Slakoth (Pokmon) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia

Slakoth (Japanese: ナマケロ Namakero) is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation III.

It evolves into Vigoroth starting at level 18, which evolves into Slaking starting at level 36.

Biology

Slakoth is a brown, quadrupedal Pokémon with sloth-like qualities. It has coarse, shaggy fur with two dark brown stripes on its back. There is a scruff of fur on top of its head, and it has a large snout, pink eyelids, and dark rings around its eyes. It has long, lanky arms, but shorter legs. Each paw has two sharp claws, and there are pink paw pads on the back feet. Its underbelly and rear are also pink.

Slakoth lolls around and sleeps for more than twenty hours a day, which can make those around it drowsy. Since it does not move very much, it does not need much food and only eats three leaves each day. Its heart only beats once a minute. In Generation III, Slack Off was its signature move. It makes its nest in tropical forests, and keeps the same one during its entire life. However, it can travel far by swimming in rivers. As mentioned in the Sleep Style Dex, Drowsy Power is the only thing that make Slakoth move in order sleep near Snorlax.[1]

Prior to Generation V and in Generation IX, Slakoth and its fully evolved form, Slaking, are the only known Pokémon that can have Truant as an Ability.

Evolution

Slakoth evolves into Vigoroth, which evolves into Slaking.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

By breeding

Side game data

Pokémon Ranger Group: Poké Assist: None Field move: (Cut ×1) Loops: 6 Min. exp.: 30 Max. exp.: 40 Browser entry R-162 Like the name suggests, Slakoth is slow. However, its claws can't be overlooked.
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 3.33 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 67 Base Defense: 47 Base Speed: 60

Evolution data

Sprites

In the anime

Major appearances

Slakoth physically debuted in Love, Petalburg Style and Balance of Power, under the ownership of Norman. It was used in his Gym battle against Ash, where it battled Pikachu and Torkoal. It proved to be a strong battler against Pikachu with its powerful Blizzard attack, but it lost to Torkoal's Flamethrower.

In The Garden of Eatin', multiple Slakoth were living in the Banana Slakoth Garden, which is run by Marcel. A Snorlax was eating all of the bananas in the garden, and no one was able to stop it until one of the Slakoth evolved into a Vigoroth and defeated it.

Minor appearances

Slakoth debuted in Max's flashback in Having a Wailord of a Time.

In The Ribbon Cup Caper, a Slakoth was at the S.S. St. Flower's Pokémon Center.

A Slakoth appeared in The Champ Twins!.

In Camping It Up!, Mitchell used a Slakoth during the first activity of the Pokémon Summer Academy.

A Slakoth appeared in Ghoul Daze!.

In Playing the Performance Encore!, a Coordinator's Slakoth and Shroomish competed in the Battle Stage of the Daybreak Contest.

A Slakoth appeared in Lumiose City Pursuit!.

In Raid Battle in The Ruins!, a Shiny Slakoth was part of Shane Seeker's Shiny Pokémon collection, as shown in his Pokédex.

A Trainer's Slakoth appeared in Restore and Renew!.

In The Good, The Bad, and The Lucky!, Jessie pulled a Slakoth from the Rocket Prize Master, which did absolutely nothing to help her.

In The Mew from Here!, a Slakoth was seen on Faraway Island.

A Slakoth appeared in Rocket Revengers!.

A Slakoth appeared in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One).

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Ash & Pikachu

Norman's Slakoth appeared in I'll Win With My Own Battle Style!!.

Pokémon Adventures

Alecsey (Japanese: ヒロキ Hiroki) owns a Slakoth nicknamed Slokath (Japanese: ケンタロ Kentarō). It competed in a Pokémon Contest in Tripped Up by Torkoal.

In It All Ends Now V, Norman used two Slakoth to try and stop Rayquaza from fleeing from its confines.

A Slakoth appeared in The Transfer Student.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team

A Slakoth appeared in I Want to be Human Again!.

Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire

Norman owns a Slakoth, as seen in There's Someone More Important Than Clefairy?!, where it swallows the Balance Badge and Red's Clefairy helps to retrieve it from its stomach.

In the TCG

Trivia

Origin

Slakoth is based on sloths,[2] perhaps specifically the two-toed sloth. It also has some similarities to human infants, such as spending more time sleeping than awake, and primarily lying on its stomach, as babies do not have the muscle mass to hold themselves upright.

Slakoth's evolutionary line goes through three stages of energy, where Slakoth is lazy, Vigoroth becomes extraordinarily energetic, and later Slaking becomes lazy again. This may be a reference to the Sphinx's riddle, in which the baby crawls on four legs, the adult has the most energy and walks on two legs, and the old man walks on three legs, one of which is a cane. In the case of Slaking, two legs and an arm touch the ground in its most preferable position.

Name origin

Slakoth may be a combination of slack off and sloth.

Namakero may be a combination of 怠ける namakeru (to slack off/laze around) and 樹懶 namakemono (sloth).

In other languages

More languages Hindi आलसिजी Aalsijee From आलसी Aalsee Russian Слакот Slakot Transcription of English name Thai นามาเคโร Namakhero Transcription of Japanese name

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