Grimer - Generation 9 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Grimer can learn in Generation 9, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Scarlet
Pokémon Violet

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Grimer artwork by Ken Sugimori

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Scarlet/Violet

Moves learnt by level up

Grimer learns the following moves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet at the levels specified.

Grimer Alolan Grimer

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Poison Gas	Poison	—	90
1	Pound	Normal	40	100
4	Harden	Normal	—	—
7	Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
12	Disable	Normal	—	100
15	Sludge	Poison	65	100
18	Mud Shot	Ground	55	95
21	Minimize	Normal	—	—
26	Toxic	Poison	—	90
29	Sludge Bomb	Poison	90	100
32	Sludge Wave	Poison	95	100
37	Screech	Normal	—	85
40	Gunk Shot	Poison	120	80
43	Acid Armor	Poison	—	—
46	Belch	Poison	120	90
48	Memento	Dark	—	100

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Poison Gas	Poison	—	90
1	Pound	Normal	40	100
4	Harden	Normal	—	—
7	Bite	Dark	60	100
12	Disable	Normal	—	100
15	Acid Spray	Poison	40	100
18	Poison Fang	Poison	50	100
21	Minimize	Normal	—	—
26	Toxic	Poison	—	90
29	Knock Off	Dark	65	100
32	Crunch	Dark	80	100
37	Screech	Normal	—	85
40	Gunk Shot	Poison	120	80
43	Acid Armor	Poison	—	—
46	Belch	Poison	120	90
48	Memento	Dark	—	100

Egg moves

Grimer learns the following moves via breeding or picnics in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Grimer Alolan Grimer

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Acid Spray	Poison	40	100
Curse	Ghost	—	—
Haze	Ice	—	—
Mean Look	Normal	—	—
Shadow Punch	Ghost	60	∞
Shadow Sneak	Ghost	40	100
Spit Up	Normal	—	100
Stockpile	Normal	—	—
Swallow	Normal	—	—

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Assurance	Dark	60	100
Clear Smog	Poison	50	—
Curse	Ghost	—	—
Mean Look	Normal	—	—
Recycle	Normal	—	—
Shadow Sneak	Ghost	40	100
Spit Up	Normal	—	100
Spite	Ghost	—	100
Stockpile	Normal	—	—
Swallow	Normal	—	—

Moves learnt by TM

Grimer is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet:

Grimer Alolan Grimer

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
01	Take Down	Normal	90	85
05	Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
06	Scary Face	Normal	—	100
07	Protect	Normal	—	—
13	Acid Spray	Poison	40	100
17	Confuse Ray	Ghost	—	100
18	Thief	Dark	60	100
25	Facade	Normal	70	100
29	Hex	Ghost	65	100
35	Mud Shot	Ground	55	95
36	Rock Tomb	Rock	60	95
43	Fling	Dark	—	100
45	Venoshock	Poison	65	100
47	Endure	Normal	—	—
49	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
51	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
55	Dig	Ground	80	100
59	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	80	90
66	Body Slam	Normal	85	100
67	Fire Punch	Fire	75	100
68	Thunder Punch	Electric	75	100
69	Ice Punch	Ice	75	100
70	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
73	Drain Punch	Fighting	75	100
80	Metronome	Normal	—	—
83	Poison Jab	Poison	80	100
85	Rest	Psychic	—	—
86	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
87	Taunt	Dark	—	100
92	Imprison	Psychic	—	—
102	Gunk Shot	Poison	120	80
103	Substitute	Normal	—	—
111	Giga Drain	Grass	75	100
114	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
125	Flamethrower	Fire	90	100
126	Thunderbolt	Electric	90	100
130	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
141	Fire Blast	Fire	110	85
148	Sludge Bomb	Poison	90	100
166	Thunder	Electric	110	70
171	Tera Blast	Normal	80	100
174	Haze	Ice	—	—
175	Toxic	Poison	—	90
202	Pain Split	Normal	—	—
214	Sludge Wave	Poison	95	100
224	Curse	Ghost	—	—

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
01	Take Down	Normal	90	85
05	Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
06	Scary Face	Normal	—	100
07	Protect	Normal	—	—
13	Acid Spray	Poison	40	100
18	Thief	Dark	60	100
25	Facade	Normal	70	100
29	Hex	Ghost	65	100
30	Snarl	Dark	55	95
32	Swift	Normal	60	∞
35	Mud Shot	Ground	55	95
36	Rock Tomb	Rock	60	95
43	Fling	Dark	—	100
45	Venoshock	Poison	65	100
47	Endure	Normal	—	—
49	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
51	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
55	Dig	Ground	80	100
58	Brick Break	Fighting	75	100
59	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	80	90
66	Body Slam	Normal	85	100
67	Fire Punch	Fire	75	100
68	Thunder Punch	Electric	75	100
69	Ice Punch	Ice	75	100
70	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
73	Drain Punch	Fighting	75	100
80	Metronome	Normal	—	—
83	Poison Jab	Poison	80	100
85	Rest	Psychic	—	—
86	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
87	Taunt	Dark	—	100
92	Imprison	Psychic	—	—
94	Dark Pulse	Dark	80	100
102	Gunk Shot	Poison	120	80
103	Substitute	Normal	—	—
108	Crunch	Dark	80	100
111	Giga Drain	Grass	75	100
114	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
125	Flamethrower	Fire	90	100
126	Thunderbolt	Electric	90	100
130	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
141	Fire Blast	Fire	110	85
148	Sludge Bomb	Poison	90	100
150	Stone Edge	Rock	100	80
152	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
163	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
166	Thunder	Electric	110	70
171	Tera Blast	Normal	80	100
175	Toxic	Poison	—	90
177	Spite	Ghost	—	100
181	Knock Off	Dark	65	100
202	Pain Split	Normal	—	—
214	Sludge Wave	Poison	95	100
224	Curse	Ghost	—	—

