RU Slowbro-Galar

[GoldCat]

[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Sludge Bomb / Psyshock
move 3: Scald
move 4: Slack Off
item: Black Sludge / No Item
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Good physical bulk, key resistances, access to Slack Off, and Regenerator make Galarian Slowbro one of the RU tier's premier physical walls. Not only that, but Calm Mind allows Galarian Slowbro to function as a potent setup sweeper, having amble setup opportunities against common Pokemon such as Klefki, Bronzong, and Virizion. Sludge Bomb is the primary STAB move to break past Umbreon and Scrafty; however, Psyshock can be used instead to hit Dragalge, Toxicroak, and opposing Calm Mind Galarian Slowbro. Scald deals massive damage to Rhyperior while also muscling through Steel-types such as Copperajah, Bronzong, and Steelix with the aid of a potential burn. Having no item is also an option on teams lacking a Ghost-resistant or Ghost-immune Pokemon to make Poltergeist from Golurk and Dhelmise fail. It also has the bonus of Galarian Slowbro taking less damage from Knock Off. Alternatively, Heavy-Duty Boots boosts the efficiency of Galarian Slowbro as a pivot by not getting worn down by multiple entry hazards. Regenerator heals off damage taken from pivoting into weaker physical attacks and entry hazards.

Galarian Slowbro fits best on balance and bulky offense teams. Bulky Water-types such as Mantine, Milotic, and Seismitoad appreciate Galarian Slowbro switching into Grass-types such as Virizion, Vileplume, and if it's itemless, Dhelmise. Said Water-types can cover Ground-types such as Seismitoad, Rhyperior, and Golurk for Galarian Slowbro. Galarian Slowbro can switch into Fighting-types for Steel- and Rock-types such as Copperajah, Bronzong, and Gigalith. In return, they can switch into threatening special attackers such as Dragalge, Gardevoir, and Indeedee-F. Having Dragalge switch-ins is especially important if Galarian Slowbro lacks Psyshock, as it can freely switch into Galarian Slowbro and threaten it with an Adaptability-boosted Draco Meteor. Fairy- and Fighting-types such as Silvally-Fairy, Bewear, and Passimian can deal with Dark-types such as Scrafty, Drapion, and Sneasel for Psyshock variants of Galarian Slowbro. Galarian Slowbro gets heavily pressured by multiple entry hazards if it isn't running Heavy-Duty Boots, so therefore entry hazard removal from Pokemon such as Mantine, Dhelmise, and Charizard is needed.

[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Future Sight
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Psyshock
move 4: Fire Blast / Scald
item: Assault Vest
ability: Regenerator
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 128 SpA / 128 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Galarian Slowbro equipped with an Assault Vest can pivot into some of the most fearsome special wallbreakers in the tier such as Goodra, Dragalge, and Gardevoir. Future Sight provides great utility by preventing Psychic-weak checks and counters to teammates from safely switching in. Fire Blast hits Steel-types such as Levitate Bronzong, Copperajah, and most importantly, Klefki, which otherwise safely sets up multiple layers of Spikes. Scald hits Ground-types such as Rhyperior, Golurk, and Silvally-Ground and cripples Steel- and Dark-types such as Copperajah, Bronzong, and Drapion with a potential burn. Regenerator keeps Galarian Slowbro healthy throughout the battle. 128 Special Attack EVs coupled with a Modest nature guarantee the OHKO on Vileplume with Future Sight. The remaining EVs are invested in special bulk to let Galarian Slowbro take two Draco Meteor in a row from Choice Specs Goodra.

Pokemon such as Passimian, Barraskewda, and Virizion appreciate Future Sight making their checks and counters hesitant to switch in. While Galarian Slowbro can pivot into powerful special attackers such as Goodra, Exploud, and Dragalge, it isn't a full-blown wall, however, Steel-types such as Klefki, Bronzong, and Assault Vest Copperajah can cover that role. Galarian Slowbro relieves pressure off Pokemon like Bronzong, Gigalith, and Copperajah by pivoting into powerful special attackers such as Gardevoir, Dragalge, and Goodra. Bulky Water-types such as Mantine, Milotic, and Seismitoad can switch into Ground-types such as Seismitoad, Rhyperior, and Silvally-Ground; in return, Galarian Slowbro covers Grass- and Dragon-types such as Virizion, Goodra, and Dragalge. Bewear, Exploud, and itemless Dhelmise can switch into Poltergeist directed at Galarian Slowbro from Golurk and Dhelmise. Entry hazard removal from Pokemon such as Mantine, Dhelmise, and Charizard is important, as Galarian Slowbro gets quickly worn down when pivoting while entry hazards are up.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[GoldCat, 359771]]
- Quality checked by: [[Natan, 321109], [Juno, 444224]]
- Grammar checked by: [[deetah, 297659]]

