Slam (move): Difference between revisions

Slam (Japanese: たたきつける Slam) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Slam inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0025		Pikachu		Field	Fairy	20Y	20	20	21	26	26XY 37ORAS	37
0069		Bellsprout		Grass		Grass	42	45	45	41	41	41	47
0070		Weepinbell		Grass		Grass	49	54	54	41	41	41	54
0095		Onix		Mineral		Mineral	33	40	37RSE 41FRLG	25	33BW 28B2W2	28	28
0098		Krabby		Water 3		Water 3				35	35	35	35
0099		Kingler		Water 3		Water 3				44	44	44	44
0108		Lickitung		Monster		Monster	31	37	40	29	29	29	29
0114		Tangela		Grass		Grass	45	40	40	43	43	41	41
0147		Dratini		Water 1	Dragon	30	29	29	21	21	21	21
0148		Dragonair		Water 1	Dragon	35	29	29	21	21	21	21
0149		Dragonite		Water 1	Dragon	35	29	29	21	21	21	21
0161		Sentret		Field		Field		25	24	25	25	25	25
0162		Furret		Field		Field		28	28	28	28	28	28
0185		Sudowoodo		Mineral		Mineral		46	49	38	38BW 15B2W2	15	1
0194		Wooper		Water 1	Field		11	11	15	15	15	15
0195		Quagsire		Water 1	Field		11	11	15	15	15	15
0208		Steelix		Mineral		Mineral		40	37RSE 41FRLG	25	33BW 28B2W2	28	28
0231		Phanpy		Field		Field				24	24	24	24
0232		Donphan		Field		Field				24	24	24	24
0252		Treecko		Monster	Dragon			36	36	36	36XY 29ORAS	29
0253		Grovyle		Monster	Dragon			41	41	41	41XY 33ORAS	33
0254		Sceptile		Monster	Dragon			43	43	43	43XY 33ORAS	33
0298		Azurill		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered			15	15	15BW 20B2W2	20	20
0438		Bonsly		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered				38	38BW 15B2W2
0463		Lickilicky		Monster		Monster				29	29	29	29
0465		Tangrowth		Grass		Grass				43	43	43	43
0495		Snivy		Field	Grass					25	25	25
0496		Servine		Field	Grass					28	28	28
0497		Serperior		Field	Grass					28	28	28
0504		Patrat		Field		Field					36	36	41
0505		Watchog		Field		Field					43	43	50
0572		Minccino		Field		Field					37	37	37
0633		Deino		Dragon		Dragon					28	28	28
0634		Zweilous		Dragon		Dragon					28	28	28
0635		Hydreigon		Dragon		Dragon					28	28	28
0775		Komala		Field		Field							21
0781		Dhelmise		Mineral		Mineral							45
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0023		Ekans		Field	Dragon	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0086		Seel		Water 1	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0098		Krabby		Water 3		Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0138		Omanyte		Water 1	Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0190		Aipom		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0226		Mantine		Water 1		Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0298		Azurill		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0303		Mawile		Field	Fairy				✔	✔	✔
0357		Tropius		Monster	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0408		Cranidos		Monster		Monster			✔	✔	✔	✔
0455		Carnivine		Grass		Grass			✔	✔	✔	✔
0458		Mantyke		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered			✔	✔	✔	✔
0564		Tirtouga		Water 1	Water 3				✔	✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Description

