Sludge (move)

Sludge ヘドロこうげき Sludge Stream

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Battles Type  Poison Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  65 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not 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  1 ♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Badly startles the Pokémon in front.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

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

Sludge (Japanese: ヘドロこうげき Sludge Stream) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Sludge does damage and has a 29.7% chance of poisoning the target. Sludge cannot poison an target that has a Substitute or already has a major status ailment.

Generation II and on

Same as Generation I, though with a 30% chance of poisoning non-Template:Type2s instead.

In the anime

Pokémon

Koffing: Koffing spews sludge at its opponent.

• Used By James's Koffing in Ash Catches a Pokémon. Debut.

Horsea: Horsea squirts sludge from its mouth.

• Used by Misty's Horsea in Tentacool & Tentacruel.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0088 Grimer Poison 37 0089 Muk Poison -- 37 0109 Koffing Poison 32 0110 Weezing Poison -- 32 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 0088 Grimer Poison 16 0089 Muk Poison 45 0109 Koffing Poison 21 0110 Weezing Poison 21 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0088 Grimer Poison 13 0089 Muk Poison 13 0109 Koffing Poison 21 0110 Weezing Poison 21 0316 Gulpin Poison 14 0317 Swalot Poison -- 14 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0088 Grimer Poison 20 0089 Muk Poison 20 0109 Koffing Poison 24 0110 Weezing Poison 24 0316 Gulpin Poison 14 0317 Swalot Poison -- 14 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Sludge is one of the only moves that only Pokémon of its type (with no secondary type) can learn. All Pokémon that learn Sludge are pure Poison-types.

In other languages

• French: Détritus
• German: Schlammbad
• Italian: Fango
• Norwegian: Gjørmeangrep ("Mud Attack")
• Spanish: Residuos

Variations of the move Psybeam
Spark Psybeam • Bubble Beam • Aurora Beam • Sludge

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