boltsandbombers
i'm sorry mr. man
Overview
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- Great defensive typing with resistances to common attacks in the OU metagame with a solid stab combination to back it up
- Upon gaining a mega evolution, its defense stat skyrockets to a massive base 180
- Shell armor is a decent ability to avoid critical hits while setting up
- Great special attack to prevent it from being setup fodder as a defensive pokemon
- Slowbro has reliable recovery in slack off
- Great boosting moves in calm mind and iron defense
- Wide variety of coverage moves such as fire blast, ice beam, and grass knot
- Thanks to its mega evolution, it is much less prone to the omnipresent knock off
- Extremely slow, always has to take a hit before responding
- Troubled by common grass, electric, and dark types
CroBro
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name: CroBro
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Scald
move 3: Rest
move 4: Sleep Talk
ability: Regenerator
item: Slowbronite
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spa
nature: Bold
Moves
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- Calm Mind boosts slowbro's special attacks and special defense, allowing it to sweep
- Scald is the main stab move and hits hard off of slowbro's strong special attack with a nifty chance to burn
- Rest provides a reliable form of recovery, and is important to avoid status conditions
- Sleep talk prevents slowbro from being setup fodder while asleep
Set Details
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- Max hp for maximum bulk
- Max def and a bold nature is to capitalize on slowbro's great physical bulk
- Alternatively, a specially defensive spread with a calm nature can be used to setup on some special attackers
- Regenerator is a great ability to have before mega evolving to pivot into attacks and gain HP
- Slowbronite gives slowbro a massive boost in its stats and the ability shell armor to prevent critical hits
Usage Tips
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Team Options
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Calm Mind
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name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Scald
move 3: Psyshock / Fire Blast
move 4: Slack Off
ability: Regenerator
item: Slowbronite
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spa
nature: Bold
Moves
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- Calm mind boosts slowbro's special attack and special defense to very high levels
- Scald is a strong STAB move that has a helpful chance to burn
- Psyshock hits most pokemon that resist water as well as poison and fighting types
- Fire blast is a viable option to hit ferrothorn and scizor
- Slack Off provides reliable recovery
Set Details
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Usage Tips
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Team Options
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Double Dance
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name: Double Dance
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Iron Defense
move 3: Scald
move 4: Slack Off / Rest
ability: Regenerator
item: Slowbronite
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
nature: Calm
Moves
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- Calm mind boosts slowbro's special attack and special defense to high levels
- Iron defense raises slowbro's already massive defense by two stages
- Scald is a strong stab move that has a nice chance to burn the foe
- Slack off provides a form of reliable recovery
Set Details
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EVS / ITEM / NATURE INFORMATION GOES HERE
Usage Tips
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Team Options
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Other Options
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- Foul Play
- Thunder Wave
- Slack off + 3 attacks
- Non-mega slowbro (I'm not sure if this should have its own set)
- Magic coat, Yawn, Disable
- Foul play, shadow ball, focus blast, etc
Checks & Counters
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- **Grass-types**:
- **Electric-types**:
- **Residual damage**
- **Wallbreakers**:
- **Bulky Special Walls**: