Slowking (Galar)
National: #199· Johto: #82· Kalos (Coastal): #135· Alola: #46· Melemele: #46· Paldea: #326· Blueberry: #77· Ulaula: #20· Lumiose City: #139· Isle Of Armor: #3
Related forms
Evolution chain
Evolution method (Scarlet & Violet). Methods may differ in earlier games.
Base stats
| HP | Attack | Defense | Sp. Atk | Sp. Def | Speed | BST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | 65 | 80 | 110 | 110 | 30 | 490 |
Abilities
Signature moves
Moves that are learned only by this Pokémon line (Gen 9).
Moves
User takes 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil.
Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.
Badly poisons the target. Never misses when used by a poison-type Pokémon.
Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.
Erects a barrier around the user’s side of the field that reduces damage from special attacks by half for five turns. In double battles, the reduction is 1/3. Critical hits are not affected by the barrier. If the user is holding light clay, the barrier lasts for eight turns. brick break or defog used by an opponent will destroy the barrier.
Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages.
User falls to sleep and immediately regains all its HP. If the user has another major status effect, sleep will replace it. The user will always wake up after two turns, or one turn with early bird. This move fails if the Pokémon cannot fall asleep due to uproar, insomnia, or vital spirit. It also fails if the Pokémon is at full health or is already asleep.
Transfers 1/4 the user’s max HP into a doll that absorbs damage and causes most negative move effects to fail. If the user leaves the field, the doll will vanish. If the user cannot pay the HP cost, this move will fail. The doll takes damage as normal, using the user’s stats and types, and will break when its HP reaches zero. Self-inflicted damage from confusion or recoil is not absorbed. Healing effects from opponents ignore the doll and heal the user as normal. Moves that work based on the user’s HP still do so; the doll’s HP does not influence any move. The doll will block major status effects, confusion, and flinching. The effects of smelling salts and wake up slap do not trigger against a doll, even if the Pokémon behind the doll has the appropriate major status effect. Multi-turn trapping moves like wrap will hit the doll for their regular damage, but the multi-turn trapping and damage effects will not activate. Moves blocked or damage absorbed by the doll do not count as hitting the user or inflicting damage for any effects that respond to such, e.g., avalanche, counter, or a rowap berry. magic coat still works as normal, even against moves the doll would block. Opposing Pokémon that damage the doll with a leech move like absorb are healed as normal. It will also block acupressure, block, the curse effect of curse, dream eater, embargo, flatter, gastro acid, grudge, heal block, leech seed, lock on, mean look, mimic, mind reader, nightmare, pain split, psycho shift, spider web, sketch, swagger, switcheroo, trick, worry seed, and yawn. A Pokémon affected by yawn before summoning the doll will still fall to sleep. The doll blocks intimidate, but all other abilities act as though the doll did not exist. If the user has an ability that absorbs moves of a certain type for HP (such as volt absorb absorbing thunder wave), such moves will not be blocked. life orb and berries that cause confusion still work as normal, but their respective HP loss and confusion are absorbed/blocked by the doll. The user is still vulnerable to damage inflicted when entering or leaving the field, such as by pursuit or spikes; however, the doll will block the poison effect of toxic spikes. The doll is passed on by baton pass. It keeps its existing HP, but uses the replacement Pokémon’s stats and types for damage calculation. All other effects work as normal.
If the user is a ghost: user pays half its max HP to place a curse on the target, damaging it for 1/4 its max HP every turn. Otherwise: Lowers the user’s Speed by one stage, and raises its Attack and Defense by one stage each. The curse effect is passed on by baton pass. This move cannot be copied by mirror move.
No moves will hit the user for the remainder of this turn. If the user is last to act this turn, this move will fail. If the user successfully used detect, endure, protect, quick guard, or wide guard on the last turn, this move has a 50% chance to fail. lock on, mind reader, and no guard provide a (100 – accuracy)% chance for moves to break through this move. This does not apply to one-hit KO moves (fissure, guillotine, horn drill, and sheer cold); those are always blocked by this move. thunder during rain dance and blizzard during hail have a 30% chance to break through this move. The following effects are not prevented by this move: * acupressure from an ally * curse’s curse effect * Delayed damage from doom desire and future sight; however, these moves will be prevented if they are used this turn * feint, which will also end this move’s protection after it hits * imprison * perish song * shadow force * Moves that merely copy the user, such as transform or psych up This move cannot be selected by assist or metronome.
The user’s HP cannot be lowered below 1 by any means for the remainder of this turn. If the user successfully used detect, endure, protect, quick guard, or wide guard on the last turn, this move has a 50% chance to fail. This move cannot be selected by assist or metronome.
Has a 30% chance to poison the target.
Raises the target’s Attack by two stages, then confuses it. If the target’s Attack cannot be raised by two stages, the confusion is not applied.
