Deserves better, slowbro

Today's pick might seem like a strange one. Slowbro comes with abyssmal max CP with a potential just above 2400.

Still, this water / psychic pokemon comes with the same bulk as dragonite and friends, a little over 150 HP.

For primary attacks we have Confusion and Water Gun, making the pick an absolute no-brainer.

Charge attacks are Ice Beam, Psychic and Water Pulse. All three are relatively slow with Psychic the fastest despite being a one bar attack. Normally this would have Psychic the preferred attack, but in a defensive position it's usually favourable to mix attack types, and we're already running with a psychic type primary attack.

All three are perfectly servicable, making slowbro one of the friendliest pokemon to evolve into. As long as you get Confusion as your primary attack you have a quality defender.


Slowbro is one of the pokemon that makes good friends with lapras in a gym designed around lower CP quality defenders. Having to attack into a water type pokemon that hits back with a different attack type is always awkward, and slowbro does this job just as well as lapras.