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slowbro
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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

ou Usage: 7.0%
Defensive
Moves
Ice Beam / Psychic
Thunder Wave / Toxic
Item
Leftovers / Rocky Helmet / Colbur Berry
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 176
SpD 80
Calm Mind
Item
Leftovers / Slowbronite
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 248
Def 216
SpD 44
Offensive Tank Slowbro
Item
Slowbronite
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 136
SpA 120

Strategy Overview

With excellent defensive stats alongside a solid Water and Psychic typing, Slowbro is a great choice for taking on threats such as Mega Lopunny, Mega Metagross, and Mega Medicham. With recovery from Slack Off and Regenerator, Slowbro can absorb a lot of damage and still sustain itself for a long time, allowing it to function as an all-around defensive pivot. Its very wide supportive movepool lets it take on various foes comfortably. The defensive boost Slowbro gets after Mega Evolving, combined with the ability Shell Armor and its access to boosting moves like Calm Mind, makes it a very viable bulky sweeper. Despite all this, Slowbro's typing renders it weak to common Knock Off and Pursuit users like Weavile, Bisharp, and Tyranitar. Slowbro's typing also makes it vulnerable to both U-turn and Volt Switch, making it very easy to gain momentum on. Its mediocre Special Defense also makes it vulnerable to special attackers such as Mega Manectric, Serperior, and Thundurus. Lastly, Slowbro fears status such as poison and burn, moves that can put it on a timer, like Toxic, and moves like Taunt that can stop it from recovering health or inflicting its own status.

Most Used Moves

Slack Off
93.4%
Scald
88.7%
Ice Beam
35.7%
Psyshock
33.6%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
46.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc