Sludge Bomb

Sludge Bomb

ヘドロばくだん Sludge Bomb

Introduced:	Generation II

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	90
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	10, max: 16
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Detect/Protect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	No

Contest Data

Contests (RSE)

Condition:	Tough
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Jam:	1 ♥
Startles the Pokémon that caught the Judges attention.

Super Contests (DPPt)

Condition:	Tough
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Condition:	Tough
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Jam:	1 ♥
Badly startles Pokémon that the audience have high expectations of.

Sludge Bomb is a Poison-type move introduced in Generation II. It was TM36 from Generation II to Generation VII and has been TR22 since Generation VIII.

Description

Games	Description
GSC	An attack that may poison the foe.
RSE	Hurls sludge at the foe. It may poison the foe.
FRLG	Flithy sludge is hurled at the foe. It may poison the foe.
DPPtHGSS	The user attacks by hurling filthy sludge at the foe. It may also poison the foe.
BWB2W2	Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the target. It may also poison the target.
XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA	Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the target. This may also poison the target.
SV	The user hurls unsanitary sludge at the target to inflict damage. This may also poison the target.

Effect

In battle

Sludge Bomb does damage and has a 30% chance to poison the target. In a Double Battle, Sludge Bomb can target any Pokémon around the user. In a Triple Battle, Sludge Bomb can only target a Pokémon that's adjacent to the user. Sludge Bomb will have no effect on Pokémon with Bulletproof.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Ekans	poison	Field/Dragon							33BDSP	33
	Arbok	poison	Field/Dragon							39BDSP	39
	Grimer	poison	Amorphous	50	43	36	36BW 26B2W2	26XY 29ORAS	29SMUSUM 48PE	29BDSP	29
	Grimer	poison/dark	Amorphous						48PE
	Muk	poison	Amorphous	60	47	36	36BW 26B2W2	26XY 29ORAS	29SMUSUM 60PE	29BDSP	29
	Muk	poison/dark	Amorphous						60PE
	Koffing	poison	Amorphous			42	46BW 34B2W2	34	34SMUSUM 42PE	32SwShBDSP	32
	Weezing	poison	Amorphous			48	52BW 34B2W2	34	34SMUSUM 50PE	32SwShBDSP	32
	Weezing	poison/fairy	Amorphous							32SwSh	32
	Gulpin	poison	Amorphous		39	39	44	44XY 33ORAS	33	33BDSP	33
	Swalot	poison	Amorphous		48	45	52	52XY 37ORAS	37	37BDSP	37
	Seviper	poison	Field/Dragon							46BDSP	46
	Croagunk	poison/fighting	Human-Like			43	45	45	45	44SwShBDSP	44
	Toxicroak	poison/fighting	Human-Like			49	54	54	54	48SwShBDSP	48
	Tangrowth	grass	Grass							52LA
	Trubbish	poison	Mineral				29	29	29	27SwSh
	Garbodor	poison	Mineral				29	29	29	27SwSh
	Skrelp	poison/water	Water 1/Dragon					38	38	50SwSh	50
	Dragalge	poison/dragon	Water 1/Dragon					38	38	52SwSh	52
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM/TR

