Shadow Slakoth usage

[redcellbestcell]

It's purified moves have Final Gambit, Acupressure, Tickle and Entrainment

 

Should I evolved it to Vigoroth or go on a weird Moveset that fluff everyone set as a Truant Slaking?

 

Any other advice?

[Paperblade]

Entrainment Slaking is very good, it can function as either utility with stuff like Yawn or a setup sweeper with Curse. One of the best shadow mons

[SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!]

Holy moly that slakoth had entrainment.I never purified it two of my playthroughs.Damn.

[Illumi]

Iirc in earlier versions, like V6 or something, there was Shadow Slakoth in Goldenwood Forest before Rift Gyarados that had Skill Swap aftet puryfying it. Someone needs to confirm this tho as I don't remember if it is true.

[Crimson_Mc_Black]

You're better off using Slaking. There are a few ways you can get around his Truant ability

 

singles

1. Use entrainment first turn. this gives you opponents pokemon truant as well and I do believe they'll loaf around the same turn as slaking

2. Somehow giving the opponent mummy is good as well. slaking is a physical attacker so if you can give your opponent mummy, then hit them with slaking, then slaking has a whole new ability easy peasy. though it only really works against physical attackers who have to touch Coffagrigus to get mummy.

 

Doubles

1. Skill swap. Preferably a Sigalyph with tinted lens is a good skill swap user as so that it makes slaking able to hit more types of pokemon

 

It should also be noted that Simple Beam and Entrainment won't work on Slaking, but Skill Swap does.

 

Slaking is definitely easier to use in doubles since its more simple to change its ability

Edited November 8, 2019 by Crimson_Mc_Black