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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Slowking Moveset
This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Slowking in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use with Slowking, as well as its strengths and weakness.

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Slowking Base Stats, Type, Ability and Weakness

Paldea #326 Type
Slowking ImageSlowking
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Water Icon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Psychic Icon
Abilities
Oblivious
Own Tempo
Regenerator (Hidden)
Weak to:
(2x)
Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Bug Type Icon Pokemon Ghost Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon
Damaged Normally
By:
(1x)
Pokemon Normal Type Icon Pokemon Poison Type Icon Pokemon Ground Type Icon Pokemon Flying Type Icon Pokemon Rock Type Icon Pokemon Dragon Type Icon Pokemon Fairy Type Icon
Resists: (0.5x)
Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Water Type Icon Pokemon Ice Type Icon Pokemon Fighting Type Icon Pokemon Psychic Type Icon Pokemon Steel Type Icon

What is Type Effectiveness?

Ability Name Description
Oblivious The user cannot be infatuated, intimidated, or be taunted.
Own Tempo The user cannot be confused.
Regenerator
(Hidden)
The user restores up to 1/3 of its max HP when switched out of battle.

Base Stats

Base Stats
Lv. 50 Stats
Stat Value Rank
HP
95
132
Atk
75
420
Def
80
271
SpAtk
100
155
SpDef
110
66
Speed
30
751
Total
490
311
Explanation of Pokemon Stats
Stat Max 0Nat 0EV -Nat Min
HP 202 202 170 170 155
Atk 139 127 95 85 72
Def 145 132 100 90 76
SpAtk 167 152 120 108 94
SpDef 178 162 130 117 103
Spd 90 82 50 45 31
  • Max: Max IVs & EVs and a stat-boosting Nature
  • 0Nat: Max IVs & EVs and a neutral Nature
  • 0EV: Max IVs, 0 EVs, and a neutral Nature
  • -Nat: Max IVs, 0 EVs, and a stat-reducing Nature
  • Min: 0 IVs & EVs, and a stat-reducing Nature
Introduction to EVs, IVs, and Natures

Best Nature for Slowking

Best Natures
Relaxed
(+Def, -Spe)
Bold
(+Def, -Atk)

What are Natures?

Singles Movesets for Slowking

Build Name Recommendation
Chilly Reception Pivot ★★★★★

Chilly Reception Pivot Moveset & Best Build

Nature Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EV Spread HP 252 / Def 252 / Sp.Def 4
IVs Spe 0
Final Stat Values HP 202 / Def 145 / Sp.Atk 120 / Sp.Def 131 / Spe 31
Ability Regenerator
Tera Type Pokemon Water Type Icon
Held Item Heavy-Duty Boots
Moveset Chilly Reception
Slack Off
Chilling Water
Psyshock

Slowking's signature move Chilly Reception makes it a great secondary weather setter and pivot for dedicated Snow teams, with its dual-typing resisting Fighting, Fire, and Steel-type moves that Ice-types are weak to.

This move sets up snow on the field before switching out Slowking, and synergizes well with its Regenerator Ability. The Relaxed Nature ensures that it always moves last when setting up Snow so that it wins a weather war against another weather setter predicting a switch.

Slack Off allows Slowking to recover lost health, while Chilling Water lets it check physical attackers with a -1 Attack drop. Psychock is its last move and allows it to hit special walls like Chansey and Blissey on their weaker Defense stat.

This build has Water Tera type but is mostly used defensively to remove Slowking's weakness to Dark and Ghost-types. Since Slowking fills the role of a support Pokemon, terastallizing is best reserved for the team's attackers.

Other Viable Moves

Surf A stronger STAB move but lacks utility unlike Chilling Water.
Yawn Can replace Psyshock and lets Slowking function as a phazer.

