Slack Off (move)

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Slack Off
なまける Slack Off
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Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Cute
Appeal  1
Jam  0  
The appeal works better the later it is performed.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Slack Off (Japanese: なまける Slack Off) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation III. Prior to Generation IV, it was Slakoth's, and its evolutionary line's, signature move, though Vigoroth could only know it if it learned it before evolution.

Effect

The user recovers half of its maximum HP.

Description

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Games Description
RSE Slacks off and restores half the maximum HP.
FRLG The user slacks off and restores its HP by half its full HP.
DPPtHGSSBW The user slacks off, restoring its own HP by up to half of its maximum HP.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
079 Slowpoke Slowpoke Water Psychic   39 36 '
080 Slowbro Slowbro Water Psychic   41 36 '
287 Slakoth Slakoth Normal Normal 13 13 13 '
289 Slaking Slaking Normal Normal --, 13 --, 13 --, 13 '
390 Chimchar Chimchar Fire Fire   39 41 '
391 Monferno Monferno Fire Fighting   46 49 '
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
II III IV V VI
449 Hippopotas Hippopotas Ground Ground   SlakothVigorothSlaking
ChimcharMonfernoInfernape
SlakothVigorothSlaking
ChimcharMonfernoInfernape
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • The Chimchar evolutionary line contains the only starter-type Pokémon that can learn this move

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 懶惰 Lǎnduò
France Flag.png French Paresse
Germany Flag.png German Tagedieb
Greece Flag.png Greek Τεμπέλιασμα
Ξεκούραση
Italy Flag.png Italian Pigro
South Korea Flag.png Korean 태만함 Taemanham
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Opuštanje
Spain Flag.png Spanish Relajo


Variations of the move Recover
StatusIC HOME.png RecoverSoft-BoiledMilk DrinkSlack OffHeal OrderRoost


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