Slaking (Pokémon)

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Slaking ケッキング Kekking #289
Artwork from R/S/E
Type Normal ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Lazy Pokémon
Ability Truant Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #- Hoenn #038 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 6'7" Imperial 2 m Metric 6'7"/2 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 287.7 lbs. Imperial 130.5 kg Metric 287.7 lbs./130.5 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Brown	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Ground group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 210 Battle Exp.: 2101*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Slaking (Japanese: ケッキング Kekking) is a Normal-type Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Gender differences

None.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Slaking usually eat grass that is in reach of them. Slacking also eat fruit, but they just wait until the fruits fall down from the trees instead just climbing up and picking them.

In the anime

Slaking appears in Love, Petalburg Style, belonging to May's father, Norman, the Gym Leader of Petalburg City. In the following episode, Ash's Grovyle defeats it in battle, winning Ash the Balance Badge.

A giant Slaking appears in Slaking Kong, but it's really a robot controlled by Team Rocket.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Ruby

Slaking spends all day lying down and lolling about. It eats grass growing within its reach. If it eats all the grass it can reach, this Pokémon reluctantly moves to another spot.

Pokémon Sapphire / Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire

Wherever Slaking lives, rings of over a yard in diameter appear in grassy fields. They are made by the Pokémon as it eats all the grass within reach while lying prone on the ground.

Pokémon Emerald

Hordes of Slaking gather around trees when fruits come into season. They wait around patiently for ripened fruits to fall out of the trees.

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

It is the world's most slothful Pokémon. However, it can exert horrifying power by releasing pent-up energy all at once.

Game locations

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Evolve from Vigoroth
Pokémon Trozei!	Endless Level 62 Forever Level 12 Pair Trozei Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon	Evolve from Vigoroth
Pokémon Ranger	Outside Jungle Relic

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 150		210 - 257	410 - 504
Attack: 160		148 - 233	292 - 460
Defense: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Sp. Atk: 95		90 - 161	175 - 317
Sp. Def: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Speed: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Total: 670	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None

Learnset

By leveling up

Game	Generation III
Start	Scratch Yawn Encore Slack Off Faint Attack
25	Amnesia
31	Covet
36	Swagger
37	Counter
43	Flail

Trivia

Going by stats alone, Slaking is the strongest non-Legendary Pokémon of all time.

Origin

It appears to draw inspiration from sloths and some form of ape.

Name origin

Slaking's name is a combination of slack off, meaning to loaf around, and king. Its Japanese name is a combination of 樹懶 namakemono, sloth, and king.

In other languages

• German: Letarking
• French: Monaflemit
• Korean: ???

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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