Sludge (move)

Sludge ヘドロこうげき Sludge Beam

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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 Unknown

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 Beam) is a Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I that deals a small amount of damage.

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 The Battling Eevee Brothers.

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 Pokemon of its type (with no secondary type)can learn. All Pokemon that learn Sludge are pure Poison-type.

In other languages

• French: Détritus
• German: Schlammbad
• Italian: Fango
• Spanish: Residuos

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

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