What is a good competitive moveset for Slugma? 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.
Slugma is a decent 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.
Species: Slugma Item: Firium Z / White Herb Ability: Weak Armor Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 160 Hp / 48 Def / 252 SpA / 48 SpD Moveset: - Overheat / Flamethrower - Earth Power / Mud-Slap - Ancient Power - Round / Snore
Special Sweeper Slugma (Weak Armor)
Slugma is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Slugma's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Overheat). With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Slugma it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Slugma's special attack by 2 stages). ♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-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)). ♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn). ♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Slugma must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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 Slugma? 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: Slugma Item: Firium Z / White Herb Ability: Weak Armor Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 160 Hp / 48 Def / 252 SpA / 48 SpD Moveset: - Heat Wave / Lava Plume - Earth Power / Mud-Slap - Ancient Power - Round / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Slugma (Weak Armor)
Slugma is a notable Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Slugma's negative stat changes once. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Slugma it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
♦ Heat Wave is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes). ♦ Lava Plume is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fire-type move (30% chance to burn adjacent pokemon). ♦ 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)). ♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn). ♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Slugma must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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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.
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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 Slugma 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 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
Ability: Weak armor + Item: White herb
Ability: Weak armor + Item: Weakness policy
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Inferno
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
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