 

[Natan]

-Replace No Item with Black Sludge on Calm Mind, you can still mention it to better the matchup vs Golurk and Dhelmise and eat Knocks but the recovery is just worth it otherwise and going itemless is more of an emergency move than something standard to run on it.
-"Galarian Slowbro can switch into Fighting-types for Steel-types such as Copperajah, Bronzong, and Steelix, and, in return, the Steel-types can switch into threatening special attackers such as Dragalge, Gardevoir, and Indeedee-F. Without Psyshock, Dragalge can freely switch into Galarian Slowbro and threaten it with an Adaptability Draco Meteor and therefore switch-ins to Dragalge such as Bronzong, Copperajah, and Gigalith are greatly appreciated."
-I think you can trim this a bit by merging those points, just mention how Gigalith does for Bro the same thing the Steels do and is also weak to fighting and connect the sentences w saying how annoying Dragalge is if Psyshock-less.
-On AV, make Psyshock third slot and last slot Fire Blast / Scald. Fire Blast is better at chipping down Steels and threatens a 2HKO on Klefki to help preventing it from sitting in your face spiking up; Psyshock chips stuff like Goodra and Dragalge harder on top of KOing Virizion after very slight damage.
-I think it's fair to subtly mention in the beggining of the set comments that AV doesn't turn it into a special wall or anything, just makes it eat a couple hits so you have an easier time dealing with wallbreakers, you're still 2HKOed by Exploud, Inteleon, Dragalge, and even Specs Goodra can 2HKO if Modest (not necessary but I just feel like a lot of ppl think AV Slowbro-G is much bulkier than it actually is and it's nice to reiterate that it's mostly a pivot that helps deal w Special Attackers).
-You mention its ability to pivot on Dragalge and ig you can but it does like 73% min so I would just replace it w Specs Gardevoir which you can actually mostly deal with.
-Bulky Waters don't switch well into Golurk at all so just remove it/replace it with another Ground-type they can actually check, specially on AV set where you mention they can switch in, but also on the first where ig they can help w Golurk but they don't switch anyway.
-Mention Steel-types for the AV set, you can pivot into a lot but you don't actually sit there forever eating hits so having something that can resist most strong special attacks (Exploud, Garde, Dragalge, etc) is good since otherwise Slowbro-G isn't doing much entering in and getting 2HKOed by everything (you mentioned some SpD walls but only as stuff for Bro to eat Tricks for).
-Mention some removal, non Boots Slowbro hates switching into hazard, specially AV which needs to take a lot of damage and recover only w Regen throughout the match.
That's all, QC 1/2 after implementing all of this.

 

[GoldCat]

Implemented everything.

-On AV, make Psyshock third slot and last slot Fire Blast / Scald. Fire Blast is better at chipping down Steels and threatens a 2HKO on Klefki to help preventing it from sitting in your face spiking up; Psyshock chips stuff like Goodra and Dragalge harder on top of KOing Virizion after very slight damage.

However, I'm not fully on board with this change. I really don't like the idea of having such a threatening Pokemon like CB Rhyperior freely switching into Slowbro. I prefer either Fire Blast / Psyshock or Psyshock / Fire Blast in the fourth slot. I also don't think Psyshock is a must on AV, as both Goodra and Viriz don't enjoy taking Sludge Bomb and Dragalge has to play carefully with Future Sight. Either way this just my personal preference when it comes to AV bro.

 

[Natan]

However, I'm not fully on board with this change. I really don't like the idea of having such a threatening Pokemon like CB Rhyperior freely switching into Slowbro. I prefer either Fire Blast / Psyshock or Psyshock / Fire Blast in the fourth slot. I also don't think Psyshock is a must on AV, as both Goodra and Viriz don't enjoy taking Sludge Bomb and Dragalge has to play carefully with Future Sight. Either way this just my personal preference when it comes to AV bro.

