Slowbro #0080

WaterPsychic

Max CP	L402545L502877L51 · Best Buddy2911
Buddy Distance	3 km per Candy
Released	Jul 6, 2016Nov 17, 2020

Type Effectiveness

Slowbro takes 160% from Grass, Electric, Bug, Ghost and Dark moves.

Weak ×1.6

GrassElectricBugGhostDark

Resists ×0.6

FireWaterIceFightingPsychicSteel

Slowbro is a Water/Psychic-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Grass, Electric, Bug, Ghost and Dark.

It reaches 2877 CP at level 50, or 2911 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Confusion with Psychic.

Base Stats

Attack177

Defense180

Stamina216

Not main-series base stats. Bars scale to 450 / 450 / 500.

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	PsychicConfusion	PsychicPsychic	10.5	220
2	WaterWater Gun	PsychicPsychic	10.3	217
3	PsychicConfusion	WaterSurf	10.1	211
4	WaterWater Gun	WaterSurf	9.8	205
5	PsychicConfusion	IceIce Beam	8.9	186
6	PsychicConfusion	NormalReturn	8.8	185
7	WaterWater Gun	IceIce Beam	8.6	181
8	PsychicConfusion	WaterScald	8.5	178

6 More Pairings

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
9	WaterWater Gun	NormalReturn	8.4	177
10	PsychicConfusion	WaterWater Pulse	8.4	176
11	WaterWater Gun	WaterScald	8.2	173
12	WaterWater Gun	WaterWater Pulse	8.1	170
13	PsychicConfusion	FightingDrain Punch	7.7	161
14	WaterWater Gun	FightingDrain Punch	7.4	155

Raid damage at level 40, 15/15/15 IVs, no weather boost.

DPS is damage per second, TDO total damage before fainting. For one boss, see the raid counters.

Moves

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	EPS
Confusion	Psychic	19	14	1.5s	12.7	9.3
Water Gun	Water	5	5	0.5s	10.0	10.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
ReturnP	Normal	25	33	0.5s	50.0	0.76
SurfE	Water	60	50	1.5s	40.0	1.20
Psychic	Psychic	95	50	3.0s	31.7	1.90
Ice Beam	Ice	95	50	3.5s	27.1	1.90
Water Pulse	Water	65	50	3.0s	21.7	1.30
Scald	Water	75	50	3.5s	21.4	1.50
Drain Punch	Fighting	50	33	2.5s	20.0	1.52

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Confusion	Psychic	16	14	4	4.0	3.5
Water Gun	Water	3	3	1	3.0	3.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
ReturnP	Normal	130	70	1.86
SurfE	Water	75	45	1.67
Ice Beam	Ice	90	55	1.64
Psychic	Psychic	75	55	1.36
Scald	Water	85	50	1.70
Water Pulse	Water	80	50	1.60
Drain Punch	Fighting	40	40	1.00

DPS damage per second · EPS energy per second · DPE damage per energy.

Elite TM: only an Elite TM teaches it now.

Purified: Return is learned by purifying a Shadow.

Evolution Family

Slowpoke

#0079

WaterPsychic

45 purified

Slowbro

#0080

WaterPsychic

45 purified

Use a King's Rock

Slowking

#0199

WaterPsychic

Top Counters

Full Rankings

As a Tier 5 raid boss. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

1Mega Raichu YElectricThunder ShockElectricZap Cannon+36.6 eDPS
2Dawn Wings NecrozmaPsychicPsycho CutGhostMoongeist Beam35.7 eDPS
3Mega SceptileBugFury CutterGrassFrenzy PlantE35.1 eDPS
4Mega HoundoomDarkSnarlDarkDark Pulse+34.6 eDPS
5Mega BeedrillBugBug BiteEBugFell Stinger+34.2 eDPS
6Mega GengarGhostLickEGhostShadow Ball34.1 eDPS

See Full Rankings

Worth Powering Up?

Not stronger than the everyday pick against any Tier 5 or Mega boss.

The everyday pick is the best attacker that isn’t a Mega, Shadow or Legendary. Each number is how much more of the boss’s health this Pokémon takes off than that pick would. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	103710/10/10	109015/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	138210/10/10	145415/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	172810/10/10	181715/15/15
L40	40	21790/0/0	254515/15/15
L50	50	24640/0/0	287715/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	24930/0/0	291115/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	1090	934
Level 20	1454	1245
Level 25	1817	1557
Level 30	2181	1868
Level 35	2363	2024
Level 40	2545	2179
Level 45	2708	2319
Level 50	2877	2464
Level 51	2911	2493

Research, raid and egg catches have at least 10/10/10 IVs. A wild catch can be as low as 0/0/0.

L40 is the cap without XL Candy, L50 with it. L51 is Best Buddy only.

Dex Details

Second Charged Move	50 Candy · 50,000 Stardust
Height / Weight	1.6 m · 78.5 kg
Gender Ratio	50.0%50.0%
Trading	TradableTransferable

Abilities, EVs, breeding and learnsets: Slowbro in the RotomLabs Pokédex

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/13/151500 CP at level 22.5

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/13/15	1500	22.5	100.00%
#2	0/14/13	1497	22.5	99.82%
#3	0/15/12	1498	22.5	99.65%
#4	1/15/10	1500	22.5	99.51%
#5	0/12/15	1496	22.5	99.48%
#6	1/12/13	1498	22.5	99.35%
#7	0/13/13	1494	22.5	99.31%
#8	0/13/14	1497	22.5	99.31%
#9	1/13/12	1499	22.5	99.18%
#10	0/14/12	1494	22.5	99.14%

A 15/15/15 ranks #1776 of 4,096, with 95.06% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/14/142500 CP at level 45.5

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/14/14	2500	45.5	100.00%
#2	0/15/15	2497	45	99.90%
#3	0/13/12	2498	46	99.56%
#4	0/14/11	2499	46	99.54%
#5	0/15/10	2500	46	99.51%
#6	0/13/14	2494	45.5	99.48%
#7	0/13/15	2499	45.5	99.48%
#8	0/14/13	2495	45.5	99.46%
#9	0/15/12	2496	45.5	99.44%
#10	1/13/15	2498	45	99.43%

A 15/15/15 ranks #2418 of 4,096, with 95.40% of the best stat product.

Ultra League Rankings on PvPoke

Ranked by stat product at the highest level under the CP cap.

Trades and research have at least 10 in each IV, lucky trades 12. Check your own. This ranks IVs only. For the meta, see PvPoke.

Event Costumes

2021

Cosmetic only. Some came with an event-exclusive move.

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Slowbro #0080

Type Effectiveness

Base Stats

Best Movesets

Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Evolution Family

Top Counters

Worth Powering Up?

CP by Level

Dex Details

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

Ultra League

Event Costumes