Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 0.8 m
- Weight
- 24.0 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate255(43.9%)Easy catch
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time15 cycles · ~4,080 steps
Growth rateslow
Base EXP56
Base stats
HP
60
Attack
60
Defense
60
Sp. Atk
35
Sp. Def
35
Speed
30
Total
280
Base Stat Total
Abilities
Truant
Skips every second turn.
Egg groups: Field
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Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026
Where to find Slakoth
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
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Sapphire
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Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Slakoth can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
14 of 14
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| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scratch Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Yawn Target sleeps at the end of the next turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 6 | Encore Forces the target to repeat its last used move every turn for 2 to 6 turns. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 5 |
| 9 | Slack Off Heals the user by half its max HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 14 | Feint Attack Never misses. | Dark | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 14 | Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 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 |
| 22 | Covet Takes the target’s item. | Normal | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 25 | Chip Away Ignores the target’s stat modifiers. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Throat Chop Prevents the target from using sound-based moves for two turns. | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 30 | Counter Inflicts twice the damage the user received from the last physical hit it took. | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 33 | Flail Inflicts more damage when the user has less HP remaining, with a maximum of 200 power. | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 |
| 38 | Play Rough Has a chance to lower the target’s Attack by one stage. | Fairy | Physical | 90 | 90 | 10 |
Breeding & egg moves
Slakoth can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
23 sprites & renders for Slakoth.
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Cite this page
“Slakoth”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/slakoth.
Species data from PokéAPI.