National Dex Slowking

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

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its solid special bulk and excellent longevity between Slack Off and Regenerator, Slowking establishes itself as a passable pivot in the metagame. It can switch into foes like Tornadus-T and non-Toxic Heatran, and it can even scout for Choice Specs users such as Dragapult, Iron Valiant, and Tapu Lele. Future Sight + Teleport or Chilly Reception lets Slowking support its frail offensive teammates such as Mega Lopunny and Dragapult, giving them safe switch ins and amplifying their wallbreaking prowess afterwards. Teleport is a much more reliable way of pivoting, as its higher PP makes it more valuable in longer games and it provides Slowking's teammates with a safe switch in against Ferrothorn and other Teleport users like Blissey and Slowbro. Alternatively, Chilly Reception's snow helps disrupt weather teams like sun and rain as well as support Ice-type teammates like Kyurem and Weavile with its Defense boost. Tera Fairy improves Slowking's matchup against Dragapult and Tapu Koko and maintains its Fighting resistance against Mega Lopunny and Annihilape, while Tera Dark lets it better stomach Ghost-type attacks from Gholdengo and Dragapult at the cost of being weaker against Tapu Lele and Iron Valiant. Both Tera choices importantly prevent Slowking from being Pursuit trapped by Kingambit, Weavile, and Mega Tyranitar. Wallbreakers like Zamazenta, Mega Lopunny, Great Tusk, and Kingambit appreciate Slowking's slow pivoting, with the looming Future Sight pressuring their switch-ins like Toxapex, Buzzwole, and defensive Great Tusk. Moreover, Slowking switches into their revenge killers, notably Nasty Plot Tornadus-T and Choice Scarf Tapu Lele. Defensive Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Ting-Lu, and Tangrowth cover foes like Weavile, Tapu Koko, and Kartana, respectively; Ferrothorn and Tangrowth also deal with rain wallbreakers like Mega Swampert and Barraskewda that would otherwise overwhelm Slowking despite its Water resistance, with the latter in particular forming a Regnerator core with Slowking.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[royalfluxh, 493260]]
- Quality checked by: [[ChrisPBacon, 544502], [Sulo, 528036]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Sulo, 528036]]
 
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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Slowking) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Fairy / Dark
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
Sassy Nature
- Scald
- Future Sight
- Slack Off
- Teleport / Chilly Reception

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its solid special bulk and unparalleled excellent i mean we have toxapex... longevity between Slack Off and Regenerator, Slowking establishes itself as a passable specially defensive pivot in the metagame. It can switch into foes like Tornadus-T, non-Toxic Heatran, and even scout for Choice Specs users such as Dragapult, Iron Valiant, and Tapu Lele. Future Sight in conjunction with a pivoting move lets Slowking support its frail offensive teammates e.g.? dont have to give too many just 1/2 is fine here, giving them safe switch ins and amplifying their wallbreaking prowess afterwards. Teleport is a much more reliable way of pivoting, providing its teammates safe switch-in against Ferrothorn as well as not losing on momentum against opposing Teleport users like Blissey and Slowbro maybe mention the pp here which makes it more spammable, while Chilly Reception's snow helps disrupt weather teams like sun and rain as well as support Ice-type teammates like Kyurem and Weavile with snow's Defense boost. Tera Fairy improves its matchup against Dragapult and Tapu Koko while still maintaining a Fighting resistance against Mega Lopunny and Annihilape, while Tera Dark lets it stomach Ghost-type attacks from Gholdengo and Dragapult better at the cost of being weaker against Tapu Lele and Iron Valiant. Both Tera choices importantly prevent Slowking from being Pursuit trapped by Kingambit, Weavile, and Mega Tyranitar. Wallbreakers like Zamazenta, Mega Lopunny, Great Tusk, and Kingambit appreciate Slowking's slow pivoting, with the looming Future Sight helps pressure their switch-ins like Toxapex, Buzzwole, and defensive Great Tusk. Moreover, Slowking switches into their revenge killers, notably Nasty Plot Tornadus-T and Choice Scarf Tapu Lele. Defensive Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Ting-Lu, and Tangrowth covers foes like Weavile, Tapu Koko, and Kartana, respectively; Tangrowth in particular forms a Regnerator core with Slowking. talk abt how the grasses make up for slowking being a water that folds to the rainers

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[royalfluxh, 493260]]
- Quality checked by: [[ChrisPBacon, 544502], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]


