Who is better Slowking or Galarian Slowbro?

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Who is better Slowking or Galarian Slowbro?

Movepool:
Galarian Slowbro gets a slew of nice moves from level up, TMs, and TRs.

Notable Level Up Moves:
- Surf / Water Pulse (Lv. 30/18)
- Shell Side Arm (Lv. 1/evolution)
- Psychic / Confusion (Lv. 36/12)
- Yawn (Lv. 9)
- Slack Off (Lv. 33)

Notable TM Moves:
- Weather Ball
- Thunder Wave
- Trick Room

Notable TR Moves:
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
- Scald
- Shadow Ball
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- Grass Knot
- Nasty Plot
- Calm Mind

Stats:
In-game is usually offensively based, and Galarian Slowbro has a great base 100 Special Attack stat. It also has amazing Defense and HP, but subpar stats elsewhere, and only base 30 Speed.

Abilities:
Quick Draw is decent for in-game play, and Own Tempo probably won't be used very often but is still okay. Regenerator is it's best ability, restoring 25% of health on the switch, but Regenerator is also it's HA.

Competitive Use:
Galarian Slowbro is tier NU (NeverUsed). In NU, it only has 6.327% usage.

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Who is better Slowking or Galarian Slowbro?

Movepool:
Galarian Slowking and Galarian Slowbro have basically the same movepools.

Notable Level Up Moves:
- Surf / Water Pulse (Lv. 30/18)
- Eerie Spell (Lv. 1/evolution)
- Yawn (Lv. 9)
- Slack Off (Lv. 33)
- Power Gem (Lv. 1)
- Nasty Plot (Lv. 1)

Notable TM Moves:
- Trick Room
- Thunder Wave
- Hex
- Venoshock

Notable TR Moves:
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
- Scald
- Shadow Ball
- Power Gem
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- Grass Knot
- Sludge Wave
- Nasty Plot
- Calm Mind

Stats:
Galarian Slowking has 110 base Special Attack, 110 base Special Defense, and 95 base HP. It is also plauged with base 30 Speed, as well as 80 base Defense and 65 base Attack.

Abilities:
Galarian Slowking also gets Own Tempo and Regenerator (HA). Own Tempo is okay, but it's signature ability, Curious Medicine, is virtually useless in-game. There aren't very many double battles to begin with, and there probably won't be too many stat changes in said battles.

Competitive Use:
Galarian Slowking is tier OU (OverUsed). In OU, it has 7.533% usage.

Slowbro-Galar @ Twisted Spoon / Poison Barb
Ability: Quick Draw / Own Tempo
- Shell Side Arm
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Surf / Scald
- Ice Beam / Flamethrower / Nasty Plot / Shadow Ball / Trick Room / Calm Mind

Slowking-Galar @ Twisted Spoon / Poison Barb
Ability: Own Tempo / Curious Medicine
- Eerie Spell
- Sludge Wave
- Surf / Scald
- Nasty Plot / Power Gem / Flamethrower / Ice Beam / Shadow Ball / Calm Mind / Trick Room

Galarian Slowking is probably better, as it's used more in competitive, has higher Special Attack/Defense, and gets just a bit more coverage than Galarian Slowbro with Power Gem. It's regular abilities are pretty much useless, though.

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Who is better Slowking or Galarian Slowbro?

Who is better Slowking or Galarian Slowbro?

If you absolutely have to parasitize your Galarian Slowpoke with a poisonous, potentially malevolent Shellder, it’s probably best to only do it once. The mind is not made to comprehend that kind of creepiness more than once in a lifetime. The question is, then, do you stick that Shellder on its front paw to make a Slowbro, or plop it on its head to make a Slowking? Looks like we’re gonna have to compare and contrast to find out: is Galarian Slowbro or Galarian Slowking better in Pokémon GO?

Pokémon GO: Galarian Slowbro or Galarian Slowking?

First, let’s cover the types. This one’s a stalemate right off the bat, as both Galarian Slowbro and Galarian Slowking have the same typing: Poison/Psychic. This means their resistances break down like this:

  • Weak against: Ground, Ghost, Dark
  • Resistant to: Poison, Grass, Fairy
  • Double-resistant to: Fighting

Next, the raw stats. Galarian Slowbro is packing a base attack of 182, base defense of 156, and base stamina of 216, all culminating in a level 40 max CP of 2,445. Galarian Slowking has the edge in this endeavor, packing a base attack of 190, base defense of 180, and base stamina of 216, adding up to a level 40 max CP of 2,717. That’s a pretty substantial boost over Galarian Slowbro.

Finally, the moves and DPS potential. Galarian Slowbro has the following moves in its kit:

Quick Moves

  • Poison Jab (Poison)
  • Confusion (Psychic)

Main Moves

  • Sludge Bomb (Poison)
  • Psychic (Psychic)
  • Focus Blast (Fighting)

Galarian Slowbro’s strongest Main Move is Psychic, with a DPS of 38.6.

Meanwhile, Galarian Slowking is packing the following moves in its kit:

Quick Moves

  • Acid (Poison)
  • Confusion (Psychic)
  • Hex (Ghost)

Main Moves

  • Shadow Ball (Ghost)
  • Sludge Wave (Poison)
  • Future SIght (Psychic)

Galarian Slowking’s strongest Main Move is Future Sight, with a DPS of 53.3.

This is a tricky comparison, as Galarian Slowking definitely has the higher damage potential overall, but Galarian Slowbro’s ability to use Focus Blast gives it some safety against Dark types, one of its weaknesses. For the purposes of this comparison, we’ll call this another tie.

And so, our final outcome at a score of 1-0 and two ties puts Galarian Slowking on top. If you want some quality Psychic damage and only a slight chance of nightmares, Galarian Slowking’s your huckleberry.

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Should I evolve Galarian slowpoke into Slowking or Slowbro?

Considering all this, trainers who get Slowpoke should definitely consider evolving it into Slowbro. To get Slowking in the first place, trainers will need to search for Kings Rock.

Is Galarian Slowbro better than Slowbro?

Kantonian Slowbro is built to take a hit, with 110 in defense and 80 in special defense alongside a respectable 100 special attack. Galarian Slowbro opts for a more aggressive stat distribution, with lower defensive stats but 100 in both physical and special attack.

Who is more powerful Slowbro or Slowking?

Slowking will do 140 damage for 75 energy, while Slowbro will do 90 damage for 55 energy. Based on this particular statistic and coupled with the fact that confusion earns 3 energy with each turn, Slowbro is the better choice. This is because you will be able to use its ice beam attack much more frequently.

Which Slowbro evolution is better?

When you boil down the stats, Slowbro and Slowking are essentially the same Pokémon. The only significant difference is what Ice-type attack you're using. Slowbro uses ice beam that does 90 damage at the cost of 55 energy. With Slowking, blizzard will do 140 damage for 75 energy.