PU Galarian Slowbro (Assault Vest) [QC: 2/2] [GP: 1/1]

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[SET]
Assault Vest (Slowbro-Galar) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 128 Def / 4 SpA / 128 SpD OR 248 HP / 16 Def / 4 SpA / 240 SpD
Tera Type: Water / Fairy
Relaxed Nature
- Psychic
- Shell Side Arm
- Flamethrower
- Surf / Earthquake

[SET COMMENTS]

Galarian Slowbro makes for an effective mixed wall and bulky pivot when equipped with an Assault Vest thanks to its good natural bulk and typing that enables it to check prominent threats like Florges and Paldean Tauros-W. Regenerator is an incredible ability that allows Galarian Slowbro to remain healthy throughout a game while maintaining momentum, which, when paired with its good coverage, lets it soft check most Pokemon in the tier, from setup sweepers like Calm Mind Scream Tail and Curse Arcanine to other walls like Bellibolt and Coalossal. Flamethrower gives Galarian Slowbro important coverage to hit Steel-types like Alolan Sandslash and Bronzong. Surf lets Galarian Slowbro punish Ground-types that threaten it on the switch, such as Mudsdale and Gligar, while also letting it hit Fire-types like Coalossal and Rotom-H. Earthquake gives Galarian Slowbro an advantage versus other Galarian Slowbro while also letting it hit Skuntank on the switch, which otherwise resists its STAB attacks and heavily threatens it with Knock Off. 4 Special Attack EVs mean that Shell Side Arm will always be special against targets with equal Defense and Special Defense, avoiding contact effects like Rocky Helmet. 128 Defense EVs let Galarian Slowbro tank a +2 Wave Crash from Jolly Paldean Tauros-W. An alternative EV spread of 248 HP / 16 Def / 4 SpA / 240 SpD can be used instead to allow Galarian Slowbro to tank two consecutive Boombursts from Throat Spray Toxtricity. Both Tera Water and Tera Fairy let Galarian Slowbro shed all of its regular weaknesses, letting it deal with Pokemon such as Mudsdale, Houndstone, Zoroark, and Bombirdier. Tera Fairy completely reverses Galarian Slowbro's Dark weakness and enables it to better handle Dark-types like Scrafty and Zoroark compared to Tera Water while retaining its ability to handle Fighting-types like Flamigo and Pawmot. Tera Water lets Galarian Slowbro better handle Water- and Fire-types such as Delphox and Inteleon, allows Surf to 2HKO Ground-types like Gligar and Golurk, and does better into Skuntank compared to Tera Fairy due to lack of a Poison weakness.

Assault Vest Galarian Slowbro fits excellently on balance and bulky offense teams due to its ability to serve as a reliable pivot into Fighting- and Fairy-type attackers for teammates like Alolan Sandslash and Paldean Tauros-W. Galarian Slowbro is particularly susceptible to Knock Off due to its Dark weakness and reliance on its item to check special attackers, so teammates like Scrafty, Mudsdale, and Bellibolt that can switch in on Knock Off users like Skuntank and Zoroark make for good partners. Scrafty in particular makes for a great partner, as while it can defensively and offensively deal with Dark- and Ghost-types, Galarian Slowbro deals with the Fairy- and Fighting-types that threaten Scrafty, such as Flamigo and Paldean Tauros-W. Galarian Slowbro is also threatened by Ground-types like Mudsdale, so Ground-resistant and -immune teammates like Decidueye and Gligar are appreciated. Bombirdier and Staraptor both make for strong partners for their ability to deter Ground-type attacks while offensively checking Decidueye, Golurk, and Scrafty that all threaten Galarian Slowbro. Galarian Slowbro is greatly hurt by entry hazards, as it switches frequently to recover health with Regenerator, so teammates that can remove these hazards such as Coalossal and Altaria make for excellent partners, and in return, Galarian Slowbro can check Paldean Tauros-W and Paldean Tauros-F for Coalossal and Florges for Altaria.

