Competitive Information for Galarian Slowking [Sword/Shield]
Poison / Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Slowking-galar? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Slowking is pretty popular Poison and Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's normal to find yourself dealing with Slowking when battling in the 8th generation meta. Slowking can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Slowking is weak to Dark, Ghost, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Room Service / Wiki Berry
Ability: Curious Medicine
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb / Sludge Wave
- Imprison
- Skill Swap
- Trick Room / Expanding Force
Special Tank Slowking-Galar (Popular/Trending)
Slowking is pretty popular Special Tank for single battles. It attempts to take a considerable amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Curious Medicine, on switch-in Slowking's allies have their stat stages reset to 0. With a Room Service equipped to it, if trick room is active, Slowking's speed is lowered by 1 stage then the Room Service gets consumed. With a Wiki Berry equipped to it, restores 1/3 max hp at 1/4 max hp or less; confuses if -spa nature then the Wiki Berry gets consumed.
◆ Sludge Wave is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to poison adjacent pokemon).
◆ Imprison is a status move (no foe can use any move known by your Slowking).
◆ Skill Swap is a status move (your Slowking and the target trade abilities).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Slowking on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Curious Medicine
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 212 Hp / 44 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Ice Beam
- Flamethrower
Special Sweeper Slowking-Galar (Curious Medicine)
Slowking is a wonderful Special Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Slowking's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. 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 Curious Medicine, on switch-in Slowking's allies have their stat stages reset to 0.
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison 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).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Slowking-galar? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Curious Medicine
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 212 Hp / 44 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Surf / Scald
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Slowking-Galar (Curious Medicine)
Slowking is an awesome Special Sweeper for double battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Slowking's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. 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 Curious Medicine, on switch-in Slowking's allies have their stat stages reset to 0.
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison 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).
◆ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Scald is a special 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ 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 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Poison Barb
Ability: Curious Medicine
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 212 Hp / 44 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Ice Beam
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Slowking-Galar (Curious Medicine)
Slowking is a pretty decent Offensive Trick Room for single battles. 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 Curious Medicine, on switch-in Slowking's allies have their stat stages reset to 0. With a Poison Barb equipped to it, Slowking's poison-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison 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).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Slowking-galar 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-galar can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Slowking-galar
- 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
- Moves: Nasty plot + Stored power
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Yawn, Scald, Thunder Wave
Moves that boost Slowking-galar's stats
- Amnesia
- Belly Drum
- Calm Mind
- Curse
- Iron Defense
- Nasty Plot
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Slowking-galar
- Bulldoze
- Earthquake
- Eerie Spell
- Expanding Force
- Foul Play
- Heal Pulse
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Imprison
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Psychic
- Rest
- Scald
- Skill Swap
- Sludge Bomb
- Sludge Wave
- Stored Power
- Surf
- Trick Room
Common Effort Values for Slowking-galar in Sword and Shield
- Quiet Nature ( 252/0/4/252/0/0 )
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/148/0/108/0 )
- Optimize Slowking-galar's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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