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
				II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Bulbasaur	grass/poison	Monster/Grass		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Ivysaur	grass/poison	Monster/Grass		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Venusaur	grass/poison	Monster/Grass		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Beedrill	bug/poison	Bug	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TM36BDSP
	Rattata	dark/normal	Field						TM36SMUSUM TM52PE
	Raticate	dark/normal	Field						TM36SMUSUM TM52PE
	Ekans	poison	Field/Dragon	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Arbok	poison	Field/Dragon	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Nidoran♀	poison	Monster/Field		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Nidorina	poison	Undiscovered		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Nidoqueen	poison/ground	Undiscovered		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Nidoran♂	poison	Monster/Field		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Nidorino	poison	Monster/Field		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Nidoking	poison/ground	Monster/Field		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Zubat	poison/flying	Flying		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Golbat	poison/flying	Flying		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Oddish	grass/poison	Grass	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Gloom	grass/poison	Grass	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Vileplume	grass/poison	Grass	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Paras	bug/grass	Bug/Grass	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TM36BDSP
	Parasect	bug/grass	Bug/Grass	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TM36BDSP
	Venonat	bug/poison	Bug	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Venomoth	bug/poison	Bug	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Diglett	ground	Field	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Diglett	ground/steel	Field						TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh	TM148
	Dugtrio	ground	Field	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Dugtrio	ground/steel	Field						TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh	TM148
	Bellsprout	grass/poison	Grass	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Weepinbell	grass/poison	Grass	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Victreebel	grass/poison	Grass	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Tentacool	water/poison	Water 3	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Tentacruel	water/poison	Water 3	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Slowbro	poison/psychic	Monster/Water 1							TR22SwSh	TM148
	Grimer	poison	Amorphous	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Grimer	poison/dark	Amorphous						TM36SMUSUM TM52PE		TM148
	Muk	poison	Amorphous	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Muk	poison/dark	Amorphous						TM36SMUSUM TM52PE		TM148
	Gastly	ghost/poison	Amorphous		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Haunter	ghost/poison	Amorphous		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Gengar	ghost/poison	Amorphous		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Exeggcute	grass/psychic	Grass	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Exeggutor	grass/psychic	Grass	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Exeggutor	grass/dragon	Grass						TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh	TM148
	Koffing	poison	Amorphous	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Weezing	poison	Amorphous	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Weezing	poison/fairy	Amorphous							TR22SwSh	TM148
	Tangela	grass	Grass	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36SMUSUM TM52PE	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Spinarak	bug/poison	Bug	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Ariados	bug/poison	Bug	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Crobat	poison/flying	Flying		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Bellossom	grass	Grass		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Sunkern	grass	Grass	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP
	Sunflora	grass	Grass	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Wooper	water/ground	Water 1/Field	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Wooper	poison/ground	Water 1/Field								TM148
	Quagsire	water/ground	Water 1/Field	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Slowking	poison/psychic	Monster/Water 1							TR22SwSh	TM148
	Gligar	ground/flying	Bug	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Snubbull	fairy	Field/Fairy	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Granbull	fairy	Field/Fairy	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Qwilfish	water/poison	Water 2	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Qwilfish	dark/poison	Water 2								TM148
	Shuckle	bug/rock	Bug	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Sneasel	fighting/poison	Field								TM148
	Octillery	water	Water 1/Water 2		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Houndour	dark/fire	Field	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Houndoom	dark/fire	Field	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Dustox	bug/poison	Bug		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP
	Shroomish	grass	Fairy/Grass		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Breloom	grass/fighting	Fairy/Grass		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Mawile	steel/fairy	Field/Fairy		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Roselia	grass/poison	Fairy/Grass		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Gulpin	poison	Amorphous		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Swalot	poison	Amorphous		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Torkoal	fire	Field		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Seviper	poison	Field/Dragon		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Corphish	water	Water 1/Water 3		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Crawdaunt	water/dark	Water 1/Water 3		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Lileep	rock/grass	Water 3		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Cradily	rock/grass	Water 3		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Metang	steel/psychic	Mineral		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Metagross	steel/psychic	Mineral		TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Budew	grass/poison	Undiscovered			TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Roserade	grass/poison	Fairy/Grass			TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Vespiquen	bug/flying	Bug			TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Gastrodon	water/ground	Water 1/Amorphous			TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Stunky	poison/dark	Field			TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Skuntank	poison/dark	Field			TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Skorupi	poison/bug	Bug/Water 3			TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Drapion	poison/dark	Bug/Water 3			TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Croagunk	poison/fighting	Human-Like			TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Toxicroak	poison/fighting	Human-Like			TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP	TM148