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[SET]
Assault Vest (Slowbro-Galar) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 128 Def / 4 SpA / 128 SpD
Tera Type: Water / Fairy
Relaxed Nature
- Psychic
- Shell Side Arm
- Flamethrower
- Surf / Earthquake (QC team agreed Surf is better than EQ as a way to punish Ground-types on the switch, which works well with Tera Water to 2HKO the likes of Mudsdale and Gligar)

[SET COMMENTS]

Galarian Slowbro makes for an effective bulky pivot when equipped with an Assault Vest thanks to its good natural bulk and typing that enables it to check prominent threats like Florges and Paldean Tauros-W, and Regenerator which lets it remain healthy throughout a game (The Regenerator part here feels shoehorned in at the end. Try ending the sentence after Paldean Tarous-W and expand upon how its great recovery in Regenerator along with solid coverage makes it so splashable on teams as it can soft check almost everything, from setup sweepers like Calm Mind Scream Tail and Curse Arcanine to walls like Bellibolt and Coallosal). Flamethrower gives Galarian Slowbro important coverage to hit Steel-types like Alolan Sandslash and Bronzongs Bronzong. (add Surf as coverage for Fire- and Ground-types) Earthquake lets Galarian Slowbro hit Skuntank on the switch, which walls it's STABs its STAB attacks and heavily threatens it with Knock Off, while also giving Galarian Slowbro and an advantage vs versus other Galarian Slowbro. 4 Special Attack EV's mean that Shell Side Arm will always be Special against targets with equal Defense and Special Defense, avoiding contact effects like Rocky Helmet. 128 Defense EV's let Slowbro Galar tank a +2 Wave Crash from Jolly Paldean Tauros-W. An alternative EV spread of 248 HP / 16 Def / 4 SpA / 240 SpD can be used instead to allow Galarian Slowbro to tank 2 consecutive Boombursts from Throat Spray Toxtricity, assuming the throat spray is activated on the first Boomburst and not beforehand. Both Tera Water and Tera Fairy let Galarian Slowbro shed its Dark- Ghost- and Ground-type all of its regular weaknesses, letting it deal with Pokemon such as Mudsdale, Houndstone, Zoroark, (comma) and Bombirdier. Tera Fairy completely reverses Galarian Slowbros Dark-Type weakness and enables it to better handle Dark-Types like Scrafty and Zoroark compared to Tera Water, while retaining its ability to handle Fighting-Types like Flamigo and Pawmot. Tera Water lets Galarian Slowbro better handle Water- and Fire-types such as Delphox and Inteleon, makes Surf a 2HKO versus Ground-types like Gligar and Golurk, and while better handling handles Skuntank better compared to Tera Fairy due to lack of a Poison weakness.

Assault Vest Galarian Slowbro fits excellently on balance and bulky offense teams due to it ability to serve as a reliable pivot into Fighting- and Fairy-type attackers for teammates like Alolan Sandslash and Paldean Tauros-W. Galarian Slowbro is particuarly particularly susceptible to knock Knock Off due to its dark resistance Dark-type weakness and reliance on its item to check special attackers, so teammates like Scrafty, Mudsdale, and Bellibolt and who can switch in on knock Knock Off users like Skuntank make for good partners (Just expanded on this point. I don't exactly like Scrafty as an example here because it easily loses to the two most common knockers in Skunk and Bomb, but it's fine given your following explanation. Physical walls, that often run Rocky Helment, like Muds and Belli are better examples to tank Knock). Scrafty in particular makes for a great partner, as while it can defensively and offensively deal with Dark- and Ghost- Types Ghost-types, Galarian Slowbro deals with the Fairy- and Fighting-types that threaten Scrafty. Galarian Slowbro is also threatened by Ground-types like Mudsdale, so Ground resistant and immune teammates like Wo-Chien and Gligar are appreciated. (Follow this point with mentioning both Bombirdier and Staraptor as Flying-types that deter Ground-type attacks for Galarian Slowbro, and they are great offensive checks to the likes of Decidueye, Golurk, and Scrafty)

[SET CREDITS]
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S1nn0hC0nfirm3d said:
[SET]
Assault Vest (Slowbro-Galar) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 128 Def / 4 SpA / 128 SpD
Tera Type: Water / Fairy
Relaxed Nature
- Psychic
- Shell Side Arm
- Flamethrower
- Surf / Earthquake (QC team agreed Surf is better than EQ as a way to punish Ground-types on the switch, which works well with Tera Water to 2HKO the likes of Mudsdale and Gligar)

