Slakoth
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| Slakoth | |
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 National Pokédex Breloom - Slakoth (#287) - Vigoroth Hoenn Pokédex Breloom - Slakoth (#36) - Vigoroth |
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| Japanese name | Namakero |
| Evolves from | None |
| Evolves into | Vigoroth |
| Generation | Third |
| Species | Slacker Pokémon |
| Type | Normal |
| Height | 2 ft 7 in (0.81 m) |
| Weight | 52.90 lb (24 kg) |
| Ability | Truant |
Slakoth (ナマケロ? Namakero in original Japanese language versions) are one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar[1] Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Slakoth in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments—and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.[2]
Slakoth derives its name from "slack off", meaning to loaf around, and "sloth."
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[edit] Biological characteristics
Slakoth is a two-toed sloth-like mammal that certainly plays the role of its image effectively. The Pokémon’s physical daily routine of lounging about (mostly on its front as seen in the picture) is so uneventful that it comes across as practically immobile, and under no circumstance throughout its entire life does Slakoth ever leave its nest to make a new nest.
Slakoth is one of the most proficient sleepers in the Pokémon world, sleeping 20 hours a day (compare with Abra), and it is clearly not worried about possible predators in the area. Slakoth’s sleeping habits are so glaring that it is one of its abilities to make those who see it drowsy themselves, whether they are people or Pokémon.
Whenever it is awake, Slakoth is content in lolling about motionless, regardless of what might be happening around it, and as such it is rare to ever see Slakoth in motion. Once in a great while, though, Slakoth can summon a surprising amount of energy and effort to travel great distances by swimming along rivers, though it looks more like he is just floating along. In general, though, since Slakoth consumes so little energy, it only needs an extremely meager amount of food daily, and it comes in the form of three leaves. Thanks to its practically nonexistent activity, as well as a body that can handle a lack of motion, Slakoth’s heart beats at an amazing one beat per minute.
[edit] In the video games
Slakoth is found rarely in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald in Petalburg woods, and nowhere else in any other version.
Even in hypothetical Pokémon contests that focus exclusively on basic Pokémon, Slakoth is among the worst possible choices to bring out into battle. Though it may have relatively large attack, defense, and HP stats among basic Pokémon, its very low speed and special stats are extremely compounded by Slakoth’s Truant trait, making it move only once every other turn. Slakoth’s inherent weaknesses exist solely as a negative handicap to a trainer while training Slakoth for evolution, and as a tradeoff its fully evolved form Slaking is one of the most crushingly powerful and feared Pokémon of all.
Slakoth does well with recharge moves like Hyper beam,as the Truant covers up the charge turn.
In addition, Slakoth’s list of naturally learned moves is identical to Slaking’s, in both move collection and levels learned, and as such there is no earlier-level benefit to training Slakoth in place of Slaking. However, if a situation ever called for a Vigoroth with Faint Attack, Covet, Amnesia, and possibly Flail, Slakoth could be trained to learn these moves before being evolved into Vigoroth (which can happen as early as level 18), but that situation doesn't occur often.
[edit] In the anime
Slakoth is featured in the episode "Balance of Power" as the first Pokémon that Gym Leader Norman, father of Max and May, uses in his gym battle against Ash Ketchum. Here, Slakoth demonstrates that its chronic lethargy in the wild does not apply in battle; it can battle capably by standing on its hind legs in attack stance and using its claws for slashing.
In a later episode, a group of Slakoth reside in a garden where both the environment and the Pokémon suffer from the presence and eating habits of a Snorlax.
[edit] In other properties
[edit] In the trading card game
Slakoth has appeared three times, all as basic colorless Pokémon:
- EX Ruby and Sapphire
- EX Sandstorm
- EX Deoxys
[edit] References
- The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2; Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Publications
- Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-15404-9.
- Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1.
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
- Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5
[edit] External links
- Official Pokémon website
- Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Slakoth as a species
- Slakoth’s fourth-generation Pokédex entry on Serebii.net
- Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
- PsyPoke - Slakoth Pokédex entry and Usage Overview
- Smogon.com - Slakoth Tactical Data
- WikiKnowledge.net’s entry for Slakoth Previously hosted by Wikibooks
