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Slugma

Lava Pokémon

Fire

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Height: 0.7 m
Weight: 35.0 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate190(35.2%)Moderate

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP50

Slugma does not have any blood in its body. Instead, intensely hot magma circulates throughout this Pokémon’s body, carrying essential nutrients and oxygen to its organs.

In Pokémon GO · 895 max CP 3 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

250

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Magma Armor

Prevents freezing.

Flame Body

Has a 30% chance of burning attacking Pokémon on contact.

Weak ArmorHidden

Raises Speed and lowers Defense by one stage each upon being hit by a physical move.

Egg groups: Amorphous

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Ground2×

Rock2×

Water2×

Resistant to

Bug½×

Steel½×

Fire½×

Grass½×

Ice½×

Fairy½×

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

Utility

Moves

Item

Eviolite

AbilityFlame Body

NatureBold+Def/−Atk

EV spread

HP36

Def▲196

SpA116

SpD116

Spe36

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

Where to find Slugma

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Gold

Route 16 Route 17 Route 18

Silver

Route 16 Route 17 Route 18

Crystal

Route 16 Route 17 Route 18

Ruby

Sapphire

Emerald

FireRed

LeafGreen

Colosseum

Diamond

Pearl

Platinum

HeartGold

Route 16 Route 17 Route 18 Violet City

SoulSilver

Route 16 Route 17 Route 18 Violet City

Friend Safari Route 13

Omega Ruby

Fiery Path

Alpha Sapphire

Fiery Path

Evolution

#0218Slugma

Lv. 38

#0219Magcargo

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

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

Moves

Find a move16 of 16

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

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Smog Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Special	30	70	20
1	Yawn Target sleeps at the end of the next turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
6	Ember Has a chance to burn the target.	Fire	Special	40	100	25
8	Rock Throw Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Rock	Physical	50	90	15
13	Harden Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
20	Clear Smog Removes all of the target’s stat modifiers.	Poison	Special	50	—	15
22	Ancient Power Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage.	Rock	Special	60	100	5
27	Flame Burst Deals splash damage to Pokémon next to the target.	Fire	Special	70	100	15
27	Incinerate Destroys the target’s held berry.	Fire	Special	60	100	15
29	Rock Slide Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
34	Lava Plume Has a chance to burn the target.	Fire	Special	80	100	15
36	Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages.	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
41	Body Slam Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Normal	Physical	85	100	15
43	Recover Heals the user by half its max HP.	Normal	Status	—	—	5
48	Flamethrower Has a chance to burn the target.	Fire	Special	90	100	15
50	Earth Power Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ground	Special	90	100	10