Mega Slowbro Officially Revealed

The Pokémon World Championship is taking place right now and Junichi Masuda has officially revealed Mega Slowbro.

Mega Slowbro’s energy has gathered in the Shellder clamped onto its tail. As a result, the hardness of its shell is boosted, making an armor so hard that nothing and no one can scratch it. When Mega Slowbro battles, it stands up on its tail. It can move by bouncing along, using its tail as a spring.

After Mega Evolving, its Shell Armor Ability means that opponents’ attacks will never land a critical hit. In terms of stats, its previously high Defense jumps still more, and its Sp. Attack also increases, making Mega Slowbro a great Pokémon for long, sticky battles that require endurance. – Official Site

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294 thoughts on “Mega Slowbro Officially Revealed”

    • Mega slowbro is so going to uber seriously if you use Mega slowbro just because of its ability and defense increase alone in a competitive online match or anywhere than you got no skill and you got no life and you should quit competitive pokemon seriously i hope Mega slowbro get ban from competitive play right away at once before some loser used its!

      Sorry but its the truth and i just tell its like its is!

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  1. Guys, Slowbro can learn Amnesia and can take hits because of boosted defense. We haven’t found a way counter that with our dragons. We’re going to have testing performed on it so it can be banned to Ubers. – Smogon

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  2. This thing is going to be so slow… I would run it in doubles with Meowstic. It’s basically Cofagrigus with more HP and a different typing.

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  3. I can now see how Mega Slowbro could be really really annoying to take out. If you set up Amnesia(s), it becomes really bulky in both Defenses and with it having Shell Armor, Critical hits won’t penetrate its Sp. Def boosts and if it gets Toxicated (Toxic’d?) it could just rest up.. Best tank ever?

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      • Rest’s a better option since Toxic screws it up, but if the opponent doesn’t carry Toxic, Slack off’s the better option

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        • rest is a horrible option either way. you cant run chesto berry cause of megastone

          and sleep talk would be a waste of a move

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          • If you’re fully invested in Defenses and have those Sp. Defenses set up, nothing can harm MegaBro that badly, and if you’ve Toxic’d the opponent, they’re just wasting their time attacking a sleeping MegaBro since it won’t go down in one hit..

          • Nonono
            Rest heals you and kicks out Badly Poisoned for Asleep
            Whereas Slack Off heals but leaves the Toxic so it can get worse.

          • so you dont need to waste 2 moves for these things

            imo just bring a gliscor/venusaur or a magic bouncer and toxic is bye bye

          • That’s the thing, if MegaBro’s your last Pokemon and the only way to win is by stalling, Rest would be better. And you can’t always switch in other pokemon in on a predicted Toxic since they might predict that and go for an all out attack or pull a double switch

          • It depends what you want your Slowbro to do…The mega is no longer a pivot that you can constantly switch in and out because it doesn’t get Regenerator any more, so it will be worn down easily…if you keep switching it out. Slack Off is good if you dont use it as a set up sweeper, Rest is good if you want to set up with it, things like Toxic don’t get on your nerves.

            There is no better option, there are different options for different scenarios.

          • In theory, the rest set is the ultimate wall as long as you get an amnesia up. Other options could be a special attacking set with Slack off, Trick room set in doubles (keep in nonME form for oblivious), or just a toxic stall

  4. I’m still confused… I thought megas were announced last year to be exclusive to fully evolved pokemon or to those that don’t evolve normally, right?

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  5. I never understood where Slowking got that flower around its neck.. Mega Slowking with the flower consuming half of its body confirmed?

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  6. Junichi Masuda: They really liked Mega Slowbro. Let’s make even more hideous Mega Evolutions that no one will use!

    Mega Slowbro: They laughed at my face, so I bathed in their blood.

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  7. Whenever I join the bandwagon by joining some new internet thing like Chatango, Twitter, and Youtube, it always seems like I’m still one step behind. :

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  8. can’t get over it has to stand on its tail, so funny to me. i also had a dream that tentacruel got a mega evolution, so you heard it hear first lol

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