[SET COMMENTS]

Galarian Slowbro makes for an effective bulky pivot when equipped with an Assault Vest thanks to its good natural bulk and typing that enables it to check prominent threats like Florges and Paldean Tauros-W, and Regenerator which lets it remain healthy throughout a game (The Regenerator part here feels shoehorned in at the end. Try ending the sentence after Paldean Tarous-W and expand upon how its great recovery in Regenerator along with solid coverage makes it so splashable on teams as it can soft check almost everything, from setup sweepers like Calm Mind Scream Tail and Curse Arcanine to walls like Bellibolt and Coallosal). Flamethrower gives Galarian Slowbro important coverage to hit Steel-types like Alolan Sandslash and Bronzongs Bronzong. (add Surf as coverage for Fire- and Ground-types) Earthquake lets Galarian Slowbro hit Skuntank on the switch, which walls it's STABs its STAB attacks and heavily threatens it with Knock Off, while also giving Galarian Slowbro and an advantage vs versus other Galarian Slowbro. 4 Special Attack EV's mean that Shell Side Arm will always be Special against targets with equal Defense and Special Defense, avoiding contact effects like Rocky Helmet. 128 Defense EV's let Slowbro Galar tank a +2 Wave Crash from Jolly Paldean Tauros-W. An alternative EV spread of 248 HP / 16 Def / 4 SpA / 240 SpD can be used instead to allow Galarian Slowbro to tank 2 consecutive Boombursts from Throat Spray Toxtricity, assuming the throat spray is activated on the first Boomburst and not beforehand. Both Tera Water and Tera Fairy let Galarian Slowbro shed its Dark- Ghost- and Ground-type all of its regular weaknesses, letting it deal with Pokemon such as Mudsdale, Houndstone, Zoroark, (comma) and Bombirdier. Tera Fairy completely reverses Galarian Slowbros Dark-Type weakness and enables it to better handle Dark-Types like Scrafty and Zoroark compared to Tera Water, while retaining its ability to handle Fighting-Types like Flamigo and Pawmot. Tera Water lets Galarian Slowbro better handle Water- and Fire-types such as Delphox and Inteleon, makes Surf a 2HKO versus Ground-types like Gligar and Golurk, and while better handling handles Skuntank better compared to Tera Fairy due to lack of a Poison weakness.

Assault Vest Galarian Slowbro fits excellently on balance and bulky offense teams due to it ability to serve as a reliable pivot into Fighting- and Fairy-type attackers for teammates like Alolan Sandslash and Paldean Tauros-W. Galarian Slowbro is particuarly particularly susceptible to knock Knock Off due to its dark resistance Dark-type weakness and reliance on its item to check special attackers, so teammates like Scrafty, Mudsdale, and Bellibolt and who can switch in on knock Knock Off users like Skuntank make for good partners (Just expanded on this point. I don't exactly like Scrafty as an example here because it easily loses to the two most common knockers in Skunk and Bomb, but it's fine given your following explanation. Physical walls, that often run Rocky Helment, like Muds and Belli are better examples to tank Knock). Scrafty in particular makes for a great partner, as while it can defensively and offensively deal with Dark- and Ghost- Types Ghost-types, Galarian Slowbro deals with the Fairy- and Fighting-types that threaten Scrafty. Galarian Slowbro is also threatened by Ground-types like Mudsdale, so Ground resistant and immune teammates like Wo-Chien and Gligar are appreciated. (Follow this point with mentioning both Bombirdier and Staraptor as Flying-types that deter Ground-type attacks for Galarian Slowbro, and they are great offensive checks to the likes of Decidueye, Golurk, and Scrafty)

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Morge said:
[SET]
Assault Vest (Slowbro-Galar) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 128 Def / 4 SpA / 128 SpD OR 248 HP / 16 Def / 4 SpA / 240 SpD (We mentioned both in the sample, so i dont see why we cant do the same here for the full analysis.)
Tera Type: Water / Fairy
Relaxed Nature
- Psychic
- Shell Side Arm
- Flamethrower
- Surf / Earthquake

[SET COMMENTS]

Galarian Slowbro makes for an effective bulky pivot when equipped with an Assault Vest thanks to its good natural bulk and typing that enables it to check prominent threats like Florges and Paldean Tauros-W. (this is nitpicky, but i think saying "mixed wall bulky pivot" at the start would be smart as you mention both a physical and special attacker.) Regenerator is an incredible ability that allows Galarian Slowbro to remain healthy throughout a game while maintaining momentum, which paired with its good coverage lets it soft check most Pokemon in the tier, from setup sweepers like Calm Mind Scream Tail and Curse Arcanine to other walls like Bellibolt and Coalossal. Flamethrower gives Galarian Slowbro important coverage to hit Steel-types like Alolan Sandslash and Bronzong. Surf lets Galarian Slowbro punish Ground-Types that threaten it on the switch, such as Mudsdale and Gligar, while also letting it hit Fire-Types like Coalossal and Rotom-Heat. Earthquake lets Galarian Slowbro hit Skuntank on the switch which walls it's STAB attacks and heavily threatens it with Knock Off, while also giving Galarian Slowbro an advantage versus other Galarian Slowbro. (I would mention the Slowbro mirror first as thats 90% of the reason your running EQ anyways, then you can mention the Skunk MU.) 4 Special Attack EV's mean that Shell Side Arm will always be Special against targets with equal Defense and Special Defense, avoiding contact effects like Rocky Helmet. 128 Defense EV's let Slowbro Galar tank a +2 Wave Crash from Jolly Paldean Tauros-W. An alternative EV spread of 248 HP / 16 Def / 4 SpA / 240 SpD can be used instead to allow Galarian Slowbro to tank 2 consecutive Boombursts from Throat Spray Toxtricity, assuming the throat spray is activated on the first Boomburst and not beforehand. (This would be assumed i feel as you mention Throat Spray, so no need to add.) Both Tera Water and Tera Fairy let Galarian Slowbro shed its all of its regular weaknesses, letting it deal with Pokemon such as Mudsdale, Houndstone, Zoroark, and Bombirdier. Tera Fairy completely reverses Galarian Slowbros Dark-Type weakness and enables it to better handle Dark-Types like Scrafty and Zoroark compared to Tera Water, while retaining its ability to handle Fighting-Types like Flamigo and Pawmot. Tera Water lets Galarian Slowbro better handle Water- and Fire-types such as Delphox and Inteleon, allows surf to 2HKO Ground-types like Gligar and Golurk ,and handles Skuntank better compared to Tera Fairy due to lack of a Poison weakness.

Assault Vest Galarian Slowbro fits excellently on balance and bulky offense teams due to it ability to serve as a reliable pivot into Fighting- and Fairy-type attackers for teammates like Alolan Sandslash and Paldean Tauros-W. Galarian Slowbro is particularly susceptible to Knock Off due to its Dark-type weakness and reliance on its item to check special attackers, so teammates like Scrafty, Mudsdale, and Bellibolt who can switch in on Knock Off users like Skuntankt and Zoroark (adding another Knock example for the sake of it) make for good partners. Scrafty in particular makes for a great partner, as while it can defensively and offensively deal with Dark- and Ghost-Types, Galarian Slowbro deals with the Fairy- and Fighting-types that threaten Scrafty (such as?). Galarian Slowbro is also threatened by Ground-types like Mudsdale, so Ground resistant and immune teammates like Wo-Chien (This rly isnt the bestest of examples because wo doesnt rly wanna deal w Muds bpress, so another mention like Deci could be better) and Gligar are appreciated. Bombirdier and Staraptor both make for strong partners for their ability to deter Ground-type attacks while offensively checking Decidueye, Golurk, and Scrafty who all threaten Galarian Slowbro.
(I think mentioning some forms of hazard control ie Spin Coal / Havalugg or Defog alt could nice as Galarbro rly wants to have Rocks and especially spikes off the field because it switches in alot to recover off damage w regen or just softcheck the variety of things it walls. You could mention some examples of checks to hazard control options Galarbro checks back to justify the mention ie Bro beats Tauros Formes for the spinners or Florges for alt.)
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[SET]
Assault Vest (Slowbro-Galar) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 128 Def / 4 SpA / 128 SpD OR 248 HP / 16 Def / 4 SpA / 240 SpD
Tera Type: Water / Fairy
Relaxed Nature
- Psychic
- Shell Side Arm
- Flamethrower
- Surf / Earthquake

