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Sludge Bomb

Type	Power	Accuracy	PP	Priority	Damage	Target
Poison	90	100%	10	0	Special	Single non-user

Description

Deals damage and has a 30% chance to poison the target.

Competitive Use

While Sludge Bomb does have a respectable Base Power and a nice secondary effect, it is an often neglected move for a few reasons. Since Poison only hits Grass-types super effectively, Sludge Bomb is rarely used as a coverage type on any special attacker, with the exception as a STAB move. In addition, most Poison-type Pokemon are not geared to be special attackers. However, there are some Pokemon, like Gengar, who can use Sludge Bomb as a STAB move. Unfortunately for Sludge Bomb, other moves, such as Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, Disable, and Substitute, leave Gengar hard-pressed to actually fit Sludge Bomb onto any moveset.

Related Moves

Sludge Wave is a slightly more powerful special Poison-type move, but with only a 10% chance of poisoning the opponent.

Pokémon	Type	Tier	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe	BST
Accelgor	Bug	RU	Hydration / Sticky Hold / Unburden	80	70	40	100	60	145	495
Amoonguss	Grass / Poison	RU	Effect Spore / Regenerator	114	85	70	85	80	30	464
Arbok	Poison	NU	Intimidate / Shed Skin / Unnerve	60	85	69	65	79	80	438
Arceus-Bug	Bug	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Dark	Dark	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Dragon	Dragon	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Electric	Electric	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Fighting	Fighting	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Fire	Fire	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Flying	Flying	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Ghost	Ghost	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Grass	Grass	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Ground	Ground	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Ice	Ice	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Normal	Normal	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Poison	Poison	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Psychic	Psychic	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Rock	Rock	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Steel	Steel	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Arceus-Water	Water	Uber	Multitype	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
Ariados	Bug / Poison	NU	Swarm / Insomnia / Sniper	70	90	70	60	60	40	390
Beedrill	Bug / Poison	NU	Swarm / Sniper	65	80	40	45	80	75	385
Bellossom	Grass	NU	Chlorophyll / Healer	75	80	85	90	100	50	480
Bellsprout	Grass / Poison	LC	Chlorophyll / Gluttony	50	75	35	70	30	40	300
Breloom	Grass / Fighting	OU	Effect Spore / Poison Heal / Technician	60	130	80	60	60	70	460
Budew	Grass / Poison	LC	Natural Cure / Poison Point / Leaf Guard	40	30	35	50	70	55	280
Bulbasaur	Grass / Poison	LC	Overgrow / Chlorophyll	45	49	49	65	65	45	318
Carnivine	Grass	NU	Levitate	74	100	72	90	72	46	454
Corphish	Water	LC	Hyper Cutter / Shell Armor / Adaptability	43	80	65	50	35	35	308
Cradily	Rock / Grass	NU	Suction Cups / Storm Drain	86	81	97	81	107	43	495
Crawdaunt	Water / Dark	RU	Hyper Cutter / Shell Armor / Adaptability	63	120	85	90	55	55	468
Croagunk	Poison / Fighting	LC	Anticipation / Dry Skin / Poison Touch	48	61	40	61	40	50	300
