Slakoth (Pokémon)
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| Slakoth ナマケロ Namakero | |
 Artwork from R/S/E | |
| Type | Normal |
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| Species | Slacker Pokémon |
| National Dex | #287 |
| Johto Dex | #— |
| Hoenn Dex | #036 |
| Sinnoh Dex | #— |
| Fiore Browser | R-162 |
| Almia Browser | R-032 |
| Height | 2′07″ (0.8m) |
| Weight | 52.9 lbs. (24.0kg) |
| Ability | Truant |
| Egg group | Ground |
| Time to hatch | 3,840 steps |
| Effort yield | 1 HP |
| Exp. yield | 83 base exp. |
| Lv. 100 at | 1,250,000 exp. |
| Gender | 50% ♀/50% ♂ |
| Pokédex color | Brown |
| Catch rate | 255 |
| Body style | 
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Slakoth (Japanese: ナマケロ Namakero) is a Normal-type Pokémon.
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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
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. No one was able to stop it when one of the Slakoth in the garden evolved into Vigoroth and defeated Snorlax.
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
| Gen | Game | Pokédex entry |
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| III | Ruby | Slakoth lolls around for over twenty hours every day. Because it moves so little, it does not need much food. This Pokémon's sole daily meal consists of just three leaves. |
| Sapphire | Slakoth's heart beats just once a minute. Whatever happens, it is content to loaf around motionless. It is rare to see this Pokémon in motion. | |
| Emerald | It sleeps virtually all day and night long. It doesn't change its nest its entire life, but it sometimes travels great distances by swimming in rivers. | |
| FireRed | It sleeps for 20 hours every day. Making drowsy those that see it is one of its abilities. | |
| LeafGreen | It sleeps for 20 hours every day. Making drowsy those that see it is one of its abilities. | |
| IV | Diamond | It spends nearly all its time in a day sprawled out. Just seeing it makes one drowsy. |
| Pearl | It spends nearly all its time in a day sprawled out. Just seeing it makes one drowsy. |
Game locations
| Gen | Game | Rarity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| III | Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire | Rare | Petalburg Woods |
| Pokémon Emerald | Rare | Petalburg Woods | |
| Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen | None | Trade | |
| Pokémon Colosseum | None | Trade | |
| Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness | None | Trade | |
| IV | Pokémon Diamond and Pearl | Swarm | Eterna Forest |
| Pal Park | Forest |
In side games
| Game | Location |
|---|---|
| Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire | Forest |
| Pokémon Trozei! | Huge Storage 3 Endless Level 50 Forever Level 9 Mr. Who's Den |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon | Sinister Woods (10F-12F) Joyous Tower (18F-20F) |
| Pokémon Ranger | Olive Jungle |
| Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia | Ranger School |
Base stats
| HP: | 60 | |
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| Attack: | 60 | |
| Defense: | 60 | |
| SpAtk: | 35 | |
| SpDef: | 35 | |
| Speed: | 30 |
Type effectiveness
| Weak to | Resistant to | Immune to | Normal effectiveness |
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Learnset
Slakoth is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.
By leveling up
| Generation IV Other generation learnsets: III | ||||||||
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| Level | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Contest | Appeal |
| Start | Scratch | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100% | 35 | Tough | 3 ♥♥♥
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| Start | Yawn | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | Cute | 2 ♥♥
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| 7 | Encore | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 5 | Cute | 1 ♥
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| 13 | Slack Off | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | Cute | 0 |
| 19 | Faint Attack | Dark | Physical | 60 | —% | 20 | Smart | 2 ♥♥
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| 25 | Amnesia | Psychic | Status | — | —% | 20 | Cute | 0 |
| 31 | Covet | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100% | 40 | Cute | 0 |
| 37 | Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100% | 20 | Tough | 2 ♥♥
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| 43 | Flail | Normal | Physical | — | 100% | 15 | Cute | 2 ♥♥
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| Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon | ||||||||
By TM/HM
By breeding
| Move | Father |
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| Body Slam | Torkoal, Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein |
| Crush Claw | Zangoose |
| Curse | Torkoal |
| Hammer Arm | Ursaring, Slaking |
| Night Slash | Meowth, Persian, Farfetch'd, Seviper, Absol, Stunky |
| Pursuit | Rattata, Raticate, Tauros, Dunsparce, Zangoose |
| Slash | Sandshrew, Sandslash, Diglett, Dugtrio, Meowth, Persian, Farfetch'd, Sneasel, Teddiursa, Ursaring, Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken, Linoone, Zangoose, Kecleon, Absol |
| Sleep Talk | Whismur, Loudred, Exploud |
| Snore | Teddiursa, Ursaring, Spoink, Grumpig, Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein |
By tutoring
Side game data
| Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire | ||
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| Acquisition: Catch | 
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| Pokémon Trozei! | ||
| Rarity: Common |
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| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon | ||
| Body size: 1 | Recruit Rate: 11.3% | Friend Area: Energetic Forest |
| Phrases | ||
| 51%-100% HP | Duhhhh... I'm not just loafing... Duhhh... | |
| 26%-50% HP | Huhhh? My HP is down by half? | |
| 1%-25% HP | Duhhh... I'm tired... I can't move anymore... | |
| Level Up | Did I level up? But I'm still... Duhhh... | |
| Pokémon Ranger | ||
Group: 
| Loops: 6 | Minimum Experience: 30 |
| Poké Assist: None | Field Move: Cut | Maximum Experience: 40 |
| Like the name suggests, Slakoth is slow. However, its claws can't be overlooked. | ||
| Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia | ||
| Group:
| Poké Assist:
| Field Move: Cut |
Evolution
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Basic
Slakoth
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Sprites
| Gen | Game | ||||||
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| 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 | |
| Image:Spr 3r 287.png | 
| Image:Spr 3f 287.png | 
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| Image:Spr 3r 287 s.png | Image:Spr 3e 287 s.gif | Image:Spr 3f 287 s.png | Image:Spr b g3 287 s.png | ||||
| IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | Back | |||
| Image:Spr 4p 287.png | 
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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.
Origin
It appears to have been based on sloths.
The red bottom of the alternate color sprite is based on baboons.
Name origin
Slakoth's name is a combination of slake, meaning to slacken, 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
External links
| This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species. |
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