This Pokémon's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning the target with each hit.

This counts as an extra effect for the purposes of shield dust.  This ability takes effect before mummy.

May poison a target when the Pokémon makes contact.

Poison Touch

This Pokémon's damaging moves have a 10% chance to make the target flinch with each hit if they do not already cause flinching as a secondary effect.

This ability does not stack with a held item.

Overworld: The wild encounter rate is halved while this Pokémon is first in the party.

By releasing a stench when attacking, the Pokémon may cause the target to flinch.

Stench

This Pokémon's hold item cannot be removed by other Pokémon.

Damaging moves that would remove this Pokémon's item can still inflict damage against this Pokémon, e.g. knock off or pluck.  This Pokémon can still use moves that involve the loss of its own item, e.g. fling or trick.

Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, the encounter rate while fishing is increased.

The Pokémon's held items cling to its sticky body and cannot be removed by other Pokémon.

Sticky Hold

attack

defense

special-attack

special-defense

speed

This Pokémon eats any held Berry triggered by low HP when it falls below 50% of its HP, regardless of the Berry's usual threshold.

If the Pokémon is holding a Berry to be eaten when its HP is low, it will instead eat the Berry when its HP drops to half or less.

Gluttony

When an ally faints, this Pokémon gains its Ability.

The Pokémon copies the Ability of a defeated ally.

Power of Alchemy

level-up

grimer-alola

grimer

stench

sticky-hold

poison-touch

Grimer

poison

Made of congealed sludge. It smells too putrid
to touch. Even weeds won’t grow in its path.

lets-go-eevee

lets-go-pikachu

The wastewater coming from factories is clean
these days, so Grimer have nothing to eat.
They’re said to be on the verge of extinction.

ultra-moon

It was born from sludge on the ocean floor. In a
sterile environment, the germs within its body
can’t multiply, and it dies.

ultra-sun

It was born from sludge transformed by
exposure to X-rays from the moon. When its
internal load of germs decreases, it dies.

moon

Its main source of food is the slimy industrial
waste of factories. This Pokémon’s numbers
have been decreasing in recent years.

Grimer emerged from the sludge that settled on a polluted
seabed. This Pokémon loves anything filthy. It constantly
leaks a horribly germ-infested fluid from all over its body.

alpha-sapphire

Grimer’s sludgy and rubbery body can be forced through any
opening, however small it may be. This Pokémon enters sewer
pipes to drink filthy wastewater.

omega-ruby

Appears in filthy areas. It thrives by sucking up
polluted sludge that is pumped out of factories.

Sludge exposed to X-rays from the moon
transformed into Grimer. It loves feeding
on filthy things.

Born from sludge, these Pokémon now
gather in polluted places and increase
the bacteria in their bodies.

white-2

black-2

It was born when sludge in a dirty
stream was exposed to the moon’s
X-rays. It appears among filth.

white

black

Wherever GRIMER has passed, so
many germs are left behind that
no plants will ever grow again.

soulsilver

As it moves, it loses bits of its body,
from which new GRIMER emerge.
This worsens the stench around it.

heartgold

platinum

pearl

diamond

Appears in filthy areas. It thrives by
sucking up polluted sludge that is pumped
out of factories.

leafgreen

Sludge exposed to X rays from the moon
transformed into GRIMER. It loves feeding
on filthy things.

firered

Born from polluted sludge in the sea,
GRIMER’s favorite food is anything filthy.
They feed on wastewater pumped out from
factories.

emerald

GRIMER emerged from the sludge that
settled on a polluted seabed.
This POKéMON loves anything filthy.It constantly leaks a horribly germ-
infested fluid from all over its body.

sapphire

GRIMER’s sludgy and rubbery body can
be forced through any opening, however
small it may be.This POKéMON enters sewer pipes to
drink filthy wastewater.

ruby

When two of these
POKéMON's bodies
are combinedtogether, new
poisons are
created.

crystal

Wherever GRIMER
has passed, so
many germs areleft behind that
no plants will
ever grow again.

silver

As it moves, it
loses bits of its
body from whichnew GRIMER emerge.
This worsens the
stench around it.

gold

Made of hardened
sludge. It smells
too putrid totouch.
Even weeds won't
grow in its path.

yellow

Appears in filthy
areas. Thrives by
sucking uppolluted sludge
that is pumped
out of factories.

	Base Stats			Stat
HP	80	1		155
Attack	80	—		100
Defense	50	—		70
Sp.Atk	40	—		60
Sp.Def	50	—		70
Speed	25	—		45
Total	325	1	0/510	500

Grimer

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