NFE Slowpoke - taken over from pazza [Done]

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[SET]
name: Physical Wall
move 1: Teleport
move 2: Scald / Future Sight
move 3: Toxic / Thunder Wave / Yawn
move 4: Slack Off
item: Eviolite
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Slowpoke is an excellent defensive pivot that can switch in against many common offensive threats such as Gurdurr, Piloswine, and Raboot. Teleport enables Slowpoke to gain momentum for its teammates, allowing it to bring in wallbreakers safely and simultaneously recovering its health with Regenerator. Scald pressures Piloswine, of which Slowpoke is an excellent check for, and spreads burns to wear down Golbat and Tangela. Otherwise, Future Sight nails Koffing and Golbat and pairs well with Gurdurr and Thwackey to help bait in Poison-types to take the hit. Toxic is valuable for crippling bulky Pokemon such as Vullaby, Tangela, and Galarian Corsola. Yawn helps Slowpoke gain momentum with Teleport, forcing the foe to either switch out or be put to sleep. Thunder Wave can be used to cripple fast threats like Kadabra. Lastly, Slowpoke may opt for both Future Sight and Scald and solely rely on the latter for spreading status.

Slowpoke's special bulk is not as good as its physical bulk, meaning it gets forced out by strong special attackers such as Electabuzz, Lampent, and Tangela. Thus, specially defensive walls like Ferroseed, Roselia, and Klang are excellent partners, since they can soak up hits and patch Slowpoke's Grass and Electric weaknesses. In return, Slowpoke can tank attacks from Raboot and Piloswine and act as a Knock Off absorber against users unable to break it like Gurdurr and Mareanie. Slowpoke is best paired with wallbreakers like Pikachu, Choice Band Raboot, and Choice Specs Galarian Mr. Mime, since Teleport can bring them in safely. Additional Regenerator walls like Tangela and Mareanie when paired with Slowpoke forms a defensive core that can sponge most hits and take advantage of their passive recovery.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Specially defensive sets have some merit for being able to stomach hits better from Magmar and Kadabra, but Slowpoke loses many relevant switch-in opportunities without the Defense investment. Slowpoke may opt for Psychic Terrain to support Expanding Force Kadabra or Galarian Mr. Mime, but the popularity of Thwackey and doubling down on Psychic-types makes this strategy hard to pull off. Thanks to Teleport and Regenerator, Slowpoke may also function as a setter for teams that want Sunny Day or Trick Room support. Psychic is another attack to consider to punish Gurdurr and Koffing immediately compared to Future Sight.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass-types**: The most abundant of its weaknesses, Grass-types like Thwackey, Tangela, Roselia, and Ivysaur all have strong STAB attacks to break through Slowpoke.

**Special Wallbreakers**: Slowpoke is unable to effectively take hits from Electabuzz, Kadabra, and Gastly. Calm Mind Lampent and Nasty Plot Morgrem are two setup wallbreakers that Slowpoke also loses to.

**Knock Off**: While Slowpoke is able to tank hits from Gurdurr and Vullaby, it ultimately gets worn down by the attack and is less effective as a wall thereafter. Stronger Knock Off users like Pikachu and Krokorok are likely to 2HKO Slowpoke with Stealth Rock support.

**Stallbreakers**: Golbat shrugs off Scald and utilizes Taunt to prevent Slowpoke from status attempts or pivoting. Setup-based stallbreakers like Rufflet are also troublesome, with Substitute being a problem when Slowpoke's attacks are too weak for it to break it on its own.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[pazza, 418753], [Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074]]
- Quality checked by: [[Marjane, 355753], [Jett, 226429]]
- Grammar checked by: [[estronic, 240732]]

 

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qc

[SET]
name: Physical Wall
move 1: Teleport
move 2: Scald
move 3: Slack Off
move 4: Toxic / Yawn / Thunder Wave
item: Eviolite
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

name: Physical Wall
move 1: Teleport
move 2: Future Sight
move 3: Scald / Toxic
move 4: Slack Off
item: Eviolite
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

e: thought about this some more i think this format makes more sense, future sight pressure is what brings out the best in slowpoke as a support pokemon and creates a better synergy within the rest of this set. toxic generally is the main status you wanna use since it limits switch ins like tangela, the other status aren't bad but i think they fit better as an oo, otherwise scald as your direct damage output in late games or just to chip a threat. can talk about this more in qc if you like!

[SET COMMENTS]
Slowpoke is an excellent defensive pivot that can switch-in against many common offensive threats such as Gurdurr, Piloswine, and Raboot. Teleport enables Slowpoke to gain momentum for its teammates, allowing it to bring in wallbreakers safely and simultaneously recovering its health with Regenerator. Toxic is valuable for crippling bulky Pokemon such as Vullaby, Tangela, and Galarian Corsola. Yawn pairs well as Slowpoke gains momentum with Teleport as the opponent either switches out or is put to sleep. Thunder Wave can be used to cripple fast threats or walls immune to Toxic like Golbat. (i think the main thing here i'm realising is that the role it provides on teams doesn't really come out in this text, slowbro is useful because it creates reliable momentum for your team while still pressuring the opponent's wallbreaking abilities, so i'd just emphasis on that)

