Slam

Essentials

Slam

physical

Generation 1

Summary

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.

Damage Dealt

Stats

Power: 80; percentile 55.2
Accuracy: 75% ≈ 60.0 power
PP: 20, up to 32 with PP Up
Target: Selected Pokémon
Effect chance: n/a
Priority: 0 (normal)

Flags

Makes contact

User touches the target. This triggers some abilities (e.g., Static) and items (e.g., Sticky Barb).
Has a charging turn
Must recharge
Blocked by Detect and Protect

This move will not work if the target has used Detect or Protect this turn.
Reflectable
Snatchable
Copied by Mirror Move

A Pokémon targeted by this move can use Mirror Move to copy it.
Punch-based
Sound-based
Unusable during Gravity
Defrosts when used
Targets opposite side in triples
Heals
Ignores Substitute
Powder-based
Jaw-based
Pulse-based
Ballistics-based
Mental effects
Unusable during Sky Battles

This move is unusable during Sky Battles.
Dance

Machines

: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM

Effect

Inflicts regular damage.

Flavor

Flavor Text

: Slams the foe with a tail, vine, etc.

: Slams the foe with a long tail, vine, etc.
: The foe is struck with a long tail, vines, etc.

: The foe is slammed with a long tail, vines, etc., to inflict damage.

: The target is slammed with a long tail, vines, etc., to inflict damage.

: The target is slammed with a long tail, vines, or the like to inflict damage.

: The target is slammed with a long tail, vines, or the like to inflict damage.

Foreign Names

Japanese: たたきつける (tatakitsukeru)
: たたきつける
Korean: 힘껏치기
Chinese: 摔打
: 摔打
French: Souplesse
German: Slam
Spanish: Atizar
Italian: Schianto
Czech: Náraz

Contests

Contest

Type

Appeal

♡♡

Jam

♥

Flavor text

Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.

Use after

Pound

Use before

None

Super Contest

Type
Appeal: ♡♡♡
Flavor text: A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Use after: None
Use before: None

Similar moves

These moves all have the same effect as Slam.

Move	PP	Power	Acc	Effect
Pound	35	40	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Mega Punch	20	80	85%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Scratch	35	40	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Vice Grip	30	55	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Cut	30	50	95%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Wing Attack	35	60	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Vine Whip	25	45	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Mega Kick	5	120	75%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Horn Attack	25	65	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Tackle	35	40	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Water Gun	25	40	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Hydro Pump	5	110	80%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Peck	35	35	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Drill Peck	20	80	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Strength	15	80	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Rock Throw	15	50	90%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Egg Bomb	10	100	75%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Megahorn	10	120	85%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Hyper Voice	10	90	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Dragon Claw	15	80	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Aqua Tail	10	90	90%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Seed Bomb	15	80	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
X-Scissor	15	80	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Dragon Pulse	10	85	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Power Gem	20	80	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Power Whip	10	120	85%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Fairy Wind	30	40	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Dazzling Gleam	10	80	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Land’s Wrath	10	90	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Origin Pulse	10	110	85%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Precipice Blades	10	120	85%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Breakneck Blitz	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Breakneck Blitz	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
All-Out Pummeling	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
All-Out Pummeling	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Supersonic Skystrike	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Supersonic Skystrike	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Acid Downpour	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Acid Downpour	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Tectonic Rage	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Tectonic Rage	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Continental Crush	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Continental Crush	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Savage Spin-Out	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Savage Spin-Out	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Never-Ending Nightmare	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Never-Ending Nightmare	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Corkscrew Crash	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Corkscrew Crash	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Inferno Overdrive	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Inferno Overdrive	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Hydro Vortex	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Hydro Vortex	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Bloom Doom	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Bloom Doom	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Gigavolt Havoc	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Gigavolt Havoc	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Shattered Psyche	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Shattered Psyche	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Subzero Slammer	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Subzero Slammer	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Devastating Drake	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Devastating Drake	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Black Hole Eclipse	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Black Hole Eclipse	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Twinkle Tackle	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Twinkle Tackle	1	*	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Catastropika	1	210	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
High Horsepower	10	95	95%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Leafage	40	40	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Dragon Hammer	15	90	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Sinister Arrow Raid	1	180	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Malicious Moonsault	1	180	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Oceanic Operetta	1	195	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike	1	195	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Pulverizing Pancake	1	210	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt	1	195	—	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Plasma Fists	15	100	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Photon Geyser	5	100	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Shadow Blitz	—	40	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Shadow Break	—	75	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Shadow Rave	—	70	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Shadow Storm	—	95	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Shadow Wave	—	50	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.

Pokémon

Normal Pokémon get STAB, and have their types highlighted in green.

Pokémon with higher Attack are more suited to Slam's physical damage, and have the stat highlighted in green.

												Pokémon	Type	Ability	Gender	Egg Group	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
	20	20	20	20	21	26	26	26	37	37	37	Pikachu		Static Lightning Rod		Field Fairy	35	55	40	50	50	90	320
									37			Cosplay Pikachu		Static Lightning Rod		Field Fairy	35	55	40	50	50	90	320
									37			Pikachu Rock Star		Static Lightning Rod		Field Fairy	35	55	40	50	50	90	320
									37			Pikachu Belle		Static Lightning Rod		Field Fairy	35	55	40	50	50	90	320
									37			Pikachu Pop Star		Static Lightning Rod		Field Fairy	35	55	40	50	50	90	320
									37			Pikachu Ph.D.		Static Lightning Rod		Field Fairy	35	55	40	50	50	90	320
									37			Pikachu Libre		Static Lightning Rod		Field Fairy	35	55	40	50	50	90	320
										37	37	Original Cap Pikachu		Static Lightning Rod		Field Fairy	35	55	40	50	50	90	320
										37	37	Hoenn Cap Pikachu		Static Lightning Rod		Field Fairy	35	55	40	50	50	90	320
										37	37	Sinnoh Cap Pikachu		Static Lightning Rod		Field Fairy	35	55	40	50	50	90	320
										37	37	Unova Cap Pikachu		Static Lightning Rod		Field Fairy	35	55	40	50	50	90	320
										37	37	Kalos Cap Pikachu		Static Lightning Rod		Field Fairy	35	55	40	50	50	90	320
										37	37	Alola Cap Pikachu		Static Lightning Rod		Field Fairy	35	55	40	50	50	90	320
											37	Pikachu		Static Lightning Rod		Field Fairy	35	55	40	50	50	90	320
42	42	45	45	45	41	41	41	41	41	47	47	Bellsprout		Chlorophyll Gluttony		Grass	50	75	35	70	30	40	300
49	49	54	54	54	41	41	41	41	41	54	54	Weepinbell		Chlorophyll Gluttony		Grass	65	90	50	85	45	55	390
33	33	40	37	41	25	33	28	28	28	28	28	Onix		Rock Head Sturdy Weak Armor		Mineral	35	45	160	30	45	70	385
		40	37	41	25	33	28	28	28	28	28	Steelix		Rock Head Sturdy Sheer Force		Mineral	75	85	200	55	65	30	510
									28	28	28	Mega Steelix		Sand Force		Mineral	75	125	230	55	95	30	610
					35	35	35	35	35	35	35	Krabby		Hyper Cutter Shell Armor Sheer Force		Water 3	30	105	90	25	25	50	325
					44	44	44	44	44	44	44	Kingler		Hyper Cutter Shell Armor Sheer Force		Water 3	55	130	115	50	50	75	475
31	31	37	40	40	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	Lickitung		Own Tempo Oblivious Cloud Nine		Monster	90	55	75	60	75	30	385
					29	29	29	29	29	29	29	Lickilicky		Own Tempo Oblivious Cloud Nine		Monster	110	85	95	80	95	50	515
45	45	40	40	40	43	43	43	41	41	41	41	Tangela		Chlorophyll Leaf Guard Regenerator		Grass	65	55	115	100	40	60	435
					43	43	43	43	43	43	43	Tangrowth		Chlorophyll Leaf Guard Regenerator		Grass	100	100	125	110	50	50	535
30	30	29	29	29	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	Dratini		Shed Skin Marvel Scale		Water 1 Dragon	41	64	45	50	50	50	300
35	35	29	29	29	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	Dragonair		Shed Skin Marvel Scale		Water 1 Dragon	61	84	65	70	70	70	420
35	35	29	29	29	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	Dragonite		Inner Focus Multiscale		Water 1 Dragon	91	134	95	100	100	80	600
		25	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	Sentret		Run Away Keen Eye Frisk		Field	35	46	34	35	45	20	215
		28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	Furret		Run Away Keen Eye Frisk		Field	85	76	64	45	55	90	415