The QC decided on these moveslots, you can use drop Psychic stab or whatever since a lot of that comes down to how the team is and the set is quite customizable in general, but for a standard set it is better to have some simple options, Scald can be your preferred slot, but it's not a standard move on AV Bro to have it as a non slashed slot 3 move, punishing Ground-types on an attempted switch-in is cool but this set generally loses to them already and you're always gonna need some pivots for them when using it. Psyshock and Fire Blast capitalize on what it already beats, ensuring it has a way to dish out a lot of damage in case things get out of control against dangerous threats it's supposed to at least help checking or just to discourage them from staying in/better punish them in general, even Virizion can get annoying if Slowbro-G gets too pressured, whereas Fire Blast is a way to punish Steel-types and not to give free turns to Klefki, which tends to be much more annoying in the long run than allowing in a Ground-type.
Tl;dr this set is quite customizable and a lot comes down to your mentality and what your team looks like, we just decided that for the analysis dual STAB and Fire move are the best options to make the set as standard and effective to check what it must as possible, with Scald as a slash that punishes switch-ins and threatens stuff with burn.

Also I wouldn't mind having Scald as a main slash in 4th slot if whoever 2nd QCs this is fine w that, I just prefer having a move to hit Klefki and even stuff like Zong which are generally harder and more useful to chip than Ground-types, and way more likely to eat more hits from Slowbro, so again: just comes down to mentality and what your team prefers in general.

 

[GoldCat]

Thanks for the detailed reasoning felt like a lot nuance was left out in the short one so I wasn't fully behind the change. While I still prefer Scald, I see why those moveslots were chosen. Focusing on what it already beats and make sure it doesn't get overwhelmed is fair and a really strong point.

 

[Jade]

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Glowbro

[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Sludge Bomb / Psyshock
move 3: Scald
move 4: Slack Off
item: Black Sludge / Heavy-Duty Boots No Item (Boots are hardly necessary on Calm Mind, while No Item can provide some utility by letting Galarian Slowbro take less Knock Off damage and providing a Poltergeist immunity. If any other QC member wants to comment on this before a GPer checks this then they're free to.)
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Good physical bulk, key resistances, access to Slack Off, and Regenerator makes Galarian Slowbro one of the RU tier's premier physical walls. Not only that, but Calm Mind allows Galarian Slowbro to function as a potent setup sweeper, having amble set-up opportunities against common Pokemon such as Klefki, Bronzong, and Virizion. Sludge Bomb is the primary STAB move to break past Umbreon and Scrafty, however, Psyshock hits Dragalge, Toxicroak, and beat opposing Calm Mind Galarian Slowbro. Scald deals massive damage to Rhyperior while also muscling through Steel-types such as Copperajah, Bronzong, and Steelix, with the aid of a potential burn. Slack Off provides reliable recovery to keep Galarian Slowbro healthy throughout the battle as well as eases setting up. (Fluff, we already know what this does.) Black Sludge provides passive recovery making it easier to set up and check threats. (This too) Heavy-Duty Boots boosts the efficiency of Galarian Slowbro as a pivot by not getting worn down by multiple hazards. Having no item is also an option to make Poltergeist from Golurk and Dhelmise fail. It also has the bonus of Galarian Slowbro taking less damage from Knock Off. (Moved this here with the items section) Regenerator heals off damage taken from pivoting into weaker physical attacks and hazards. Having no item is also an option to make Poltergeist from Golurk and Dhelmise fail. It also has the bonus of Galarian Slowbro taking less damage from Knock Off.

Galarian Slowbro fits best on balance and bulky offense teams. Bulky Water-types such as Mantine, Milotic, and Seismitoad appreciates Galarian Slowbro switching into Grass-types such as Virizion, Vileplume, and if it's itemless, Dhelmise. Said Water-types can cover Ground-types such as Seismitoad, Rhyperior, and Golurk for Galarian Slowbro. Galarian Slowbro can switch into Fighting-types for Steel-types such as Copperajah and Bronzong. as well as Gigalith (Gigalith isn't a huge deal for either of these.) In return, they can switch into threatening special attackers such as Dragalge, Gardevoir, and Indeedee-F. Having Dragalge switch-ins is especially important if Galarian Slowbro lacks Psyshock, as it can freely switch into Galarian Slowbro and threaten it with an Adaptability Draco Meteor. Fairy- and Fighting-types such as Silvally-Fairy, Bewear, and Passimian can deal with Dark-types such as Umbreon, Scrafty, and Drapion for Psyshock variants of Galarian Slowbro. (Someone can correct me on this if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that you beat Umbreon 1v1.) Galarian Slowbro gets heavily pressured by multiple hazards if it isn't running Heavy-Duty Boots and therefore hazard removal from Pokemon such as Mantine, Dhelmise, and Charizard is needed.

