Is Slakoth Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Safari Zone encounter. Normal-type with AbilityTruant attacking every other turn. Vigoroth at level 18 drops Truant entirely. Slaking at 36 brings it back alongside the highest stats of any non-legendary Pokemon.
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.
Slakoth trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Slakoth trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Slakoth trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Slakoth trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Slakoth trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Slakoth trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
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 Will, 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 Slakoth in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Slakoth comes from special Headbutt trees on a Kanto route, available once the National Dex is in hand. The lazy one stays in the branches, so there is no grass encounter to fall back on.
1 location to catch Slakoth
Badge 8Where To Catch Slakoth in HGSS
Slakoth is the chain's first catch. You'll find headbutt and walking encounters from Lv. 10-47 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Slakoth ✓
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Vigorothor evolve from Slakoth (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into Slaking
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Slakoth.
How to Get Shiny Slakoth in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Slakoth naps in a special headbutt tree on Route 25, but breeding it Masuda-style is the quicker path to a shiny. Compare Shiny Slakoth odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Slakoth 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 Slakoth.
Slakoth Weakness
Slakoth's Normal typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting. It shrugs off Ghost-type attacks completely. Slakoth's physical bulk (base 60 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 Slakoth Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Slakoth
Slakoth Evolutions
Slakoth kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Vigoroth all the way to Slaking. For breeding, quick to hatch with a massive partner pool via one egg group. The evolved forms gain up to 390 total stats over Slakoth. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Slakoth easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Body Slam, Crush Claw, Curse and 6 more to offspring.
HGSS Slakoth Best Moveset
AbilityTruant forces the moveset to skip every other turn, ruining 60-stat potential that would be decent for a first-stage. Evolve to Vigoroth to drop Truant temporarily.
Best Build
Slakoth best EVs are Speed and HP
Bulky Support Moveset
- Body Slam
- Aerial Ace
- Blizzard
- Brick Break
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Slakoth won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 12 types means it always has an effective option. Body Slam and Strength anchor the STAB core.
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 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The way SLAKOTH lolls around makes anyone who watches it feel like doing the same.
Slakoth HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Slakoth has 280 BST and evolves into Vigoroth. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Slakoth is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Slakoth becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Slakoth appears in 14 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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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