Doubles Movesets for Slowking

Build Name Recommendation
Chilly Reception Support ★★★★★

Chilly Reception Support Moveset & Best Build

Nature Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EV Spread HP 252 / Def 252 / Sp.Def 4
Final Stat Values HP 202 / Def 145 / Sp.Atk 120 / Sp.Def 131 / Spe 35
Ability Regenerator
Tera Type Pokemon Water Type Icon
Held Item Mental Herb
Moveset Chilly Reception
Icy Wind
Heal Pulse
Slack Off

This build functions similar to Singles but is more support-oriented; while Slowking's main goal is to still set up snow with Chilly Reception, it can also lower the opposing team's Speed with Icy Wind or heal its ally with Heal Pulse.

Its last move is Slack Off, which allows it to recover lost health and stay on the field longer to support its teammates.

This build's preferred held item is Mental Herb which cures Slowking of Taunt. Since it's a single-use item, using this item also ensures that Slowking takes reduced damage from Knock Off from the likes of Iron Treads and Toedscruel.

Other Viable Moves

Thunder Wave Can replace Heal Pulse and allows Slowking to directly threaten fast physical setup sweepers.
Psychic Can replace Heal Pulse and allows Slowking to directly threaten Amoonguss.

How to Use Slowking Effectively

A Great Secondary Snow Setter

Slowking's dual Water / Psychic typing and access to Chilly Reception make it the ideal secondary weather setter for dedicated snow teams.

It's a particularly great partner for Pokemon that can abuse the weather with their Abilities, such as Snow Cloak Froslass and Slush Rush Cetitan.

How to Build a Team with Slowking

Slowking is best used on dedicated Snow teams to separate it from the similarly-typed Slowbro, with Chilly Reception being its main support move to boost the Defense of Ice-types by 50%.

Sample Singles Team

Lead Setter Defensive Pivot Physical Attacker
Abomasnow ImageAbomasnow Slowking ImageSlowking Baxcalibur ImageBaxcalibur

While Abomasnow is this team's main weather setter, it's bad type matchup against other weather setters such as Torkoal and Tyranitar mean it relies on Slowking to cover its many weaknesses and reset snow with Chilly Reception.

Baxcalibur is this team's main attacker, and with the 50% Defense boost from Snow, it can better handle physical attacks and setup with Swords Dance or Dragon Dance and deal boosted damage with its dual STAB moves.

Sample Doubles Team

Lead Support Bulky Attacker
Slowking ImageSlowking Cetitan ImageCetitan
Special Attacker Redirection Support
Armarouge ImageArmarouge Amoonguss ImageAmoonguss

Slowking once again fills the role of a weather setter with Chilly Reception to activate Cetitan's Slush Rush and give it a nice speed boost to outrun its usual checks.

On switch, Slowking should pivot to Amoonguss as they cover each other's weaknesses and also so that Mushroom Pokemon can provide redirection support with Rage Powder.

Armarouge is this team's special attacker and its Flash Fire Ability also makes it a great switch-in to opposing Fire-types that can threaten both Cetitan and Amoonguss.

Counters for Slowking

Take Advantage of its Common Weaknesses

Slowking's great bulk is overshadowed by its very common weaknesses to Grass, Bug, Dark, and Ghost-types due to its secondary Psychic-typing.

While it can remove this by terastallizing into a pure Water-type, this causes Slowking to lose some utility in Snow teams since it now can't check Fighting-types.

Take advantage of these common weaknesses to force out Slowking and keep the pressure up to prevent it from using Chilly Reception.

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon Description
Breloom ImageBreloom Ranking: ★★★★★
・Easily KOs Slowking with STAB Technician-boosted Bullet Seed in just three hits with a Jolly Nature.
・Can also use Spore and setup with Swords Dance.
▶️Breloom Best Movesets
Kingambit ImageKingambit Ranking: ★★★★
・Receives a +1 Attack when hit by Chilling Water thanks to its Defiant Ability.
・Can 2HKO Slowking with a +1 STAB Kowtow Cleave after a Defiant boost with an Adamant Nature.
▶️Kingambit Best Movesets
Chien-Pao ImageChien-Pao Ranking: ★★★★
Sword of Ruin Ability lowers Slowking's Defense by 25%, and receives a Defense boost from Snow.
・Can use Slowking as setup fodder when it predicts a switch and boost its Attack with Swords Dance.
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