Slakoth (Pokémon)

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Slakoth ナマケロ Namakero #287
Artwork from R/S/E
Type Normal ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Slacker Pokémon
Ability Truant Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn #036 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 2′07″ Imperial 0.8 m Metric 2′07″/0.8 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 52.9 lbs. Imperial 24.0 kg Metric 52.9 lbs./24.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Brown	Catch rate 255 (33.3%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Ground group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 83 Battle Exp.: 831*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Slakoth (Japanese: ナマケロ Namakero) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

It evolves into Vigoroth starting at level 18, who evolves into Slaking starting at level 36.

Biology

Physiology

Slakoth are brown mammalian Pokémon with shaggy coarse fur and brown stripes on its back. It has long arms with sharp claws which it uses to hang from trees. It is extremely slow.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Slakoth's heartbeat is unique as it only beats once a minute, and Slakoth can sleep for 20+ hours a Day.

Behavior

Slakoth will spend its whole life in the same tree. However, Slakoth are known for being good swimmers, traveling far during floods to reach a new tree. A potential predator will often find that Slakoth isn't as easy to catch as they may think. If it senses danger, Slakoth will dig into its branch with its sharp claws and lock its muscles into place, making it almost impossible to pry off, even for the strongest carnivores.

Habitat

Slakoth are often found living in forests.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Slakoth's daily diet usually consists of all of three leaves.

In the anime

Norman's Slakoth appeared in Love, Petalburg Style and also in Balance of Power where it battled Ash's Pikachu and Ash's Torkoal. It proved to be a strong battler against Pikachu with its powerful Blizzard attack but it lost to Torkoal.

In The Garden of Eatin', there were many Slakoth who lived in the Slakoth Banana Garden. A Snorlax was eating all the bananas in the garden and no one was able to stop it untill one of the Slakoths in the garden evolved into Vigoroth and defeated it.

A Slakoth appeared in Camping It Up!.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Slakoth (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Ranger: Clyde uses a Slakoth to back up his Slaking.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2: Slakoth and Slowpoke are the members of Team Slacker, the zero-motivation exploration team.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

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Learnset

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By leveling up

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By TM/HM

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Side game data

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Evolution

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Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Slakoth images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Slakoth is one of fourteen Pokémon that one could collect foreign Pokédex entries for in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
• There are few differences between Slakoth's front sprite from Generation III and Slakoth's front sprite from Generation IV.

Origin

It appears to have been based on sloths.

Name origin

Slakoth's name is a combination of slack, meaning to be lazy, and sloth. Its Japanese name is based on 樹懶 namakemono, sloth. It is also a play on the slang phrase "to slack off".

In other languages

• German: Bummelz
• French: Parecool - From paresseux (sloth) and cool.
• Korean: 게을로 Ge'eullo

External links

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