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Slaking, a Normal type Pokémon, official artwork

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Slaking: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

NormalZU

Slaking is a fast, hard-hitting attacker, led by its Attack (160) and HP (150), with a base stat total of 670. Competitively it is a lower-tier option.

Build a team with Slaking

What is Slaking weak to?

How much damage Slaking takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFighting
0×Immune toGhost

Slaking takes super-effective damage from Fighting. It resists nothing and is immune to Ghost.

Best moveset for Slaking

Slaking has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Focus PunchFighting150
  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Gunk ShotPoison120
  • OutrageDragon120

Best nature for Slaking

Jolly. Slaking's Attack (160) far outclasses its Special Attack (95), and its 100 Speed is worth maximising, so Jolly (+Speed, −Sp. Atk) fits best.

Abilities

  • TruantThis Pokemon skips every other turn instead of using a move.

Evolution line

Slakoth
Vigoroth
Slaking
Full learnset (89 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Gunk ShotPoison12080%Physical
Mega KickNormal12075%Physical
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Hammer ArmFighting10090%Physical
High HorsepowerGround9595%Physical
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
Hyper VoiceNormal90100%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
Play RoughFairy9090%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
UproarNormal90100%Special
Wild ChargeElectric90100%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Drain PunchFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Ice PunchIce75100%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Low SweepFighting65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
CovetNormal60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
Chilling WaterWater50100%Special
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
PounceBug50100%Physical
Smack DownRock50100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
ScratchNormal40100%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
CounterFighting?100%Physical
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FlailNormal?100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Hard PressSteel?100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
AmnesiaPsychic--Status
Bulk UpFighting--Status
CurseGhost--Status
EncoreNormal-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
MetronomeNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Slack OffNormal--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
YawnNormal--Status