Competitive Information for Slowpoke [Sun/Moon]
Water / Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Slowpoke? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Slowpoke is a spectacular Water and Psychic-typed Pokemon. Slowpoke is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Slowpoke can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Slowpoke is weak to Bug, Dark, Electric, Ghost, and Grass-typed attacks.
Item: Waterium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 60 Hp / 252 Atk / 196 SpD
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Dive
- Double-Edge / Return
- Zen Headbutt
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
Physical Sweeper Slowpoke (Oblivious)
Slowpoke is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Oblivious, Slowpoke cannot be infatuated or taunted.
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Slowpoke? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Item: Groundium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 60 Hp / 252 Atk / 196 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Aqua Tail / Dive
- Double-Edge / Return
- Zen Headbutt
Doubles Physical Sweeper Slowpoke (Oblivious)
Slowpoke is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Oblivious, Slowpoke cannot be infatuated or taunted.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Waterium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 196 Hp / 60 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Slack Off
- Substitute
- Aqua Tail / Dive
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Slowpoke (Oblivious)
Slowpoke is a stupendous Defensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Slowpoke from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Oblivious, Slowpoke cannot be infatuated or taunted.
♦ Substitute is a status move (Slowpoke takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Slowpoke 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 Slowpoke can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Slowpoke
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Scald, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Slowpoke's stats
- Amnesia
- Belly Drum
- Calm Mind
- Curse
- Rage
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Slowpoke
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Scald
- Teleport
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Slowpoke in Sun and Moon
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