UU Defensive Slowbro Revamp [QC 3/3] [GP 2/2]

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[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Scald
move 2: Psyshock / Ice Beam
move 3: Slack Off
move 4: Toxic / Thunder Wave
item: Leftovers / Colbur Berry
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Psyshock is a secondary STAB move that threatens Pokemon such as Amoonguss, Tentacruel, and Heracross that wouldn't mind being hit by Scald. Ice Beam is a solid option over Psyshock, as it can hit Dragon- and Grass-types such as Hydreigon and Tsareena that resist Scald. Toxic is easy to spread, as Slowbro can be difficult to wear down and can provide valuable chip toward enemy tanks such as Chesnaught and opposing Slowbro. Thunder Wave allows Slowbro to support its team by crippling opposing offensive Pokemon that rely on their Speed like Latias and Hydreigon.

Set Details
========
Leftovers provides Slowbro with passive recovery and helps it better check Pokemon like Terrakion and Cobalion more consistently throughout the match. Colbur Berry gives Slowbro a chance to escape Pursuit from the likes of Krookodile and stomach other Dark-type moves such as Hydreigon's Dark Pulse and punish its enemy with Scald or a status move.

Usage Tips
========
Slowbro can pivot into strong physical attackers, such as Mega Aerodactyl, Cobalion, Infernape, Mamoswine, and Terrakion, and fire off STAB attacks and status moves over the course of a match. Thanks to Regenerator, Slowbro doesn't need to rely on purely Slack Off for recovery. Pivoting into Pokemon that Slowbro forces out, such as Terrakion and Gligar, is an easy way to get back health while double switching out or getting off a Slack Off. Slowbro should take advantage of its bulk and innate recovery from Regenerator to spread status with Toxic, Thunder Wave, or Scald burns. Try to not let Slowbro take Toxic poison or a Scald burn carelessly; chip damage from status can seriously hinder its ability to remain effective throughout the match. Slowbro shouldn't be used recklessly and should stay out of harm's way, as special attackers like Primarina, Kommo-o, and Mega-Houndoom and super effective physical attacks from threats such as Crawdaunt, Sharpedo, and Scizor pose a major threat.

Team Options
========
While Water / Psychic is a solid defensive typing, it leaves Slowbro vulnerable to VoltTurn cores, as it's weak to both Volt Switch and U-turn. Mega Manectric, Rotom-H, Rotom-C, Scizor, and Zeraora are all threatening in this manner. Mega Steelix is a solid teammates, as it is immune to Electric-type moves, resists U-turn, can take Toxic for Slowbro, and may beat the aforementioned threats. Hippowdon also provides an Electric-type immunity and can run Rocky Helmet to punish U-turn. Special walls such as Florges and Blissey can patch up Slowbro's weakness to special attackers like Mega Manectric and Hydreigon. Cobalion and Aggron freely switch into Dark-type moves like Knock Off for Slowbro and can set up entry hazards to capitalize on the switches Slowbro forces. Scizor's U-turn helps Slowbro to get into more favorable positions; for example, Infernape and Cobalion often switch into Scizor. Scizor also checks Pokemon like Latias and Mega Altaria for Slowbro. Pursuit users like Mega Aerodactyl and Choice Scarf Krookodile are able to defeat Ghost-types such as Gengar and Chandelure that can blow through Slowbro as well as trap fast Electric-types like Mega Manectric and Zeraora for Slowbro. In return, Slowbro can wear down their checks. Toxic can seriously cut into Slowbro’s longevity, so clerics such as Diancie, Sylveon, and Togekiss are appreciated. Slowbro synergizes well with other Regenerator users, which include Amoonguss and Assault Vest Mienshao. Both can take special hits for Slowbro while being able to rotate taking weaker hits, and Amoonguss is able to absorb Toxic Spikes for Slowbro. Dark-types such as Hydreigon, Mega Sharpedo, and Crawdaunt threaten Slowbro with relative ease, making Fairy-types good partners for it. Primarina and Mega Altaria excel in dealing with these Dark-types and can switch into them with ease. With Slowbro serving as a blanket check to the Fighting-types in the tier, Pokemon such as Cobalion, Hydreigon, and Rotom-H can all capitalize on Slowbro suppressing those. When Slowbro is running Thunder Wave, slower breakers like Lucario, Crawdaunt, and Heracross have an easier time dealing with faster Pokemon that it lures in, such as Latias and Hydreigon.
 
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[SET]
name: Defensive Slowbro
move 1: Scald
move 2: Psyshock / Ice Beam
move 3: Slack Off
move 4: Toxic / Thunder Wave
item: Leftovers / Colbur Berry
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
  • Scald is a consistent, reliable, and spammable STAB move with good coverage and a 30% chance to burn the target. (Remove this, it's self explanatory and fluff).
  • Psyshock is a secondary STAB move that threatens Pokemon such as Amoonguss, Tentacruel, and Heracross that wouldn't mind taking a scald.
  • Ice Beam is a solid option over Psyshock as it can hit dragon and grass types that resist scald for super effective damage such as Hydreigon and Lum Berry Tsareena.
  • Slack Off provides Slowbro with reliable recovery. (Same thing here).
  • Toxic is easy to spread as Slowbro can be difficult to wear down and can provide valuable chip toward the enemy team.
  • Thunder Wave allows Slowbro to support its team by crippling offensive Pokemon that rely on their Speed.

Set Details
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  • EVs allow Slowbro to take as many physical hits as possible, as it shouldn’t be responsible for any special attacks with power behind them. (This is also fluff, remove it).
  • Leftovers provides Slowbro with passive recovery
  • Colbur Berry gives Slowbro a chance to escape pursuit easier and stomach other dark type moves and punish with a Scald.
  • Regenerator allows Slowbro to recover health upon switching out, enabling it to serve as a more effective pivot. (As is this, remove).

Usage Tips
========
  • Slowbro can pivot into strong physical attackers, such as Mega Aerodactyl, Cobalion, Infernape, Mamoswine, and Terrakion, and fire off STAB attacks or status.
  • Thanks to Regenerator, Slowbro doesn’t need to rely on Slack Off for recovery. Pivoting into weaker attacks, like enemy scalds, is an easy way to get back health. (I don't know if I'd recommend using Slowbro as a Scald switch in since getting burned can be really irritating for it and cripple it's ability to effectively check shit).
  • Slowbro should take advantage of its bulk and innate recovery from Regenerator to spread status with Toxic, Thunder Wave, or burns via Scald.
  • Try to not let Slowbro take Toxic from the enemy. (This could surely be expanded upon into something like "Try not to let Slowbro be carelessly hit by status such as poison or burns so it can remain effective throughout the game).
  • Despite being able to withstand certain super effectiveness hits, Slowbro shouldn’t be used recklessly as Regenerator only heals so much. Switching into strong special attackers, like primarina, is risky in general.
  • Double switching can prove to be valuable with the switches Slowbro can force due to its defensive prowess.
  • (Mention how because of Slowbro's high Def stat it can be used to blanket check a lot of the tier's physical attackers in general, however it should not be used too recklessly in this sense as powerful physical attackers such as Mega Sharpedo, Crawdaunt, and Scizor can still bust through it).

Team Options
========
  • Slowbro has solid defensive typing, but the combination of water and psychic leave should it vulnerable to voltturn as it’s weak to both Volt Switch and U-Turn. Mega Manetric, Rotoms, Scizor, and Zeraora are all threatening in this manner. Gligar and Mega Steelix are solid teammates— they are immune to Electric moves, resist U-Turn, can take Toxic for Slowbro and may beat the aforementioned threats. (I don't like Gligar here as it checks pretty much all the same shit Slowbro checks. Having Gligar and Slowbro on the same team would be pretty redundant. Give other examples like rocky helmet Cobalion and Hippowdon that can punish these voltturners).
  • Special walls such as Assault Vest Mienshao, Florges, and Blissey can patch up Slowbro's weakness to special attackers such as Mega Manectric and Hydreigon.
  • Steel types resist grass, psychic, bug, and appreciate the fire and fighting resists from Slowbro. Klefki, Scizor and Mega Aggron are all steels that can take powerful moves for Slowbro. Scizor’s U-Turn gets Slowbro in more favorable positions while the others may set up hazards to take advantage of the switches Slowbro forces.
  • Pursuit users like Mega Aerodactyl and Scarf Krookodile are able to defeat ghosts like Gengar and Decidueye (Both Krook and Maero have a hard time reliably beating Decidueye, maybe replace it for Chandelure.) that can blow through Slowbro as well as trap the fast electrics Mega Manetric and Zeraora for Slowbro. In return Slowbro can live longer and wear down their checks.
  • Toxic can seriously cut into Slowbro’s longevity, so clerics such as Florges, Blissey, and Togekiss are appreciated. (For the sake of variety, change Blissey to Sylveon and Florges to Diancie).
  • Slowbro synergies well with the other regenerator users, Amoongus and AV Mienshao. They both can take special hits for slowbro while being able to rotate taking weaker hits. Amoongus is also able to remove toxic spikes for the core.
  • (Mention Fairy types explicitly because a lot of the things that reliably break Slowbro are dark types such as Hydreigon, Mega Sharpedo, and Crawdaunt).
  • (Also mention things that appreciate fighting types being checked such as Cobalion, Hydreigon, and Rotom-H as Slowbro is pretty efficient at blanket checking the tier's fighting types).
  • (Also mention breakers that can appreciate T-Wave support (if you're running T-Wave) such as Lucario, Crawdaunt, and Heracross).
QC 1/3 after implemented, good work.
 

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[SET]
name: Defensive Slowbro (just defensive works; you don't need pokemon name)
move 1: Scald
move 2: Psyshock / Ice Beam
move 3: Slack Off
move 4: Toxic / Thunder Wave
item: Leftovers / Colbur Berry
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
  • Psyshock is a secondary STAB move that threatens Pokemon such as Amoonguss, Tentacruel, and Heracross that wouldn't mind taking a scald.
  • Ice Beam is a solid option over Psyshock as it can hit dragon and grass types that resist scald for super effective damage such as Hydreigon and Lum Berry Tsareena.
  • Toxic is easy to spread as Slowbro can be difficult to wear down and can provide valuable chip toward the enemy team.
  • Thunder Wave allows Slowbro to support its team by crippling offensive Pokemon that rely on their Speed. (for both this section and toxic, give some examples of targets of the moves, and you can also talk about how status support (moreso twave) helps teammates too just so the distinction between when to run either option is clear because they're both slashed)
Set Details
========
  • Leftovers provides Slowbro with passive recovery (expand on this point to mention pokemon that leftovers helps it check so it's clear what its benefits over colbur are)
  • Colbur Berry gives Slowbro a chance to escape pursuit easier and stomach other dark type moves and punish with a Scald. (give some examples of pursuit / other dark move users here too)
Usage Tips
========
  • Slowbro can pivot into strong physical attackers, such as Mega Aerodactyl, Cobalion, Infernape, Mamoswine, and Terrakion, and fire off STAB attacks or status.
  • Thanks to Regenerator, Slowbro doesn’t need to rely on Slack Off for recovery. Pivoting into weaker attacks, like Gligar's Earthquake is an easy way to get back health. (pivoting into weak attacks isn't how slowbro heals, it's more forcing the pokemon out and switching / pivoting out to gain regen again, which isn't really explained here)
  • Slowbro should take advantage of its bulk and innate recovery from Regenerator to spread status with Toxic, Thunder Wave, or burns via Scald.
  • Try to not let Slowbro take Toxic from the enemy, or receive a scald burn carelessly. Chip from status can seriously hinder its ability to remain effective throughout the match.
  • Despite being able to withstand certain super effectiveness hits, Slowbro shouldn’t be used recklessly as Regenerator only heals so much. Switching into strong special attackers, like primarina, is risky in general.
  • Double switching can prove to be valuable with the switches Slowbro can force due to its defensive prowess. (you can move this up to talk about switching into attacks to force stuff out and double there, which is implied with the weak attacks point. you can also link double switching back to regen recovery, which is important bc it's less risky to double because you have this)
  • Slowbro's durable 110 defense stat allows Slowbro to blank check a lot of the tier's physical attackers in general. Though, strong super effective hits from the likes of Mega Sharpedo, Crawdaunt, and Scizor can hit Slowbro incredibly hard.
  • you talk a bit about how it's not over-reliant on slack off, which is 100% true, but when slack off should actually be used is important to talk about when readers are told you don't need it so much.
Team Options
========
  • Slowbro has solid defensive typing, but the combination of water and psychic leave should it vulnerable to voltturn as it’s weak to both Volt Switch and U-Turn. Mega Manetric, Rotoms, Scizor, and Zeraora are all threatening in this manner. Mega Steelix is a solid teammate— they are immune to Electric moves, resist U-Turn, can take Toxic for Slowbro and may beat the aforementioned threats. Rocky Helmet users such as Cobalion and Hippowdon are capable of punishing these voltturn users as well. (helmet moreso punishes u-turn because cobalion doesn't match up well with volt users (mmane, rotom-h). you can talk about other grounds with mega steelix as well for the electric immunity, which is where hippo can link to both points)
  • Special walls such as Assault Vest Mienshao, Florges, and Blissey can patch up Slowbro's weakness to special attackers such as Mega Manectric and Hydreigon. (av shao isn't really a "special wall" and doesn't really do well with mmane anyway because it just clicks volt switch. this example works better in regen core where it's mentioned in that role)
  • Steel types resist grass, psychic, bug, and appreciate the fire and fighting resists from Slowbro. (try not to type chart this as much and instead explain relevant pokemon that these resistances help slowbro with. you can combine sentences and talk about some of these "powerful moves" that steel-types take) Klefki, Scizor and Mega Aggron (klefki isn't really the best example of a partner because all it does is spike and this slowbro set is super passive and lets in defoggers like empo and hydra) are all steels that can take powerful moves for Slowbro. Scizor’s U-Turn gets Slowbro in more favorable positions while the others may set up hazards to take advantage of the switches Slowbro forces.
  • Pursuit users like Mega Aerodactyl and Scarf Krookodile are able to defeat ghosts like Gengar and Chandelure that can blow through Slowbro as well as trap the fast electrics Mega Manetric and Zeraora for Slowbro. In return Slowbro can live longer and wear down their checks.
  • Toxic can seriously cut into Slowbro’s longevity, so clerics such as Diancie, Sylveon, and Togekiss are appreciated.
  • Slowbro synergies well with the other regenerator users, Amoongus and AV Mienshao. They both can take special hits for slowbro while being able to rotate taking weaker hits. Amoongus is also able to remove toxic spikes for the core.
  • Dark types threaten Slowbro with relative ease, making Fairy types good partners. The fairies in the tier can break Hydreigon, Mega Sharpedo, and Crawdaunt without difficulty. (give some examples of fairy partners; team options should suggest teammates at every opportunity)
  • With Slowbro serving as a blank check to the fighting types in the tier, Pokemon such as Cobalion, Hydreigon, and Rotom-H all can capitalize on fighting types being suppressed by Slowbro.
  • When running Thunder Wave, slower breakers like Lucario, Crawdaunt, and Heracross can pick up more kills. They'll be able to outspeed threats like Latias and Hydreigon that often may switch into Slowbro.
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Toxic is easy to spread as Slowbro can be difficult to wear down and can provide valuable chip toward the enemy team. Thunder Wave allows Slowbro to support its team by crippling opposing offensive Pokemon that rely on their Speed.
~~ Give examples of targets for both.

Despite being able to withstand certain super effectiveness hits, Slowbro shouldn’t be used recklessly as Regenerator only heals so much. Switching into strong special attackers, like Primarina, is risky in general. Slowbro's durable 110 defense stat allows Slowbro to blank check a lot of the tier's physical attackers in general. Though, strong super effective hits from the likes of Mega Sharpedo, Crawdaunt, and Scizor can hit Slowbro incredibly hard.
~~ I have no idea what sort of actually useful information this is trying to tell the reader. Is this saying to stay in on the completely unspecified super effective hits or not? What super effective hits are we talking about? Why would slowbro need to stay in on said hits? Why are we harding Slowbro on Prim in the first place if Hydro Pump 2HKOes after Stealth Rock? Why do we need to be told that Slowbro's Defense stat lets it check physical attackers in general?

My suggestion to fix this would be to merge all of this together into just one sentence on how you should generally keep Slowbro healthy whenever possible by not playing it too recklessly i.e. staying in on strong special attackers like Primarina or Pokemon with strong super effective moves like Crawdaunt and Scizor.

Cobalion, Scizor, and Mega Aggron are all steels that can take powerful moves like Crunch or Grass Knot for Slowbro. Cobalion and Aggron freely switch into Dark-type moves like Knock Off for Slowbro. Scizor’s U-Turn gets Slowbro in more favorable positions while the others may set up hazards or set up to take advantage of the switches Slowbro forces.
There are zero pokemon in this tier that use grass knot on slowbro that any of these examples wants to switch into, and these Pokemon being Steel-type has nothing at all to do with their ability to take Mega Sharpedo's Crunch (Scizor doesn't even tank Crunch that well). This first sentence, therefore, should be removed because it's useless. You don't need to specify that they're steels because with all of the examples you've provided being Steel-type is pretty much irrelevant in being a good slowbro partner for these guys. Because the initial sentence is gone you'll need to reword shit to match, and that means shifting the hazard setting bit from the scizor sentence to the agg/coba sentence as well as some other stuff that either you or GP can probably figure out.

Tag me on discord when you're done and i'll look over it one last time and edit this w a 3/3 stamp

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- Decapitalize every T in U-turn.
- Turn all curly apostrophes () into regular ones (').
- Don't use words like "kill" (outside of "revenge kill") or "live", as those imply that mons die, which they don't.
- Comma before "as" if it means "because", always, no exceptions.
- Please spell Amoonguss correctly.
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In terms of grammar it was pretty good, but most of the errors come from incorrect standards of Pokemon-related terms, such as capitalization of moves and referring to types. Besides that, good work.
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[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Scald
move 2: Psyshock / Ice Beam
move 3: Slack Off
move 4: Toxic / Thunder Wave
item: Leftovers / Colbur Berry
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Psyshock is a secondary STAB move that threatens Pokemon such as Amoonguss, Tentacruel, and Heracross that wouldn't mind taking a scald being hit by Scald. Ice Beam is a solid option over Psyshock, (AC) as it can hit dragon and grass Dragon- and Grass-types such as Hydreigon and Tsareena (i don't think mentioning lum berry is necessary but if i'm wrong you can put it back) that resist Scald for super effective damage such as Hydreigon and Lum Berry Tsareena. Toxic is easy to spread, as Slowbro can be difficult to wear down and can provide valuable chip towards the enemy tanks, such as Chesnaught or opposing Slowbro. Thunder Wave allows Slowbro to support its team by crippling opposing offensive Pokemon that rely on their Speed, (RC) like Latias or Hydreigon.

Set Details
========
Leftovers provides Slowbro with passive recovery and helps (leftovers is treated as a singular noun) it better check Pokemon like Terrakion and Cobalion more consistently throughout the match. Colbur Berry gives Slowbro a chance to escape pursuit Pursuit from the likes of Krookodile and stomach other dark Dark-type moves like such as Hydreigon's Dark Pulse and punish with a Scald or Status a status move.

Usage Tips
========
Slowbro can pivot into strong physical attackers, such as Mega Aerodactyl, Cobalion, Infernape, Mamoswine, and Terrakion, and fire off STAB attacks or and status moves over the course of a match. Thanks to Regenerator, Slowbro doesn't need to rely on purely on Slack Off for recovery. Pivoting into Pokemon Slowbro forces out, like such as Terrakion or Gligar, is an easy way to get back health while doubling or getting off a Slack-Off. Slowbro should take advantage of its bulk and innate recovery from Regenerator to spread status with Toxic, Thunder Wave, or Scald burns. Try to not let Slowbro take receive Toxic poison from the enemy, or receive a scald or a Scald burn carelessly. Chip; (add semicolon) chip from status can seriously hinder its ability to remain effective throughout the match. Slowbro shouldn't be used recklessly and should stay out of harm's way--, (AC) as special attackers like Primarina pose a major threat, as well as super-effective physical attackers including such as Cradaunt, Sharpedo, and Scizor.

Team Options
========
Slowbro has solid defensive Water / Psychic typing, but the combination of water and psychic this leaves it vulnerable to voltturn VoltTurn, (AC) as it's weak to both Volt Switch and U-turn. Mega Manetric Manectric, Rotoms (separate this into all relevant Rotom formes in the tier), Scizor, and Zeraora are all threatening in this manner. Mega Steelix is a solid teammate, (AC) as they are it is immune to Electric-type moves, resists U-turn, can take Toxic for Slowbro, (AC) and may beat the aforementioned threats. Hippowdon also serves as an electric Electric-type immunity and may run Rocky Helmet to punish U-turn. Special walls such as Florges and Blissey can patch up Slowbro's weakness to special attackers such as that include Mega Manectric and Hydreigon. Cobalion and Aggron freely switch into Dark-type moves like Knock Off for Slowbro and may set up hazards to capitalize on the switches Slowbro forces. Scizor’s U-turn gets helps Slowbro in to get into more favorable positions. For; (add semicolon) for example, Infernape and Cobalion often switch into scizor Scizor. Scizor also checks Pokemon like Latias and Mega Altaria for Slowbro. (you can choose to combine the scizor sentences somehow, up to you tho) Pursuit users like Mega Aerodactyl and Choice Scarf Krookodile are able to defeat Ghost-types like such as Gengar and Chandelure that can blow through Slowbro, (AC) as well as trap the fast electrics Electric-types like Mega Manetric Manectric and Zeraora for Slowbro. In return, Slowbro can live longer and wear down their checks. Toxic can seriously cut into Slowbro’s longevity, so clerics such as Diancie, Sylveon, and Togekiss are appreciated. Slowbro synergies well with the other regenerator Regenerator users, which include Amoonguss and AV Assault Vest Mienshao. They both Both can take special hits for Slowbro while being able to rotate taking weaker hits. (remove period), (AC) and Amoonguss is also able to remove toxic spikes for the core Toxic Spikes for Slowbro. Dark-types (add hyphen) such as Hydreigon, Mega Sharpedo, and Crawdaunt threaten Slowbro with relative ease, making Fairy-types good partners for it. The fairies in the tier can break Hydreigon, Mega Sharpedo, and Crawdaunt without difficulty. Primarina and Mega Altaria excel in dealing with these dark Dark-types and can switch into them with ease. With Slowbro serving as a blank check to the fighting types in the tier Fighting-types, Pokemon such as Cobalion, Hydreigon, and Rotom-H all can capitalize on fighting Fighting-types being suppressed by Slowbro. When running Thunder Wave, slower breakers like Lucario, Crawdaunt, and Heracross have an easier time dealing with faster Pokemon that get lured in by Slowbro, such as Latias and Hydreigon.[/QUOTE]
 

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[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Scald
move 2: Psyshock / Ice Beam
move 3: Slack Off
move 4: Toxic / Thunder Wave
item: Leftovers / Colbur Berry
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Psyshock is a secondary STAB move that threatens Pokemon such as Amoonguss, Tentacruel, and Heracross that wouldn't mind taking a scald being hit by Scald. Ice Beam is a solid option over Psyshock, (AC) as it can hit dragon and grass Dragon- and Grass-types such as Hydreigon and Tsareena (i don't think mentioning lum berry is necessary but if i'm wrong you can put it back) that resist Scald for super effective damage such as Hydreigon and Lum Berry Tsareena. Toxic is easy to spread, as Slowbro can be difficult to wear down and can provide valuable chip towards the enemy tanks, such as Chesnaught or opposing Slowbro. Thunder Wave allows Slowbro to support its team by crippling opposing offensive Pokemon that rely on their Speed, (RC) like Latias or Hydreigon.

Set Details
========
Leftovers provides Slowbro with passive recovery and helps (leftovers is treated as a singular noun) it better check Pokemon like Terrakion and Cobalion more consistently throughout the match. Colbur Berry gives Slowbro a chance to escape pursuit Pursuit from the likes of Krookodile and stomach other dark Dark-type moves like such as Hydreigon's Dark Pulse and punish with a Scald or Status a status move.

