Slaking

Slaking spends all day lying down and lolling about. It eats grass growing within its reach. If it eats all the grass it can reach, this Pokémon reluctantly moves to another spot.

Dex No

#289

Slaking Weaknesses and Strengths

Slaking is a Normal type Pokemon. When dealing damage with Normal Type Moves, they will deal an additional 20% damage.

Weak Against
Types	Damage
Fighting	160%

Resistant Against
Types	Damage
Ghost	39.1%

Best Moves for Slaking in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best Fast Move and Charge Move combo for Slaking.

We simulate the damage (DPS) of two moves combined and then rank them based on how much damage they deal over a period of time (CDPS).

Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	CDPS
Yawn	Hyper Beam	47.37	339.40
Yawn	Body Slam	31.58	304.61
Yawn	Play Rough	31.03	300.25
Yawn	Earthquake	38.89	264.00

All Moves for Slaking

Below are all the moves that Slaking can learn. Some moves are only available using Elite TM items.

Move	Type	Power	DPS	Duration	Energy
Body Slam EliteTM	Charged	50	31.58	1900ms	-33
Hyper Beam	Charged	150	47.37	3800ms	-100
Play Rough	Charged	90	31.03	2900ms	-50
Earthquake	Charged	140	38.89	3600ms	-100
Yawn	Quick	0	0	1700ms	15

Slaking Evolution

Slakoth	Requires 25x Candy	Vigoroth
Vigoroth	Requires 100x Candy	Slaking

Best Slaking Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Slaking Raids and the best movesets to use. We run a simulation with every Pokemon GO in our database to figure out the quickest time to defeat (TTK) Slaking in a raid.