Crobat	Poison / Flying	UU	Inner Focus / Infiltrator	85	90	80	70	80	130	535
Darkrai	Dark	Uber	Bad Dreams	70	90	90	135	90	125	600
Diglett	Ground	LC	Sand Veil / Arena Trap / Sand Force	10	55	25	35	45	95	265
Drapion	Poison / Dark	RU	Battle Armor / Sniper / Keen Eye	70	90	110	60	75	95	500
Drilbur	Ground	LC	Sand Rush / Sand Force / Mold Breaker	60	85	40	30	45	68	328
Druddigon	Dragon	RU	Rough Skin / Sheer Force / Mold Breaker	77	120	90	60	90	48	485
Dugtrio	Ground	OU	Sand Veil / Arena Trap / Sand Force	35	80	50	50	70	120	405
Dustox	Bug / Poison	NU	Shield Dust / Compoundeyes	60	50	70	50	90	65	385
Ekans	Poison	LC	Intimidate / Shed Skin / Unnerve	35	60	44	40	54	55	288
Excadrill	Ground / Steel	Uber	Sand Rush / Sand Force / Mold Breaker	110	135	60	50	65	88	508
Exeggcute	Grass / Psychic	LC	Chlorophyll / Harvest	60	40	80	60	45	40	325
Exeggutor	Grass / Psychic	NU	Chlorophyll / Harvest	95	95	85	125	65	55	520
Foongus	Grass / Poison	LC	Effect Spore / Regenerator	69	55	45	55	55	15	294
Frillish	Water / Ghost	LC	Water Absorb / Cursed Body / Damp	55	40	50	65	85	40	335
Garbodor	Poison	NU	Stench / Weak Armor / Aftermath	80	95	82	60	82	75	474
Gastly	Ghost / Poison	LC	Levitate	30	35	30	100	35	80	310
Gastrodon	Water / Ground	OU	Sticky Hold / Storm Drain / Sand Force	111	83	68	92	82	39	475
Gengar	Ghost / Poison	OU	Levitate	60	65	60	130	75	110	500
Gligar	Ground / Flying	UU	Hyper Cutter / Sand Veil / Immunity	65	75	105	35	65	85	430
Gliscor	Ground / Flying	OU	Hyper Cutter / Sand Veil / Poison Heal	75	95	125	45	75	95	510
Golbat	Poison / Flying	NU	Inner Focus / Infiltrator	75	80	70	65	75	90	455
Granbull	Normal	NU	Intimidate / Quick Feet / Rattled	90	120	75	60	60	45	450
Grimer	Poison	LC	Stench / Sticky Hold / Poison Touch	80	80	50	40	50	25	325
Gulpin	Poison	LC	Liquid Ooze / Sticky Hold / Gluttony	70	43	53	43	53	40	302
Haunter	Ghost / Poison	NU	Levitate	45	50	45	115	55	95	405
Houndoom	Dark / Fire	UU	Early Bird / Flash Fire / Unnerve	75	90	50	110	80	95	500
Houndour	Dark / Fire	LC	Early Bird / Flash Fire / Unnerve	45	60	30	80	50	65	330
Jellicent	Water / Ghost	OU	Water Absorb / Cursed Body / Damp	100	60	70	85	105	60	480
Koffing	Poison	LC	Levitate	40	65	95	60	45	35	340
Krookodile	Ground / Dark	UU	Intimidate / Moxie / Anger Point	95	117	70	65	70	92	509
Landorus	Ground / Flying	OU	Sand Force / Sheer Force	89	125	90	115	80	101	600
Lileep	Rock / Grass	LC	Suction Cups / Storm Drain	66	41	77	61	87	23	355
Mawile	Steel	NU	Hyper Cutter / Intimidate / Sheer Force	50	85	85	55	55	50	380
Metagross	Steel / Psychic	OU	Clear Body / Light Metal	80	135	130	95	90	70	600
Metang	Steel / Psychic	NU	Clear Body / Light Metal	60	75	100	55	80	50	420
Mew	Psychic	UU	Synchronize	100	100	100	100	100	100	600
Muk	Poison	NU	Stench / Sticky Hold / Poison Touch	105	105	75	65	100	50	500
Nidoking	Poison / Ground	UU	Poison Point / Rivalry / Sheer Force	81	92	77	85	75	85	495
Nidoqueen	Poison / Ground	UU	Poison Point / Rivalry / Sheer Force	90	82	87	75	85	76	495
Nidoran-F	Poison	LC	Poison Point / Rivalry / Hustle	55	47	52	40	40	41	275
Nidoran-M	Poison	LC	Poison Point / Rivalry / Hustle	46	57	40	40	40	50	273
Octillery	Water	NU	Suction Cups / Sniper / Moody	75	105	75	105	75	45	480
Oddish	Grass / Poison	LC	Chlorophyll / Run Away	45	50	55	75	65	30	320
Paras	Bug / Grass	LC	Effect Spore / Dry Skin / Damp	35	70	55	45	55	25	285
Parasect	Bug / Grass	NU	Effect Spore / Dry Skin / Damp	60	95	80	60	80	30	405
