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Ability ⇢ Act Freely
If a Stadium is in play, this Pokémon can’t attack.
{C}{C}{C} → Rout : 120+
This attack does 30 more damage for each of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon.
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It is the world’s most slothful Pokémon. However, it can exert horrifying power by releasing pent-up energy all at once.
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Apparently, a Slaking V has been leaked for Pokemon GO! It’ll mark Slaking’s first-ever multi prize card :)
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Looks like this “Rout” attack first appears in Gen 8. Did it have a different translation prior to this??
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Back in Generation 3, RS Slaking (and its PK reprint, and its CES Retrain) had the attack Critical Move; its original attack name was はめつのいちげき [𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐬𝐮 𝐧𝐨 𝐈𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐤𝐢]. It’s the いちげき [𝐈𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐤𝐢] part that’s interesting here, because all Single Strike Pokémon in the original edition of the game have the tag いちげき [𝐈𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐤𝐢] on their card where the EN edition has “Single Strike”. It’s something of a missed opportunity they didn’t bring the Critical Move attack here – even though it would’ve been lost in translation¹.
¹ See also: Single Strike Morgrem, with its attack はかいのいちげき [𝐇𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐢 𝐧𝐨 𝐈𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐤𝐢].