Slugma in Pokemon Winds & Waves: What We Know So Far

The Lava Pokemon. Slugma's Magma Armor prevents freezing and halves egg hatch steps when in your party. Mostly used as an egg-hatching utility Pokemon.

Abilities in past games

Ability 1Magma ArmorAbility 2Flame BodyHiddenWeak Armor

Weak to

Special

Balanced

UTier

20Speed · Very Slow

Slugma in Pokemon Winds & Waves

Spotted in official prerelease footage and screenshotsReviewed Oct 13, 2026

We spotted Slugma in official prerelease footage and screenshots of Pokemon Winds and Waves.

Play the official trailer (spotted at 1:56)Loads the official YouTube player when you press it

Watch on YouTube (spotted at 1:56)

Slugma in an official Pokemon Winds and Waves screenshot, Lava cave — Official screenshot: Lava cave

Where it was spotted

Announcement trailerFeb 27, 2026at 1:56GameplayLava cave
Announcement trailerFeb 27, 2026at 2:12GameplayLava cave
2 Official site screenshots (1, 2)Feb 27, 2026Official screenshotLava cave

Not revealed yet for Winds and Waves: locations, moves and base stats, so this page has no builds or counters for it yet.

More on the game: Pokemon Winds and Waves hub, Winds and Waves starters.

Shiny Slugma in Winds & Waves

Shiny Slugma has not been shown for Winds & Waves yet. See every game where Shiny Slugma can be hunted.

The shiny preview and evolution chain below are from earlier games.

Normal vs Shiny

Color ShiftRedtoGray

Shiny TierB Tier Shiny

Shiny Slugma Evolution

2 Forms

Stage 1Slugma

Lv. 38

Stage 2Magcargo

Showing shiny artworkView Full Evolution Chart

Slugma Weakness

Type-wise, Slugma takes extra damage from Water, Ground, and Rock. It resists 6 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely.

Slugma Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Water, Ground, Rock
0.5x (Resist)	Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel, Fairy

What is Slugma Weak Against

Avg

3Weak

6Resist

0Immune

Score0

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Water Ground Rock

½xResist

Fire Grass Ice Bug Steel Fairy

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

What is Slugma Strong Against

4Strong

4Resisted

0Immune

Score0

2xStrong

Grass Ice Bug Steel

½xResisted

Fire Water Rock Dragon

0xImmune

None

Slugma Evolutions

In previous games, Slugma opened its evolution line and worked toward Magcargo. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms

#218Slugma

Level 38

#219Magcargo

Stat Comparison 2 Stages

Slugma

Fire

Magcargo

FireRock

60+20

ATK

50+10

DEF

120+80

SP.ATK

90+20

SP.DEF

80+40

SPE

30+10

BST

250D-Tier

430C-Tier+180

ROLE

Balanced

Trick Room

TYPE

Special

Breeding

Unconfirmed

In earlier games, Slugma was able to breed through the Amorphous egg group.

Egg Groups

Amorphous

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

20 cycles·5,140 steps

Quick~5 min with Flame Body

Base Stats

In previous games, Sp. Atk and HP carried most of Slugma's stat budget.

Base Stats

Below

HP40

Attack40

Defense40

Sp. Atk70

Sp. Def40

Speed20

Total250

Details

Catch Rate

Easy190 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Fast1M XP

Height0.7 m

Weight35.0 kg

Base XP50

Abilities

Magma Armor

Prevents freezing.

Flame Body

Has a 30% chance of burning attacking Pokémon on contact.

Weak ArmorHidden Ability

Raises Speed and lowers Defense by one stage each upon being hit by a physical move.

EV Yield

HPAtkDefSpA+1SpDSpe

Special Attack training source

Pokedex Entry

Its body is made of magma. If it doesn’t keep moving, its body will cool and harden.

Pokedex entry from Pokemon Legends: Z-A

Game Availability

Debuting in Gold & Silver, Slugma appears in 16 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.

Click a game to view version-specific details

Explore

Where to go next after Slugma.

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