Sludge (move)

Sludge ヘドロこうげき Sludge Stream

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% Priority  {{{priority}}} 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

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but 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 Stream) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Sludge does damage and has a 29.7% chance of poisoning the target. Sludge cannot poison a target 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

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 088 Grimer Poison 37 089 Muk Poison -- 37 109 Koffing Poison 32 110 Weezing Poison -- 32 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 088 Grimer Poison 16 089 Muk Poison 45 109 Koffing Poison 21 110 Weezing Poison 21 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 088 Grimer Poison 13 089 Muk Poison 13 109 Koffing Poison 21 110 Weezing Poison 21 316 Gulpin Poison 14 317 Swalot Poison -- 14 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 088 Grimer Poison 20 089 Muk Poison 20 109 Koffing Poison 24 110 Weezing Poison 24 316 Gulpin Poison 14 317 Swalot Poison -- 14 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding^HGSS

#   Pokémon Type Father 001 Bulbasaur* Grass Poison Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert 258 Mudkip* Water Shellos, Gastrodon 422 Shellos West Sea Water Grimer, Muk Koffing, Weezing Gulpin, Swalot 422 Shellos East Sea Water Grimer, Muk Koffing, Weezing Gulpin, Swalot Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

In the anime

	Koffing
Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Koffing	Koffing spews sludge at its opponent.
James's Koffing	Ash Catches a Pokémon!		Debut
Horsea	Horsea squirts sludge from its mouth.
Misty's Horsea	Tentacool & Tentacruel		None
Weezing	Weezing spews sludge at its opponent.
James's Weezing	The Flame Pokémon-athon!		None
Muk	Muk spews peices of mud constantly at the opponent.
Three wild Muk	The Psyduck Stops Here!		None
Grimer	Grimer fires peices of dark-brown mud at the opponent.
A Grimer Dawn trained briefly	Camping it Up!		None

Trivia

• Misty's Horsea can use Sludge, although it cannot legally learn this move in any game. This is an example of anime move errors.

In other languages

• French: Détritus
• German: Schlammbad
• Italian: Fango
• Norwegian: Gjørmeangrep ("Mud Attack")
• Spanish: Residuos

Variations on the move Aurora Beam
	Spark
	Aurora Beam | BubbleBeam | Psybeam | Sludge

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