Slowking counters

Gen 9 Pokébilities Almost Any Ability · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Slowking
#0199 Slowking
WaterPsychic
USAGE 14.1% #9
ABILITYShadow Shield
BASE STATS
HP 95
ATK 75
DEF 80
SPA 100
SPD 110
SPE 30
BST490
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrassBugGhostDark
½×
FireWaterIceFightingPsychicSteel
Moves
Scald 98.0% Chilly Reception 95.9% Future Sight 92.8% Earthquake 81.3% Slack Off 12.7% Thunder Wave 7.6% Psychic Noise 4.0% Shadow Ball 2.0%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 94.3% Assault Vest 2.4% Leftovers 1.2% Lagging Tail 0.7% Rocky Helmet 0.4% Terrain Extender 0.3% Light Clay 0.3% Colbur Berry 0.2%
Abilities
Shadow Shield66.0%Vessel of Ruin22.9%Multiscale3.8%Earth Eater3.1%Volt Absorb1.5%Psychic Surge0.8%Fluffy0.6%Hadron Engine0.3%
Common Teammates
Corviknight59.5%Meowscarada43.9%Ditto29.4%Pecharunt23.6%Blissey18.1%Forretress15.3%Garganacl14.4%Hatterene14.4%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #9 with 14.06% usage. Sorted by reliability score.