This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Slaking in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use with Slaking, as well as its strengths and weakness. If you have a good competitive moveset for Slaking, post an answer below and upvote the best ones.
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Slaking fits best on offensive builds due to its hit-and-run nature. It forms an excellent double-Normal core with Snorlax, with both of them sharing checks they can overwhelm with their strong STAB moves. The best Natures for Slakoth, Vigoroth, and Slaking in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet are discussed to enhance their performance in battles.
Endure is not worth it for Slaking because he will faint the next turn when he inevitably gets hit while loafing around Encore is interesting because it would be very helpful to lock your opponent into a move that doesn't impact Slaking very much. That would help mitigate the effects of Truant Generally, you want big damage moves like Earthquake, Return or Hyper Beam on Slaking to go for one. The standard Slaking has a move that hits every Pokémon for at least neutral damage so you'll only beat it by out predicting your opponent.
Contest Moveset A good Contest Moveset for Slaking would have to be this for the Cool Contest best with Lonely, Adament, Naughty or Brave Nature: Attacks: Thunderbolt Rain dance Aerial ace Hyper beam Items. Slaking evolution and how to get Slaking (Location) in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (Pokemon SV)! Learn about the best Slaking movesets, best builds, best nature, & base stats! Pokemon SV Slaking Evolutions, Type Weakness, Best Moves, Where to find and catch Slaking an S. Checks and Counters The single best way to deal with Slaking is Protect.
If you have a Pokemon with Protect against a Slaking, it is impossible for it to hit you at all. Guts Pokemon, such as Swellow and Ursaring, can freely take advantage of Slaking's presence to activate their Status Orbs during Slaking's Truant turn. Slaking is a Normal-type Pokemon in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV).
Slaking evolves from Vigoroth at Lv. 36, and is in the Field Egg Group. Learn about the Gen 9 learnset of Slaking, how to get Slaking and all locations, Shiny Slaking's appearance, as well as its stats, abilities, best Tera Type and Nature, and weaknesses here.