Sliggoo

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**Sliggoo** (Japanese: **ヌメイル** *Numeil*) is a Dragon Pokémon introduced in Generation VI.

It evolves from Goomy starting at level 40 and evolves into Goodra starting at level 50 when leveled up during rain or fog in the overworld. Rain instigated by Rain Dance, Drizzle, or Primordial Sea will not trigger this evolution.

## Biology

Sliggoo is a gooey purple Pokémon with the body structure of a snail. Its underbelly is a deeper shade of purple than the top part of its body. It is over twice as tall as its preevolved form, but remains relatively small. Its eyes are now green and large, with one eyelash on each eye; but since its eyes are undeveloped, Sliggoo is blind. It has two pale green spots on either side of its head. It has two small, underdeveloped arms, two sets of antennae atop its head, and a gooey snail-like shell on its back that looks like it is part of its gelatinous body.

It can excrete sticky mucous that can dissolve anything, coating its entire body with it. Because its eyes have devolved from a Goomy's, it has trouble discerning friends and food, often attempting to calmly melt and eat those it gets along with without realizing it. Instead, it relies on its four horns to sense sounds and smells. The protrusion found on its back contains its brain and other organs. It crawls sluggishly.

### Major appearances

#### Ash's Sliggoo

Template:Ash's Goomy evolved into a Sliggoo in *An Oasis of Hope!*. Sliggoo later evolved into Goodra during *Good Friends, Great Training!*, when it helped put out a big fire with Rain Dance.

### Pokédex entries

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## In the manga

### In the Pokémon Adventures manga

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In the Template:Chap, a Team Flare Grunt used a Sliggoo to trap Y while she was playing the Berry Picker game with her newly-caught Eevee. Eevee paid off Y's efforts to befriend it, by evolving into a Sylveon and defeating the Sliggoo with Draining Kiss.

A Sliggoo belonging to an Aether Foundation Employee first appeared in the Template:Chap.

## Game data

### Pokédex entries

 Alpha Sapphire  | Its four horns are a high-performance radar system. It uses them to sense sounds and smells, rather than using ears or a nose.

 Ultra Moon  | Its entire body is covered with gooey mucus that can dissolve anything. Be sure to put gloves on if you're going to touch it.

### Held items

 Ultra Sun | Ultra Moon | Shed Shell Shed Shell (5%)

### Stats

#### Base stats

 * Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable.

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

### Learnset

#### By a prior evolution

 * **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sliggoo
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sliggoo

### Side game data

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 Removes one barrier-type disruption without fail.

### Sprites

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### Origin

Sliggoo seems based on soft bodied gastropods such as slugs, nudibranch, and semi-slugs.
Its snail origins as well as its Dragon typing and elongated body shape may mean it could also be based on the Lou Carcolh, a mythical serpent/mollusk creature from French folklore.
It may also be based upon the concept of "living slime" in popular culture.

#### Name origin

Sliggoo may be a combination of *slick*, *slither*, *slippery*, *slimy*, or *slug*, and *goo*.

Numeil is from 滑る *numeru* (to be slippery) and *snail*.

## External links

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