Pokemon Reviews: Slowking

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Slowking

Being bitten by a Shellder on the head gave Slowking a truly smart intelligence rivaling that of an award-winning scientist's. This happens when toxins from the Shellder entered Slowpoke's head. Whatever situation Slowking is in, it will always stay calm and collected.
Slowking is a Pokemon that kinda freaks people out when they see it for the first time. But it does have a good design, and it soon starts to grow on you. Slowking is an exceptionally good Pokemon. He has okay HP, Attack, and Defense stats. As you can tell, it is also a slow Pokemon. It's highest stats are its Sp. Attack and Sp. Defense stats. It makes Slowking fairly useful.
A good thing about Slowking is that he has lots of Special moves to fit his high Sp. Attack stat. If you want some good STAB moves, try Psychic, Future Sight, Scald, Surf, anything like that. He learns Calm Mind, which raises its Sp. Attack and Sp. Defense stats. Considering how good Slowking's Sp. Attack and Sp. Defense stats are already, it's a good move on him. You can learn the recovery move, Slack Off, which restores HP. Slowking has a good amount of useful moves for himself.
He has the same abilities as Slowbro does. Oblivious means you can't fall in love with your opponent's Pokemon. Moves such as Attract or the ability Cute Charm have no effect on Slowking. It's okay, but most people don't seem to use the move Attract. Plus, if your opponent's Pokemon are the same gender as Slowking, this ability doesn't really do much. The other ability, Own Tempo, prevents you from being confused. Swagger and Flatter can't do anything to you. Unlike infatuation, confusion can actually make you Pokemon hurt itself, and that's why more people seem to like Own Tempo a bit better than Oblivious.
So Slowking is a good Pokemon. Not exactly the best, but it makes a great Pokemon overall. If you experiment with Slowking, your quest for a useful Pokemon should end with him.

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Pokémon Black 2 And White 2

Scheduled to be released in America in October 7th, 2012, and in Europe five days later, Black 2 & White 2 will be extremely amazing. With a new Unova Dex, as well as new forms to legendaries like Kyurem & Keldeo. New items and more Pokémon with Hidden Abilities accessible outside the Dream World and in the game, and the release of Unova Pokemon in the Dream World- (apparently) . For more information, which may contain spoilers, look it up on Google and check out sites like serebii.net and Bulbapedia.

Blog Key

Positive Review- The Pokemon is strong, great, used a lot, Pokemon is good overall.

In-Between Review- The Pokemon is okay, not the best, okay, acceptable, has one or two faults, In the Middle.

Yikes Review- The Pokemon is bad, maybe weak, not the best at all, has a few faults, it needs improvement.

STAB- Stands for Same Type Attack Bonus. It's when a Pokemon uses an attack that is the same Type as itself. The move becomes more powerful because the move is the same Type as the user.

Eeveelutions- An evolved form of Eevee.

Staller- A Pokemon that takes up time in battle. They usually use something like Toxic, use an Attack to inflict damage and after that, uses Protect to take up some time, and rely on the Poisoning to defeat the opposing Pokemon. It also counts with Pokemon who use moves like Refresh. Usually a Stalling Pokemon has to have high HP, Defense, Sp. Defense, and Speed stats.

Uber- A Pokemon capable of doing a lot of damage, mostly legendaries.

Tiers- Ranks that separate Pokemon into different classes, based on how often they're used and how capable they are in battle. LC is Little Cup, which is mainly unevolved Pokemon, NFE is Not Fully-Evolved, which are Pokemon that have evolved, but aren't fully-evolved, and Limbo are Pokemon being tested out to see how capable they are. To find out more about the main tiers, check out serebii.net, smogon, and Bulbapedia.

Entry Hazards- Things set up by using the moves Spikes, Toxic Spikes, or Stealth Rock. These can hurt Pokemon after being set up upon the Pokemon being sent out in the battle. Depending on the Pokemon's typing, they may get hurt a lot. If a Pokemon is 4x weak to Stealth Rock, for example, they lose half of their HP. Spikes can be avoided with levitating or Flying-Type Pokemon. Toxic Spikes poison the opponent's Pokemon when they're sent out into battle. Two sets of them badly poison them.