Sludge (move)

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Sludge
ヘドロこうげき Sludge Stream
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 but the user (long-range)
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 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 a 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.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0088 Grimer Grimer
Poison 37
0089 Muk Muk
Poison --
37
0109 Koffing Koffing
Poison 32
0110 Weezing 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 Grimer
Poison 16
0089 Muk Muk
Poison 45
0109 Koffing Koffing
Poison 21
0110 Weezing 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 Grimer
Poison 13
0089 Muk Muk
Poison 13
0109 Koffing Koffing
Poison 21
0110 Weezing Weezing
Poison 21
0316 Gulpin Gulpin
Poison 14
0317 Swalot 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 Grimer
Poison 20
0089 Muk Muk
Poison 20
0109 Koffing Koffing
Poison 24
0110 Weezing Weezing
Poison 24
0316 Gulpin Gulpin
Poison 14
0317 Swalot 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.


By breedingHGSS

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0001 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Bulbasaur | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0258 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Mudkip | style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos, Gastrodon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Shellos | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing
Gulpin, Swalot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0422 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Shellos | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Koffing, Weezing
Gulpin, Swalot

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
|} |}

In the anime

Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the foe.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Koffing Koffing spews sludge at its opponent.
James's Koffing Ash Catches a Pokémon Debut
Horsea Horsea squirts sludge from its mouth.
Misty's Horsea Tentacool & Tentacruel Horsea cannot legally learn Sludge.
Weezing Weezing spews sludge at its opponent.
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
Muk Muk spews peices of mud constantly at the opponent.
Three wild Muk The Psyduck Stops Here! None
Grimer Grimer fires peices of dark-brown mud at the opponent.
A Grimer Dawn trained briefly Camping it Up! None


Trivia

In other languages

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


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


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