Competitive Information for Slowking [Black/White]
Water / Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Slowking? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Slowking is a fabulous Water and Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to find yourself dealing with Slowking when battling in the 5th generation meta. Slowking is weak to Bug, Dark, Electric, Ghost, and Grass-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers / Life Orb
Ability: Regenerator
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 216 Def / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- Fire Blast / Flamethrower
- Psyshock
- Scald
- Slack Off
Physical Wall Slowking (Popular/Trending)
Slowking is a remarkable Physical Wall. This moveset attempts to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Slowking last longer regaining it's health every turn. Life Orb boosts the power of Slowking's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Regenerator, Slowking restores 1/3 of its maximum hp rounded down when it switches out.
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target).
♦ Slack Off is a status move (heals your Slowking by 50% of its max hp).
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Item: Life Orb / Mystic Water
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
Special Sweeper Slowking (Oblivious)
Slowking is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Slowking's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Oblivious, Slowking cannot be infatuated. gaining this ability while infatuated cures it.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Regenerator
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 248 Hp / 252 SpA / 8 SpD
Moveset:
- Trick Room
- Fire Blast
- Psychic
- Surf
Slowking Special Tank (Trick Room King)
Slowking is a marvelous Special Tank. This moveset is designed to take a good amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Slowking last longer regaining it's healthiness every turn. With Regenerator, Slowking restores 1/3 of its maximum hp rounded down when it switches out. I think Slowking is one of the best Trick Room users in the game (it's even in the name!). With good bulk and typing, it can set up Trick Room several times, and heal up on the switch thanks to Regenerator. Surf, Psychic, and Fire Blast offer great coverage for a super strong and super slow special sweeper.
♦ Fire Blast is a special 120-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 6 Def / 249 SpA
Moveset:
- Calm Mind
- Fire Blast
- Ice Beam
- Surf
Slowking Special Tank (A Good Day To Be King)
Slowking is an astounding Special Tank. It's goal is to take a hefty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Slowking's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Own Tempo, Slowking cannot be confused.
♦ Fire Blast is a special 120-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Slowking? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Mystic Water
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Flamethrower
Doubles Special Sweeper Slowking (Oblivious)
Slowking is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Slowking's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Oblivious, Slowking cannot be infatuated. gaining this ability while infatuated cures it.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Slowking learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Slowking can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Slowking
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Scald, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Slowking's stats
- Amnesia
- Belly Drum
- Calm Mind
- Curse
- Iron Defense
- Nasty Plot
Most notable and possible best moves for Slowking
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Psyshock
- Rest
- Scald
- Slack Off
- Thunder Wave
- Toxic
- Trick Room
Common Effort Values for Slowking in Black and White
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/216/0/40/0/ )
- Modest Nature ( 252/0/0/252/4/0/ )
- Optimize Slowking's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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