[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Psyshock
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Slack Off
move 4: Toxic
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Colbur Berry
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
tera type: Water / Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
Defensive Galarian Slowbro fulfills the role of physical wall and disruptor well, capable of absorbing attacks and hindering the opposition. Psyshock is stronger into specially defensive foes like Assault Vest Cyclizar and Hisuian Goodra, offering a means to wear them down faster for its teammates. Flamethrower melts Steel-types like Jirachi and Revavroom sufficiently. Toxic is the main form of Galarian Slowbro making progress, as it can help wear down many of its switch-ins like Flygon, Hippowdon, and Vaporeon. Heavy-Duty Boots helps ensure it remains healthy throughout a game to effectively pivot in against physical attackers, while Colbur Berry provides a valuable one-time resistance to Knock Off from strong threats like Conkeldurr and Krookodile. Tera Water removes the weakness to Ground and Psychic, allowing Galarian Slowbro to more effectively check Krookodile, Dragon Dance Necrozma, and Salamence. Tera Ghost can be used to provide a Normal immunity, functioning as a Rapid Spin blocker against Cyclizar as well as a valuable switch-in to Population Bomb Maushold and Hyper Voice Hisuian Zoroark.
Defensive Galarian Slowbro is a stout choice for balance and bulky offense teams looking for a reliable physical wall and Toxic user. Regenerator cores consisting of Cyclizar, Mienshao, and Galarian Slowbro are incredibly effective at switching in to all sorts of attacks for each other and using the combination of Knock Off, U-turn, and Toxic to wear the opponents team down quickly. Entry hazard support from the likes of Chesnaught, Hippowdon, and Krookodile can help these teams by forcing chip damage on wallbreakers like Galarian Zapdos and Terrakion, both of whom struggle to break through Galarian Slowbro reliably. Offensive teammates that can capitalize on this gradual chip damage include fast wallbreakers like Choice Scarf users Galarian Zapdos, Hisuian Zoroark, and Krookodile, as well as set up Pokemon like Swords Dance Mimikyu and Dragon Dance Salamence. Hazard support is vital for Colbur Berry sets, so teammates like Cyclizar and Noivern are valuable to keep Galarian Slowbro healthy enough to reliably check physical wallbreakers multiple times as needed.
[SET CREDITS]
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name: Defensive
move 1: Psyshock
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Slack Off
move 4: Toxic
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Colbur Berry
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
tera type: Water / Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
Defensive Galarian Slowbro fulfills the role of physical wall and disruptor well, capable of absorbing attacks and hindering the opposition. Psyshock is stronger into specially defensive foes like Assault Vest Cyclizar and Hisuian Goodra, offering a means to wear them down faster for its teammates. Flamethrower melts Steel-types like Jirachi and Revavroom sufficiently. Toxic is the main form of Galarian Slowbro making progress, as it can help wear down many of its switch-ins like Flygon, Hippowdon, and Vaporeon. Heavy-Duty Boots helps ensure it remains healthy throughout a game to effectively pivot in against physical attackers, while Colbur Berry provides a valuable one-time resistance to Knock Off from strong threats like Conkeldurr and Krookodile. Tera Water removes the weakness to Ground and Psychic, allowing Galarian Slowbro to more effectively check Krookodile, Dragon Dance Necrozma, and Salamence. Tera Ghost can be used to provide a Normal immunity, functioning as a Rapid Spin blocker against Cyclizar as well as a valuable switch-in to Population Bomb Maushold and Hyper Voice Hisuian Zoroark.
Defensive Galarian Slowbro is a stout choice for balance and bulky offense teams looking for a reliable physical wall and Toxic user. Regenerator cores consisting of Cyclizar, Mienshao, and Galarian Slowbro are incredibly effective at switching in to all sorts of attacks for each other and using the combination of Knock Off, U-turn, and Toxic to wear the opponents team down quickly. Entry hazard support from the likes of Chesnaught, Hippowdon, and Krookodile can help these teams by forcing chip damage on wallbreakers like Galarian Zapdos and Terrakion, both of whom struggle to break through Galarian Slowbro reliably. Offensive teammates that can capitalize on this gradual chip damage include fast wallbreakers like Choice Scarf users Galarian Zapdos, Hisuian Zoroark, and Krookodile, as well as set up Pokemon like Swords Dance Mimikyu and Dragon Dance Salamence. Hazard support is vital for Colbur Berry sets, so teammates like Cyclizar and Noivern are valuable to keep Galarian Slowbro healthy enough to reliably check physical wallbreakers multiple times as needed.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/flampoke.654091/
Quality checked by:
Grammar checked by:
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