Is Slaking Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Slakoth's final form at level 36 with AbilityTruant forcing every-other-turn attacks. 670 BST is the highest of any non-legendary. When Slaking connects, nothing survives. The Truant turns are the entire trade-off.
Slakoth trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Slakoth has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Slakoth has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Slakoth trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Slakoth's weaknesses hard.
Jasmine's typing presses Slakoth's defenses.
Slakoth trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Slakoth trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Slakoth trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Slakoth trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Slaking resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking resists most of Janine's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Slaking resists most of Will's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking resists most of Karen's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking resists most of Lance's coverage and hits back hard.
Catch Slakoth
Catch Slakoth on Route 25 (Headbutt (rare), Lv 10-18, limited). Post-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
Evolve Slakoth to Slaking
Vigoroth evolves into Slaking at Level 36. Your Slakoth should hit Level 36 before you reach Lt. Surge, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
How to Get Slaking in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Slaking is what a Vigoroth becomes at level 36, closing out a line that started in a single Headbutt tree on a Kanto route. No stage of it ever shows up wild, so that tree is the true origin.
Catch Slakoth or Vigoroth at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Slaking.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8How to Obtain Slaking in HGSS
To get Slaking, start by catching Slakoth through headbutt encounters at Lv. 10-18. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve Vigorothor evolve from Slakoth (Step 1)
- Step 3Slaking ✓
How to Get Shiny Slaking in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Slaking tops the Slakoth line, so breed that base form Masuda-style at 1 in 1,638 and raise it all the way up. Compare Shiny Slaking odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Slaking Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Slaking.
Slaking Weakness
Fighting moves hit Slaking for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. Slaking's physical bulk (base 100 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Slaking Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Slaking
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Hitmonchan Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
 Meditite FightingPsychic | C | |
Slaking Evolutions
End of the line. Slaking caps a three-stage chain that started at Slakoth. Breeding produces the base form, and eggs are quick to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+100 over Slakoth), and Slaking peaks at 670 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Slaking to get Slakoth eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Body Slam, Crush Claw, Curse and 6 more.
HGSS Slaking Best Moveset
160 Attack and 150 HP at 100 Speed would dominate if AbilityTruant didn't force skipping every other turn. The moveset fires the hardest physical hits in the game, then does nothing. Opponents set up for free on the off turn. Raw power gated by a crippling ability.
Best Build
Slaking best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Earthquake
- Sucker Punch
- Giga Impact
- Double Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Slaking can hit 12 types beyond STAB, including Dark and Fighting. The offense anchors on Hyper Beam and Uproar while TMs handle everything else.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 33 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
The world’s laziest Pokémon. It moves to another spot when there’s no food left within its reach.
Slaking HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Slaking is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Slaking becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Slaking as a sweeper. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats,
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, build your team around Starmie. These have the highest co-usage rates with Slaking in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Jolly on Slaking. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the sweeper role.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Slaking spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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