Competitive Information for Slugma [Diamond/Pearl]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Slugma? 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.
Slugma is a notable Fire-typed Pokemon. Slugma is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Slugma can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Slugma is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 160 Hp / 48 Def / 252 SpA / 48 SpD
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Earth Power / Mud-Slap
- Ancient Power
- Snore / Spit Up
Special Sweeper Slugma (Flame Body)
Slugma is an interesting Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Slugma's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Slugma's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flame Body, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Slugma will be burned.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Ancient Power is a special 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Slugma must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Spit Up is a special 0-base power Normal-type move (more power with more uses of stockpile).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Slugma? 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.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 160 Hp / 48 Def / 252 SpA / 48 SpD
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Earth Power / Mud-Slap
- Ancient Power
- Snore / Spit Up
Doubles Special Sweeper Slugma (Flame Body)
Slugma is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Slugma's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Slugma's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flame Body, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Slugma will be burned.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Slugma's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Ancient Power is a special 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Slugma must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Spit Up is a special 0-base power Normal-type move (more power with more uses of stockpile).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Slugma 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.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Slugma 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 Slugma
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp, Yawn
Moves that boost Slugma's stats
- Acid Armor
- Amnesia
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Slugma
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Slugma in Diamond and Pearl
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