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Slowking

Royal Pokémon

WaterPsychic

Being bitten by Shellder gave it intelligence comparable to that of award-winning scientists.

Base Stats

HP 95

Attack 75

Defense 80

Sp. Atk 100

Sp. Def 110

Speed 30

Total 490

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

bug 2x ghost 2x grass 2x electric 2x dark 2x

Resistant to

fighting ½x steel ½x fire ½x water ½x psychic ½x ice ½x

Abilities

Oblivious Own Tempo Regenerator (Hidden)

Held Items

Kings Rock 5%

Evolution Chain

Slowpoke

→

Slowbro Lv. 37

Slowking Hold Kings Rock

Moves

Locations

Abundant Shrine

Details

Category Royal Pokémon

Height 2.0 m

Weight 79.5 kg

Base Exp 172

Growth Rate Medium

Capture Rate 70

Base Happiness 70

Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀

Habitat Waters Edge

Egg Groups Monster ,Water1

Sprites

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ou Usage: 1.1%

VGC2012 UU RU OU

Special Wall

Moves

Slack Off

Scald

Dragon Tail / Ice Beam / Thunder Wave

Fire Blast / Psyshock / Thunder Wave

Item

Leftovers

Ability

Regenerator

Nature

Calm

EVs

HP 252

Def 76

SpD 180

Strategy Overview

With its useful typing, good defensive stats, and awesome ability in Regenerator, Slowking claims its spot in BW OU as one of the very few effective counters to Keldeo. Due to its high Special Defense, Slowking can also shrug off special hits from top tier threats like Latios, Alakazam, and Tornadus. Its problems are its very low Speed and average physical bulk, which make Slowking a target for U-turn users like Landorus-T and Scizor as well as powerful physical attackers like Tyranitar, Excadrill, and Garchomp.