#0287 · Hoenn · Generation 3

Slakoth

Slacker Pokémon · Normal-type

Slakoth is a Normal-type Pokémon, the Slacker Pokémon, number 287 (#0287) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 0.8 m tall and weighs 24 kg.

Slakoth is the Slacker Pokémon, a sloth that lolls around for over 20 hours a day and eats just three leaves. The Pokédex says its heart beats only once a minute, and that watching it makes you want to do nothing too.

How to pronounce Slakoth

Slakoth is pronounced SLAK-oth. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Slakoth said out loud:

In Japanese it is ナマケロ (Namakero).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Slakoth is a brown, four-legged Pokémon with coarse, shaggy fur, two dark stripes on its back and a large pink pig-like snout. It is 0.8 m tall and weighs 24 kg. Its arms are long and lanky and each paw has two sharp claws.

Behaviour

Slakoth is content to loaf around motionless, and the Pokédex says it is rare to see one moving. It keeps the same nest its whole life, though it can cover long distances by swimming along rivers.

Habitat

Bulbapedia lists it with forest Pokémon. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in trees in Paldea's South Province, and The Indigo Disk adds the Terarium's Coastal Biome and Torchlit Labyrinth.

Diet

The Pokédex says its one daily meal is just three leaves.

Powers

Its only Ability is Truant, which makes it skip every second turn. It uses Yawn to put foes to sleep and Slack Off to heal itself, and learns Play Rough at level 38. With base Speed 30 it is slow, a first stage.

Name origin

Slakoth may combine 'slack off' and 'sloth'. The Japanese name is Namakero (ナマケロ), which may combine namakeru (to laze around) with namakemono (sloth).

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia, citing a 2003 Nintendo Dream interview, says Ken Sugimori thought up Slakoth's name before its design, and that it is based on sloths. It reads the pink nose and two-clawed paws as a two-toed sloth, a fan reading.

Evolution notes

Slakoth becomes Vigoroth at level 18, and Vigoroth becomes Slaking at level 36.

In the games

Slakoth and Slowpoke make up Team Slacker, an exploration team with no ambition, in Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness. Slakoth debuted in Ruby and Sapphire, appears in 2-star Tera Raid Battles in Scarlet and Violet, and is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

In 'The Garden of Eatin'', Slakoth live in a banana garden until a Snorlax starts eating the bananas, and one evolves into Vigoroth to beat it. In 'The Good, The Bad, and The Lucky!', Jessie gets a Slakoth out of the Rocket Prize Master, and it does nothing to help.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says that before Generation IV no Pokémon besides Slakoth and Slaking were known to learn Slack Off.
• Bulbapedia says it is set to appear in South Province (Area Three) in Scarlet and Violet but never does, because the area has no suitable trees.
• Bulbapedia says Pokémon Sleep's Sleep Style Dex notes that only Drowsy Power can get Slakoth moving, so it can sleep next to Snorlax.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Slakoth (Pokémon) · Serebii: Slakoth (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 60
• Attack: 60
• Defense: 60
• Sp. Atk: 35
• Sp. Def: 35
• Speed: 30

Slakoth’s base stat total is 280. Its highest stat is HP and Attack and Defense.

Type matchups

What is Slakoth weak to?

Slakoth takes extra damage from Fighting (2×) moves.

It is immune to Ghost moves.

Evolution

How does Slakoth evolve?

Slakoth evolves into Vigoroth at level 18.

The whole family: Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking.

• Vigoroth evolves into Slaking at level 36.

Abilities

• Truant: Skips every second turn.

Moves

Moves Slakoth learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (49)

Slakoth can learn 49 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Protect, Thief, Chilling Water, Facade, Aerial Ace, Metal Claw, Icy Wind, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, False Swipe, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Shadow Claw, Bulk Up, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Metronome, Poison Jab, Rest, Rock Slide, Gunk Shot, Substitute, X-Scissor, Shadow Ball, Encore, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Play Rough, Amnesia, Helping Hand, Ice Beam, Fire Blast, Blizzard, Thunder, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Focus Punch, Throat Chop, Curse.

Egg moves (9):After You, Body Slam, Crush Claw, Curse, Hammer Arm, Night Slash, Slash, Snore, Tickle.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
• Catch rate: 255 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 HP effort value.
• Base experience yield: 56.

Pokédex entries

Slakoth's heart beats just once a minute. Whatever happens, it is content to loaf around motionless. It is rare to see this Pokémon in motion. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)

Slakoth lolls around for over 20 hours every day. Because it moves so little, it does not need much food. This Pokémon's sole daily meal consists of just three leaves. (Omega Ruby)

If it eats just three leaves in a day, it is satisfied. Other than that, it sleeps for 20 hours a day. (Black 2, White 2, Y)

The way Slakoth lolls around makes anyone who watches it feel like doing the same. (HeartGold, SoulSilver, X)

It spends nearly all its time in a day sprawled out. Just seeing it makes one drowsy. (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White)

It sleeps for 20 hours every day. Making drowsy those that see it is one of its abilities. (FireRed, LeafGreen)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 39% of all Pokémon (0.8 m).
• Heavier than 46% of all Pokémon (24 kg).
• Base stat total 280, ranked #913 of 1,025.
• One of 131 Normal-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 36 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 63 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 255: about 33.3% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 8 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Slakoth (Pokémon), Serebii: Slakoth (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (SLAK-oth): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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