Sludge (move)

Sludge ヘドロこうげき Sludge Attack

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Battles Type  Poison Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  65 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Badly startles the Pokémon in front.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Sludge on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Sludge on Eevee's Movedex

Sludge (Japanese: ヘドロこうげき Sludge Attack) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Sludge does damage and has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison	37			16			13			20				20
089		Muk	Poison		Poison	--, 37			16			13			20				20
109		Koffing	Poison		Poison	32			21			21			24				28
110		Weezing	Poison		Poison	--, 32			21			21			24				28
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison	no			no			14			14				14
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison	no			no			--, 14			--, 14				--, 14
568		Trubbish	Poison		Poison	no			no			no			no				18
569		Garbodor	Poison		Poison	no			no			no			no				18
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
001		Bulbasaur*	Grass	Poison
258		Mudkip*	Water		Water
422		Shellos	Water		Water
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

Weezing	Koffing	Grimer
Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Koffing	Koffing spews dark brown sludge at the opponent from its mouth.
James's Koffing	Ash Catches a Pokémon		Debut
Weezing	Weezing spews dark brown sludge at the opponent from the mouth on its larger body or from both mouths at the same time.
James's Weezing	The Flame Pokémon-athon!		None
Gulpin	Gulpin opens its mouth and spits a ball of sludge at the opponent.
Multiple wild Gulpin	Gulpin it Down		None
Grimer	Grimer fires large balls of sludge from its mouth at the opponent, one after the other.
A Grimer Dawn used briefly	Camping it Up!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Weezing
The user squirts sludge at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Weezing	Weezing spits out sludge at the opponent from its bigger body's mouth.
Harry's Weezing	Ekans the Ecstasy		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)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• All of the Pokémon to learn this move by leveling up are pure Poison-type Pokémon and are a part of a two-stage evolutionary line.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 泥漿攻擊 Níjiāng Gōngjī Dutch Modder Blubber French Détritus German Schlammbad Greek Γλίτσα Italian Fango Korean 오물공격 Omul Gonggyeok Norwegian Gjørmeangrep Brazilian Portuguese Ataque de Lama Serbian Mulj Spanish Residuos

Variations of the move Aurora Beam
Spark Aurora Beam • BubbleBeam • Psybeam • Sludge

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