[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Future Sight
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Psyshock
move 4: Fire Blast / Scald
item: Assault Vest
ability: Regenerator
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 128 SpA / 128 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Galarian Slowbro equipped with an Assault Vest can pivot into some of the most fearsome special wallbreakers in the tier such as Goodra, Dragalge, and Exploud. (252 SpA Choice Specs Exploud Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 128 SpD Assault Vest Slowbro-Galar: 204-240 (51.7 - 60.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO, definitely not the ideal pivot. You can probably replace this with Gardevoir.) Future Sight provides great utility by preventing Psychic weak checks and counters to teammates from safely switching in. Fire Blast hits Steel-types such as Levitate Brongzong, Copperajah, and most importantly Klefki, which otherwise safely sets up multiple layers of Spikes. Scald hits Ground-types such as Rhyperior, Golurk, and Silvally-Ground as well as cripple Steel- and Dark-types such as Copperajah, Bronzong, and Drapion with a potential burn. Regenerator keeps Galarian Slowbro healthy throughout the battle. 128 Special Attack EVs coupled with a Modest nature guarantees the OHKO on Vileplume with Future Sight. The remaining EVs are invested in special bulk to take two Draco Meteor in a row from Choice Specs Goodra.

Pokemon such as Passimian, Barraskewda, and Virizion appreciate Future Sight making their checks and counters hesitant to switch in. While Galarian Slowbro can pivot into powerful special attackers such as Goodra, Exploud, and Dragalge, it isn't a full-blown wall, however, Steel-types such as Klefki, Bronzong, and Assualt Vest Copperajah can cover that role. Bronzong, Gigalith, and Umbreon have a tendency to get crippled by Trick from Pokemon like Gardevoir, Indeedee-F, and Espeon, and therefore they appreciate Galarian Slowbro pivoting into and absorb the Trick. (Is it really the best Trick absorber though? I feel like you could reword this to say that the mons appreciate Galarian Slowbro relieves the pressure off them by pivoting into special mons like Goodra and Dragalge.) Bulky Water-types such as Mantine, Milotic, and Seismitoad can switch into Ground-types such as Seismitoad, Rhyperior, and Silvally-Ground and in return, Galarian Slowbro covers Grass- and Dragon-types such as Virizion, Goodra, and Dragalge. Fairy- and Fighting-types such as Silvally-Fairy, Bewear, and Passimian can deal with Dark-types such as Umbreon, Scrafty, and Drapion. (This is repeated from the previous paragraph, so just remove it. Bewear, Exploud, and itemless Dhelmise can switch into Poltergeist directed at Galarian Slowbro from Golurk and Dhelmise. Hazard removal from Pokemon such as Mantine, Dhelmise, and Charizard is important, as Galarian Slowbro gets quickly worn down when pivoting while hazards are up.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[GoldCat, 359771]]
- Quality checked by: [[Natan, 321109], [Juno, 444224]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

PM me on discord if there are any questions, QC 2/2

 

[GoldCat]

Implemented, Slowbro-G is GP ready.

 

[deetah]

Add Remove Comments (AH) = Add Hyphen (AC) = Add Comma (RC) = Remove Comma (SC) = Semicolon

GP 1/1

Galarian Slowbro

[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Sludge Bomb / Psyshock
move 3: Scald
move 4: Slack Off
item: Black Sludge / No Item
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Good physical bulk, key resistances, access to Slack Off, and Regenerator makes make Galarian Slowbro one of the RU tier's premier physical walls. Not only that, but Calm Mind allows Galarian Slowbro to function as a potent setup sweeper, having amble set-up setup opportunities against common Pokemon such as Klefki, Bronzong, and Virizion. Sludge Bomb is the primary STAB move to break past Umbreon and Scrafty; (SC) however, Psyshock hits can be used instead to hit Dragalge, Toxicroak, and beat opposing Calm Mind Galarian Slowbro. Scald deals massive damage to Rhyperior while also muscling through Steel-types such as Copperajah, Bronzong, and Steelix, (RC) with the aid of a potential burn. Having no item is also an option on teams lacking Ghost-type resists or immunities a Ghost-resistant or Ghost-immune Pokemon to make Poltergeist from Golurk and Dhelmise fail. It also has the bonus of Galarian Slowbro taking less damage from Knock Off. Alternatively, Heavy-Duty Boots boost boosts the efficiency of Galarian Slowbro as a pivot by not getting worn down by multiple entry hazards. Regenerator heals off damage taken from pivoting into weaker physical attacks and entry hazards.

