Slam
たたきつける Slam
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Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  80
Accuracy  75%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  1
Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Quite an appealing move.

Slam (Japanese: たたきつける Slam) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Slam inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Description

Games Description
Stad A Normal-type attack move. The attacker uses an appendage (e.g. tail) to slam the target hard.
GSC Slams the foe with a tail, vine, etc.
Stad2 A Normal-type attack move. The attacker uses an appendage to slam the target hard.
RSEColo.XD Slams the foe with a long tail, vine, etc.
FRLG The foe is struck with a long tail, vines, etc.
DPPtHGSS The foe is slammed with a long tail, vines, etc., to inflict damage.
BWB2W2 The target is slammed with a long tail, vines, etc., to inflict damage.
XYORAS The target is slammed with a long tail, vines, or the like to inflict damage.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
025   Pikachu Electric Electric   20 20 20 21 26 26
37
069   Bellsprout Grass Poison 42 45 45 41 41 41
070   Weepinbell Grass Poison 49 54 54 41 41 41
095   Onix Rock Ground 33 40 37 41 25 33 28 28
098   Krabby Water Water       35 35 35
099   Kingler Water Water       44 44 44
108   Lickitung Normal Normal 31 37 40 29 29 29
114   Tangela Grass Grass 45 40 40 43 43 41
147   Dratini Dragon Dragon 30 29 29 21 21 21
148   Dragonair Dragon Dragon 35 29 29 21 21 21
149   Dragonite Dragon Flying 35 29 29 21 21 21
161   Sentret Normal Normal   25 24 25 25 25
162   Furret Normal Normal   28 28 28 28 28
185   Sudowoodo Rock Rock   46 49 38 38 15 15
194   Wooper Water Ground   11 11 15 15 15
195   Quagsire Water Ground   11 11 15 15 15
208   Steelix Steel Ground   40 37 41 25 33 28 28
231   Phanpy Ground Ground       24 24 24
232   Donphan Ground Ground       24 24 24
252   Treecko Grass Grass     36 36 36 36
29
253   Grovyle Grass Grass     41 41 41 41
33
254   Sceptile Grass Grass     43 43 43 43
33
298   Azurill Normal Fairy     15 15 15 20 20
438   Bonsly Rock Rock       38 38 15  
463   Lickilicky Normal Normal       29 29 29
465   Tangrowth Grass Grass       43 43 43
495   Snivy Grass Grass         25 25
496   Servine Grass Grass         28 28
497   Serperior Grass Grass         28 28
504   Patrat Normal Normal         36 36
505   Watchog Normal Normal         43 43
572   Minccino Normal Normal         37 37
633   Deino Dark Dragon         28 28
634   Zweilous Dark Dragon         28 28
635   Hydreigon Dark Dragon         28 28
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
II III IV V VI
023   Ekans Poison Poison                                                                                     
086   Seel Water Water                                                               
098   Krabby* Water Water             
138   Omanyte Rock Water                                    
190   Aipom Normal Normal                                                
226   Mantine Water Flying                              
298   Azurill Normal Fairy                              
303   Mawile Steel Fairy                                    
357   Tropius Grass Flying                                              
408   Cranidos Rock Rock                      
455   Carnivine Grass Grass                         
458   Mantyke Water Flying                      
564   Tirtouga Water Rock                      
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


In other games

Description

Games Description
MDRB
MDTDS
Inflicts damage on the target.
Conq. Slams the target with a long tail, vine, etc.


In the anime

In the main series

 
Watchog
 
Sudowoodo
 
Weepinbell
 
Onix
The user slams the foe into the ground, or hits the foe with a long appendage such as a tongue or tail.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Bellsprout grabs the opponent with the two leaves on the side of its body and repeatedly slams it into the ground, or Bellsprout slams its vine-like leg down on the opponent.
Jeanette Fisher's Bellsprout The Fourth Round Rumble Debut
  Dragonite grabs the opponent and slams it into the ground.
Drake's Dragonite Enter the Dragonite None
A wild Dragonite Great Bowls of Fire! None
  Lickitung grabs the opponent with its tongue and slams it into the ground.
Jessie's Lickitung Ignorance is Blissey None
  Wooper grabs the opponent with its tail and slams them into the ground repeatedly.
Olesia's Wooper No Big Woop! None
  Onix slams its tail into the opponent.
Brock's Onix A Family That Battles Together Stays Together! None
Roark's Onix Shapes of Things to Come! None
  Sudowoodo grabs the opponent and slams it into the ground.
A wild Sudowoodo Type Casting None
  Furret slams the opponent with its tail.
Julie's Furret Game Winning Assist None
  Lickilicky grabs the opponent with its tongue and tosses it to the ground.
Unknown Trainer's Lickilicky If the Scarf Fits, Wear It! None
  Watchog grabs the opponent with its hands and tosses it to the ground.
Kylan's Watchog Evolution by Fire! None
  Azumarill hits the opponent with its tail.
Officer Jenny's Azumarill The Pirates of Decolore! None
  Weepinbell grabs the opponent with one of its leaves and tosses it to the ground.
Ramos's Weepinbell The Green, Green Grass Types of Home! None


In Pokémon Generations

The user hits the foe with its head.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Pikachu charges and hits the opponent with its head.
Red's Pikachu The Adventure Debut


In the manga

In the Aim to Be a Card Master!! manga


In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga


In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga


In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga


In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • If Secret Power is used on ordinary terrain in the Generation III games, it will have the animation of Slam.
  • In the Spanish versions of the first five generations, Slam is mistranslated as Portazo, meaning "Door-Slam." In Generation VI, this was corrected to atizar.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 摔打 Sēutdá *
叩打 Kaudá *
叩擊 Kaugīk *
Mandarin 摔打 Shuāida *
叩打 Kòudǎ *
  Danish Smæld
  Dutch Smijt
  Finnish Läimäys
Lämäri (EP162)
  French Souplesse
  German Slam
  Greek Κρότος Krótos
  Hindi पटक दो Patak do
  Italian Schianto
  Korean 힘껏치기 Himkkeotchigi
  Polish Powalenie (BW077)*
Klaps (XY058)
Portuguese   Brazil Pancada (Undaunted-Next Destinies)
Cacetada Violenta (BW Promo)
Pancada Brusca (XY series and Dragon Vault-present)
  Portugal Batida
  Romanian Izbitura
  Serbian Tresak
Spanish   Latin America "Azotalo" (EP112)
"Ataca" (EP129)
Bofetón (EP148)
Azote* (EP162)
Golpe de Cola* (SS001)
Portazo (AG053)
Plancha (DP015-DP018)
Lanzada (DP098)
Golpazo (BW077-present)
  Spain Atizar*
Portazo*
  Swedish Smäll
Kroppssmäll*
  Turkish Çarpma
  Vietnamese Húc


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