Is Slaking Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Slakoth's final form at level 36. 670 BST but AbilityTruant forces skipping every other turn. If you bred a Slakoth, Slaking's raw power carries individual turns. The downtime is the permanent cost.
Slakoth trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Vigoroth has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Fantina's typing presses Vigoroth's defenses.
Vigoroth has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Vigoroth has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Slaking resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Slaking resists most of Aaron's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Slaking resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking resists most of Mars's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catch Slakoth
Catch Slakoth in Eterna Forest (walking, Lv 10-11, common). Swarm (daily, announced in Sandgem Town).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Crasher Wake
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Iron Island
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORPoisonGunk ShotPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Survival Area
Evolve Slakoth to Vigoroth
Slakoth evolves into Vigoroth at Level 18. Your Slakoth should hit Level 18 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 31NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Crasher Wake
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Iron Island
- After Byron
- HM08NormalRock ClimbPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20Route 217 (northeast of Hiker's house)
- LV 43FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORPoisonGunk ShotPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Survival Area
Evolve Vigoroth to Slaking
Vigoroth evolves into Slaking at Level 36. Your Vigoroth should hit Level 36 before you reach Byron, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Iron Island
- After Byron
- HM08NormalRock ClimbPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20Route 217 (northeast of Hiker's house)
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORPoisonGunk ShotPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Survival Area
How to Get Slaking in Platinum
Slaking closes out the line at level 36 from Vigoroth. Everything traces back to the daily Slakoth swarm, so the heaviest hitter of the three still starts at that one swarm spot.
Catch Slakoth at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Slaking.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2How to Obtain Slaking in Pt
- Step 2Evolve into VigorothBREEDINGAvailableLeave Slaking with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Slakoth egg.
- Step 3Slaking ✓
How to Get Shiny Slaking in Platinum
Slaking finishes the line, so chain a Slakoth in Eterna Forest to 40 for a shiny and grind it through both stages. Compare Shiny Slaking odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Slaking Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
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 | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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 Platinum 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
Good
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.
Pt Slaking Best Moveset
160 Attack and 150 HP are legendary-tier numbers hamstrung by AbilityTruant freezing the moveset every other turn. When Slaking attacks, almost nothing survives. The problem is the wasted turn, which lets opponents set up, heal, or switch for free.
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 13 types beyond STAB, including Dark and Fighting. The offense anchors on Giga Impact and Hyper Beam 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
44 of 46 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
The world’s laziest Pokémon. When it is lounging, it is actually saving energy for striking back.
Slaking Platinum Guide
In Platinum, use Slaking as a sweeper. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats,
For Platinum, build your team around Starmie. These have the highest co-usage rates with Slaking in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
For Platinum, 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
Winds & Waves
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