Only usable if the user is sleeping. Randomly selects and uses one of the user’s other three moves. Use of the selected move requires and costs 0 PP. This move will not select assist, bide, bounce, chatter, copycat, dig, dive, fly, focus punch, me first, metronome, mirror move, shadow force, skull bash, sky attack, sky drop, sleep talk, solar beam, razor wind, or uproar. If the selected move requires a recharge turn—i.e., one of blast burn, frenzy plant, giga impact, hydro cannon, hyper beam, roar of time, or rock wrecker—and the user is still sleeping next turn, then it’s forced to use this move again and pay another PP for the recharge turn. This move cannot be copied by mirror move, nor selected by assist, metronome, or sleep talk.
Changes the weather to sunshine for five turns, during which fire moves inflict 50% extra damage, and water moves inflict half damage. If the user is holding heat rock, this effect lasts for eight turns. Pokémon cannot become frozen. thunder has 50% accuracy. solar beam skips its charge turn. moonlight, morning sun, and synthesis heal 2/3 of the user’s max HP. Pokémon with chlorophyll have doubled original Speed. Pokémon with forecast become fire. Pokémon with leaf guard are not affected by major status effects. Pokémon with flower gift change form; every Pokémon on their side of the field have their original Attack and Special Attack increased by 50%. Pokémon with dry skin lose 1/8 max HP at the end of each turn. Pokémon with solar power have their original Special Attack raised by 50% but lose 1/8 their max HP at the end of each turn.
If the user is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned, this move has double power.
If a weather move is active, this move has double power, and its type becomes the type of the weather move. shadow sky is typeless for the purposes of this move.
Power increases with the target’s weight in kilograms, to a maximum of 120. Target’s weight | Power --------------- | ----: Up to 10kg | 20 Up to 25kg | 40 Up to 50kg | 60 Up to 100kg | 80 Up to 200kg | 100 Above 200kg | 120
If the target is poisoned, this move has double power.
Lowers the target’s Special Defense by two stages.
If the user has Terastallized, it unleashes energy of its Tera Type. This move inflicts damage using the Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever is higher for the user.
User loses its next turn to "recharge", and cannot attack or switch out during that turn.
If the target is in the first turn of dig, this move will hit with double power.
Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages.
User loses its next turn to "recharge", and cannot attack or switch out during that turn.
Power is doubled if the user’s last move failed for any reason (i.e., produced the message "But it failed!") or was ineffective due to types.
Has a 100% chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.
Has a 10% chance to burn the target.
Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.
Has a 10% chance to burn the target.
User digs underground for one turn, becoming immune to attack, and hits on the second turn. During the immune turn, earthquake, fissure, and magnitude still hit the user normally, and their power is doubled if appropriate. The user may be hit during its immune turn if under the effect of lock on, mind reader, or no guard. This move cannot be selected by sleep talk.
Ignores accuracy and evasion modifiers.
Destroys any light screen or reflect on the target’s side of the field, then inflicts regular damage.
Power and type are determined by the user’s held item. The item is consumed. If the user is not holding an item, or its item has no set type and power, this move will fail. This move ignores sticky hold. If the user is under the effect of embargo, this move will fail.
Has a 10% chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.
If the target is in the first turn of dive, this move will hit with double power.
Changes the weather to rain for five turns, during which water moves inflict 50% extra damage, and fire moves inflict half damage. If the user is holding damp rock, this effect lasts for eight turns. thunder has 100% accuracy. If the target has used detect or protect, thunder has a (100 - accuracy)% chance to break through the protection. solar beam has half power. moonlight, morning sun, and synthesis heal only 1/4 of the user’s max HP. Pokémon with swift swim have doubled original Speed. Pokémon with forecast become water. Pokémon with dry skin heal 1/8 max HP, Pokémon with hydration are cured of major status effects, and Pokémon with rain dish heal 1/16 max HP at the end of each turn.
Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.
Has a 10% chance to freeze the target. During hail, this move has 100% accuracy. It also has a (100 - accuracy)% chance to break through the protection of protect and detect.
Has a 10% chance to confuse the target.
Has a 20% chance to make the target flinch.
Has a 100% chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.
Has a 20% chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.
For the next 2–5 turns, the target cannot leave the field and is damaged for 1/16 its max HP at the end of each turn. The user continues to use other moves during this time. If the user leaves the field, this effect ends. Has a 3/8 chance each to hit 2 or 3 times, and a 1/8 chance each to hit 4 or 5 times. Averages to 3 hits per use. If the target is in the first turn of dive, this move will hit with double power.
Puts the target to sleep at the end of the next turn. Ignores accuracy and evasion modifiers. If the target leaves the field, this effect is canceled. If the target has a status effect when this move is used, this move will fail. If the target is protected by safeguard when this move is used, this move will fail. insomnia and vital spirit prevent the sleep if the target has either at the end of the next turn, but will not cause this move to fail on use.
Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.
Has a 100% chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.
Has a 20% chance to confuse the target.
Has a 20% chance to make the target flinch.
The user attacks the target by showering it with water that's so cold it saps the target's power. This also lowers the target's Attack stat.
If the target damaged the user this turn and was the last to do so, this move has double power. pain split does not count as damaging the user.
Has a 10% chance to confuse the target.
Has a 10% chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.
Discards the user’s stat changes and copies the target’s. This move cannot be copied by mirror move.
User and target switch abilities. Ignores accuracy and evasion modifiers. If either Pokémon has multitype or wonder guard, this move will fail.
Scatters poisoned spikes around the opposing field, which poison opposing Pokémon that enter the field. A second layer of these spikes may be laid down, in which case Pokémon will be badly poisoned instead. Pokémon immune to either ground moves or being poisoned are immune to this effect. Pokémon otherwise immune to ground moves are affected during gravity. If a poison Pokémon not immune to ground moves enters a field covered with poisoned spikes, the spikes are removed. rapid spin will remove this effect from its user’s side of the field. defog will remove this effect from its target’s side of the field. This move does not trigger synchronize, unless the Pokémon with synchronize was forced to enter the field by another effect such as roar. Pokémon entering the field due to baton pass are not affected by this effect.
Paralyzes the target.
Target is forced to only use damaging moves for the next 3–5 turns, selected at random. Moves that select other moves not known in advance do not count as damaging. assist, copycat, me first, metronome, mirror move, and sleep talk do not directly inflict damage and thus may not be used. bide, counter, endeavor, metal burst, and mirror coat are allowed.
Disables the target’s last used move, preventing its use for 4–7 turns, selected at random, or until the target leaves the field. If the target hasn’t used a move since entering the field, if it tried to use a move this turn and failed, if its last used move has 0 PP remaining, or if it already has a move disabled, this move will fail.
Has a 100% chance to lower the target’s Special Attack by one stage.
Has a 10% chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.
Has a 30% chance to poison the target.
Raises the user’s Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage each.
Raises the user’s Special Attack by two stages.
Inflicts typeless regular damage at the end of the third turn, starting with this one. This move cannot score a critical hit. If the target switches out, its replacement will be hit instead. Damage is calculated at the time this move is used; stat changes and switching out during the delay won’t change the damage inflicted. No move with this effect can be used against the same target again until after the end of the third turn. This effect breaks through wonder guard. If the target is protected by protect or detect on the turn this move is used, this move will fail. However, the damage on the third turn will break through protection. The damage is applied at the end of the turn, so it ignores endure and focus sash. This move cannot be copied by mirror move.
Damage calculation always uses the target’s Defense, regardless of this move’s damage class.
Power is increased by 100% its original value for every stage any of the user’s stats have been raised. Accuracy, evasion, and lowered stats do not affect this move’s power. For a Pokémon with all five stats modified to +6, this move’s power is 31×.
Changes the terrain to Psychic Terrain for 5 turns. Overrides electric terrain, grassy terrain, and misty terrain. All Pokémon on the ground are immune to moves with priority greater than 0. (Moves that target the field rather than individual Pokémon, such as spikes, are not affected.) Additionally, when a Pokémon on the ground uses a psychic-type move, that move’s power is increased to 1.5×. If a Pokémon is holding a Terrain Extender when creating Psychic Terrain (by any means), the effect lasts for 8 turns instead of 5.
The user attacks the target with unpleasant sound waves. For two turns, the target is prevented from recovering HP through moves, Abilities, or held items.
If the target has a major status ailment, this move has double power.
Selects any move at random and uses it. Moves the user already knows are not eligible. Assist, meta, protection, and reflection moves are also not eligible; specifically, assist, chatter, copycat, counter, covet, destiny bond, detect, endure, feint, focus punch, follow me, helping hand, me first, metronome, mimic, mirror coat, mirror move, protect, quick guard, sketch, sleep talk, snatch, struggle, switcheroo, thief, trick, and wide guard will not be selected by this move. This move cannot be copied by mimic or mirror move, nor selected by assist, metronome, or sleep talk.
User and target permanently swap held items. Works even if one of the Pokémon isn’t holding anything. If either Pokémon is holding mail, this move will fail. If either Pokémon has multitype or sticky hold, this move will fail. If this move results in a Pokémon obtaining choice band, choice scarf, or choice specs, and that Pokémon was the latter of the pair to move this turn, then the move it used this turn becomes its chosen forced move. This applies even if both Pokémon had a choice item before this move was used. If the first of the two Pokémon gains a choice item, it may select whatever choice move it wishes next turn. Neither the user nor the target can recover its item with recycle. This move cannot be selected by assist or metronome.
Prevents any Pokémon on the opposing side of the field from using any move the user knows until the user leaves the field. This effect is live; if the user obtains new moves while on the field, these moves become restricted. If no opposing Pokémon knows any of the user’s moves when this move is used, this move will fail.
Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.
Heals the target for half its max HP.
Damage is calculated using the target’s attacking stat rather than the user’s.
Lowers the target’s Speed by one stage.
For five turns (including this one), slower Pokémon will act before faster Pokémon. Move priority is not affected. Using this move when its effect is already active will end the effect. Pokémon holding full incense, lagging tail, or quick claw and Pokémon with stall ignore this effect.
Heals the user for half its max HP.
Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
Has a 30% chance to poison the target.
Has a 10% chance to burn the target.
Has a 30% chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage.
Has a 20% chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.
Has a 10% chance to poison the target.