			15	15	15	15	20	20	20	20	20	Azurill		Thick Fat Huge Power Sap Sipper		Undiscovered	50	20	40	20	40	20	190
					38	38	15					Bonsly		Sturdy Rock Head Rattled		Undiscovered	50	80	95	10	45	10	290
		46	49	49	38	38	15	15	15	0	0	Sudowoodo		Sturdy Rock Head Rattled		Mineral	70	100	115	30	65	30	410
		11	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	Wooper		Damp Water Absorb Unaware		Water 1 Field	55	45	45	25	25	15	210
		11	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	Quagsire		Damp Water Absorb Unaware		Water 1 Field	95	85	85	65	65	35	430
					24	24	24	24	24	24	24	Phanpy		Pickup Sand Veil		Field	90	60	60	40	40	40	330
					24	24	24	24	24	24	24	Donphan		Sturdy Sand Veil		Field	90	120	120	60	60	50	500
			36	36	36	36	36	36	29	29	29	Treecko		Overgrow Unburden		Monster Dragon	40	45	35	65	55	70	310
			41	41	41	41	41	41	33	33	33	Grovyle		Overgrow Unburden		Monster Dragon	50	65	45	85	65	95	405
			43	43	43	43	43	43	33	33	33	Sceptile		Overgrow Unburden		Monster Dragon	70	85	65	105	85	120	530
									33	33	33	Mega Sceptile		Lightning Rod		Monster Dragon	70	110	75	145	85	145	630
						25	25	25	25	25	25	Snivy		Overgrow Contrary		Field Grass	45	45	55	45	55	63	308
						28	28	28	28	28	28	Servine		Overgrow Contrary		Field Grass	60	60	75	60	75	83	413
						28	28	28	28	28	28	Serperior		Overgrow Contrary		Field Grass	75	75	95	75	95	113	528
						36	36	36	36	41	41	Patrat		Run Away Keen Eye Analytic		Field	45	55	39	35	39	42	255
						43	43	43	43	50	50	Watchog		Illuminate Keen Eye Analytic		Field	60	85	69	60	69	77	420
						37	37	37	37	37	37	Minccino		Cute Charm Technician Skill Link		Field	55	50	40	40	40	75	300
						28	28	28	28	28	28	Deino		Hustle		Dragon	52	65	50	45	50	38	300
						28	28	28	28	28	28	Zweilous		Hustle		Dragon	72	85	70	65	70	58	420
						28	28	28	28	28	28	Hydreigon		Levitate		Dragon	92	105	90	125	90	98	600
										21	21	Komala		Comatose		Field	65	115	65	75	95	65	480
										45	45	Dhelmise		Steelworker		Mineral	70	131	100	86	90	40	517
												Pokémon	Type	Ability	Gender	Egg Group	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Total
Egg: Appears on a newly-hatched Pokémon, if the father had the same move.
												Ekans		Intimidate Shed Skin Unnerve		Field Dragon	35	60	44	40	54	55	288
												Seel		Thick Fat Hydration Ice Body		Water 1 Field	65	45	55	45	70	45	325
												Krabby		Hyper Cutter Shell Armor Sheer Force		Water 3	30	105	90	25	25	50	325
												Omanyte		Swift Swim Shell Armor Weak Armor		Water 1 Water 3	35	40	100	90	55	35	355
												Azurill		Thick Fat Huge Power Sap Sipper		Undiscovered	50	20	40	20	40	20	190
												Aipom		Run Away Pickup Skill Link		Field	55	70	55	40	55	85	360
												Mantyke		Swift Swim Water Absorb Water Veil		Undiscovered	45	20	50	60	120	50	345
												Mantine		Swift Swim Water Absorb Water Veil		Water 1	85	40	70	80	140	70	485
												Mawile		Hyper Cutter Intimidate Sheer Force		Field Fairy	50	85	85	55	55	50	380
												Mega Mawile		Huge Power		Field Fairy	50	105	125	55	95	50	480
												Tropius		Chlorophyll Solar Power Harvest		Monster Grass	99	68	83	72	87	51	460
												Cranidos		Mold Breaker Sheer Force		Monster	67	125	40	30	30	58	350
												Carnivine		Levitate		Grass	74	100	72	90	72	46	454
												Tirtouga		Solid Rock Sturdy Swift Swim		Water 1 Water 3	54	78	103	53	45	22	355

64 Pokémon