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slowbro
#080

Slowbro

Hermit Crab Pokémon

WaterPsychic

Though usually dim witted, it seems to become inspired if the Shellder on its tail bites down.

Base Stats

HP 95
Attack 75
Defense 110
Sp. Atk 100
Sp. Def 80
Speed 30
Total 490

Type Effectiveness

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Evolution Chain

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Details

Category Hermit Crab Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 78.5 kg
Base Exp 172
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Monster ,Water1

Sprites

slowbro Front Front
slowbro Back Back
slowbro Front Shiny Front Shiny
slowbro Back Shiny Back Shiny
slowbro Official Art Official Art
slowbro Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ou Usage: 1.9%
Defensive
Moves
Thunder Wave / Flamethrower
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 248
Def 252
SpD 8

Strategy Overview

Slowbro has a good defensive typing, reliable recovery, and fantastic physical bulk that let it check common Pokemon like Heatran, Garchomp, Terrakion, Dragonite, Keldeo, Mamoswine, and Alakazam lacking Grass Knot or Signal Beam. It also has Regenerator to reduce the long-term effects of entry hazards and make it less crippled by Pursuit when switching out on Tyranitar. It's also not overly passive, since Scald and Thunder Wave can burn and paralyze common checks like Ferrothorn and Rotom-W while it's also able to run coverage options like Ice Beam and Flamethrower to hit Dragon- and Grass-types. However, Slowbro's average special bulk and weaknesses leave it vulnerable to common special attackers like Volcarona, Reuniclus, Thundurus-T, and Latios. Its low Speed forces it to take a hit before attacking or recovering, making it possible to easily overwhelm, especially in tandem with entry hazards. While not passive, Slowbro can struggle to threaten and gets set up on by bulkier Pokemon that aren't crippled by status or hit super effectively, like Reuniclus and Latios. It's quite vulnerable to status, namely poison and burn, from Pokemon like Gastrodon, Tentacruel, Heatran, and Keldeo. It also faces strong competition from other bulky Water-types like Jellicent, Rotom-W, Gastrodon, and Seismitoad as a result of their better typings that let them check Pokemon Slowbro fails to, higher Speed and special bulk, and ability to spread status or set up entry hazards.

Most Used Moves

Scald
97.3%
Slack Off
97.1%
Ice Beam
74.7%
Psychic
34.4%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
28.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc