty; whether it is Slaking's or your opponent's, however, depends on who made the right move.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc