Sludge Bomb (move)

Sludge Bomb ヘドロばくだん Sludge Bomb

Battles Type  Poison Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  90 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 II TM36 in Generation II TM36 in Generation III TM36 in Generation IV TM36 in Generation V

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles the Pokémon that has the Judge's attention.

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 II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Sludge Bomb (Japanese: ヘドロばくだん Sludge Bomb) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Sludge Bomb inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison	50			43			36				36			''''
089		Muk	Poison		Poison	60			47			36				36			''''
109		Koffing	Poison		Poison							32				46			''''
110		Weezing	Poison		Poison							48				52			''''
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison				39			39				44			''''
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison				48			45				52			''''
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting							43				45			''''
454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting							49				54			''''
568		Trubbish	Poison		Poison											29			''''
569		Garbodor	Poison		Poison											29			''''
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 TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II TM36		III TM36		IV TM36		V TM36		VI TM08
001		Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison				✔			✔				✔		✔
002		Ivysaur	Grass	Poison				✔			✔				✔		✔
003		Venusaur	Grass	Poison				✔			✔				✔		✔
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
029		Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison				✔			✔				✔		✔
030		Nidorina	Poison		Poison				✔			✔				✔		✔
031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground				✔			✔				✔		✔
032		Nidoran♂	Poison		Poison				✔			✔				✔		✔
033		Nidorino	Poison		Poison				✔			✔				✔		✔
034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground				✔			✔				✔		✔
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying				✔			✔				✔		✔
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying				✔			✔				✔		✔
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
050		Diglett	Ground		Ground	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
051		Dugtrio	Ground		Ground	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
070		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
071		Victreebel	Grass	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
089		Muk	Poison		Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison				✔			✔				✔		✔
093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison				✔			✔				✔		✔
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison				✔			✔				✔		✔
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
109		Koffing	Poison		Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
110		Weezing	Poison		Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
114		Tangela	Grass		Grass	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying				✔			✔				✔		✔
182		Bellossom	Grass		Grass				✔			✔				✔		✔
191		Sunkern	Grass		Grass	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
192		Sunflora	Grass		Grass	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
194		Wooper	Water	Ground	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
195		Quagsire	Water	Ground	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
209		Snubbull	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
210		Granbull	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
213		Shuckle	Bug	Rock	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
224		Octillery	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔		✔
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
269		Dustox	Bug	Poison				✔			✔				✔		✔
285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass				✔			✔				✔		✔
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting				✔			✔				✔		✔
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel				✔			✔				✔		✔
315		Roselia	Grass	Poison				✔			✔				✔		✔
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison				✔			✔				✔		✔
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison				✔			✔				✔		✔
324		Torkoal	Fire		Fire				✔			✔				✔		✔
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison				✔			✔				✔		✔
341		Corphish	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔		✔
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark				✔			✔				✔		✔
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass				✔			✔				✔		✔
346		Cradily	Rock	Grass				✔			✔				✔		✔
375		Metang	Steel	Psychic				✔			✔				✔		✔
376		Metagross	Steel	Psychic				✔			✔				✔		✔
406		Budew	Grass	Poison							✔				✔		✔
407		Roserade	Grass	Poison							✔				✔		✔
416		Vespiquen	Bug	Flying							✔				✔		✔
423		Gastrodon	Water	Ground							✔				✔		✔
434		Stunky	Poison	Dark							✔				✔		✔
435		Skuntank	Poison	Dark							✔				✔		✔
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug							✔				✔		✔
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark							✔				✔		✔
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting							✔				✔		✔
454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting							✔				✔		✔
455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass							✔				✔		✔
465		Tangrowth	Grass		Grass							✔				✔		✔
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying							✔				✔		✔
491		Darkrai	Dark		Dark							✔				✔		✔
493		Arceus	Fire		Fire							✔				✔		✔
529		Drilbur	Ground		Ground											✔		✔
530		Excadrill	Ground	Steel											✔		✔
535		Tympole	Water		Water											✔		✔
536		Palpitoad	Water	Ground											✔		✔
537		Seismitoad	Water	Ground											✔		✔
543		Venipede	Bug	Poison											✔		✔
544		Whirlipede	Bug	Poison											✔		✔
545		Scolipede	Bug	Poison											✔		✔
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark											✔		✔
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark											✔		✔
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark											✔		✔
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting											✔		✔
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting											✔		✔
568		Trubbish	Poison		Poison											✔		✔
569		Garbodor	Poison		Poison											✔		✔
590		Foongus	Grass	Poison											✔		✔
591		Amoonguss	Grass	Poison											✔		✔
592		Frillish	Water	Ghost											✔		✔
593		Jellicent	Water	Ghost											✔		✔
616		Shelmet	Bug		Bug											✔		✔
617		Accelgor	Bug		Bug											✔		✔
618		Stunfisk	Ground	Electric											✔		✔
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon											✔		✔
641		Tornadus	Flying		Flying											✔		✔
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying											✔		✔
645		Landorus	Ground	Flying											✔		✔
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 the anime

File:Shuckle Sludge Bomb.png Shuckle File:Toxicroak Sludge Bomb.png Toxicroak Venipede Trubbish
The user attacks by hurling filthy sludge at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Muk fires globs of brown sludge at the opponent, or Muk releases a stream of sludge from its mouth at the opponent.
Attila's Muk	The Legend of Thunder!		Debut
Ash's Muk	Can't Beat the Heat!		None
Three wild Muk	The Psyduck Stops Here!		None
	Torkoal fires globs of sludge from its mouth at the opponent.
Flannery's Torkoal	Going, Going, Yawn		None
	Oddish releases globs of brown sludge at the opponent from its mouth.
A wild Oddish	Grass Hysteria!		None
	Swalot fires globs of brown sludge at the opponent from its mouth.
Anthony's Swalot	Deceit and Assist		None
Dominick's Swalot	From Brags to Riches		None
Reggie's Swalot	Lost Leader Strategy!		None
	Grimer opens its mouth and fires globs of brown sludge at the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Grimer	Saved by the Beldum		None
	Exeggutor releases multiple globs of brown sludge at the opponent from the middle of the leaves on its head.
A Coordinator's Exeggutor	Weekend Warrior		None
	Octillery fires multiple globs of brown sludge at the opponent from its mouth.
Harley's Octillery	Harley Rides Again		None
	One of Beedrill's arm stingers glow dark purple. Beedrill brings its arms forward and releases a purple blast of sludge at the opponent that explodes on impact.
Galen's Beedrill	Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea		None
	Ariados fires brown sludge at the opponent that explodes on contact, or Ariados releases multiple brown globs of sludge at the opponent.
Multiple wild Ariados	Following a Maiden's Voyage!		None
Multiple wild Ariados	Stopped in the Name of Love!		None
Multiple wild Ariados	Historical Mystery Tour!		None
	Koffing fires multiple large glob of sludge from its mouth at the opponent one at a time.
Unknown Trainer's Koffing	Tag! We're It...!		None
	Shuckle fires a stream of brown sludge from its mouth at the opponent and the sludge explodes on impact, or Shuckle pulls its arms into its shell and two streams of brown sludge is released from the holes in its shell at the opponent. The sludge explodes on impact.
Butch's Shuckle	Sleight of Sand!		None
Conway's Shuckle	Working on a Right Move!		None
	Toxicroak fires waves or globs of brown sludge at the opponent from its mouth.
Saturn's Toxicroak	Enter Galactic!		None
	Crawdaunt opens its claws and releases multiple globs of brown sludge at the opponent from them.
Kyle's Crawdaunt	Pruning a Passel of Pals!		None
	Quagsire opens its mouth and fires globs of light brown sludge at the opponent.
Crasher Wake's Quagsire	A Crasher Course in Power!		None
	Golbat fires a stream of dark brown sludge from its mouth at the opponent. The sludge explodes on impact.
Galactic Grunts's Golbat	Steeling a Peace of Mind!		None
	Metang fires multiple globs of dark brown sludge from its body at the opponent. The sludge explodes on impact.
J's Henchmen's Metang	Pillars of Friendship!		None
	Trubbish opens its mouth and releases a ball of brown sludge from its mouth at the opponent. When the ball of sludge misses the opponent, it releases a thick yellow mist in the air which smells.
A wild Trubbish	Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!		Japanese version only
	Venipede fires a blob of dark brown sludge from its mouth at the opponent. The sludge explodes on impact.
Multiple wild Venipede	A Venipede Stampede!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Parasect
The user fires a glob of sludge at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Grimer fires a glob of sludge from its mouth at the opponent. Anything that the sludge touches dissolves and when fired, it leaves behind a trail of energy.
Janine's Grimer	Mighty Flight, Noctowl!		Debut
	Parasect releases a glob of sludge from its mouth at the opponent. Anything the sludge touches dissolves.
Crys's Parasee	Lugia & Ho-Oh (Part 1)		None
	Seviper releases a stream of sludge from tis mouth at the opponent. The sludge explodes on impact.
Lucy's Seviper	VS. Surskit I		None
	Haunter shoots several balls of sludge from its hands.
Cloaked Grunt's Haunter	Vs Haunter		None

Trivia

• In Generation IV, Sludge Bomb's in-Bag TM description differs from its description on its user's attack listing. In the bag, it says "Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the foe.", while in the move description it says "The user attacks by hurling filthy sludge at the foe."
• All Pokémon able to learn Sludge Bomb via level-up are part of a two-stage evolutionary line.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 臭泥爆彈 Chòuní Bàodàn Dutch Blubber Bom Finnish Liejupommi French Bomb-Beurk German Matschbombe Greek Ιλυοβόμβα Italian Fangobomba Korean 오물폭탄 Omul Poktan Serbian Muljevita Bomba Spanish Bomba Lodo

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