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Slowking
[SET]
name: Offensive Trick Room
move 1: Trick Room
move 2: Surf
move 3: Psyshock
move 4: Ice Beam / Shadow Ball
item: Life Orb
ability: Regenerator
nature: Quiet
evs: 232 HP / 252 SpA / 24 SpD
ivs: 0 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>With its abysmal Speed stat, usable Special Attack, good bulk, and great coverage, Slowking is a natural candidate for an offensive Trick Room set. Similarily to Trick Room Reuniclus, this Slowking acts as a late-game cleaner while also being a useful pivot for taking special attacks throughout the entire game, thanks to Regenerator. However, this set's real strength lies in its ability to greatly threaten offensive rain teams—a very dominant playstyle—as well as act as an amazing Keldeo check. Slowking can easily switch into Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Politoed, offensive Starmie, and Keldeo, and proceed to put pressure on the opposition. Surf is Slowking's main STAB move; it is quite powerful under rain, OHKOing most offensive Pokemon neutral to it. Psyshock covers many threats that don't mind Surf, such as Tentacruel, Keldeo, Toxicroak, and Breloom. Ice Beam hits Dragon- and Grass-types that resist Surf, while Shadow Ball still takes care of some Dragon- and Grass-types, namely Latios, Latias, and Celebi, but also allows Slowking to OHKO / 2HKO Jellicent and Starmie.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>The HP EVs give Slowking a Life Orb number, with Special Attack maximized and the rest of the EVs thrown into Special Defense. Slowking has access to Fire Blast and Flamethrower, so it can use either of them to get past Ferrothorn outside of rain and hurt Steel-types more; these moves would also provide Slowking a pseudo-STAB move in sun. Nasty Plot can also be used (preferably in the fourth slot) to enable Slowking to OHKO Blissey after a boost with Stealth Rock in play, and break walls better in general. When using Nasty Plot, Leftovers is a fine alternative to Life Orb, as the extra survivability eases set-up; Nasty Plot more than makes up for the lack of power. Finally, Psychic deals more damage to defensive Politoed, Cloyster, and Bulk Up Conkeldurr, so it is an option for any team that has problems with those Pokemon.</p>
<p>Rain support is very helpful to facilitate Slowking's sweep, allowing it to OHKO Pokemon such as Scizor, Magnezone, and Skarmory with Surf. It is in no way mandatory, however, as Slowking can still clean up effectively even without rain and gives any team an advantage against offensive rain teams. Magnezone is a good partner solely for its ability to remove one of Slowking's biggest obstacles, Ferrothorn, and has the added bonus of very good defensive synergy with Slowking. Gothitelle is another appreciated teammate, as it is able to cripple or KO Chansey, Blissey, Gastrodon, Celebi, and Ferrothorn, making it much easier for Slowking to sweep. Lastly, Stealth Rock support is a must, as it allows Slowking to obtain many more OHKOs. Ferrothorn, Celebi, Terrakion, and Heatran are all excellent partners that can provide Stealth Rock (or Spikes in Ferrothorn's case), and assist Slowking against Pokemon that give it issues.</p>