Slowpoke counters

Gen 9 Ultramixandmega · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Slowpoke
#0079 Slowpoke
WaterPsychic
USAGE 11.3% #12
ABILITYDauntless Shield
BASE STATS
HP 90
ATK 65
DEF 65
SPA 40
SPD 40
SPE 15
BST315
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrassBugGhostDark
½×
FireWaterIceFightingPsychicSteel
Moves
Spirit Break 80.1% Scald 60.0% Strength Sap 54.8% Stealth Rock 49.3% Spikes 41.1% Shore Up 38.3% Steam Eruption 33.5% Slack Off 11.6%
Items
Gyaradosite 54.0% Sablenite 31.8% Staraptite 5.1% Heatranite 2.7% Chimechite 2.6% Aggronite 1.6% Chesnaughtite 1.4% Cameruptite 0.2%
Abilities
Dauntless Shield45.4%Intimidate33.7%Magic Guard7.2%Unaware4.0%Regenerator3.8%Well-Baked Body2.7%Volt Absorb1.4%Levitate1.3%
Common Teammates
Coalossal82.3%Mankey48.3%Bounsweet44.8%Greedent44.6%Chansey44.5%Crabominable41.3%Wiglett29.3%Dratini26.8%

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 #12 with 11.29% usage. Sorted by reliability score.