[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Future Sight
move 2: Shell Side Arm / Sludge Bomb
move 3: Psychic / Psyshock
move 4: Flamethrower
item: Assault Vest
ability: Regenerator
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Scald
move 4: Slack Off
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Black Sludge
ability: Regenerator
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 200 Def / 56 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Galarian Slowbro's unique typing, which allows it to serve as a fantastic check to common threats like offensive Sylveon and Roserade, although it should make sure to let another Pokemon take Sleep Powder from the latter, as well as its solid physical defense and passable special defense makes it a great choice for a bulky win condition with a Calm Mind set, allowing it to easily set up on targets like Sylveon and Galarian Weezing, while letting it easily stomach hits from revenge killers like Mienshao and Krookodile. Furthermore, the combination of Sludge Bomb and Scald allow Galarian Slowbro to punish all of its main offensive checks like Zarude, Krookodile, and Golurk for attempting to directly switch in, while offering near perfect coverage only resisted by Tentacruel, Dragalge, and Jellicent. 56 Special Defense EVs with a Calm nature allow Galarian Slowbro to avoid being 2HKO'd by Noivern's Hurricane, while keeping enough physical bulk to avoid being OHKO'd by Assault Vest Golurk's Poltergeist and Obstagoon's Knock Off. Heavy-Duty Boots are preferred to allow Galarian Slowbro to more easily switch into offensive Sylveon without being heavily reliant on entry hazard removal, and get more worth out of Regenerator, Black Sludge is, however, an option on teams with a good matchup versus common entry hazard setters, and lets it punish Trick users like Rotom-Mow.
Calm Mind Galarian Slowbro tends to fit better on more defensive teams; providing it with the necessary support to switch into its offensive checks during the early-to-mid game, and which appreciate it providing a bulky win condition with plenty of early-to-mid game defensive utility. Teammates that can check Dark-types like Zarude, Krookodile and Obstagoon are highly beneficial, even though it can always survive a hit from such Pokemon when at high HP. Defensive Galarian Weezing in particular is a fantastic option; it can also provide Toxic Spikes support to wear down such checks, check some other problematic threats like Doublade and Escavalier, and cripple shared checks like Chandelure and Marowak-Alola with Corrosive Gas. In return Galarian Slowbro provides a sturdier Fairy-resist for it and importantly checks Sylveon and Roserade. Speaking of such Ghost-types, teammates like Incineroar and Umbreon that can switch into and check them are highly valuable; Umbreon can provide a more reliable answer to Pokemon like Noivern and Earth Power Celebi, physically defensive sets can also check Mamoswine and deal with Doublade consistently for Galarian Slowbro, while Incineroar can check Escavalier and Doublade, and provide Galarian Slowbro with free set up opportunities versus Pokemon like Noivern, Rotom-W, and Gastrodon. Noivern can provide an offensive check to threats like Celebi and Terrakion that Galarian Slowbro can struggle with if they are already boosted, help check Keldeo and Zarude, and Defog support to help prevent Galarian Slowbro being overwhelmed by entry hazards if it is running Black Sludge or has lost its Heavy-Duty Boots, something which is fairly likely to happen if Galarian Slowbro decides to stay in against a Pokemon like Mienshao or Krookodile and remove it to benefit itself later on. Steel-types like Bronzong and Doublade are also good teammates; Bronzong can provide a secondary check to Roserade, which is helpful due to the presence of Sleep Powder, Stealth Rock, and a better answer to Choice Specs Gardevoir, while Doublade can provide a check to threats like Cobalion, Terrakion, Mimikyu, and Lycanroc-D, while serving as another late-game win condition and wearing down its shared checks with Galarian Slowbro like Krookodile and Zarude. While Calm Mind Galarian Slowbro tends to fit better on more defensive teams, it can also be a solid pick on balance teams too. Offensive teammates like Virizion, Mienshao, and Celebi greatly appreciate it checking Sylveon and Noivern for it; Virizion and Mienshao can help to check threats to Galarian Slowbro like Zarude, Krookodile, and Golurk; Virizion can also pressure checks like Haze Milotic and Clear Smog Gastrodon, while Mienshao can provide an offensive check to Pokemon like Lycanroc-D and Terrakion that can set up on forced switches against Galarian Slowbro. Both Pokemon appreciate it checking Galarian Weezing for them. Celebi can also help to break through bulky Water-types, check Keldeo, and pressure shared checks like Zarude and Doublade. It is also a good fit on the previously mentioned defensive teams, providing Stealth Rock and if necessary a potential offensive check to Bisharp with Colbur berry + Aura Sphere.
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