Pokédex · IX (Paldea)

Slither Wing#988

Its strongest point is Attack — higher than 97% of species. It does not evolve: it does not come from anything and does not change into anything. In defense it has 4 weaknesses and 5 resistances at its disposal. Watch out for the Flying type — damage from it is quadrupled. It cannot breed — it has no Egg Group, so you will not get it from breeding.

Slither Wing
Shiny version
Bug Fighting
Height: 3.2 m (10′06″) Weight: 92.0 kg (202.8 lbs)

Base stats

HP
85
74%
Atk
135
97%
Def
79
62%
SpA
85
69%
SpD
105
89%
Spe
81
68%
TOTAL
570
88%

Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Attack.

A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Attack, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.

Which nature to choose

It hits physically: its Attack (135) is 50 points higher than its Sp. Atk. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.

  • Jolly +Spe · −SpA Its Speed is higher than 68% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
  • Adamant +Atk · −SpA If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.
  • Hidden Power and Weather Ball still deal damage based on Sp. Atk. If either of them is going into the set, lowering Sp. Atk is no longer free.

A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.

Regional numbers 1

The header shows the national number. Inside the game the Pokédex counts from the beginning — below is the number you will see in your version.

Paldea #380 Scarlet / Violet

Abilities

  • Protosynthesis Raises highest stat in harsh sunlight, or if holding Booster Energy.

How players use it

Data from 44,274 ranked battles on Smogon (Gen 9 UU, 2026-07). These are not numbers from the game — they are player habits. Gen 9 UU is one tier lower: it is played without the Pokémon most often used in OU, so the same species hold completely different places here.

Rank 6 among 274 Pokémon in use — it is on 17.12% of teams.

Tera Type Fire 70.1% Bug 15% Water 6.3% Fighting 3.4% Electric 1.3% Flying 1.2%
EV spreads Adamant · 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 SpD 45.1% Jolly · 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 SpD 29.9% Adamant · 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Def 7.6% Adamant · 192 SpD / 180 Spe / 136 Atk 5.5% Brave · 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD 1.9%

Each row is a separate distribution, not a single set: the most common item and the most common move do not have to appear on the same Pokémon.

Pokédex entry

This mysterious Pokémon has some similarities to a creature that an old book introduced as Slither Wing.

Egg Group: Undiscovered Gender: Genderless Catch difficulty: hard (30/255) Base friendship: 0/255 Base EXP: 285
Evolution line

Resistances and weaknesses

Type chart →

How much damage Slither Wing takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.

Weak to Flying ×4 Fire ×2 Psychic ×2 Fairy ×2
Resistant to Grass ×½ Fighting ×½ Ground ×½ Bug ×½ Dark ×½

Variant gallery

The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.

Slither Wing — large render in its regular coloring
Pokémon HOME
Slither Wing — large render in its shiny coloring
Pokémon HOME shiny
Slither Wing — small pixel sprite in its regular coloring
Pixel sprite
Slither Wing — small pixel sprite in its shiny coloring
Shiny pixel sprite

Slither Wing does not breed. You cannot get an Egg from it — this is how the games treat almost all Legendary and Mythical species.

Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (47 via TM/TR, 1 via Egg) are on the full list.

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
1 Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100% 20
1 Ember Fire Special 40 100% 25
1 Gust Flying Special 40 100% 35
7 Poison Powder Poison Status — 75% 35
7 Stun Spore Grass Status — 75% 30
14 Flame Charge Fire Physical 50 100% 20
21 Stomp Normal Physical 65 100% 20
28 Low Sweep Fighting Physical 65 100% 20
35 Morning Sun Normal Status — — 5
42 Lunge Bug Physical 80 100% 15
49 Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100% 5
56 Bulk Up Fighting Status — — 20
63 Dual Wingbeat Flying Physical 40 90% 10
70 First Impression Bug Physical 90 100% 10
77 Whirlwind Normal Status — — 20
84 Leech Life Bug Physical 80 100% 10
91 Thrash Normal Physical 120 100% 10