Slam (move)

Slam たたきつける Slam

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 Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Quite an appealing move.

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 Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Slam inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Slam can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining two extra appeal points if Pound was used in the prior turn.

Description

Games Description Stad A Normal-type attack move. The attacker uses an appendage (e.g. tail) to slam the target hard. Stad2 A Normal-type attack move. The attacker uses an appendage to slam the target hard. GSC Slams the foe with a tail, vine, etc. RSEColoXD Slams the foe with a long tail, vine, etc. FRLG The foe is struck with a long tail, vines, etc. DPPtHGSSPBR The foe is slammed with a long tail, vines, etc., to inflict damage. BWB2W2 The target is slammed with a long tail, vines, etc., to inflict damage. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSP The target is slammed with a long tail, vines, or the like to inflict damage.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0023		Ekans		Field	Dragon							28PE
0024		Arbok		Field	Dragon							36PE
0025		Pikachu		Field	Fairy	20Y	20	20	21	26	26XY 37ORAS	37SMUSUM 24PE	28
0026		Raichu		Field	Fairy								1
026A		Raichu Alolan Form		Field	Fairy								1
0069		Bellsprout		Grass		Grass	42	45	45	41	41	41	47SMUSUM 30PE	47BDSP
0070		Weepinbell		Grass		Grass	49	54	54	41	41	41	54SMUSUM 45PE	54BDSP
0071		Victreebel		Grass		Grass								1BDSP
083G		Farfetch'd Galarian Form		Flying	Field								50
0095		Onix		Mineral		Mineral	33	40	37RSE 41FRLG	25	33BW 28B2W2	28	28SMUSUM 25PE	36
0098		Krabby		Water 3		Water 3				35	35	35	35SMUSUM 32PE	36
0099		Kingler		Water 3		Water 3				44	44	44	44SMUSUM 37PE	42
0108		Lickitung		Monster		Monster	31	37	40	29	29	29	29SMUSUM 30PE	48
0114		Tangela		Grass		Grass	45	40	40	43	43	41	41SMUSUM 44PE	40
0147		Dratini		Water 1	Dragon	30	29	29	21	21	21	21SMUSUM 35PE	25
0148		Dragonair		Water 1	Dragon	35	29	29	21	21	21	21SMUSUM 40PE	25
0149		Dragonite		Water 1	Dragon	35	29	29	21	21	21	21SMUSUM 40PE	25
0161		Sentret		Field		Field		25	24	25	25	25	25	25BDSP
0162		Furret		Field		Field		28	28	28	28	28	28	28BDSP
0183		Marill		Water 1	Fairy								12
0184		Azumarill		Water 1	Fairy								12
0185		Sudowoodo		Mineral		Mineral		46	49	38	38BW 15B2W2	15	1, Evo.	1, Evo.
0194		Wooper		Water 1	Field		11	11	15	15	15	15	16
0195		Quagsire		Water 1	Field		11	11	15	15	15	15	16
0208		Steelix		Mineral		Mineral		40	37RSE 41FRLG	25	33BW 28B2W2	28	28	36
0231		Phanpy		Field		Field				24	24	24	24	24BDSP
0232		Donphan		Field		Field				24	24	24	24	24BDSP
0252		Treecko		Monster	Dragon			36	36	36	36XY 29ORAS	29	24
0253		Grovyle		Monster	Dragon			41	41	41	41XY 33ORAS	33	30
0254		Sceptile		Monster	Dragon			43	43	43	43XY 33ORAS	33	30
0298		Azurill		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered			15	15	15BW 20B2W2	20	20	12
0438		Bonsly		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered				38	38BW 15B2W2
0463		Lickilicky		Monster		Monster				29	29	29	29	48
0465		Tangrowth		Grass		Grass				43	43	43	43	40
0495		Snivy		Field	Grass					25	25	25
0496		Servine		Field	Grass					28	28	28
0497		Serperior		Field	Grass					28	28	28
0504		Patrat		Field		Field					36	36	41
0505		Watchog		Field		Field					43	43	50
0532		Timburr		Human-Like		Human-Like								24
0533		Gurdurr		Human-Like		Human-Like								24
0534		Conkeldurr		Human-Like		Human-Like								24
562G		Yamask Galarian Form		Mineral	Amorphous								32
0572		Minccino		Field		Field					37	37	37	40
0573		Cinccino		Field		Field								1
0633		Deino		Dragon		Dragon					28	28	28	28
0634		Zweilous		Dragon		Dragon					28	28	28	28
0635		Hydreigon		Dragon		Dragon					28	28	28	28
0775		Komala		Field		Field							21
0781		Dhelmise		Mineral		Mineral							45	40
0810		Grookey		Field	Grass								24
0811		Thwackey		Field	Grass								30
0812		Rillaboom		Field	Grass								30
0843		Silicobra		Field	Dragon								40
0844		Sandaconda		Field	Dragon								42
0850		Sizzlipede		Bug		Bug								30
0851		Centiskorch		Bug		Bug								32
0865		Sirfetch'd		Flying	Field								50
0867		Runerigus		Mineral	Amorphous								32
0880		Dracozolt		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered								49
0881		Arctozolt		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered								49
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0023		Ekans		Field	Dragon	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0086		Seel		Water 1	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0098		Krabby		Water 3		Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0138		Omanyte		Water 1	Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0190		Aipom		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0226		Mantine		Water 1		Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0298		Azurill		Water 1	Fairy		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0303		Mawile		Field	Fairy				✔	✔	✔	✔
0357		Tropius		Monster	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0408		Cranidos		Monster		Monster			✔	✔	✔	✔
0455		Carnivine		Grass		Grass			✔	✔	✔	✔
0458		Mantyke		Water 1		Water 1			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0564		Tirtouga		Water 1	Water 3				✔	✔	✔	✔
0878		Cufant		Field	Mineral							✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Slam is a move with 16 base power, 78% accuracy and 12PP. The user damages enemy in the front.

