Sludge Wave

Type

Poison

Category

special

Power

95

Accuracy

100

PP

10

Priority

0

Target

all-adjacent

Contact

No

Spread

Yes

Protect blocks

Yes

Wide Guard blocks

Yes

Useful as a spread option in doubles, pressuring both opponents at once; watch for Wide Guard.

• Glimmora Mega
• Greninja Ash
• Greninja Mega
• Barbaracle Mega
• Dragalge Mega
• Swampert Mega
• Goodra Hisui
• Gengar Mega
• Goodra
• Glimmora
• Swampert
• Gengar Gmax
• Gengar
• Greninja Battle Bond
• Clawitzer
• Greninja
• Victreebel Mega
• Barbaracle
• Dragalge
• Slowking Galar
• Garbodor
• Stunfisk
• Slowbro Galar
• Overqwil
• Sneasler
• Toxicroak
• Salazzle
• Toxapex
• Victreebel
• Garbodor Gmax
• Vileplume
• Salazzle Totem
• Stunfisk Galar
• Qwilfish
• Arbok
• Qwilfish Hisui
• Ariados

Sludge Wave is a Poison-type special attack. It has 95 base power, 100% accuracy, 10 PP and targets all adjacent Pokémon, including allies. As a spread move it can affect multiple Pokémon at once. Sludge Wave is a Poison-type special attack. It has 95 base power, 100% accuracy, 10 PP and targets all adjacent Pokémon, including allies. As a spread move it can hit multiple Pokémon at once.

Useful as a spread option in doubles, pressuring both opponents at once; watch for Wide Guard.

Consider Sludge Wave when you want to pressure both opponents simultaneously. Spread attacks are powerful in doubles, but remember that they can be blocked by Wide Guard and may hit your own partner if they target all adjacent Pokémon. Pair it with Pokémon that are immune or resistant to its type, or protect your partner with Follow Me, Rage Powder or a well-timed Protect.

In team building, Sludge Wave helps compress coverage into a single moveslot because it threatens two foes at once. It works best on teams that can control the board with speed, redirection or Protect. Make sure your team does not rely too heavily on the same defensive typing, because a spread weakness can be punished by Wide Guard or an immune switch-in.

Common mistakes with Sludge Wave include: Using it without a clear plan for the turns it creates. Forgetting that Protect and Detect can block it, wasting a key turn. Hitting your own partner with friendly fire in spread matchups. 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. Wide Guard blocks the spread effect. Spread moves hit both foes but may also damage your ally. 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 Wave in a full team context and compare it with alternative options.

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