Sludge Bomb

Type

Poison

Category

special

Power

90

Accuracy

100

PP

10

Priority

0

Target

adjacent

Contact

No

Spread

No

Protect blocks

Yes

Wide Guard blocks

No

A coverage or STAB option worth comparing with alternatives of the same type in the team builder.

• Metagross Mega
• Glimmora Mega
• Houndoom Mega
• Barbaracle Mega
• Dragalge Mega
• Chesnaught Mega
• Goodra Hisui
• Gengar Mega
• Excadrill Mega
• Scrafty Mega
• Goodra
• Venusaur Mega
• Scolipede Mega
• Glimmora
• Zoroark
• Venusaur Gmax
• Gengar Gmax
• Gengar
• Clawitzer
• Victreebel Mega
• Scolipede
• Barbaracle
• Dragalge
• Mawile Mega
• Roserade
• Slowking Galar
• Venusaur
• Zoroark Hisui
• Chesnaught
• Gourgeist Average
• Garbodor
• Krookodile
• Beedrill Mega
• Excadrill
• Scrafty
• Stunfisk
• Slowbro Galar
• Overqwil
• Houndoom
• Sneasler
• Torkoal
• Metagross
• Toxicroak
• Salazzle
• Gourgeist Super
• Gliscor
• Gourgeist Large
• Pangoro
• Gourgeist Small
• Toxapex
• Victreebel
• Garbodor Gmax
• Vileplume
• Salazzle Totem
• Stunfisk Galar
• Qwilfish
• Arbok
• Qwilfish Hisui
• Diggersby
• Ariados
• Beedrill
• Mawile

Sludge Bomb is a Poison-type special attack. It has 90 base power, 100% accuracy, 10 PP and targets a single adjacent target. Sludge Bomb is a Poison-type special attack. It has 90 base power, 100% accuracy, 10 PP and targets a single adjacent target.

A coverage or STAB option worth comparing with alternatives of the same type in the team builder.

Consider Sludge Bomb when its type and power cover targets your team otherwise struggles with. Single-target attacks are reliable and do not risk your own partner, but they can be redirected by Follow Me or Rage Powder. Evaluate the move alongside your team's speed tiers and overall coverage.

In team building, Sludge Bomb is usually a coverage or primary STAB option. It shines when your team already has speed control or when it patches a matchup hole. Compare it with alternative moves of the same type and category to decide whether the extra power, accuracy or side effect justifies the slot over a more defensive option.

Common mistakes with Sludge Bomb include: Using it without a clear plan for the turns it creates. Forgetting that Protect and Detect can block it, wasting a key turn. Spamming it predictably and letting the opponent switch into a resist. Not considering how redirectors like Follow Me and Rage Powder change targeting.

Protect and Detect block this move. These interactions are situational, so test them in the team builder and matchup analyzer before committing to the moveslot.

Use the tools below to test Sludge Bomb in a full team context and compare it with alternative options.

• Protect / Detect: blocks this move.
• Wide Guard: does not block this move.
• Follow Me / Rage Powder: spread moves are not redirected.
• Quick Guard: no effect (non-priority).