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

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its solid special bulk and excellent longevity between Slack Off and Regenerator, Slowking establishes itself as a passable specially defensive kinda redundant imo pivot in the metagame. It can switch into foes like Tornadus-T, non-Toxic Heatran, and even scout for Choice Specs users such as Dragapult, Iron Valiant, and Tapu Lele. Future Sight in conjunction with a pivoting move lets Slowking support its frail offensive teammates such as Mega Lopunny and Dragapult, giving them safe switch ins and amplifying their wallbreaking prowess afterwards. Teleport is a much more reliable way of pivoting, as its higher PP makes it more valuable in longer games and it provides Slowking's teammates safe switch-in against Ferrothorn and other Teleport users like Blissey and Slowbro, while Chilly Reception's snow helps disrupt weather teams like sun and rain as well as support Ice-type teammates like Kyurem and Weavile with snow's Defense boost. Tera Fairy improves its matchup against Dragapult and Tapu Koko while still maintaining a Fighting resistance against Mega Lopunny and Annihilape, while Tera Dark lets it stomach Ghost-type attacks from Gholdengo and Dragapult better at the cost of being weaker against Tapu Lele and Iron Valiant. Both Tera choices importantly prevent Slowking from being Pursuit trapped by Kingambit, Weavile, and Mega Tyranitar. Wallbreakers like Zamazenta, Mega Lopunny, Great Tusk, and Kingambit appreciate Slowking's slow pivoting, with the looming Future Sight helps pressure their switch-ins like Toxapex, Buzzwole, and defensive Great Tusk. Moreover, Slowking switches into their revenge killers, notably Nasty Plot Tornadus-T and Choice Scarf Tapu Lele. Defensive Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Ting-Lu, and Tangrowth covers foes like Weavile, Tapu Koko, and Kartana, respectively; Ferrothorn and Tangrowth also deal with rain wallbreakers like Mega Swampert and Barraskewda that would otherwise overwhelm Slowking's poor physical bulk despite its Water resistance, with the latter in particular forming a Regnerator core with Slowking.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[royalfluxh, 493260]]
- Quality checked by: [[ChrisPBacon, 544502], [Sulo, 528036]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (Slowking) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Fairy / Dark
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
Sassy Nature
- Scald
- Future Sight
- Slack Off
- Teleport / Chilly Reception

[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its solid special bulk and excellent longevity between Slack Off and Regenerator, Slowking establishes itself as a passable pivot in the metagame. It can switch into foes like Tornadus-T (rc) and non-Toxic Heatran, and it can even scout for Choice Specs users such as Dragapult, Iron Valiant, and Tapu Lele. Future Sight + Teleport or Chilly Reception in conjunction with a pivoting move lets Slowking support its frail offensive teammates such as Mega Lopunny and Dragapult, giving them safe switch ins and amplifying their wallbreaking prowess afterwards. Teleport is a much more reliable way of pivoting, as its higher PP makes it more valuable in longer games and it provides Slowking's teammates with a safe switch in (removed hyphen) against Ferrothorn and other Teleport users like Blissey and Slowbro. (period) Alternatively, while Chilly Reception's snow helps disrupt weather teams like sun and rain as well as support Ice-type teammates like Kyurem and Weavile with its snow's Defense boost. Tera Fairy improves Slowking's its matchup against Dragapult and Tapu Koko and maintains its while still maintaining a Fighting resistance against Mega Lopunny and Annihilape, while Tera Dark lets it better stomach Ghost-type attacks from Gholdengo and Dragapult better at the cost of being weaker against Tapu Lele and Iron Valiant. Both Tera choices importantly prevent Slowking from being Pursuit trapped by Kingambit, Weavile, and Mega Tyranitar. Wallbreakers like Zamazenta, Mega Lopunny, Great Tusk, and Kingambit appreciate Slowking's slow pivoting, with the looming Future Sight pressuring helps pressure their switch-ins like Toxapex, Buzzwole, and defensive Great Tusk. Moreover, Slowking switches into their revenge killers, notably Nasty Plot Tornadus-T and Choice Scarf Tapu Lele. Defensive Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Ting-Lu, and Tangrowth cover covers foes like Weavile, Tapu Koko, and Kartana, respectively; Ferrothorn and Tangrowth also deal with rain wallbreakers like Mega Swampert and Barraskewda that would otherwise overwhelm Slowking's poor physical bulk despite its Water resistance, with the latter in particular forming a Regnerator core with Slowking.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[royalfluxh, 493260]]
- Quality checked by: [[ChrisPBacon, 544502], [Sulo, 528036]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Sulo, 528036]]
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