Description

Games Description MDRB MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target. BSL てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる Conq. Slams the target with a long tail, vine, etc. MDGtI SMD It damages an enemy.

In the anime

Main series

Watchog Sudowoodo Weepinbell Onix
The user slams the foe into the ground, or hits the foe with a long appendage such as a tongue or tail.
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, or Bellsprout slams its vine-like leg down on the opponent.
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 tongue 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.
Unnamed Trainer's Lickilicky	If the Scarf Fits, Wear It!		None
	Watchog grabs the opponent with its hands and tosses it to the ground.
Kylan's Watchog	Evolution by Fire!		None
	Azumarill hits the opponent with its tail.
Officer Jenny's Azumarill	The Pirates of Decolore!		None
	Weepinbell grabs the opponent with one of its leaves and tosses it to the ground.
Ramos's Weepinbell	The Green, Green Grass Types of Home!		None

• An unnamed Coordinator's Azurill was commanded to use Slam in A Cacturne for the Worse, but was stopped before it could execute the move.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer

Serperior
The user throws the opponent into the ground.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Serperior coils itself around the opponent and throws them into the ground.
Rosa's Serperior	Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer		None

In the manga

Aim to Be a Card Master!!

Furret
The user throws the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Furret throws the opponent.
Unknown TCG Player's Furret	The Spring World Challenge (Part Three) "The Secret Plan"		Debut

Be the Best! Pokémon B+W

Snivy
The user slams the foe with a part of its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Snivy slams the foe with its tail.
Monta's Snivy	Challenge the Battle Subway!		Debut

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

Bellsprout
The user slams the foe with a part of its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Bellsprout slams its vine-like leg down on the opponent.
Jeanette Fisher's Bellsprout	Welcome to the Big Leagues		Debut

Pokémon Adventures

Lickitung Machamp Dragonair Sirfetch'd
The user slams the target hard with a long appendage.
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 Machamp cannot legally learn Slam
	Dragonite slams its tail into the opponent.
Lance's Dragonite	Eradicate Raticate!		None
	Dragonair slams its tail into the opponent.
Lance's Dragonair	The Legend		None
	Onix slams its head into the opponent.
Roark's Onix	A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium		None
	Lickitung whips out its tongue and smacks the opponent with it.
A wild Lickitung	Licking Lickitung		None
	Lickilicky whips out its tongue and smacks the opponent with it.
Diamond's Kit	Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost)		None
	Sirfetch'd slams its leek into the opponent.
Henry's Lancelot	Crackle!! Practice Battle		None
	Sandaconda slams its tail into the opponent.
Raihan's Sandaconda	PASS12		None

Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All

Pikachu
The user throws the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Pikachu throws the opponent.
Shu's Pikachu	GDZ57		Debut

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Sentret
The user slams the foe with its tail.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Sentret slams the foe with its tail.
An Unknown Trainer's Sentret	Demanding Tests at the Pokémon School!		Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• If Secret Power is used on ordinary terrain in the Generation III games, it will have the animation of Slam.
• In the Spanish versions of the Generation I to V games, Slam is mistranslated as Portazo, meaning "Door-Slam." In Generation VI, this was corrected to Atizar.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 摔打 Sēutdá * 叩打 Kaudá * 叩擊 Kaugīk * Mandarin 摔打 Shuāida * 叩打 Kòudǎ * Czech Zavalení Danish Smæld Dutch Smijt Finnish Läimäys Lämäri (EP162) French Souplesse German Slam Greek Κρότος Krótos Hindi पटक दो Patak do Italian Schianto Korean 힘껏치기 Himkkeotchigi Polish Klaps* Cios Ogona* Miażdżący Atak* Portuguese Brazil Pancada Brusca (games, Pokémon the Series: XY-present, Dragon Vault-present, manga) Cacetada Violenta (Diamond & Pearl, BW Promo) Pancada (Undaunted-Next Destinies, The Official Pokémon Handbook) Paulada (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Bater (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Pancada com a Cauda (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Portugal Batida Romanian Izbitura Serbian Tresak Spanish Latin America "Azotalo" (EP112) "Ataca" (EP129) Bofetón (EP148) Azote* (EP162) Golpe de Cola* (HS01) Portazo (AG053) Plancha (DP015-DP018) Lanzada (DP098) Golpazo (BW077-present) Spain Atizar* Portazo* Swedish Smäll Kroppssmäll* Thai ฟาดผัวะ Turkish Çarpma Vietnamese Húc

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