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Competitive Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Movesets and Strategies for Slakoth

Base Stats for Slakoth

Normal

Abilities:

Evolutions / Family:
Slakoth
Vigoroth
Slaking

Weakness Chart for Normal-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

2x

0x

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Slakoth? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.

Slakoth is popular Normal-typed Pokemon. Slakoth is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Slakoth can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Slakoth's only type-related weakness is Fighting.

Species: Slakoth
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Truant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 96 Hp / 252 Atk / 160 SpD
Moveset:
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Night Slash / Sucker Punch
- Shadow Claw
- Hammer Arm / Brick Break

Physical Sweeper Slakoth

Slakoth is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Slakoth's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Slakoth's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Truant, Slakoth skips every other turn instead of using a move.

♦ Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Slakoth's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).

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Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Slakoth? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.

Species: Slakoth
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Truant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 96 Hp / 252 Atk / 160 SpD
Moveset:
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Rock Slide
- Shadow Claw
- Night Slash / Sucker Punch

Doubles Physical Sweeper Slakoth

Slakoth is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Slakoth's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Slakoth's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Truant, Slakoth skips every other turn instead of using a move.

♦ Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).

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Movepool

Wondering what moves can Slakoth learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Slakoth can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.

Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Slakoth

Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
Moves: Yawn + Protect
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Yawn

Moves that boost Slakoth's stats

Amnesia
Bulk Up
Curse

Most notable and possible best moves for Slakoth

Ice Beam
Protect
Rest
Toxic

Common Effort Values for Slakoth in Diamond and Pearl

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Competitive Information for Slakoth [Diamond/Pearl]