Quagsire	Water / Ground	RU	Damp / Water Absorb / Unaware	95	85	85	65	65	35	430
Qwilfish	Water / Poison	RU	Poison Point / Swift Swim / Intimidate	65	95	75	55	55	85	430
Roselia	Grass / Poison	NU	Natural Cure / Poison Point / Leaf Guard	50	60	45	100	80	65	400
Roserade	Grass / Poison	UU	Natural Cure / Poison Point / Technician	60	70	55	125	105	90	505
Sandile	Ground / Dark	LC	Intimidate / Moxie / Anger Point	50	72	35	35	35	65	292
Scolipede	Bug / Poison	NU	Poison Point / Swarm / Quick Feet	60	90	89	55	69	112	475
Scrafty	Dark / Fighting	UU	Shed Skin / Moxie / Intimidate	65	90	115	45	115	58	488
Scraggy	Dark / Fighting	LC	Shed Skin / Moxie / Intimidate	50	75	70	35	70	48	348
Seismitoad	Water / Ground	NU	Swift Swim / Poison Touch / Water Absorb	105	85	75	85	75	74	499
Seviper	Poison	NU	Shed Skin / Infiltrator	73	100	60	100	60	65	458
Shelmet	Bug	LC	Hydration / Shell Armor / Overcoat	50	40	85	40	65	25	305
Shroomish	Grass	LC	Effect Spore / Poison Heal / Quick Feet	60	40	60	40	60	35	295
Shuckle	Bug / Rock	NU	Sturdy / Gluttony / Contrary	20	10	230	10	230	5	505
Skorupi	Poison / Bug	LC	Battle Armor / Sniper / Keen Eye	40	50	90	30	55	65	330
Skuntank	Poison / Dark	NU	Stench / Aftermath / Keen Eye	103	93	67	71	61	84	479
Snubbull	Normal	LC	Intimidate / Run Away / Rattled	60	80	50	40	40	30	300
Spinarak	Bug / Poison	LC	Swarm / Insomnia / Sniper	40	60	40	40	40	30	250
Stunfisk	Ground / Electric	NU	Static / Limber / Sand Veil	109	66	84	81	99	32	471
Stunky	Poison / Dark	LC	Stench / Aftermath / Keen Eye	63	63	47	41	41	74	329
Sunflora	Grass	NU	Chlorophyll / Solar Power / Early Bird	75	75	55	105	85	30	425
Sunkern	Grass	LC	Chlorophyll / Solar Power / Early Bird	30	30	30	30	30	30	180
Swalot	Poison	NU	Liquid Ooze / Sticky Hold / Gluttony	100	73	83	73	83	55	467
Tangela	Grass	NU	Chlorophyll / Leaf Guard / Regenerator	65	55	115	100	40	60	435
Tangrowth	Grass	RU	Chlorophyll / Leaf Guard / Regenerator	100	100	125	110	50	50	535
Tentacool	Water / Poison	LC	Clear Body / Liquid Ooze / Rain Dish	40	40	35	50	100	70	335
Tentacruel	Water / Poison	OU	Clear Body / Liquid Ooze / Rain Dish	80	70	65	80	120	100	515
Thundurus	Electric / Flying	Uber	Prankster / Defiant	79	115	70	125	80	111	580
Torkoal	Fire	NU	White Smoke / Shell Armor	70	85	140	85	70	20	470
Tornadus	Flying	UU	Prankster / Defiant	79	115	70	125	80	111	580
Toxicroak	Poison / Fighting	OU	Anticipation / Dry Skin / Poison Touch	83	106	65	86	65	85	490
Trubbish	Poison	LC	Stench / Sticky Hold / Aftermath	50	50	62	40	62	65	329
Tympole	Water	LC	Swift Swim / Hydration / Water Absorb	50	50	40	50	40	64	294
Venipede	Bug / Poison	LC	Poison Point / Swarm / Quick Feet	30	45	59	30	39	57	260
Venomoth	Bug / Poison	BL2	Shield Dust / Tinted Lens / Wonder Skin	70	65	60	90	75	90	450
Venonat	Bug / Poison	LC	Compoundeyes / Tinted Lens / Run Away	60	55	50	40	55	45	305
Venusaur	Grass / Poison	OU	Overgrow / Chlorophyll	80	82	83	100	100	80	525
Vespiquen	Bug / Flying	NU	Pressure / Unnerve	70	80	102	80	102	40	474
Victreebel	Grass / Poison	NU	Chlorophyll / Gluttony	80	105	65	100	60	70	480
Vileplume	Grass / Poison	NU	Chlorophyll / Effect Spore	75	80	85	100	90	50	480
Weezing	Poison	NU	Levitate	65	90	120	85	70	60	490
Whirlipede	Bug / Poison	NU	Poison Point / Swarm / Quick Feet	40	55	99	40	79	47	360
Wooper	Water / Ground	LC	Damp / Water Absorb / Unaware	55	45	45	25	25	15	210
Zubat	Poison / Flying	LC	Inner Focus / Infiltrator	40	45	35	30	40	55	245