What is a good competitive moveset for Slakoth? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Slakoth is a fabulous 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: Normalium Z / Shell Bell Ability: Truant Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 96 Hp / 252 Atk / 160 SpD Moveset: - Double-Edge / Return - Shadow Claw - Night Slash - Hammer Arm
Physical Sweeper Slakoth
Slakoth is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Truant, Slakoth skips every other turn instead of using a move.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ 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). ♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Slakoth's speed by 1 stage).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Slakoth? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Species: Slakoth Item: Normalium Z / Shell Bell Ability: Truant Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 96 Hp / 252 Atk / 160 SpD Moveset: - Double-Edge / Return - Rock Slide - Shadow Claw - Night Slash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Slakoth
Slakoth is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Truant, Slakoth skips every other turn instead of using a move.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ 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).
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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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Slakoth can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM 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
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