Galarian Slowbro fits best on balance and bulky offense teams. Bulky Water-types such as Mantine, Milotic, and Seismitoad appreciates appreciate Galarian Slowbro switching into Grass-types such as Virizion, Vileplume, and if it's itemless, Dhelmise. Said Water-types can cover Ground-types such as Seismitoad, Rhyperior, and Golurk for Galarian Slowbro. Galarian Slowbro can switch into Fighting-types for Steel-types Steel- and Rock-types such as Copperajah, Bronzong, and Gigalith. In return, they can switch into threatening special attackers such as Dragalge, Gardevoir, and Indeedee-F. Having Dragalge switch-ins is especially important if Galarian Slowbro lacks Psyshock, as it can freely switch into Galarian Slowbro and threaten it with an Adaptability-boosted Draco Meteor. Fairy- and Fighting-types such as Silvally-Fairy, Bewear, and Passimian can deal with Dark-types such as Scrafty, Drapion, and Sneasel for Psyshock variants of Galarian Slowbro. Galarian Slowbro gets heavily pressured by multiple entry hazards if it isn't running Heavy-Duty Boots, (AC) and so therefore entry hazard removal from Pokemon such as Mantine, Dhelmise, and Charizard is needed.

[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Future Sight
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Psyshock
move 4: Fire Blast / Scald
item: Assault Vest
ability: Regenerator
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 128 SpA / 128 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Galarian Slowbro equipped with an Assault Vest can pivot into some of the most fearsome special wallbreakers in the tier such as Goodra, Dragalge, and Gardevoir. Future Sight provides great utility by preventing Psychic-(AH)weak checks and counters to teammates from safely switching in. Fire Blast hits Steel-types such as Levitate Brongzong Bronzong, Copperajah, and most importantly, (AC) Klefki, which otherwise safely sets up multiple layers of Spikes. Scald hits Ground-types such as Rhyperior, Golurk, and Silvally-Ground as well as cripple and cripples Steel- and Dark-types such as Copperajah, Bronzong, and Drapion with a potential burn. Regenerator keeps Galarian Slowbro healthy throughout the battle. 128 Special Attack EVs coupled with a Modest nature guarantees guarantee the OHKO on Vileplume with Future Sight. The remaining EVs are invested in special bulk to let Galarian Slowbro take two Draco Meteor in a row from Choice Specs Goodra.

Pokemon such as Passimian, Barraskewda, and Virizion appreciate Future Sight making their checks and counters hesitant to switch in. While Galarian Slowbro can pivot into powerful special attackers such as Goodra, Exploud, and Dragalge, it isn't a full-blown wall, however, Steel-types such as Klefki, Bronzong, and Assualt Assault Vest Copperajah can cover that role. Galarian Slowbro relieves pressure off Pokemon like Bronzong, Gigalith, and Copperajah by pivoting into powerful special attackers such as Gardevoir, Dragalge, and Goodra. Bulky Water-types such as Mantine, Milotic, and Seismitoad can switch into Ground-types such as Seismitoad, Rhyperior, and Silvally-Ground; (SC) and in return, Galarian Slowbro covers Grass- and Dragon-types such as Virizion, Goodra, and Dragalge. Bewear, Exploud, and itemless Dhelmise can switch into Poltergeist directed at Galarian Slowbro from Golurk and Dhelmise. Entry hazard removal from Pokemon such as Mantine, Dhelmise, and Charizard is important, as Galarian Slowbro gets quickly worn down when pivoting while entry hazards are up.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[GoldCat, 359771]]
- Quality checked by: [[Natan, 321109], [Juno, 444224]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[GoldCat]

Implemented, Slowbro-G is now ready for upload.

 

[phantom]

uploaded