#0289

Slaking

Lazy Pokémon

Normal

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Height: 2.0 m
Weight: 130.5 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time15 cycles · ~4,080 steps

Growth rateslow

Base EXP252

Wherever Slaking live, rings of over a yard in diameter appear in grassy fields. They are made by the Pokémon as it eats all the grass within reach while lying prone on the ground.

In Pokémon GO · 4431 max CP 1 TCG Pocket card

Base stats

150

Attack

160

Defense

100

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

100

Total

670

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Truant

Skips every second turn.

Egg groups: Field

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Fighting2×

Immune to

Ghost0×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

All-out Attacker

Moves

Item

Life Orb

NatureNaive+Spe/−SpD

EV spread

Atk252

SpA4

Spe▲252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Slaking

Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.

Black 2

Pinwheel Forest

White 2

Pinwheel Forest

Evolution

#0287Slakoth

Lv. 18

#0288Vigoroth

Lv. 36

#0289Slaking

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Slaking can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Find a move27 of 27

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Swagger Raises the target’s Attack by two stages and confuses the target.	Normal	Status	—	85	15
1	Encore Forces the target to repeat its last used move every turn for 2 to 6 turns.	Normal	Status	—	100	5
1	Endure Prevents the user’s HP from lowering below 1 this turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
1	Focus Energy Increases the user’s chance to score a critical hit.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
1	Focus Punch If the user takes damage before attacking, the attack is canceled.	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
1	Fury Swipes Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Normal	Physical	18	80	15
1	Play Rough Has a chance to lower the target’s Attack by one stage.	Fairy	Physical	90	90	10
1	Punishment Power increases against targets with more raised stats, up to a maximum of 200.	Dark	Physical	—	100	5
1	Reversal Inflicts more damage when the user has less HP remaining, with a maximum of 200 power.	Fighting	Physical	—	100	15
1	Scratch Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Slack Off Heals the user by half its max HP.	Normal	Status	—	—	5
1	Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit.	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
1	Sucker Punch Only works if the target is about to use a damaging move.	Dark	Physical	70	100	5
1	Uproar Forced to use this move for several turns. Pokémon cannot fall asleep in that time.	Normal	Special	90	100	10
1	Yawn Target sleeps at the end of the next turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
14	Feint Attack Never misses.	Dark	Physical	60	—	20
14	Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself.	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
17	Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages.	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
23	Covet Takes the target’s item.	Normal	Physical	60	100	25
27	Chip Away Ignores the target’s stat modifiers.	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
27	Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
27	Throat Chop Prevents the target from using sound-based moves for two turns.	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
33	Counter Inflicts twice the damage the user received from the last physical hit it took.	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
39	Flail Inflicts more damage when the user has less HP remaining, with a maximum of 200 power.	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
45	Fling Throws held item at the target; power depends on the item.	Dark	Physical	—	100	10
52	Mega Kick Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	120	75	5
63	Hammer Arm Lowers user’s Speed by one stage.	Fighting	Physical	100	90	10