I know this pokemon isint on the list of available sample sets, but I'm going to give it to y'all anyways, deal with it.
Slowbro-Galar @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 68 Atk / 76 Def / 112 SpA
Quiet Nature
- Flamethrower
- Earthquake
- Psychic
- Shell Side Arm
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 68 Atk / 76 Def / 112 SpA
Quiet Nature
- Flamethrower
- Earthquake
- Psychic
- Shell Side Arm
This set is probably fairly unoptimized, but having used it in the current meta, I'm convinced it has a spot somewhere on the post-home poison VR. The EV's were calc'd with the following ideas in mind. I dont think this scenario is too probable, but I think it provided a good metric when making this set:
+1 0 Atk Corviknight Brave Bird vs. 252 HP / 76 Def Slowbro-Galar: 166-196 (42.1 - 49.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 SpA Flash Fire Heatran Eruption (150 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Slowbro-Galar: 328-387 (83.2 - 98.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
68 Atk Slowbro-Galar Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 292-348 (90.4 - 107.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
(Note: I could have sworn it killed heatran withought the stealth rocks. Regardless, Heatran dosent want to switch into it)
While obviously a great asset against steel teams because of its flamethrower-earthquake combo, which is nothing to be scoffed at, Galarian Slowbro is far from dead weight in other matchups. This is generally because very few things can outright OHKO Slowbro at high enough HP, while Slowbro's mixed attacking potential and good coverage threatens large amounts of damage on a variety of threats:
0 Atk Great Tusk Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 76 Def Slowbro-Galar: 264-312 (67 - 79.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
112+ SpA Slowbro-Galar Psychic vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Great Tusk: 396-468 (91.2 - 107.8%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
And despite taking large amounts of damage itself, Regenerator Gives slowbro much more survivablility than you may expect.
In essence, a healthy Slowbro-Galar has very few consequence-free awnsers in a vacuum. It still has some heavy flaws, As it folds to supereffective wallbreakers, and has difficulties dealing with a few matchups. It also noticeably suffers defensively from its psychic typing, which despite providing a psychic resist, is generally a Detriment in the defensive department, suffering against dark type coverage and ghost teams.
+1 0 Atk Corviknight Brave Bird vs. 252 HP / 76 Def Slowbro-Galar: 166-196 (42.1 - 49.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 SpA Flash Fire Heatran Eruption (150 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Slowbro-Galar: 328-387 (83.2 - 98.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
68 Atk Slowbro-Galar Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 292-348 (90.4 - 107.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
(Note: I could have sworn it killed heatran withought the stealth rocks. Regardless, Heatran dosent want to switch into it)
While obviously a great asset against steel teams because of its flamethrower-earthquake combo, which is nothing to be scoffed at, Galarian Slowbro is far from dead weight in other matchups. This is generally because very few things can outright OHKO Slowbro at high enough HP, while Slowbro's mixed attacking potential and good coverage threatens large amounts of damage on a variety of threats:
0 Atk Great Tusk Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 76 Def Slowbro-Galar: 264-312 (67 - 79.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
112+ SpA Slowbro-Galar Psychic vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Great Tusk: 396-468 (91.2 - 107.8%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
And despite taking large amounts of damage itself, Regenerator Gives slowbro much more survivablility than you may expect.
In essence, a healthy Slowbro-Galar has very few consequence-free awnsers in a vacuum. It still has some heavy flaws, As it folds to supereffective wallbreakers, and has difficulties dealing with a few matchups. It also noticeably suffers defensively from its psychic typing, which despite providing a psychic resist, is generally a Detriment in the defensive department, suffering against dark type coverage and ghost teams.