	Carnivine	grass	Grass			TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP
	Tangrowth	grass	Grass			TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22SwSh TM36BDSP
	Gliscor	ground/flying	Bug			TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Darkrai	dark	Undiscovered			TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Arceus	normal	Undiscovered			TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36	TM36BDSP	TM148
	Drilbur	ground	Field				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Excadrill	ground/steel	Field				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Tympole	water	Water 1				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Palpitoad	water/ground	Water 1				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Seismitoad	water/ground	Water 1				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Venipede	bug/poison	Bug				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Whirlipede	bug/poison	Bug				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Scolipede	bug/poison	Bug				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Sandile	ground/dark	Field				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Krokorok	ground/dark	Field				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Krookodile	ground/dark	Field				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Scraggy	dark/fighting	Field/Dragon				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Scrafty	dark/fighting	Field/Dragon				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Trubbish	poison	Mineral				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Garbodor	poison	Mineral				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Zorua	dark	Field							TR22	TM148
	Zorua	normal/ghost	Field								TM148
	Zoroark	dark	Field							TR22	TM148
	Zoroark	normal/ghost	Field								TM148
	Foongus	grass/poison	Grass				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Amoonguss	grass/poison	Grass				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Frillish	water/ghost	Amorphous				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Jellicent	water/ghost	Amorphous				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Shelmet	bug	Bug				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Accelgor	bug	Bug				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Stunfisk	ground/electric	Water 1/Amorphous				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Stunfisk	ground/steel	Water 1/Amorphous							TR22SwSh
	Druddigon	dragon	Dragon/Monster				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22
	Tornadus	flying	Undiscovered				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Thundurus	electric/flying	Undiscovered				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Landorus	ground/flying	Undiscovered				TM36	TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Chespin	grass	Field					TM36	TM36
	Quilladin	grass	Field					TM36	TM36
	Chesnaught	grass/fighting	Field					TM36	TM36
	Bunnelby	normal	Field					TM36	TM36	TR22
	Diggersby	normal/ground	Field					TM36	TM36	TR22
	Pancham	fighting	Field/Human-Like					TM36	TM36	TR22
	Pangoro	fighting/dark	Field/Human-Like					TM36	TM36	TR22
	Binacle	rock/water	Water 3					TM36	TM36	TR22
	Barbaracle	rock/water	Water 3					TM36	TM36	TR22
	Skrelp	poison/water	Water 1/Dragon					TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Dragalge	poison/dragon	Water 1/Dragon					TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Clauncher	water	Water 1/Water 3					TM36	TM36	TR22
	Clawitzer	water	Water 1/Water 3					TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Goomy	dragon	Dragon					TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Sliggoo	dragon	Dragon					TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Sliggoo	steel/dragon	Dragon								TM148
	Goodra	dragon	Dragon					TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Goodra	steel/dragon	Dragon								TM148
	Pumpkaboo	ghost/grass	Amorphous					TM36	TM36	TR22
	Gourgeist	ghost/grass	Amorphous					TM36	TM36	TR22
	Volcanion	fire/water	Undiscovered					TM36	TM36	TR22	TM148
	Mareanie	poison/water	Water 1						TM36	TR22	TM148
	Toxapex	poison/water	Water 1						TM36	TR22	TM148
	Morelull	grass/fairy	Grass						TM36	TR22
	Shiinotic	grass/fairy	Grass						TM36	TR22
	Salandit	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon						TM36	TR22	TM148
	Salazzle	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon						TM36	TR22	TM148
	Golisopod	bug/water	Bug/Water 3						TM36	TR22
	Sandygast	ghost/ground	Amorphous							TR22	TM148
	Palossand	ghost/ground	Amorphous						TM36	TR22	TM148
	Nihilego	rock/poison	Undiscovered						TM36	TR22
	Guzzlord	dark/dragon	Undiscovered						TM36	TR22
	Poipole	poison	Undiscovered						TM36USUM	TR22
	Naganadel	poison/dragon	Undiscovered						TM36USUM	TR22
	Toxtricity	electric/poison	Human-Like							TR22	TM148
	Toxtricity	electric/poison	Human-Like							TR22	TM148
	Eternatus	poison/dragon	Undiscovered							TR22	TM148
	Sneasler	fighting/poison	Field								TM148
	Overqwil	dark/poison	Water 2								TM148
	Enamorus	fairy/flying	Undiscovered								TM148
	Shroodle	poison/normal	Field								TM148
	Grafaiai	poison/normal	Field								TM148
	Toedscool	ground/grass	Grass								TM148
	Toedscruel	ground/grass	Grass								TM148
	Rellor	bug	Bug								TM148
	Rabsca	bug/psychic	Bug								TM148
	Varoom	steel/poison	Mineral								TM148
	Revavroom	steel/poison	Mineral								TM148
	Glimmet	rock/poison	Mineral								TM148
	Glimmora	rock/poison	Mineral								TM148
	Clodsire	poison/ground	Water 1/Field								TM148
	Okidogi	poison/fighting	Undiscovered								TM148
	Munkidori	poison/psychic	Undiscovered								TM148
	Fezandipiti	poison/fairy	Undiscovered								TM148
	Pecharunt	poison/ghost	Undiscovered								TM148
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Gallery

• Games
• Anime
• Manga

Main games

Sludge Bomb depicted in Generation II

Sludge Bomb depicted in Generation III

Sludge Bomb depicted in Generation VI

Sludge Bomb depicted in Generation VII

Sludge Bomb depicted in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!

Main series

Sludge Bomb being used by Ash's Muk.

Sludge Bomb being used by Attila's Muk (In Pokémon Chronicles).

Sludge Bomb being used by Harley's Octillery.

Sludge Bomb used by Saturn's Toxicroak.

Sludge Bomb being used by Conway's Shuckle.

Sludge Bomb being used by Cilan's Stunfisk.

Sludge Bomb being used by Celosia's Drapion.

Sludge Bomb performed by Professor Kukui's Venusaur.

Sludge Bomb performed by Ash's Gengar.

Pokémon Adventures

Sludge Bomb being used by Janine's Grimer.

Sludge Bomb being used by Lucy's Seviper.

Sludge Bomb being used by Chalmers' Dragalge.

Other manga series

Sludge Bomb being used by Saturn's Toxicroak.

See also

• Sludge