Slugma (Pokémon)

Slugma マグマッグ Magmag
Artwork from GSC
Type	Fire
Species	Lava Pokémon
National Dex	#218
Johto Dex	#211
Hoenn Dex	#103
Sinnoh Dex	#—
Fiore Browser	R-138
Almia Browser	R-140
Height	2′04″ (0.7m)
Weight	77.2 lbs. (35.0kg)
Abilities	Magma Armor or Flame Body
Egg group	Indeterminate
Time to hatch	5,610 steps
Effort yield	1 SpA
Exp. yield	78 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	1,000,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀/50% ♂
Pokédex color	Red
Catch rate	190
Body style
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Slugma (Japanese: マグマッグ Magmag) is a Fire-type Pokémon.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.2 Special abilities 1.3 Behavior 1.4 Habitat 1.5 Diet 2 In the anime 3 In the manga 3.1 Pokémon Special 4 In the TCG 5 Game data 5.1 Pokédex entries 5.2 Game locations 5.2.1 In side games 5.3 Base stats 5.4 Type effectiveness 5.5 Learnset 5.5.1 By leveling up 5.5.2 By TM/HM 5.5.3 By breeding 5.5.4 By tutoring 5.5.5 Special moves 5.6 Side game data 5.7 Evolution 5.8 Sprites 6 Trivia 6.1 Origin 6.1.1 Name origin 7 In other languages 8 External links

Biology

Physiology

Slugma are fiery Pokémon that appear to consist entirely out of magma. They appear to resemble slugs, with a pair of bright yellow eyes on short stalks and a small mouth. The magma inside its body acts as a circulatory system, transferring vital nutrients and oxygen throughout their bodies. These Pokémon have to constantly keep moving to keep the magma in a liquid state - if it cooled the magma would harden and turn to rock.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Slugma have been documented to have two abilities: Magma Armor, which prevents this Pokémon from being frozen solid, or Flame Body, which give its opponents a 30% chance of being burned when coming in physical contact with Slugma. Flame Body has also been used in later generations to help hatch Pokémon eggs that trainers have in their party.

Behavior

Slugma have to keep moving in order to keep warm; if they stopped moving, the magma would cool and become rock, which would eventually break off and reduce this Pokémon's size. For this reason they never sleep. Although they aren't rock-type Pokémon, Slugma are capable of learning Rock Throw, AncientPower and Rock Slide Naturally. However, they will be a Rock Pokémon in a following evolutionary stage.

Habitat

Naturally, Slugma prefer warmer regions where they can keep their magma hot, so they are often found in volcanic regions.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

It is not known what these Pokémon eat, presumably they consume soil and rocks to both keep the volume of their magma and collect vital nutrients for their bodies.

In the anime

Flannery had two Slugma named Mag and Meg, one of which evolved to Magcargo in Poetry Commotion!.

In the manga

Pokémon Special

A trio of Slugma first appeared in Volume 10. Professor Oak tried to capture them at the beginning of the volume, but failed. The Slugma later appeared outside Earl's Pokémon Academy at Violet City where they were captured by Crys.

Mack uses his Slugma to create illusions by generating waves of distorted air via heat, forcing targets to relive their worst memories.

In the TCG

Main article: Slugma (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
II	Gold	It never sleeps. It has to keep moving because if it stopped, its magma body would cool and harden.
	Silver	A common sight in volcanic areas, it slowly slithers around in a constant search for warm places.
	Crystal	These group together in areas that are hotter than normal. If it cools off, its skin hardens.
	Stadium 2	It never sleeps. It has to keep moving because if it stopped, its magma body would cool and harden.
III	Ruby	Molten magma courses throughout Slugma's circulatory system. If this Pokémon is chilled, the magma cools and hardens. Its body turns brittle and chunks fall off, reducing its size.
	Sapphire	Slugma does not have any blood in its body. Instead, intensely hot magma circulates throughout this Pokémon's body, carrying essential nutrients and oxygen to its organs.
	Emerald	It is a species of Pokémon that lives in volcanic areas. If its body cools, its skin hardens and immobilizes it. To avoid that, it sleeps near magma.
	FireRed	A common sight in volcanic areas, it slowly slithers around in a constant search for warm places.
	LeafGreen	It never sleeps. It has to keep moving because if it stopped, its magma body would cool and harden.
IV	Diamond	Its body is made of magma. If it doesn't keep moving, its body will cool and harden.
	Pearl	Its body is made of magma. If it doesn't keep moving, its body will cool and harden.

