National Dex UU Slowking [QC 1/1] [GP 1/1]

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Regen slow pivot wow im flabbergasted

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[SET]
Specially Defensive Pivot (Slowking) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Scald
- Future Sight / Thunder Wave
- Slack Off
- Teleport / Chilly Reception

[SET COMMENTS]
With great special bulk, Regenerator, and Teleport, Slowking is an effective pivot and defensive check to prominent threats like Latios, Enamorus, and Keldeo, being able to switch in against their powerful moves and either bring another teammate to maintain momentum or set up Future Sight and switch out right after. Scald allows Slowking to punish switch-ins like Mega Tyranitar, Ting-Lu, and Tangrowth. Future Sight synergizes well with Teleport by threatening Pokemon like Buzzwole, Mega Venusaur, and Toxapex while aiding wallbreakers like Scizor, Thundurus-T, and Cinderace by giving a free entry with Teleport to better pressure the opposing walls in conjunction with Future Sight. The extra damage provided is useful even against neutral or resistant targets like Gastrodon and Celesteela. Thunder Wave cripples faster targets like Mega Latias, Hydreigon and Enamorus. Teleport is preferred over Chilly Reception due to its negative priority, but the latter can be useful to disrupt sand from Mega Tyranitar and Hippowdon to prevent Excadrill from activating Sand Rush. A Sassy nature with 0 Speed IVs is used to ensure Slowking is as slow as possible to possibly switch out after an opposing Teleport user like Slowbro. Heavy-Duty Boots blocks damage from entry hazards, notably allowing Slowking to better check Choice Specs Enamorus and Latios while maximizing recovery from Regenerator. Slowking fits best on balance and bulky offense teams where its defensive and support capabilities are appreciated by both defensive and offensive partners. Ground-types like Hippowdon, Ting-Lu, and Excadrill can block Volt Switch from Thundurus-T and Zeraora; in return, Slowking can check Water-types like Keldeo and Volcanion. Fighting-types are also amazing partners by pressuring Dark-types like Mega Tyranitar and Hydreigon for Slowking while enjoying Future Sight discouraging common switch-ins like Toxapex, Mega Venusaur, and Clefable. Mega Tyranitar deserves a special mention, as it usually tries to switch in and Pursuit trap Slowking. Good partners to deal with Dark-types include Iron Hands, Buzzwole, and Galarian Zapdos. Choice Specs Latios and Enamorus can put heavy pressure on Slowking with repeated Draco Meteors and Moonblasts respectively, making secondary checks like Celesteela and Scizor useful to help with these threats while Slowking scouts dangerous moves like Mystical Fire for them. Finally, frail offensive Pokemon like Thundurus-T, Cinderace, and Latios enjoy the free entry Slowking provides with Teleport or Chilly Reception. Thundurus-T is especially notable by threatening most Dark-types like Mega Tyranitar and Hydreigon with Focus Blast or All-Out Pummeling.

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Slowking) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Scald
- Future Sight / Thunder Wave / Yawn idt yawn is worth it as stuff like clef/reun get annoyed by twave to a decent degree and besides that twave generally is better into a wider range of things. Im not too adamant you remove it though, feel free to discuss in the channel
- Slack Off
- Teleport / Chilly Reception

