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Sludge ヘドロこうげき
Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the foe. It may also poison the target.
Battles
Type	Poison
Category	Special
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	65
Accuracy	100%
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock
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Contests
Category	Tough
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	4 ♥♥♥♥
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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 Beam) is a Poison-type move introduced in Generation I that deals a small amount of damage.

Contents 1 Effect 1.1 Generation I 1.2 Generation II and on 2 Learnset 2.1 Generation I 2.1.1 By leveling up 2.2 Generation II 2.2.1 By leveling up 2.3 Generation III 2.3.1 By leveling up 2.4 Generation IV 2.4.1 By leveling up 3 In other languages

Effect

Generation I

Sludge does damage and has a 29.7% chance of poisoning the opponent.

Sludge can't poison an opponent that has a Substitute or already has a major status ailment.

Generation II and on

Same as Generation I, though with a 30% chance of poisoning non-Steel-types instead.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

French: Détritus , German: Schlammbad, Italian: Fango, Spanish: Residuos

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.