Game locations

Gen	Game	Rarity	Location
II	Pokémon Gold and Silver	Rare	Routes 16, 17, 18
	Pokémon Crystal	Uncommon	Routes 16, 17, 18 (Day)
III	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	Uncommon	Fiery Path
	Pokémon Emerald	Uncommon	Fiery Path, Route 113
	Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen	Common	Mt. Ember
	Pokémon Colosseum	One	Pyrite Town (Shadow)
	Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness	None	Trade
IV	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	Rare	Stark Mountain
	Pal Park		Mountain

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Volcano (Ruby Field)
Pokémon Trozei!	Phobosphere Endless Level 49 Forever Level 49 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue)	Mt. Blaze (1F-12F) Fiery Field (1F-5F) Oddity Cave (B6-B10)
Pokémon Ranger	Jungle Relic
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness)	Giant Volcano (1F-10F) Steam Cave (1F-8F) Dark Crater (B1-B12)
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Volcano Cave

Base stats

HP:	40
Attack:	40
Defense:	40
SpAtk:	70
SpDef:	40
Speed:	20

Type effectiveness

Weak to	Resistant to	Immune to	Normal effectiveness
Ground : 2×  Rock : 2×  Water : 2×	Bug : ½×  Steel : ½×  Grass : ½×  Fire : ½×  Ice : ½×		Normal : 1×  Fighting : 1×  Flying : 1×  Poison : 1×  Ghost : 1×  Electric : 1×  Psychic : 1×  Dragon : 1×  Dark : 1×

Learnset

Slugma is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply. Moves in Italics aren't STAB for Slugma, but are for some/all evolutions.

By leveling up

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Start	Smog	Poison	Special	20	70%	20	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Start	Yawn	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	2 ♥♥
8	Ember	Fire	Special	40	100%	25	Beauty	3 ♥♥♥
11	Rock Throw	Rock	Physical	—	—%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
16	Harden	Normal	Status	—	—%	30	Tough	2 ♥♥
23	Recover	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	0
26	AncientPower	Rock	Special	60	100%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
31	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20	Cute	0
38	Lava Plume	Fire	Special	80	100%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
41	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
46	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
53	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	95	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
56	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100%	10	Smart	0
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By TM/HM

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	85%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15	Smart	1 ♥
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM35	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	95	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	120	85%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM50	Overheat	Fire	Special	140	90%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM61	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	—	75%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM78	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
TM83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By breeding

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Grimer, Muk	Acid Armor	Poison	Status	—	—%	40	Tough	0
Gastly, Haunter, Gengar Shuppet, Banette Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir Spiritomb	Curse	???	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	0
Slugma, Magcargo	Heat Wave*	Fire	Special	100	90%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Grimer, Muk Koffing, Weezing Spiritomb	Memento	Dark	Status	—	100%	10	Tough	0
Koffing, Weezing	SmokeScreen	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
Gulpin, Swalot Drifloon, Drifblim	Spit Up	Normal	Special	—	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
Gulpin, Swalot Drifloon, Drifblim	Stockpile	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Tough	0
Gulpin, Swalot Drifloon, Drifblim	Swallow	Normal	Status	—	100%	10	Tough	0
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB from an evolution of this Pokémon *Indicates a move only available by chain breeding

By tutoring

Generation III and IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
FR	LG	E			Body Slam*	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
		E			Defense Curl*	Normal	Status	—	—%	40	Cute	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E			Double-Edge*	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15	Tough	0
		E			Endure*	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E			Mimic*	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
		E			Mud-Slap*	Ground	Special	20	100%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E			Rock Slide*	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
		E			Rollout*	Rock	Physical	30	90%	20	Tough	2 ♥♥
		E			Sleep Talk*	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
		E			Snore*	Normal	Special	40	100%	15	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E			Substitute*	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
		E			Swagger*	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

Special moves

Pokémon Colosseum
Shadow moves		Level 30+	Purified moves
Shadow Rush	???		Sunny Day	Fire
--			Yawn	Normal
--			Rock Throw	Rock
--			Flamethrower	Fire

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Catch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 11.4%	Friend Area: Crater
Phrases
51%-100% HP	If I stop moving, I cool down and solidify!
26%-50% HP	Umm... I hope you notice my health is down by half already.
1%-25% HP	This is awful... My body's going to harden and set...
Level Up	Yes! I leveled up! Maybe I won't harden so easily...
Pokémon Ranger
Group:	Loops: 3	Minimum Experience: 43
Poké Assist:	Field Move: Burn	Maximum Experience: 63
Slugma leaves a trail of hot lava. It also spits lava in blobs.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:	Poké Assist:	Field Move: Burn

Evolution

Unevolved Base form Slugma  Fire

Level 38 First evolution Magcargo  Fire   Rock

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
			Image:Spr 2c 218.gif
			Image:Spr 2c 218 s.gif			Image:Spr b g2 218 s.png
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	Image:Spr 3r 218.png			Image:Spr 3r 218.png
	Image:Spr 3r 218 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 218 s.gif	Image:Spr 3r 218 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 218 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
			Image:Spr 4p 218.png
			Image:Spr 4p 218 s.png

For other sprites and images, please see Slugma images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Slugma and Magcargo are the only Fire-type Pokémon that are in the Indeterminate egg group

Origin

It appears to have been based on a slug.

Slugma's alternate-colored form may be based on mercury, the only metal that is liquid at normal temperatures.

Name origin

Slugma's name is a combination of slug and magma. Its Japanese name is a combination magma and slug. Its German name, Schneckmag, comes from Schnecke and Magma. Its French name, Limagma, comes from limace and magma.

In other languages

• German: Schneckmag
• French: Limagma
• Korean: 마그마그 Mageumageu
• Chinese: 熔岩蟲

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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