Slam (move)

Slam たたきつける Slam

File:Slam.png

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  80 Accuracy  75% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ ???

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Slam (Japanese: たたきつける Slam) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Slam inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric 20 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 42 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 49 0095 Onix Rock Ground 33 0108 Lickitung Normal 31 0114 Tangela Grass 45 0147 Dratini Dragon 30 0148 Dragonair Dragon 35 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying --, 35 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric 20 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 45 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 54 0095 Onix Rock Ground 40 0108 Lickitung Normal 37 0114 Tangela Grass 40 0147 Dratini Dragon 29 0148 Dragonair Dragon 29 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 29 0161 Sentret Normal 25 0162 Furret Normal 28 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 46 0194 Wooper Water Ground 11 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 11 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 40 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0023 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Phanpy, Donphan
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0098 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby, Kingler
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0190 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Seel, Dewgong
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0226 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mantine
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Marill, Azumarill
Wooper, Quagsire

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric 20 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 45 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 54 0095 Onix Rock Ground 37 0095 Onix Rock Ground 41 0108 Lickitung Normal 40 0114 Tangela Grass 40 0147 Dratini Dragon 29 0148 Dragonair Dragon 29 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 29 0161 Sentret Normal 24 0162 Furret Normal 28 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 49 0194 Wooper Water Ground 11 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 11 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 37 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 41 0252 Treecko Grass 36 0253 Grovyle Grass 41 0254 Sceptile Grass 43 0298 Azurill Normal 15 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0023 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Phanpy, Donphan
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0098 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby, Kingler
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0190 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Seel, Dewgong
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0226 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mantine
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Marill, Azumarill
Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0298 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Azurill
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0357 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tropius
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Lickitung, Lickilicky
Tangela , Tangrowth
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric 21 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 41 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 41 0095 Onix Rock Ground 25 0098 Krabby Water 35 0099 Kingler Water 44 0108 Lickitung Normal 29 0114 Tangela Grass 43 0147 Dratini Dragon 21 0148 Dragonair Dragon 21 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 21 0161 Sentret Normal 25 0162 Furret Normal 28 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 38 0194 Wooper Water Ground 15 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 15 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 25 0231 Phanpy Ground 24 0232 Donphan Ground 24 0252 Treecko Grass 36 0253 Grovyle Grass 41 0254 Sceptile Grass 43 0298 Azurill Normal 15 0438 Bonsly Rock 38 0463 Lickilicky Normal 29 0465 Tangrowth Grass 43 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0023 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Phanpy, Donphan
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Phanpy, Donphan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0098 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby, Kingler |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby, Kingler
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0190 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Pikachu
Seel, Dewgong
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Phanpy, Donphan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0226 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mantine
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Marill, Azumarill
Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0298 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Azurill
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0357 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tropius
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Lickitung, Lickilicky
Tangela , Tangrowth
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0408 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cranidos
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung, Lickilicky
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0455 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Carnivine
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Tangela , Tangrowth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0458 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mantyke
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Marill, Azumarill
Wooper, Quagsire

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric 26 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 41 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 41 0095 Onix Rock Ground 33 0098 Krabby Water 35 0099 Kingler Water 44 0108 Lickitung Normal 29 0114 Tangela Grass 43 0147 Dratini Dragon 21 0148 Dragonair Dragon 21 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 21 0161 Sentret Normal 25 0162 Furret Normal 28 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 38 0194 Wooper Water Ground 15 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 15 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 33 0231 Phanpy Ground 24 0232 Donphan Ground 24 0252 Treecko Grass 36 0253 Grovyle Grass 41 0254 Sceptile Grass 43 0298 Azurill Normal 15 0438 Bonsly Rock 38 0463 Lickilicky Normal 29 0465 Tangrowth Grass 43 0495 Snivy Grass 25 0496 Janovy Janovy Grass 28 0496 Jalorda Jalorda Grass 28 0504 Minezumi Minezumi Normal 36 0505 Miruhog Miruhog Normal 43 0572 Chillarmy Chillarmy Normal 37 0633 Monozu Monozu Dark Dragon 28 0634 Jiheddo Jiheddo Dark Dragon 28 0635 Sazandora Sazandora Dark Dragon 28 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0023 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Phanpy, Donphan
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Phanpy, Donphan, Snivy, Janovy, Jalorda, Minezumi, Miruhog, Chillarmy, Chillaccino, Monozu, Jiheddo, Sazandora |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0098 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby, Kingler |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby, Kingler
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0190 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Pikachu
Seel, Dewgong
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Phanpy, Donphan, Snivy, Janovy, Jalorda, Minezumi, Miruhog, Chillarmy, Chillaccino |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0226 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mantine
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Marill, Azumarill
Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0298 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Azurill
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Wooper, Quagsire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0303 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
| colspan="2" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok, Pikachu, Raichu, Seel, Dewgong
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Phanpy, Donphan, Snivy, Janovy, Jalorda, Minezumi, Miruhog, Chillarmy, Chillaccino |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0357 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tropius
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Lickitung, Lickilicky
Tangela , Tangrowth
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0408 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cranidos
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung, Lickilicky
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0455 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Carnivine
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Tangela, Tangrowth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0564 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Purotoga | style="background: #FFF" | Purotoga
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby, Kingler
Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Wooper, Quagsire

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:OnixSlam.png Onix File:Dragonite Slam.png Dragonite File:LickilickySlam.png Lickilicky
The user tosses the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Bellsprout grabs the opponent with the two leaves on the side of its body and repeatedly slams it into the ground.
Jeanette Fisher's Bellsprout	The Fourth Round Rumble		Debut
	Dragonite grabs the opponent and slams it into the ground.
Drake's Dragonite	Enter the Dragonite		None
	Lickitung grabs the opponent with its tounge and slams it into the ground.
Jessie's Lickitung	Ignorance is Blissey		None
	Wooper grabs the opponent with its tail and slams them into the ground repeatedly.
Olesia's Wooper	No Big Woop!		None
	Onix slams its tail into the opponent.
Brock's Onix	A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!		None
Roark's Onix	Shapes of Things to Come!		None
	Sudowoodo grabs the opponent and slams it into the ground.
A wild Sudowoodo	Type Casting		None
	Furret slams the opponent with its tail.
Julie's Furret	Game Winning Assist		None
	Lickilicky grabs the opponent with its tongue and tosses it to the ground.
Unknown Trainer's Lickilicky	If the Scarf Fits, Wear It!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Machamp
The user tosses the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Machamp picks up the opponent and tosses it to the ground.
Blue's Machamp	A Charizard...and a Champion		Debut
	Dragonair slams its tail into the opponent.
Lance's Dragonair	The Legend		None
	Onix's throws its tail at the opponent.
Roark's Onix	VS Cranidos		None

Trivia

• If Secret Power is used on ordinary terrain in the Generation III games, it will have the animation of Slam.

In other languages

• French: Souplesse
• German: Slam
• Greek: Χτύπημα
• Italian: Schianto
• Korean: 힘껏치기 Himkkeotchigi
• Portuguese: Batida
• Spanish: Portazo

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