In the anime

In the main series

Watchog Sudowoodo Weepinbell Onix
The user slams the foe into the ground, or hits the foe with a long appendage such as a tongue or tail.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Bellsprout grabs the opponent with the two leaves on the side of its body and repeatedly slams it into the ground, or Bellsprout slams its vine-like leg down on the opponent.
Jeanette Fisher's Bellsprout	The Fourth Round Rumble		Debut
	Dragonite grabs the opponent and slams it into the ground.
Drake's Dragonite	Enter the Dragonite		None
A wild Dragonite	Great Bowls of Fire!		None
	Lickitung grabs the opponent with its tongue and slams it into the ground.
Jessie's Lickitung	Ignorance is Blissey		None
	Wooper grabs the opponent with its tail and slams them into the ground repeatedly.
Olesia's Wooper	No Big Woop!		None
	Onix slams its tail into the opponent.
Brock's Onix	A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!		None
Roark's Onix	Shapes of Things to Come!		None
	Sudowoodo grabs the opponent and slams it into the ground.
A wild Sudowoodo	Type Casting		None
	Furret slams the opponent with its tail.
Julie's Furret	Game Winning Assist		None
	Lickilicky grabs the opponent with its tongue and tosses it to the ground.
Unknown Trainer's Lickilicky	If the Scarf Fits, Wear It!		None
	Watchog grabs the opponent with its hands and tosses it to the ground.
Kylan's Watchog	Evolution by Fire!		None
	Azumarill hits the opponent with its tail.
Officer Jenny's Azumarill	The Pirates of Decolore!		None
	Weepinbell grabs the opponent with one of its leaves and tosses it to the ground.
Ramos's Weepinbell	The Green, Green Grass Types of Home!		None

• An unnamed Coordinator's Azurill was commanded to use Slam in A Cacturne for the Worse, but was stopped before it could execute the move.

In Pokémon Generations

File:Red Pikachu Slam PG.png Pikachu
The user hits the foe with its head or tail.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Pikachu charges and hits the opponent with its head.
Red's Pikachu	The Adventure		Debut
	Sceptile hits the opponent with its tail.
Brendan's Sceptile	The Vision		None

In the manga

In the Aim to Be a Card Master!! manga

Furret
The user throws the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Furret throws the opponent.
Unknown TCG Player's Furret	MCM6		Debut

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga

Snivy
The user slams the foe with a part of its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Snivy slams the foe with its tail.
Monta's Snivy	Challenge the Battle Subway!		Debut

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Bellsprout
The user slams the foe with a part of its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Bellsprout slams its vine-like leg down on the opponent.
Jeanette Fisher's Bellsprout	Welcome to the Big Leagues		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Lickitung Machamp Dragonair Lickilicky
The user tosses the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Machamp picks up the opponent and tosses it to the ground.
Blue's Machamp	A Charizard...and a Champion		Debut Machamp cannot legally learn Slam
	Dragonair slams its tail into the opponent.
Lance's Dragonair	The Legend		None
	Onix slams its head into the opponent.
Roark's Onix	A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium		None
	Lickitung whips out its tongue and smacks the opponent with it.
A wild Lickitung	Licking Lickitung		None
	Lickilicky whips out its tongue and smacks the opponent with it.
Diamond's Kit	Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost)		None

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

Pikachu
The user throws the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Pikachu throws the opponent.
Shu's Pikachu	GDZ57		Debut

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Sentret
The user slams the foe with its tail.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Sentret slams the foe with its tail.
An Unknown Trainer's Sentret	Demanding Tests at the Pokémon School!		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• If Secret Power is used on ordinary terrain in the Generation III games, it will have the animation of Slam.
• In the Spanish versions of the first five generations, Slam is mistranslated as Portazo, meaning "Door-Slam." In Generation VI, this was corrected to atizar.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 摔打 Sēutdá * 叩打 Kaudá * 叩擊 Kaugīk * Mandarin 摔打 Shuāida * 叩打 Kòudǎ * Danish Smæld Dutch Smijt Finnish Läimäys Lämäri (EP162) French Souplesse German Slam Greek Κρότος Krótos Hindi पटक दो Patak do Italian Schianto Korean 힘껏치기 Himkkeotchigi Polish Powalenie (BW077)* Klaps (XY058) Portuguese Brazil Pancada (Undaunted-Next Destinies) Cacetada Violenta (BW Promo) Pancada Brusca (XY series and Dragon Vault-present) Portugal Batida Romanian Izbitura Serbian Tresak Spanish Latin America "Azotalo" (EP112) "Ataca" (EP129) Bofetón (EP148) Azote* (EP162) Golpe de Cola* (SS001) Portazo (AG053) Plancha (DP015-DP018) Lanzada (DP098) Golpazo (BW077-present) Spain Atizar* Portazo* Swedish Smäll Kroppssmäll* Turkish Çarpma Vietnamese Húc

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