Sludge (move)

Move data

Type Poison
Category Special  Special
Power 65
Accuracy 100
PP 20  (max. 32)
Makes contact? No
Introduced Generation 1

Effects

Sludge deals damage and has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.

Poison or Steel type Pokémon, those with the ability Immunity or those behind a Substitute cannot be poisoned.

Changes

  • In Generations 1-3, Sludge is categorized as Physical.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Poisonium Z and uses its Z-Power, Sludge turns into Acid Downpour and has base power 120.

Move target

Foe
Foe
Foe
User
Ally
Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English Sludge
Japanese ヘドロこうげき (Hedoro Kōgeki)
German Schlammbad
French Détritus
Italian Fango
Spanish Residuos
Korean 오물공격
Chinese (Simplified) 污泥攻击
Chinese (Traditional) 污泥攻擊

Game descriptions

Gold​/​Silver
Crystal
An attack that may poison the foe.
Ruby​/​Sapphire
Emerald
Sludge is hurled to inflict damage. May also poison.
FireRed​/​LeafGreen Toxic sludge is hurled at the foe. It may poison the target.
Diamond​/​Pearl
Platinum
HeartGold​/​SoulSilver
Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the foe. It may also poison the target.
Black​/​White
Black 2​/​White 2
Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the target. It may also poison the target.
X​/​Y
O.Ruby​/​A.Sapphire
Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the target. This may also poison the target.
Sun​/​Moon
Ultra Sun​/​Ultra Moon
L.G. Pikachu​/​L.G. Eevee
Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the target. This may also poison the target.
Sword​/​Shield
B.Diamond​/​S.Pearl
Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the target. This may also poison the target.
Scarlet​/​Violet The user hurls unsanitary sludge at the target to inflict damage. This may also poison the target.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Sludge at the level specified. The numbers given are for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet and may vary in other games; check the respective Pokédex pages for details.

Grimer Grimer
#0088 / Poison
Level 15
Muk Muk
#0089 / Poison
Level 15
Koffing Koffing
#0109 / Poison
Level 20
Weezing Weezing
#0110 / Poison
Level 20
Galarian Weezing Weezing
Galarian Weezing
#0110 / Poison · Fairy
Level 20
Gulpin Gulpin
#0316 / Poison
Level 10
Swalot Swalot
#0317 / Poison
Level 1
Varoom Varoom
#0965 / Steel · Poison
Level 13
Revavroom Revavroom
#0966 / Steel · Poison
Level 13

Learnt by breeding

These Pokémon can learn Sludge as an egg move. Their breeding groups are also shown for reference.