
Is Slakoth Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Slakoth with AbilityTruant attacks every other turn. Petalburg Woods catch. Vigoroth at 18 drops Truant for AbilityVital Spirit. Slaking at 36 gets Truant back with 160 Attack. Emerald's Water Champion means Slaking can't brute-force the final fight the way it could in RS.
Roxanne's typing presses Slakoth's defenses.
Slakoth trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Vigoroth trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Vigoroth has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Vigoroth has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Vigoroth has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Slaking resists most of Juan's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking resists most of Sidney's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Slaking resists most of Drake's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Catch Slakoth on Petalburg Woods (walking, Lv 5-6, rare).
- After Roxanne
- HM04NormalStrength120100%15
- After Brawly
- TM43NormalSecret Power105100%20
- LV 31NormalCovet90100%25
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacade105100%20
- TM01FightingFocus Punch150100%20
- After Winona
- TM22GrassSolar Beam120100%10
- TM38FireFire Blast11085%5
- After Juan
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge180100%15
Your Slakoth should hit Level 18 before you reach Wattson, at typical leveling pace.
- STARTING (Lv 18)
- LV 18NormalUproar135100%10
- After Roxanne
- HM04NormalStrength120100%15
- After Brawly
- TM43NormalSecret Power105100%20
- LV 31NormalSlash105100%20
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacade105100%20
- After Winona
- TM22GrassSolar Beam120100%10
- LV 43FightingFocus Punch150100%20
- After Juan
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge180100%15
Your Vigoroth should hit Level 36 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
- After Roxanne
- HM04NormalStrength120100%15
- After Brawly
- TM43NormalSecret Power105100%20
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacade105100%20
- TM01FightingFocus Punch150100%20
- After Winona
- TM15NormalHyper Beam22590%5
- TM22GrassSolar Beam120100%10
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquake100100%10
- After Juan
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge180100%15
How to Get Slakoth in Emerald
You'll want early-game access before hunting Slakoth. Moderate rates across 1 encounter spots means the location matters. Sort by Best below and target the top-rated area first.
1 location to catch Slakoth
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Slakoth Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Slakoth
Makuhita Fighting | C | |
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
E Slakoth Best Moveset
Every other turn is wasted to AbilityTruant, making Slakoth useless in competitive play. The moveset is irrelevant since it needs to evolve past this stage.
Best Build
Slakoth best EVs are HP and Defense
Bulky Support Moveset
- Double Edge
- Aerial Ace
- Blizzard
- Body Slam
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. Double-Edge and Mega Kick 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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It sleeps virtually all day and night long. It doesn’t change its nest its entire life, but it sometimes travels great distances by swimming in rivers.
Slakoth Emerald Guide
In Emerald, For a casual playthrough, Slakoth works as a placeholder. Normal coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Vigoroth. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Slakoth appears in 14 games across 8 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 7LGPE

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