Slowpoke's special bulk is not as good as its physical bulk, meaning it gets forced out by strong Special Attackers such as Electabuzz, Lampent, and Tangela. Thus, specially defensive walls like Ferroseed, Wartortle, and Klang are excellent partners since they can soak up hits and patch Slowpoke's Grass and Electric weaknesses. In return, Slowpoke can tank attacks from Raboot and Piloswine, and also be a Knock Off absorber against users unable to break it like Gurdurr and Mareanie. Slowpoke is best paired with wallbreakers like Pikachu, Choice Band Raboot, and Choice Specs Galarian Mr. Mime since Teleport brings them in safely. Additional Regenerator walls like Tangela and Mareanie when paired with Slowpoke forms a defensive core that can sponge most hits and abuse their passive recovery.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Future Sight over Scald works well to nail Poison-types, and pairs with Gurdurr and Thwackey to help bait these targets in to take the hit. Specially defensive sets have some merit for being able to stomach hits better from Magmar and Kadabra, but Slowpoke loses many relevant switch-in opportunities without the physical investment. Slowpoke may opt for Psychic Terrain to support Expanding Force Kadabra or Galarian Mr. Mime, but with the popularity Thwackey while also doubling down on Pyschic-types makes this strategy hard to pull off.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass-types**: The most abundant of its weaknesses, Grass-types in NFE like Thwackey, Tangela, Roselia, and Ivysaur all have strong STAB attacks to break through Slowpoke.

**Special Wallbreakers**: Slowpoke is unable to effectively take hits from Electabuzz, Kadabra, and Gastly. It may scare them from switching in, but Substitute + Calm Mind Lampent is another attacker that takes advantage of Slowpoke's passivity. not sure what the second sentence means, also np morgrem would be great here

**Knock Off**: While Slowpoke is able to tank hits from Gurdurr and Vullaby, it ultimately gets worn down by the attack and is less effective as a wall thereafter. Stronger Knock Off abusers like Pikachu and Krokorok are likely to 2HKO Slowpoke with Stealth Rock support.

**Stallbreakers**: Golbat utilizes Taunt to shrug off Scald and prevent Slowpoke from status attempts or pivoting. Setup based stallbreakers like Rufflet are also troublesome, with Substitute being a problem when Slowpoke's attacks are too weak for it to break it on its own.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074]]
- Quality checked by: [[Marjane, 355753], [Jett, 226429]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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[SET]
name: Physical Wall
move 1: Teleport
move 2: Scald / Future Sight
move 3: Toxic / Thunder Wave / Yawn
move 4: Slack Off
item: Eviolite
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Slowpoke is an excellent defensive pivot that can switch-in (RH) against many common offensive threats such as Gurdurr, Piloswine, and Raboot. Teleport enables Slowpoke to gain momentum for its teammates, allowing it to bring in wallbreakers safely and simultaneously recovering its health with Regenerator. Scald pressures Piloswine, of which Slowpoke is an excellent check for, and spreads burns to wear down Golbat and Tangela. Otherwise, Future Sight nails Poison-types, (RC) and pairs well with Gurdurr and Thwackey to help bait these targets (what targets?) in to take the hit. Toxic is valuable for crippling bulky Pokemon such as Vullaby, Tangela, and Galarian Corsola. Yawn pairs well as Slowpoke gains momentum with helps Slowpoke gain momentum with Teleport as the opponent either switches out or is, (AC) forcing the foe to either switch out or be put to sleep. Thunder Wave can be used to cripple fast threats like Kadabra. Lastly, Slowpoke may opt for both Future Sight and Scald, (RC) and solely rely on the latter for spreading status.

Slowpoke's special bulk is not as good as its physical bulk, meaning it gets forced out by strong special attackers such as Electabuzz, Lampent, and Tangela. Thus, specially defensive walls like Ferroseed, Roselia, and Klang are excellent partners, (AC) since they can soak up hits and patch Slowpoke's Grass and Electric weaknesses. In return, Slowpoke can tank attacks from Raboot and Piloswine, (RC) and also be act as a Knock Off absorber against users unable to break it like Gurdurr and Mareanie. Slowpoke is best paired with wallbreakers like Pikachu, Choice Band Raboot, and Choice Specs Galarian Mr. Mime, (AC) since Teleport can brings them in safely. Additional Regenerator walls like Tangela and Mareanie when paired with Slowpoke forms a defensive core that can sponge most hits and abuse take advantage of their passive recovery.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS] (fixed spacing between sections)
Other Options
=============

Specially defensive sets have some merit for being able to stomach hits better from Magmar and Kadabra, but Slowpoke loses many relevant switch-in opportunities without the physical Defense investment. Slowpoke may opt for Psychic Terrain to support Expanding Force Kadabra or Galarian Mr. Mime, but with the popularity of Thwackey while also and doubling down on Pyschic-types Psychic-types makes this strategy hard to pull off. Thanks to Teleport and Regenerator, Slowpoke may also function as a setter for teams that want Sunny Day or Trick Room support. Psychic is another attack to consider to punish Gurdurr and Koffing immediately compared to Future Sight.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Grass-types**: The most abundant of its weaknesses, Grass-types in NFE like Thwackey, Tangela, Roselia, and Ivysaur all have strong STAB attacks to break through Slowpoke.

**Special Wallbreakers**: Slowpoke is unable to effectively take hits from Electabuzz, Kadabra, and Gastly. Calm Mind Lampent and Nasty Plot Morgrem are two setup wallbreakers that Slowpoke also loses to.

**Knock Off**: While Slowpoke is able to tank hits from Gurdurr and Vullaby, it ultimately gets worn down by the attack and is less effective as a wall thereafter. Stronger Knock Off abusers users like Pikachu and Krokorok are likely to 2HKO Slowpoke with Stealth Rock support.

**Stallbreakers**: Golbat utilizes Taunt to shrug shrugs off Scald and utilizes Taunt to prevent Slowpoke from status attempts or pivoting (i assume this is what you meant bc golbat shrugging off scald thanks to taunt doesn't make too much sense). Setup-based (AH) stallbreakers like Rufflet are also troublesome, with Substitute being a problem when Slowpoke's attacks are too weak for it to break it on its own.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074]]
- Quality checked by: [[Marjane, 355753], [Jett, 226429]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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