Slowking

#199 (Johto)

#200 Misdreavus ›

Pokémon type

Water

Psychic

Slowking weaknesses

Slowking is weak to Bug, Ghost, Grass, Electric and Dark-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Slowking is resistant to Fighting, Steel, Fire, Water, Psychic and Ice-type moves.

63%

Best moveset for Slowking

The best moves for Slowking are Confusion and Psychic when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Confusion and Scald deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Confusion

15.2DPS

Psychic

38DPS

Defending

Confusion

15.2DPS

Psychic

38DPS

Trainer Battles

Confusion

3.5EPT

Scald

2.04DPE

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Evolution

There are 4 Pokémon in the Slowpoke family, including 1 Mega Pokémon. Slowking evolves from Slowpoke for 50 Candy.

Slowpoke requires King's Rock to evolve into Slowking.
Evolving Mega Slowbro costs 100 Mega Energy the first time, and 20 Mega Energy every time after.

Galarian Slowpoke

Galarian Slowbro

Galarian Slowking

Forms

There are 2 different forms of Slowking:

Normal

Galarian Form

View 1 costume for Slowking »

(which only changes Slowking's appearance)

Game images

Slowking, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Summary

Slowking is a Water & Psychic Pokémon which evolves from Slowpoke. It is weak to Bug, Ghost, Grass, Electric and Dark moves. Slowking's best moveset is Confusion & Psychic and it has a Max CP of 2,877.

About

"Slowking undertakes research every day in an effort to solve the mysteries of the world. However, this Pokémon apparently forgets everything it has learned if the Shellder on its head comes off."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Confusion	19	9.3	15.2
Water Gun	5	10	12

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Psychic	95	2	2.28
Scald	75	2	1.8
Surf Elite TM	60	2	1.44
Fire Blast	140	1	1.4
Blizzard	130	1	1.3
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Confusion	16	4	4.8	3.5
Water Gun	3	1	3.6	3

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Scald ▼ att	85	50	2.04
Surf Elite TM	75	45	2
Blizzard	140	75	1.87
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Fire Blast	140	80	1.75
Psychic ▼ def	75	55	1.64
Frustration Shadow	10	70	0.14

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	10.1	100%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	9.9	97%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Surf Elite TM 48 DPS	9.8	96%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Surf Elite TM 48 DPS	9.4	93%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Blizzard 43.3 DPS	9.2	90%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Blizzard 43.3 DPS	8.9	87%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Fire Blast 35 DPS	8.8	87%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	8.6	85%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Fire Blast 35 DPS	8.5	84%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Scald 25.7 DPS	8.4	83%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	8.2	81%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Scald 25.7 DPS	8.1	80%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	6.7	67%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	6.1	60%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	4.8	100%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Surf Elite TM 48 DPS	4.2	87%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Scald 25.7 DPS	4.1	86%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Blizzard 43.3 DPS	4	84%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Fire Blast 35 DPS	4	84%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3.2	68%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	2.6	55%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	2.3	49%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Scald 25.7 DPS	2.3	47%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Surf Elite TM 48 DPS	2.2	45%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Fire Blast 35 DPS	2.1	44%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Blizzard 43.3 DPS	2.1	43%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.6	34%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.2	25%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Scald 2.04 DPE	16	11.9	100%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Surf Elite TM 2 DPE	16	11.8	99%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Blizzard 1.87 DPE	24	11.3	95%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	20	11.3	95%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Fire Blast 1.75 DPE	24	10.9	92%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Psychic 1.64 DPE	16	10.5	88%
Water Gun 3 EPT	Scald 2.04 DPE	17	9.7	81%
Water Gun 3 EPT	Surf Elite TM 2 DPE	15	9.6	80%
Water Gun 3 EPT	Blizzard 1.87 DPE	25	9.2	77%
Water Gun 3 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	24	9.2	77%
Water Gun 3 EPT	Fire Blast 1.75 DPE	27	8.9	74%
Water Gun 3 EPT	Psychic 1.64 DPE	19	8.5	71%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	20	5.3	44%
Water Gun 3 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	24	4	34%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

What counters Slowking?

Slowking is weak to Bug, Ghost, Grass, Electric and Dark moves.

The best counter to Slowking is Mega Sceptile with Fury Cutter and Frenzy Plant, followed by Mega Gengar, Dawn Wings Necrozma and Mega Raichu Y.

The top Slowking counters, ranked by the damage each Pokémon and moveset does to it. Filter the list to see how your own Pokémon compare.

Pokémon	Moveset	Effective damage
Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter Frenzy Plant	100%
Mega Gengar	Lick Shadow Ball	100%
Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw Moongeist Beam	99%
Mega Raichu Y	Thunder Shock Zap Cannon+	99%
Dawn Wings Necrozma	Psycho Cut Moongeist Beam	99%
Regieleki	Lock-On Thunder Cage	97%
Mega Raichu Y	Thunder Shock Wild Charge	96%
Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw Shadow Ball	96%
Mega Raichu Y	Volt Switch Zap Cannon+	96%
Mega Gengar	Hex Shadow Ball	96%

These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		177
Defense		180
Stamina		216

Max HP

Level 40

182

Size

Height	2.01 m
Weight	79.5 kg

Other

Base capture rate	0%
Base flee rate	0%
Buddy walk distance	3 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	1,090
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,454
Level 30 Max wild	2,181
Level 40	2,545
Level 50	2,877

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	1,817
Level 35 (wild)	2,363

Costumes

Slowking costumes

Slowking (2022)