A sliding element, comprising: a substrate; a base coating applied to said substrate, said base coating having a thickness and a surface roughness (R z) of at least 4.0 μm; a sliding coating applied to said base coating, said sliding coating including a matrix formed of at least one polymer, said sliding coating including hard particles disposed in said matrix, said hard particles being formed of at least one of nitrides, carbides, borides, oxides, and metal, and said sliding coating having a thickness of 2% to 60% of the thickness of said base coating, wherein said matrix of said sliding coating consists of polyamideimide and is present in an amount of at least 40.0 vol. %, based on the total volume of said sliding coating; said hard particles are present in an amount of 0.1 to 20.0 vol. %, based on the total volume of said sliding coating; and said hard particles include Fe 2 O 3 in an amount of 0.1 to 15.0 vol. %, based on the total volume of said sliding coating, wherein said hard particles include other particles different from Fe 2 O 3 in an amount of 3.0 to 5.0 vol. %, based on the total volume of said sliding coating; said other particles are selected from the group consisting of nitrides, carbides, borides, oxides, and metal; said hard particles have a hardness of at least 600 HV/0.5 and a particle size of 0.01 to 5.0 μm; said sliding coating includes solid lubricant in an amount of 5.0 to 30.0 vol. %, based on the total volume of said sliding coating, and said solid lubricant includes at least one of MoS 2, graphite, WS 2, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), PTFE, and metal sulfide. a substrate; a base coating applied to said substrate, said base coating having a thickness and a surface roughness (R z) of at least 4.0 μm; a sliding coating applied to said base coating, said sliding coating including a matrix formed of at least one polymer, said sliding coating including hard particles disposed in said matrix, said hard particles being formed of at least one of nitrides, carbides, borides, oxides, and metal, and said sliding coating having a thickness of 2% to 60% of the thickness of said base coating, wherein said matrix of said sliding coating consists of polyamideimide and is present in an amount of at least 40.0 vol. %, based on the total volume of said sliding coating; said hard particles are present in an amount of 0.1 to 20.0 vol. %, based on the total volume of said sliding coating; and said hard particles include Fe 2 O 3 in an amount of 0.1 to 15.0 vol. %, based on the total volume of said sliding coating, wherein said hard particles include other particles different from Fe 2 O 3 in an amount of 3.0 to 5.0 vol. %, based on the total volume of said sliding coating; said other particles are selected from the group consisting of nitrides, carbides, borides, oxides, and metal; said hard particles have a hardness of at least 600 HV/0.5 and a particle size of 0.01 to 5.0 μm; said sliding coating includes solid lubricant in an amount of 5.0 to 30.0 vol. %, based on the total volume of said sliding coating, and said solid lubricant includes at least one of MoS 2, graphite, WS 2, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), PTFE, and metal sulfide.