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slowbro
#080

Slowbro

Hermit Crab Pokémon

WaterPsychic

It spaces out while gazing at the sea. With Shellder’s poison flowing through its body, it becomes even spacier.

Base Stats

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

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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

Defensive Pivot
Item
Leftovers / Colbur Berry
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
SpA 4

Strategy Overview

Slowbro's excellent defensive typing and great defensive stats allow it to act as a physical blanket check to key offensive Pokemon in the tier like Metagross and Tyrantrum. Its resistance to Fighting-type moves is particularly noteworthy, letting it switch into various threats such as Passimian, Toxicroak, and Bewear with ease. This is achieved thanks to Slowbro's exceptional longevity; its combination of Regenerator and Slack Off ensures it will be able to pivot into physical attackers throughout the whole match. Unfortunately, Slowbro faces competition from the other Water- and Psychic-types in the tier, such as Milotic, Mantine, and Necrozma, although unlike the former two, it is able to avoid passivity issues due to its decent Special Attack combined with a good offensive movepool. Although its typing blesses it with important resistances, it is also cursed with multiple weaknesses to common offensive typings like Grass, Dark, and Electric, which makes Slowbro vulnerable to powerful threats like Shaymin, Mega Blastoise, and Raikou. Additionally, it can get chipped for big damage or removed from the game entirely by trappers such as Drapion and Escavalier. Slowbro is also unable to dent most Water-types like Milotic and Mega Blastoise unless running the niche Grass Knot or Toxic. Finally, its mediocre Special Defense stat leaves it unable to wall specially offensive threats such as Noivern and Nidoqueen.

Most Used Moves

Scald
86.4%
Slack Off
69.4%
Psyshock
58.9%
Toxic
46.1%
Ice Beam
39.8%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
44.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc