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slowbro
#080

Slowbro

Hermit Crab Pokémon

WaterPsychic

An attached Shellder won’t let go because of the tasty flavor that oozes out of its tail.

Base Stats

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

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

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

cap Usage: 2.2%
Calm Mind
Moves
Psyshock / Flamethrower / Iron Defense
Item
Slowbronite
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
Def 72
SpD 184
Wall
Moves
Psyshock / Flamethrower / Fire Blast
Toxic / Thunder Wave
Item
Slowbronite / Leftovers
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
Def 72
SpD 184

Strategy Overview

Slowbro is a huge defensive threat in the CAP Metagame. Mega Slowbro acts as a fantastic physical wall thanks to its huge 95 / 180 physical bulk. Slowbro can also be used as a bulky pivot before Mega Evolving thanks to its access to Regenerator. Mega Slowbro also has a good ability in Shell Armor, which prevents the foe from taking it down because of a lucky critical hit. Slowbro's base 130 Special Attack when Mega-Evolved and 100 in its base forme allow it to also net KOs against a great number of offensive Pokemon. Slowbro's typing is also great, as Water / Psychic gives it super effective STAB coverage on common Pokemon in the metagame such as Tomohawk, Talonflame, and Colossoil, as well as a plethora of resistances, particularly to common attacking types such as Fire and Fighting.

However, Slowbro's pitiful base 30 Speed means that it will go last against most of the metagame. Slowbro is also very vulnerable to users of the move Taunt, as they can completely shut down most Slowbro sets. Due to its reliance on Slack Off and its lack of status-healing moves outside of Rest, Slowbro is also very vulnerable to status ailments, especially Toxic poison. Its 90 / 80 special bulk is, while not bad per se, can be pretty disappointing. Finally, while Slowbro's typing does grant it a good set of resistances, it also gives it some nasty weaknesses to Electric, Dark, and Bug, which are pretty common types in the CAP metagame.

Most Used Moves

Scald
99.1%
Psyshock
96.2%
Slack Off
80.7%
Toxic
68.0%
Ice Beam
17.2%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
80.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc