Body Slam
Pokémon Champions
30% chance to the target.
- Power
- 85
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 15
- Hits
- One Pokémon next to the user
Changes over time
How Body Slam changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen VI
Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target. added: Damage doubles and no accuracy check is done if the target has used Minimize while active.
Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.
See it in the games
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How it works in Champions
Has a 30% chance to the target. Damage and no accuracy check is done if the target has used Minimize while active.
- Makes contact
“The user attacks by dropping onto the target with its full body weight. This may also leave the target with paralysis.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
Good to know
- Makes contact: Rough Skin, Iron Barbs and Rocky Helmet hurt the attacker; Protective Pads prevents it.Contact moves
- Has a secondary effect: Sheer Force boosts it and removes the effect, Serene Grace doubles the chance, and Shield Dust and Covert Cloak block it.Moves with a secondary effect
- Does double damage and never misses against a Pokémon that used Minimize.
Who runs Body Slam on Showdown
Snorlax17.0% of its sets
Mega Glalie51.3% of its sets
Mega Feraligatr21.2% of its sets
Kangaskhan2.6% of its sets
Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.
On the ladder today
Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Body Slam among their most used moves.
Who learns Body Slam
206 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
Show all 206 in Champions
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