Usage Tips
========
Slowbro can pivot into strong physical attackers, such as Mega Aerodactyl, Cobalion, Infernape, Mamoswine, and Terrakion, and fire off STAB attacks or and status moves over the course of a match. Thanks to Regenerator, Slowbro doesn't need to rely on purely on (original is fine) Slack Off for recovery. Pivoting into Pokemon that Slowbro forces out, like such as Terrakion or Gligar, is an easy way to get back health while doubling or getting off a Slack Off. (RH) Slowbro should take advantage of its bulk and innate recovery from Regenerator to spread status with Toxic, Thunder Wave, or Scald burns. Try to not let Slowbro take receive (weird word choice Estronic, the original "take" is fine) Toxic poison from the enemy, or receive a scald or a Scald burn carelessly. Chip; (add semicolon) chip damage from status can seriously hinder its ability to remain effective throughout the match. Slowbro shouldn't be used recklessly and should stay out of harm's way--, (AC) as special attackers like Primarina pose a major threat, as well as super-effective physical attackers and super effective physical attacks from threats including such as Cradaunt, Sharpedo, and Scizor pose a major threat. (original wording loses the phrase "pose a major threat" when the parallelism is applied to the other side of "as well as")

Team Options
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Slowbro has a solid defensive Water / Psychic typing, but the combination of water and psychic this leaves it vulnerable to voltturn VoltTurn cores, (AC) as it's weak to both Volt Switch and U-turn. Mega Manetric Manectric, Rotoms (separate this into all relevant Rotom formes in the tier), Scizor, and Zeraora are all threatening in this manner. Mega Steelix is a solid teammate, (AC) as they are it is immune to Electric-type moves, resists U-turn, can take Toxic for Slowbro, (AC) and may beat the aforementioned threats. Hippowdon also serves as an electric Electric-type (just "Electric" is fine) immunity and may run Rocky Helmet to punish U-turn. Special walls such as Florges and Blissey can patch up Slowbro's weakness to special attackers such as that include (original is fine) Mega Manectric and Hydreigon. Cobalion and Aggron freely switch into Dark-type moves like Knock Off for Slowbro and may set up hazards to capitalize on the switches Slowbro forces. Scizor’s U-turn gets helps Slowbro in to get into more favorable positions. For; (add semicolon) for example, Infernape and Cobalion often switch into scizor Scizor. Scizor also checks Pokemon like Latias and Mega Altaria for Slowbro. (you can choose to combine the scizor sentences somehow, up to you tho) Pursuit users like Mega Aerodactyl and Choice Scarf Krookodile are able to defeat Ghost-types like such as Gengar and Chandelure that can blow through Slowbro, (AC) as well as trap the fast electrics Electric-types like Mega Manetric Manectric and Zeraora for Slowbro. In return, Slowbro can live longer and wear down their checks. Toxic can seriously cut into Slowbro’s longevity, so clerics such as Diancie, Sylveon, and Togekiss are appreciated. Slowbro synergies well with the other regenerator Regenerator users, which include Amoonguss and AV Assault Vest Mienshao. They both Both can take special hits for Slowbro while being able to rotate taking weaker hits. (remove period), (AC) and Amoonguss is also able to remove toxic spikes for the core Toxic Spikes for Slowbro. Dark-types (add hyphen) such as Hydreigon, Mega Sharpedo, and Crawdaunt threaten Slowbro with relative ease, making Fairy-types good partners for it. The fairies in the tier can break Hydreigon, Mega Sharpedo, and Crawdaunt without difficulty. Primarina and Mega Altaria excel in dealing with these dark Dark-types and can switch into them with ease. With Slowbro serving as a blank blanket check to the fighting types in the tier Fighting-types, Pokemon such as Cobalion, Hydreigon, and Rotom-H all can all capitalize on fighting Fighting-types being suppressed by Slowbro. When running Thunder Wave, slower breakers like Lucario, Crawdaunt, and Heracross have an easier time dealing with faster Pokemon that get lured in by Slowbro, such as Latias and Hydreigon.
Good work Estronic, feel free to message me about any questions on changes I made.
 

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GP 2/2
[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Scald
move 2: Psyshock / Ice Beam
move 3: Slack Off
move 4: Toxic / Thunder Wave
item: Leftovers / Colbur Berry
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Psyshock is a secondary STAB move that threatens Pokemon such as Amoonguss, Tentacruel, and Heracross that wouldn't mind being hit by Scald. Ice Beam is a solid option over Psyshock, as it can hit Dragon- and Grass-types such as Hydreigon and Tsareena that resist Scald. Toxic is easy to spread, as Slowbro can be difficult to wear down, (AC) and can provide valuable chip toward the enemy tanks (RC) such as Chesnaught or and opposing Slowbro. Thunder Wave allows Slowbro to support its team by crippling opposing offensive Pokemon that rely on their Speed like Latias or and Hydreigon.