[SET COMMENTS]
With great special bulk, Regenerator, and Teleport, Slowking is an effective pivot and defensive check to prominent threats like Latios, Mega Latias, requires yawn or twave, cm variants get +6 on you Enamorus, and Keldeo, being able to switch in against their powerful moves and either bring another teammate to maintain momentum or setup Future Sight and subsequently Teleport dont gotta take this verbatim, but if you click fsight you are almost always teleporting after. Scald allows Slowking to punish switch-ins like Mega Tyranitar, Hydreigon, do you punish drei that hard? think in most situations youd want to teleport on it. Could do ting instead as it often wants to sponge fsight and Tangrowth. Future Sight sinergizes well with Teleport by pressuring Pokemon like Buzzwole, Mega Venusaur, and Toxapex, with the extra damage provided being useful even against neutral or resistant targets like Gastrodon and Celesteela. you mention how they synergize, but dont talk about the main reason they synergize (slow pivot with fsight up to then force opponent to usually pick something to die into wallbreaker + fsight on the subsequent turn) Be sure to mention that Thunder Wave cripples faster targets like Mega Latias, Hydreigon and Enamorus. Similarly, Yawn can force out setup sweepers like Calm Mind variants of Clefable, Mega Latias, and Enamorus. Teleport is preferred over Chilly Reception due to its negative priority, but the latter can be useful to disrupt sand from Mega Tyranitar and Hippowdon to prevent Excadrill from activating Sand Rush. A Sassy nature with 0 Speed IVs are used to ensure Slowking is as slow as possible to possibly since they will be speed tied switch out after an opposing Teleport user like Slowbro. Heavy-Duty Boots blocks damage from entry hazards, notably allowing Slowking to better check Choice Specs Enamorus and Latios can say how it maximizes regen recovery asw. Slowking fits best on balance and bulky offense teams where its defensive and support capabilities are appreciated by both defensive and offensive partners. Ground-types like Hippowdown, Ting-Lu, and Excadrill can block Volt Switch from Thundurus-T and Zeraora; in return, Slowking can check Water-types like Keldeo and Volcanion. Fighting-types are also amazing partners by pressuring Dark-types like Mega Tyranitar and Hydreigon, with the former often trying to switch in to trap it with Pursuit, idk how to properly add this but i think mentioning the mttar pursuit dynamic is super super important and should be included somewhere in here for Slowking while enjoying Future Sight discouraging common switch-ins like Toxapex, Mega Venusaur, and Clefable. Good partners include Iron Hands, Buzzwole, and Galarian Zapdos. Choice Specs Latios and Enamorus can put heavy pressure on Slowking with repeated Draco Meteors and Moonblasts respectively, making secondary checks like Celesteela and Scizor useful to help with these threats while Slowking scouts dangerous moves like Mystical Fire for them. Finally, frail offensive Pokemon like Thundurus-T, Cinderace and Latios enjoy the free entry Slowking provides with Teleport or Chilly Reception. Thundurus-T is especially notable by threatening most Dark-types like Mega Tyranitar and Hydreigon with Focus Blast or All-Out Pummeling.

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Slowking) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Scald
- Future Sight / Thunder Wave
- Slack Off
- Teleport / Chilly Reception

[SET COMMENTS]
With great special bulk, Regenerator, and Teleport, Slowking is an effective pivot and defensive check to prominent threats like Latios, Enamorus, and Keldeo, being able to switch in against their powerful moves and either bring another teammate to maintain momentum or set up (add space) Future Sight and switch out right after. Scald allows Slowking to punish switch-ins like Mega Tyranitar, Ting-Lu, and Tangrowth. Future Sight sinergizes synergizes well with Teleport by threatening Pokemon like Buzzwole, Mega Venusaur, and Toxapex, (-comma) while aiding wallbreakers like Scizor, Thundurus-T, and Cinderace by giving a free entry with Teleport to better pressure the opposing walls in conjunction with Future Sight. The extra damage provided is useful even against neutral or resistant targets like Gastrodon and Celesteela. Thunder Wave cripples faster targets like Mega Latias, Hydreigon and Enamorus. Teleport is preferred over Chilly Reception due to its negative priority, but the latter can be useful to disrupt sand from Mega Tyranitar and Hippowdon to prevent Excadrill from activating Sand Rush. A Sassy nature with 0 Speed IVs are is (main subject is the nature here) used to ensure Slowking is as slow as possible to possibly switch out after an opposing Teleport user like Slowbro. Heavy-Duty Boots blocks damage from entry hazards, notably allowing Slowking to better check Choice Specs Enamorus and Latios while maximizing recovery from Regenerator. Slowking fits best on balance and bulky offense teams where its defensive and support capabilities are appreciated by both defensive and offensive partners. Ground-types like Hippowdown Hippowdon, Ting-Lu, and Excadrill can block Volt Switch from Thundurus-T and Zeraora; in return, Slowking can check Water-types like Keldeo and Volcanion. Fighting-types are also amazing partners by pressuring Dark-types like Mega Tyranitar and Hydreigon for Slowking while enjoying Future Sight discouraging common switch-ins like Toxapex, Mega Venusaur, and Clefable. Mega Tyranitar deserves a special mention, as it usually tries to switch in and Pursuit trap Slowking. Good partners to deal with Dark-types include Iron Hands, Buzzwole, and Galarian Zapdos. Choice Specs Latios and Enamorus can put heavy pressure on Slowking with repeated Draco Meteors and Moonblasts respectively, making secondary checks like Celesteela and Scizor useful to help with these threats while Slowking scouts dangerous moves like Mystical Fire for them. Finally, frail offensive Pokemon like Thundurus-T, Cinderace, (+comma) and Latios enjoy the free entry Slowking provides with Teleport or Chilly Reception. Thundurus-T is especially notable by threatening most Dark-types like Mega Tyranitar and Hydreigon with Focus Blast or All-Out Pummeling.

[CREDITS]
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