| Type | poison |
| Category | Special |
| Power | 90 |
| Accuracy | 100 |
| PP | 10 |
| Introduced | Generation 2 |
Sludge Bomb deals damage and has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.
Poison or Steel type Pokémon, those with the ability Immunity or those behind a Substitute cannot be poisoned.
When a Pokémon is holding Poisonium Z and uses its Z-Power, Sludge Bomb turns into Acid Downpour and has base power 175.
| Gold Silver Crystal | An attack that may poison the foe. |
| Ruby Sapphire Emerald | Sludge is hurled to inflict damage. May also poison. |
| FireRed LeafGreen | Filthy sludge is hurled at the foe. It may poison the target. |
| Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver | The user attacks by hurling filthy sludge at the foe. It may also poison the target. |
| Black White Black 2 White 2 | Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the target. It may also poison the target. |
| X Y O.Ruby A.Sapphire | Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the target. This may also poison the target. |
| Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon L.G. Pikachu L.G. Eevee | Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the target. This may also poison the target. |
| Sword Shield B.Diamond S.Pearl | Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the target. This may also poison the target. |
| English | Sludge Bomb |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Bomba Lodo |
| Italian | Fangobomba |
| Japanese | ヘドロばくだん (Hedoro Bakudan) |
| German | Matschbombe |
| French | Bomb-Beurk |