Yung Dramps
awesome gaming
Ok, time to compare Slowbro to Alomomola.
Criteria:
The following sets will be used for both Pokemon
We shall now be looking at their match-ups from S to B+ ranks.
Azumarill
Slowbro does slightly better than Alo since it can actually damage Belly Drum variants, making switching in risky for the Azu user. Both lose to Perish trapper.
Scizor
As backwards as it may seem, Slowbro actually has a better match-up vs this than Alo. While the latter has to rely on Scald burns to take it out, Slowbro can lure Scizor into directly using Knock Off or Bug Bite, remove it with Flamethrower, and then can switch out and restore all of its hp.
Gliscor
Slowbro does better than Alomomola VS Gliscor. Because its Special Attack isn't piss poor, it can actually scare out Gliscor with Scald, even after it has activated its Toxic Orb.
Aerodactyl-Mega
Both win against this.
Altaria-Mega
Varies depending on the set, but both generally do poorly against it.
Hydreigon
Both do poorly against this, even Alo can be taken advantage of via U-turn.
Latias
Both do poorly, although Slowbro can do slightly better VS non Thunderbolt/Z-Thunder sets.
Manectric-Mega
lol
Serperior
Both lose, but Slowbro can at least keep it from setting up Sub.
Amoonguss
While Alo just straight loses to this, Slowbro can actually deal nice damage with Psyshock, averting it from switching in.
Breloom
If Bullet Seed gets a bad roll and another mon is already asleep (or sleep rolls happen), Slowbro can actually maybe win. Breloom cannot set up on Slowbro either unless it is asleep. Kinda inconsistent, but at least it has a chance unlike Alo.
Cobalion
Both can beat it, but once again, Slowbro's match-up is generally better due to its resistance to its dual STAB and higher power.
Infernape
See Cobalion.
Mamoswine
Both win comfortably.
Muk-Alola
First match-up so far where Slowbro does worse than Alo, but it doesn't take much from Pursuit, even after Colbur is consumed:
204+ Atk Muk-Alola Pursuit vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro: 162-192 (41.1 - 48.7%) -- 9.4% chance to 2HKO after hail damage
After Regenerator, that's like, 10% net damage.
Primarina
Slowbro does better since its spdef isnt awful and it can actually damage Primarina back.
Suicune
Both lose to Vincune I think idk
Aggron-Mega
Both win.
Alomomola
Alo wins VS the bro with Toxic.
Blissey
Both lose (Toxic stall).
Gengar
Slowbro loses to Specs and Life Orb, but wins VS Scarf if it has enough HP. (252 SpA Gengar Shadow Ball vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro: 318-374 (80.7 - 94.9%))
Unsure about how Alo does.
Heracross
Both lose.
Klefki
Slowbro wins much easier compared to Alo.
Pidgeot-Mega
Alo wins, the bro loses.
Sharpedo-Mega
Alo wins, the bro loses.
Stakataka
Both can win. Don't let it accumulate too many boosts, though.
Starmie
Both lose hard to Tbolt variants, but if it isn't running that, Slowbro has a generally higher winrate.
Swampert
Slowbro wins better.
Togekiss
Both lose to NP flinch hax.
tl;dr
-Slowbro wins against much of the same things Alomomola does while actually doing better in certain cases and not sacrificing too many match-ups
-The weaknesses that come with its additional Psychic typing are completely blown out of proportion, as there are few cases where they matter.
-Slowbro actually has a movepool with offenses, unlike Alo. While you can argue this leads to heavy 4MSS, this also comes with a slew of helpful bonuses like xMarth CM + Subzero Slammer set which can lure and take down many of Slowbro's special attacking checks.
I don't even care how much backlash I get for this, Slowbro for B+ AT MINIMUM
Criteria:
The following sets will be used for both Pokemon
Alomomola @ Leftovers
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 40 HP / 252 Def / 216 SpD
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Toxic
- Scald
This is the standard defensive Alomomola set, taken from Smogon.
Slowbro @ Colbur Berry
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Slack Off
- Scald
- Psyshock
- Flamethrower
This is an interesting set I came up with, a Slack Off + 3 Attacks set.
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 40 HP / 252 Def / 216 SpD
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Protect
- Toxic
- Scald
This is the standard defensive Alomomola set, taken from Smogon.
Slowbro @ Colbur Berry
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Slack Off
- Scald
- Psyshock
- Flamethrower
This is an interesting set I came up with, a Slack Off + 3 Attacks set.
We shall now be looking at their match-ups from S to B+ ranks.
Slowbro does slightly better than Alo since it can actually damage Belly Drum variants, making switching in risky for the Azu user. Both lose to Perish trapper.
As backwards as it may seem, Slowbro actually has a better match-up vs this than Alo. While the latter has to rely on Scald burns to take it out, Slowbro can lure Scizor into directly using Knock Off or Bug Bite, remove it with Flamethrower, and then can switch out and restore all of its hp.
Slowbro does better than Alomomola VS Gliscor. Because its Special Attack isn't piss poor, it can actually scare out Gliscor with Scald, even after it has activated its Toxic Orb.
Both win against this.
Varies depending on the set, but both generally do poorly against it.
Both do poorly against this, even Alo can be taken advantage of via U-turn.
Both do poorly, although Slowbro can do slightly better VS non Thunderbolt/Z-Thunder sets.
lol
Both lose, but Slowbro can at least keep it from setting up Sub.
While Alo just straight loses to this, Slowbro can actually deal nice damage with Psyshock, averting it from switching in.
If Bullet Seed gets a bad roll and another mon is already asleep (or sleep rolls happen), Slowbro can actually maybe win. Breloom cannot set up on Slowbro either unless it is asleep. Kinda inconsistent, but at least it has a chance unlike Alo.
Both can beat it, but once again, Slowbro's match-up is generally better due to its resistance to its dual STAB and higher power.
See Cobalion.
Both win comfortably.
First match-up so far where Slowbro does worse than Alo, but it doesn't take much from Pursuit, even after Colbur is consumed:
204+ Atk Muk-Alola Pursuit vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro: 162-192 (41.1 - 48.7%) -- 9.4% chance to 2HKO after hail damage
After Regenerator, that's like, 10% net damage.
Slowbro does better since its spdef isnt awful and it can actually damage Primarina back.
Both lose to Vincune I think idk
Both win.
Alo wins VS the bro with Toxic.
Both lose (Toxic stall).
Slowbro loses to Specs and Life Orb, but wins VS Scarf if it has enough HP. (252 SpA Gengar Shadow Ball vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro: 318-374 (80.7 - 94.9%))
Unsure about how Alo does.
Both lose.
Slowbro wins much easier compared to Alo.
Alo wins, the bro loses.
Alo wins, the bro loses.
Both can win. Don't let it accumulate too many boosts, though.
Both lose hard to Tbolt variants, but if it isn't running that, Slowbro has a generally higher winrate.
Slowbro wins better.
Both lose to NP flinch hax.
i gtg soon so i'll put these in later
tl;dr
-Slowbro wins against much of the same things Alomomola does while actually doing better in certain cases and not sacrificing too many match-ups
-The weaknesses that come with its additional Psychic typing are completely blown out of proportion, as there are few cases where they matter.
-Slowbro actually has a movepool with offenses, unlike Alo. While you can argue this leads to heavy 4MSS, this also comes with a slew of helpful bonuses like xMarth CM + Subzero Slammer set which can lure and take down many of Slowbro's special attacking checks.
I don't even care how much backlash I get for this, Slowbro for B+ AT MINIMUM