[SET COMMENTS]

Galarian Slowbro makes for an effective mixed wall and bulky pivot when equipped with an Assault Vest thanks to its good natural bulk and typing that enables it to check prominent threats like Florges and Paldean Tauros-W. Regenerator is an incredible ability that allows Galarian Slowbro to remain healthy throughout a game while maintaining momentum, which, (AC) when paired with its good coverage, (AC) lets it soft check most Pokemon in the tier, from setup sweepers like Calm Mind Scream Tail and Curse Arcanine to other walls like Bellibolt and Coalossal. Flamethrower gives Galarian Slowbro important coverage to hit Steel-types like Alolan Sandslash and Bronzong. Surf lets Galarian Slowbro punish Ground-types that threaten it on the switch, such as Mudsdale and Gligar, while also letting it hit Fire-types like Coalossal and Rotom-Heat. Earthquake gives Galarian Slowbro an advantage versus other Galarian Slowbro, (RC) while also letting it hit Skuntank on the switch, (AC) which otherwise resists its STAB attacks and heavily threatens it with Knock Off. 4 Special Attack EV's EVs mean that Shell Side Arm will always be special against targets with equal Defense and Special Defense, avoiding contact effects like Rocky Helmet. 128 Defense EV's EVs let Galarian Slowbro Galar tank a +2 Wave Crash from Jolly Paldean Tauros-W. An alternative EV spread of 248 HP / 16 Def / 4 SpA / 240 SpD can be used instead to allow Galarian Slowbro to tank 2 two consecutive Boombursts from Throat Spray Toxtricity. Both Tera Water and Tera Fairy let Galarian Slowbro shed its all of its regular weaknesses, letting it deal with Pokemon such as Mudsdale, Houndstone, Zoroark, and Bombirdier. Tera Fairy completely reverses Galarian Slowbros Slowbro's Dark-Type weakness and enables it to better handle Dark-types like Scrafty and Zoroark compared to Tera Water, (RC) while retaining its ability to handle Fighting-types like Flamigo and Pawmot. Tera Water lets Galarian Slowbro better handle Water- and Fire-types such as Delphox and Inteleon, allows Surf to 2HKO Ground-types like Gligar and Golurk, (AS) and handles does better into Skuntank better compared to Tera Fairy due to lack of a Poison weakness.

Assault Vest Galarian Slowbro fits excellently on balance and bulky offense teams due to it its ability to serve as a reliable pivot into Fighting- and Fairy-type attackers for teammates like Alolan Sandslash and Paldean Tauros-W. Galarian Slowbro is particularly susceptible to Knock Off due to its Dark-type weakness and reliance on its item to check special attackers, so teammates like Scrafty, Mudsdale, and Bellibolt who that can switch in on Knock Off users like Skuntank and Zoroark make for good partners. Scrafty in particular makes for a great partner, as while it can defensively and offensively deal with Dark- and Ghost-types, Galarian Slowbro deals with the Fairy- and Fighting-types that threaten Scrafty, such as Flamigo and Paldean Tauros-W. Galarian Slowbro is also threatened by Ground-types like Mudsdale, so Ground resistant Ground-resistant and -immune (AH) teammates like Decidueye and Gligar are appreciated. Bombirdier and Staraptor both make for strong partners for their ability to deter Ground-type attacks while offensively checking Decidueye, Golurk, and Scrafty who that all threaten Galarian Slowbro. Galarian Slowbro is greatly hurt by entry hazards, (AC) as it switches frequently to recover health with Regenerator, so teammates who that can remove these hazards such as Coalossal and Altaria make for excellent partners, while and in return, (AC) Galarian Slowbro can check Paldean Tauros-W and Paldean Tauros-F for Coalossal and Florges for Altaria.

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