Sludge Wave (move)

Move data

Type Poison
Category Special  Special
Power 95
Accuracy 100
PP 10  (max. 16)
Makes contact? No
Introduced Generation 5

Machine/Record

Black​/​White
Black 2​/​White 2
TM34
X​/​Y
O.Ruby​/​A.Sapphire
TM34
Sun​/​Moon
Ultra Sun​/​Ultra Moon
TM34
Sword​/​Shield TR78
Scarlet​/​Violet TM214

Effects

Sludge Wave deals damage and has a 10% chance of poisoning the target.

Poison or Steel type Pokémon, those with the ability Immunity or those behind a Substitute cannot be poisoned.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Poisonium Z and uses its Z-Power, Sludge Wave turns into Acid Downpour and has base power 175.

Move target

Foe
Foe
Foe
User
Ally
Ally

Targets all adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English Sludge Wave
Japanese ヘドロウェーブ (Herodo Wave)
German Schlammwoge
French Cradovague
Italian Fangonda
Spanish Onda Tóxica
Korean 오물웨이브
Chinese (Simplified) 污泥波
Chinese (Traditional) 污泥波

Game descriptions

Black​/​White
Black 2​/​White 2
It swamps the area around the user with a giant sludge wave. It may also poison those hit.
X​/​Y
O.Ruby​/​A.Sapphire
The user strikes everything around it by swamping the area with a giant sludge wave. This may also poison those hit.
Sun​/​Moon
Ultra Sun​/​Ultra Moon
The user strikes everything around it by swamping the area with a giant sludge wave. This may also poison those hit.
Sword​/​Shield
B.Diamond​/​S.Pearl
The user strikes everything around it by swamping the area with a giant sludge wave. This may also poison those hit.
Scarlet​/​Violet The user strikes everything around it by swamping the area with a giant sludge wave. This may also poison those it hits.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Sludge Wave at the level specified. The numbers given are for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet and may vary in other games; check the respective Pokédex pages for details.

Tentacool Tentacool
#0072 / Water · Poison
Level 44
Tentacruel Tentacruel
#0073 / Water · Poison
Level 52
Grimer Grimer
#0088 / Poison
Level 32
Muk Muk
#0089 / Poison
Level 32
Paldean Wooper Wooper
Paldean Wooper
#0194 / Poison · Ground
Level 28
Glimmet Glimmet
#0969 / Rock · Poison
Level 46
Glimmora Glimmora
#0970 / Rock · Poison
Level 50
Clodsire Clodsire
#0980 / Poison · Ground
Level 30
Iron Moth Iron Moth
#0994 / Fire · Poison
Level 49
Munkidori Munkidori
#1015 / Poison · Psychic
Level 48

Learnt by TM

Vileplume Vileplume
#0045 / Grass · Poison
Tentacool Tentacool
#0072 / Water · Poison
Tentacruel Tentacruel
#0073 / Water · Poison
Mudkip Mudkip
#0258 / Water
Marshtomp Marshtomp
#0259 / Water · Ground
Swampert Swampert
#0260 / Water · Ground
Pecharunt Pecharunt
#1025 / Poison · Ghost