Slowbro is a Defender that uses Special Attacks in Pokemon Unite. The Pokemon is extremely tanky and players can play them to disrupt or debuff opponents with its moveset. Slowbro can be difficult to take down due to its natural ability to heal and its moveset and items can make it nearly unstoppable to knock out. This is how to play Slowbro in Pokemon Unite.
Best Uses for Slowbro in Pokemon Unite
Slowbrois a good disruptor and debuffer in Pokemon Unite, capable of attacking multiple enemies and interrupting scores. Players can play defensively or offensively with Slowbro largely because of itsObliviousAbility. This allows it to store HP to heal over time and decrease enemy Special Defense by4%up to20%forfive seconds. Slowbro’s moveset can cause them to also regain more HP from the ability. Slowbro’s Boosted Attacks decrease the Movement Speed of enemies hit by30%for one second and will stack on top of other movement debuffs.
Slowbro’s Moves
Atlevel one, Slowbro can learn eitherWater GunorSlack Off. Water Gun can be charged to deal varying amounts of damage, has afive second cooldown, and will reduce the target’s Movement Speed by35%for one second. It also restores some of the HP stored by Oblivious. Slack Off will restore1.5%of Slowbro’s max HP every half second forthree secondsand doubles all self healing. It has an11 second cooldownand is best used inside a goal.
Atlevel four, Slowbro will replace Water Gun with eitherScaldorSurf. Scald is a projectile that will hit three times and Burn any targets in the area. This slows down enemies for half a second while creating a cloud that slows down enemies inside by30%forthree seconds. Enemies will have their Attack reduced by40%for the same amount of time and heal players for some of their Oblivious HP stored. Surf will disrupt enemies, throw enemies in the air for a short time, and slow them down by25%for one second. This restores10%of Slowbro’s Oblivious HP every second forthree seconds.
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Atlevel six, Slowbro will replace Slack Off for eitherAmnesiaorTelekinesis. Amnesia has a cooldown ofnine secondsand will give Slowbro300 Defenseforfour seconds, restore22.5%of Oblivious HP every second forfour seconds, and will stop as soon as Slowbro takes any action. This also causes Slowbro to becomeUnstoppable. Telekinesis causes Slowbro to hold an enemy in midair and stop their actions entirely for2.3 seconds. This will restore15%of Slowbro’s Oblivious HP every second forfive seconds. Players can use Telekinesis again when holding an enemy in order to pull their target closer in for an ally likeAbsolor Tyranitar to take out.
Atlevel nine, Slowbro will learnSlowbeamtheir Unite Move. This does six hits of damage and will hold an enemy in place forthree seconds. This move will go through the Unstoppable condition and render the target immobile until the move ends. Slowbro will gain a Shield from this move and makes Slowbro immune to any hindrances during the duration.
Best Held and Battle Items for Slowbro
Slowbro can use quite a fewHeld Itemsthat entirely change its playstyle. While some items will make it more defensive, other items can help make Slowbro an offensive threat. Using astackingstrategy, players can combine Held Items like theAeos Cookieand combine it with the Battle ItemGoal Getter. Other Battle Items can be more versatile and keep Slowbro in the fight for even longer.
Best Held Items
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Best Battle Items
Best Builds for Slowbro
Slowbro is extremely multifaceted and its moves are interchangeable because of how powerful they are. There are two main builds that players can focus but can make changes wherever they want to better suit their playstyle.
Scald and Amnesia
The combination ofScaldandAmnesiagives Slowbro a massive Defense buff since both attacks make it withstand more Physical Attack damage. The upgraded version of Amnesia will also increase Slowbro’s Special Defense to make Slowbro even tankier. Scald is powerful in team fights and will keep the more frail Pokemon protected from Attackers. Paired up with astackbuild withAeos Cookie,Score Shield, and eitherBuddy BarrierorRocky Helmetalong with the Battle ItemGoal Getter, Slowbro becomes nearly impossible to take out.
Surf and Telekinesis
BothSurfandTelekinesisare disruptive moves that Slowbro can use to immobilize enemies either scoring or in team fights. Surf is a powerful crowd control move and can stun multiple enemies for a short duration. Telekinesis is a single target move, but being able to reel in enemies into a group of teammates can be deadly depending on the team composition. A more offensive build can be used withChoice Specs,Rocky Helmet, andBuddy BarrierwithX SpeedorSlow Smokeas the Battle Item.
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