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'''{{p|Koffing}}''': Koffing spews sludge at its opponent.
'''{{p|Koffing}}''': Koffing spews sludge at its opponent.
* Used By '''[[James|James's]] [[James's Koffing|Koffing]]''' from ''[[EP003|Ash Catches a Pokémon]]'' to ''[[EP031|Dig those Diglett]]''. '''Debut'''.
* Used By '''[[James|James's]] [[James's Koffing|Koffing]]''' from ''[[EP003|Ash Catches a Pokémon]]'' to ''[[EP031|Dig those Diglett]]''. '''Debut'''.
'''{{p|Horsea}}''': Horsea squirts sludge from its mouth.
* Used by '''[[Misty|Misty's]] [[Misty's Horsea|Horsea]]''' from ''[[EP019|Tentacool & Tentacruel]]'' to Present.
'''{{p|Weezing}}'''. Weezing spews sludge at its opponent.
'''{{p|Weezing}}'''. Weezing spews sludge at its opponent.
* Used by [[James]]'s [[James's Weezing|Weezing]] from ''[[EP033|The Flame Pokémon-athon!]]'' to ???.
* Used by [[James]]'s [[James's Weezing|Weezing]] from ''[[EP033|The Flame Pokémon-athon!]]'' to ???.

Revision as of 19:37, 20 May 2009

Sludge
ヘドロこうげき Sludge Stream
Type  Poison
Category  Special
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  65
Accuracy  100%
Priority  0
  • Does not make contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Tough
Appeal  1
Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥
Badly startles the Pokémon in front.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Sludge (Japanese: ヘドロこうげき Sludge Stream) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 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-Template:Type2s instead.

In the anime

Pokémon

Koffing: Koffing spews sludge at its opponent.

Weezing. Weezing spews sludge at its opponent.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0088 Grimer Grimer
Poison 37
0089 Muk Muk
Poison --
37
0109 Koffing Koffing
Poison 32
0110 Weezing 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
0088 Grimer Grimer
Poison 16
0089 Muk Muk
Poison 45
0109 Koffing Koffing
Poison 21
0110 Weezing 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
0088 Grimer Grimer
Poison 13
0089 Muk Muk
Poison 13
0109 Koffing Koffing
Poison 21
0110 Weezing Weezing
Poison 21
0316 Gulpin Gulpin
Poison 14
0317 Swalot 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
0088 Grimer Grimer
Poison 20
0089 Muk Muk
Poison 20
0109 Koffing Koffing
Poison 24
0110 Weezing Weezing
Poison 24
0316 Gulpin Gulpin
Poison 14
0317 Swalot 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.


Trivia

  • Sludge is one of very few moves that only Pokémon of its type (with no secondary type) can learn. All Pokémon that learn Sludge are pure Poison-types.

In other languages

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


Variations of the move Psybeam
PhysicalIC HOME.png Spark
SpecialIC HOME.png PsybeamBubble BeamAurora BeamSludge


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