Set Details
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Leftovers provides Slowbro with passive recovery and helps it better check Pokemon like Terrakion and Cobalion more consistently throughout the match. Colbur Berry gives Slowbro a chance to escape Pursuit from the likes of Krookodile and stomach other Dark-type moves such as Hydreigon's Dark Pulse and punish its enemy with Scald or a status move.

Usage Tips
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Slowbro can pivot into strong physical attackers, such as Mega Aerodactyl, Cobalion, Infernape, Mamoswine, and Terrakion, and fire off STAB attacks and status moves over the course of a match. Thanks to Regenerator, Slowbro doesn't need to rely on purely Slack Off for recovery. Pivoting Slowbro into Pokemon that Slowbro it forces out, such as Terrakion or and Gligar, is an easy way to get back health while doubling double switching out or getting off a Slack Off. Slowbro should take advantage of its bulk and innate recovery from Regenerator to spread status with Toxic, Thunder Wave, or Scald burns. Try to not let Slowbro take Toxic poison or a Scald burn carelessly; chip damage from status can seriously hinder its ability to remain effective throughout the match. Slowbro shouldn't be used recklessly and should stay out of harm's way, (remove dashes) as special attackers like <insert examples here> and super effective physical attacks from threats such as Cradaunt Crawdaunt, Sharpedo, and Scizor pose a major threat.

Team Options
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Slowbro has While Water / Psychic is a solid defensive Water / Psychic typing, but this it leaves it Slowbro vulnerable to VoltTurn cores, as it's weak to both Volt Switch and U-turn. Mega Manetric Manectric, Rotom-H, Rotom-Mow, Rotom-C Scizor, and Zeraora are all threatening in this manner. Mega Steelix is a solid teammate, (remove emdash) as it is immune to Electric-type moves, resists U-turn, can take Toxic for Slowbro, (spacing) and may beat the aforementioned threats. Hippowdon also serves as provides an Electric-type immunity and may can run Rocky Helmet to punish U-turn. Special walls such as Florges and Blissey can patch up Slowbro's weakness to special attackers that include like Mega Manectric and Hydreigon. Cobalion and Aggron freely switch into Dark-type moves like Knock Off for Slowbro and may can set up entry hazards to capitalize on the switches Slowbro forces. Scizor’s Scizor's (slanted apostrophe) U-turn helps Slowbro to get into more favorable positions; for example, Infernape and Cobalion often switch into Scizor. Scizor also checks Pokemon like Latias and Mega Altaria for Slowbro. Pursuit users like Mega Aerodactyl and Choice Scarf Krookodile are able to defeat Ghost-types such as Gengar and Chandelure that can blow through Slowbro (RC) as well as trap fast Electric-types like Mega Manectric and Zeraora for Slowbro. In return, Slowbro can wear down their checks. Toxic can seriously cut into Slowbro’s longevity, so clerics such as Diancie, Sylveon, and Togekiss are appreciated. Slowbro synergies synergizes well with other Regenerator users, which include Amoonguss and Assault Vest Mienshao. Both can take special hits for Slowbro while being able to rotate taking weaker hits, and Amoonguss is able to absorb Toxic Spikes for Slowbro. Dark-types such as Hydreigon, Mega Sharpedo, and Crawdaunt threaten Slowbro with relative ease, making Fairy-types (AH) good partners for it. Primarina and Mega Altaria excel in dealing with these Dark-types and can switch into them with ease. With Slowbro serving as a blanket check to the fighting types Fighting-types in the tier, Pokemon such as Cobalion, Hydreigon, and Rotom-H can all capitalize on Fighting-types being suppressed by Slowbro suppressing those. When Slowbro is running Thunder Wave, slower breakers like Lucario, Crawdaunt, and Heracross have an easier time dealing with faster Pokemon that get lured in by Slowbro it lures in, such as Latias and Hydreigon.
 

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