Grimer egg move parents

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Grimer Alolan Grimer

Grimer's egg groups: Amorphous

The egg moves for Grimer are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Grimer with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Grimer with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Acid Spray

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Alolan Grimer Alolan Muk Gulpin Swalot Eelektrik
TM	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Alolan Muk Gastly Haunter Gengar Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing Gulpin Swalot Eelektrik Eelektross
Breeding	Grimer Muk
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Acid Spray

Curse

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gastly Haunter Gengar Shuppet Banette Duskull Dusclops Spiritomb Dusknoir Litwick Lampent Chandelure Phantump Trevenant Pincurchin
TM	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Alolan Muk Gastly Haunter Gengar Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing Misdreavus Slugma Magcargo Gulpin Swalot Shuppet Banette Duskull Dusclops Chimecho Shellos Gastrodon Drifloon Drifblim Mismagius Spiritomb Dusknoir Litwick Lampent Chandelure Phantump Trevenant Sandygast Palossand Mimikyu Pincurchin Dreepy Drakloak Dragapult
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Koffing Misdreavus Slugma Gulpin Swalot Shellos Gastrodon Mismagius Sandygast Palossand Mimikyu Dreepy Drakloak Dragapult
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Curse

Haze

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing
TM	Grimer Muk Alolan Muk Gastly Haunter Gengar Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing Duskull Dusclops Drifloon Drifblim Dusknoir Litwick Lampent Chandelure Trevenant
Breeding	Grimer Muk Gastly Haunter Gengar Duskull Drifloon Drifblim Litwick
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Haze

Mean Look

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gastly Haunter Gengar Misdreavus Duskull Dusclops Dusknoir
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Ralts Kirlia Gardevoir Gallade
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Mean Look

Shadow Punch

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gengar Dusknoir
Breeding	Grimer Muk
Evolution	Haunter Dusclops
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Shadow Punch

Shadow Sneak

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Shuppet Banette Duskull Dusclops Spiritomb Dusknoir Mimikyu
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Misdreavus Ralts Kirlia Gardevoir Mismagius Gallade
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Shadow Sneak

Spit Up

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gulpin Swalot Drifloon Drifblim
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Koffing Shellos Gastrodon Sandygast Palossand
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Spit Up

Stockpile

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gulpin Swalot Drifloon Drifblim
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Koffing Slugma Shellos Gastrodon Sandygast Palossand
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Stockpile

Swallow

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gulpin Swalot Drifloon Drifblim
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Koffing Shellos Gastrodon Sandygast Palossand
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Swallow

Alolan Grimer's egg groups: Amorphous

The egg moves for Alolan Grimer are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Alolan Grimer with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Alolan Grimer with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Assurance

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing Drakloak Dragapult
Breeding	Alolan Grimer
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Assurance

Clear Smog

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing Slugma Magcargo
Breeding	Alolan Grimer Gastly Haunter Gengar Gulpin Swalot Shellos Gastrodon Drifloon Drifblim Litwick
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Clear Smog

Curse

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gastly Haunter Gengar Shuppet Banette Duskull Dusclops Spiritomb Dusknoir Litwick Lampent Chandelure Phantump Trevenant Pincurchin
TM	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Alolan Muk Gastly Haunter Gengar Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing Misdreavus Slugma Magcargo Gulpin Swalot Shuppet Banette Duskull Dusclops Chimecho Shellos Gastrodon Drifloon Drifblim Mismagius Spiritomb Dusknoir Litwick Lampent Chandelure Phantump Trevenant Sandygast Palossand Mimikyu Pincurchin Dreepy Drakloak Dragapult
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Koffing Misdreavus Slugma Gulpin Swalot Shellos Gastrodon Mismagius Sandygast Palossand Mimikyu Dreepy Drakloak Dragapult
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Curse

Mean Look

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gastly Haunter Gengar Misdreavus Duskull Dusclops Dusknoir
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Ralts Kirlia Gardevoir Gallade
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Mean Look

Recycle

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Breeding	Alolan Grimer
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Recycle

Shadow Sneak

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Shuppet Banette Duskull Dusclops Spiritomb Dusknoir Mimikyu
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Misdreavus Ralts Kirlia Gardevoir Mismagius Gallade
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Shadow Sneak

Spit Up

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gulpin Swalot Drifloon Drifblim
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Koffing Shellos Gastrodon Sandygast Palossand
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Spit Up

Spite

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gastly Haunter Gengar Shuppet Banette Mismagius Spiritomb
TM	Alolan Grimer Muk Alolan Muk Gastly Haunter Gengar Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing Misdreavus Shuppet Banette Duskull Dusclops Drifloon Drifblim Mismagius Spiritomb Dusknoir Litwick Lampent Chandelure Phantump Trevenant Sandygast Palossand Mimikyu
Breeding	Alolan Grimer Koffing Misdreavus Mismagius
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Spite

Stockpile

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gulpin Swalot Drifloon Drifblim
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Koffing Slugma Shellos Gastrodon Sandygast Palossand
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Stockpile

Swallow

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gulpin Swalot Drifloon Drifblim
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Koffing Shellos Gastrodon Sandygast Palossand
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Swallow