mushamu
God jihyo
[SET]
name: Defensive Pivot (Psychic)
move 1: Scald
move 2: Teleport
move 3: Thunder Wave
move 4: Slack Off
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Slowbro's high physical bulk, good defensive typing, reliable recovery in Slack Off, and Teleport allow it to serve as an amazing defensive pivot for Psychic teams. Its Water typing provides useful resistances to Ice-, Fire-, Steel-, and Water-type attacks, allowing it to switch into a variety of physical attackers such as Darmanitan, Excadrill, and Cloyster. Scald is Slowbro's only attack and is mainly useful for spreading burns to cripple physical attackers such as Grimmsnarl and negate the passive recovery of defensive Pokemon like Ferrothorn and Toxapex. Teleport allows Slowbro to safely bring a teammate in even against slow Pokemon such as Ferrothorn and Hatterene due to its negative priority. It should be used constantly in order to preserve momentum, (comma) especially against predicted forced switches, and to keep activating Regenerator. Thunder Wave cripples fast offensive Pokemon such as Gardevoir and Choice Scarf Dragapult, (comma) letting a teammate like Alakazam reliably outspeed and beat them. Slack Off keeps Slowbro healthy throughout the match extremely well when paired with RegeneratorHeavy-Duty Boots makes Slowbro an even better pivot by blocking entry hazards; ignoring Spikes and Toxic Spikes is especially helpful against types like Steel, Poison, and Water.
Offensive Pokemon such as Alakazam, Indeedee, Gardevoir, and Nasty Plot Mew benefit from Slowbro's Teleport, ability to cripple faster Pokemon like Choice Scarf Gengar with Thunder Wave, (comma) and checking of revenge killers and setup sweepers like Choice Scarf Excadrill, Choice Scarf Darmanitan, and Cloyster. Celebi can switch into Electric-type attacks such as Alolan Raichu's Rising Voltage for Slowbro, while Slowbro can switch into Fire- and Ice-type attacks such as Darmanitan's Flare Blitz and Mamoswine's Icicle Crash for Celebi. It Celebi can also use its Natural Cure to serve as a status sponge against Pokemon such as Chansey and Gastrodon. Celebi and Choice Scarf Jirachi can use U-turn in conjunction with Slowbro's Teleport to grab momentum for the team. Hatterene takes on Dark-type Pokemon such as Hydreigon and Zarude with Draining Kiss.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[mushamu, 362454]]
- Psychic analysis by: [[mushamu, 362454]]
- Quality checked by: [[maroon, 305839], [Havens, 391540]]
- Grammar checked by: [[CryoGyro, 331519]]
Last edited by a moderator: