[OVERVIEW]
Psychic
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Slowking finds stiff competition from Slowbro, which is the far superior physical wall that can be a potential wincon with Iron Defense + Body Press. Additionally, Psychic teams greatly wish to have more offensive teammates, which creates issues with fitting Slowking onto these builds. However, Slowking's access to Chilly Reception can enable this offense, which is desirable.
[SET]
Slowking @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Kasib Berry / No Item
Name: Bulky Pivot (Psychic)
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Chilly Reception
- Scald
- Thunder Wave / Foul Play
- Slack Off
[SET COMMENTS]
Slowking finds a role on Psychic teams thanks to its serviceable natural bulk along with access to Chilly Reception, enabling teammates like Hoopa-U, Latios, and Iron Boulder with safe entry. Scald is able to pressure Fire- and Ground-types like Cinderace and Mamoswine while also allowing Slowking to fish for burns. Thunder Wave can let Slowking cripple faster threats like Dragonite and, with a Kasib Berry, paralyze Ghost-types like Spectrier and Flutter Mane, enabling its teammates to safely outspeed and remove them. Foul Play can punish threats such as Swords Dance Garchomp. Heavy-Duty Boots is recommended, as it grants Slowking immunity to entry hazard damage. Alternatively, Slowking can use no item to reduce the damage from Knock Off, notably allowing itself to survive two Knock Offs from Choice Scarf Meowscarada, along with preventing Ceruledge from removing it with Poltergeist so that it can remove Ceruledge in response with Foul Play.
As mentioned before, teammates like Hoopa-U and Iron Boulder are great beneficiaries of Slowking's Chilly Reception, which enables them to hit the field safely. Hoopa-U can check Ghost-types such as Gholdengo, Sinistcha, and Spectrier with its Dark-type STAB moves, and it can use powerful coverage such as Thunderbolt to remove Flying- and Water-types such as Moltres, Pelipper, and Toxapex. Alternatively, Choice Scarf Hoopa-U can outspeed and remove foes like Flutter Mane and opposing Hoopa-U comfortably with Hyperspace Fury. Choice Scarf Iron Boulder, meanwhile, provides incredible speed control, outspeeding threats such as Meowscarada and Choice Specs Flutter Mane, and can handle Fire- and Bug-types like Ogerpon-H, Volcarona, and Kleavor with ease. Choice Specs Latios provides handy Grass and Electric resistances and can use Draco Meteor to nail specially offensive Dragon-types that threaten Slowking such as Raging Bolt and Kyurem along with using coverage in Ice Beam to remove Grass-types like Brambleghast. Hatterene is a strong defensive complement to Slowking, being able to handle Dark-types such as Roaring Moon and break other problematic threats like Primarina and Blissey with Calm Mind; in return, it appreciates Slowking checking Steel-types such as Heatran and Corviknight. Metagross can provide Stealth Rock support to wear down foes that don't mind entering in on Slowking like Ogerpon-W and Rotom-W, and it can use Bullet Punch to check Iron Valiant and Flutter Mane. Slowking can enable safe entry for Armarouge, and in return, Armarouge can smash Steel-types like Gholdengo and Archaludon. Nasty Plot Deoxys-S can outspeed and handle the likes of Greninja and Landorus with Thunderbolt and Ice Beam, respectively. Gallade can threaten Dark- and Steel-types like Ting-Lu, Alolan Muk, and Hiusian Goodra for Slowking. Indeedee-M can provide Healing Wish support while using its Normal typing to come in on Ghost-types like Pecharunt and threaten them back with a powerful Psychic Terrain-boosted Expanding Force.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pengairxan.622813/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/boomp.637295/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/neko.542526/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ambi_.671106/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/a-blue-banana.649096/
Psychic
========
Slowking finds stiff competition from Slowbro, which is the far superior physical wall that can be a potential wincon with Iron Defense + Body Press. Additionally, Psychic teams greatly wish to have more offensive teammates, which creates issues with fitting Slowking onto these builds. However, Slowking's access to Chilly Reception can enable this offense, which is desirable.
[SET]
Slowking @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Kasib Berry / No Item
Name: Bulky Pivot (Psychic)
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Chilly Reception
- Scald
- Thunder Wave / Foul Play
- Slack Off
[SET COMMENTS]
Slowking finds a role on Psychic teams thanks to its serviceable natural bulk along with access to Chilly Reception, enabling teammates like Hoopa-U, Latios, and Iron Boulder with safe entry. Scald is able to pressure Fire- and Ground-types like Cinderace and Mamoswine while also allowing Slowking to fish for burns. Thunder Wave can let Slowking cripple faster threats like Dragonite and, with a Kasib Berry, paralyze Ghost-types like Spectrier and Flutter Mane, enabling its teammates to safely outspeed and remove them. Foul Play can punish threats such as Swords Dance Garchomp. Heavy-Duty Boots is recommended, as it grants Slowking immunity to entry hazard damage. Alternatively, Slowking can use no item to reduce the damage from Knock Off, notably allowing itself to survive two Knock Offs from Choice Scarf Meowscarada, along with preventing Ceruledge from removing it with Poltergeist so that it can remove Ceruledge in response with Foul Play.
As mentioned before, teammates like Hoopa-U and Iron Boulder are great beneficiaries of Slowking's Chilly Reception, which enables them to hit the field safely. Hoopa-U can check Ghost-types such as Gholdengo, Sinistcha, and Spectrier with its Dark-type STAB moves, and it can use powerful coverage such as Thunderbolt to remove Flying- and Water-types such as Moltres, Pelipper, and Toxapex. Alternatively, Choice Scarf Hoopa-U can outspeed and remove foes like Flutter Mane and opposing Hoopa-U comfortably with Hyperspace Fury. Choice Scarf Iron Boulder, meanwhile, provides incredible speed control, outspeeding threats such as Meowscarada and Choice Specs Flutter Mane, and can handle Fire- and Bug-types like Ogerpon-H, Volcarona, and Kleavor with ease. Choice Specs Latios provides handy Grass and Electric resistances and can use Draco Meteor to nail specially offensive Dragon-types that threaten Slowking such as Raging Bolt and Kyurem along with using coverage in Ice Beam to remove Grass-types like Brambleghast. Hatterene is a strong defensive complement to Slowking, being able to handle Dark-types such as Roaring Moon and break other problematic threats like Primarina and Blissey with Calm Mind; in return, it appreciates Slowking checking Steel-types such as Heatran and Corviknight. Metagross can provide Stealth Rock support to wear down foes that don't mind entering in on Slowking like Ogerpon-W and Rotom-W, and it can use Bullet Punch to check Iron Valiant and Flutter Mane. Slowking can enable safe entry for Armarouge, and in return, Armarouge can smash Steel-types like Gholdengo and Archaludon. Nasty Plot Deoxys-S can outspeed and handle the likes of Greninja and Landorus with Thunderbolt and Ice Beam, respectively. Gallade can threaten Dark- and Steel-types like Ting-Lu, Alolan Muk, and Hiusian Goodra for Slowking. Indeedee-M can provide Healing Wish support while using its Normal typing to come in on Ghost-types like Pecharunt and threaten them back with a powerful Psychic Terrain-boosted Expanding Force.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pengairxan.622813/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/boomp.637295/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/neko.542526/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ambi_.671106/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/a-blue-banana.649096/
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