Sludge (move)

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Sludge
ヘドロこうげき Sludge Attack
Sludge.png
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 adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Tough
Appeal  1
Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥
Badly startles the Pokémon in front.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Sludge (Japanese: ヘドロこうげき Sludge Attack) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

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

Description

Games Description
A Poison-type attack. Has a fifty-fifty chance of poisoning the target.
A Poison-type attack. Has a one-in-three chance of poisoning the target.
An attack that may poison the foe.
RSE Sludge is hurled to inflict damage. May also poison.
FRLG Toxic sludge is hurled at the foe. It may poison the target.
Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the foe. It may also poison the target.
Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the target. It may also poison the target.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
088 Grimer Grimer Poison Poison 37 16 13 20 20 15 ''''
089 Muk Muk Poison Poison --, 37 16 13 20 20 15 ''''
109 Koffing Koffing Poison Poison 32 21 21 24 28 18 ''''
110 Weezing Weezing Poison Poison --, 32 21 21 24 28 18 ''''
316 Gulpin Gulpin Poison Poison     14 14 14 ''''
317 Swalot Swalot Poison Poison     --, 14 --, 14 --, 14 ''''
568 Trubbish Trubbish Poison Poison         18 ''''
569 Garbodor Garbodor Poison Poison         18 ''''
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 Type Father
II III IV V VI
001 Bulbasaur Bulbasaur Grass Poison Mudkip Mudkip
258 Mudkip Mudkip Water Water Shellos Shellos
422 Shellos Shellos Water Water GrimerMukKoffingWeezing GulpinSwalot GrimerMukKoffingWeezingGulpinSwalot
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

James Weezing Sludge.png
Weezing
James Koffing Sludge.png
Koffing
Grimer Sludge.png
Grimer
Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the foe.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Koffing Koffing spews dark brown sludge at the opponent from its mouth.
James's Koffing Ash Catches a Pokémon Debut
Weezing Weezing spews dark brown sludge at the opponent from the mouth on its larger body or from both mouths at the same time.
James's Weezing The Flame Pokémon-athon! None
Gulpin Gulpin opens its mouth and spits a ball of sludge at the opponent.
Multiple wild Gulpin Gulpin it Down None
Professor Jacuzzi's Gulpin Gulpin it Down None
Grimer Grimer fires large balls of sludge from its mouth at the opponent, one after the other.
A Grimer Dawn used briefly Camping it Up! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • All of the Pokémon to learn this move by leveling up are pure Poison-type Pokémon and are a part of a two-stage evolutionary line.
  • The description in Pokémon Stadium erroneously states that the move has a "fifty-fifty chance" of poisoning the target.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 泥漿攻擊 Níjiāng Gōngjī
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Modder
Blubber
Finland Flag.png Finnish Lieju (season 1)
Liejuvyöry (Johto series)
Mönjä (AG series)
France Flag.png French Détritus
Germany Flag.png German Schlammbad
Greece Flag.png Greek Γλίτσα
Italy Flag.png Italian Fango
South Korea Flag.png Korean 오물공격 Omul Gonggyeok
Norway Flag.png Norwegian Gjørmeangrep
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Lama Tóxica
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Mulj
Spanish CELAC Flag.png Latin America Desechos
Spain Flag.png Spain Residuos



Variations of the move Psybeam
PhysicalIC HOME.png Spark
SpecialIC HOME.png PsybeamBubble BeamAurora BeamSludge


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