Item No. 258

Black Sludge

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Category: Held items Pocket: Items

$4000 Cost

30 Fling power

15 historical records

#0258

Item summary

Description

Held: If the holder is Poison-type, restores 1/16 max HP at the end of each turn. Otherwise, damages the holder by 1/16 its max HP at the end of each turn.

Item summary

Effect

Held: Poison-type holder recovers 1/16 (6.25%) max HP each turn. Non-Poison-Types take 1/8 (12.5%) max HP damage.

Item Details

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Category Held items

Bag pocket Items

Cataloged generations 5

Category context Items that help Pokémon in battle by modifying stats, recovering HP, increasing critical-hit chance, and more.

Usage characteristics

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Holdable Holdable active

Game History

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10 game versions Latest: Sword / Shield 5 generations

Wild encounters

Pokémon carrying Black Sludge

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No.88 Grimer Chances 5% No.88 Grimer Chances 5% No.89 Muk Chances 50% No.89 Muk Chances 50% No.453 Croagunk Chances 5% No.454 Toxicroak Chances 5% No.568 Trubbish Chances 5% No.569 Garbodor Chances 50% · Other games 5% · Sun / Moon / Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon / Sword / Shield

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