Is Slowbro Good in Crystal Playthrough?
One of the bulkier Water-types in Crystal with Psychic coverage built in. Slowbro handles Chuck's Fighting-types on the defensive side and contributes against Koga at the E4. The low Speed means it always takes a hit first, but the Defense usually absorbs it.
Slowpoke trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Bugsy's team hits Slowpoke's weaknesses hard.
Whitney's typing presses Slowpoke's defenses.
Slowpoke has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
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Slowpoke trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
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Slowpoke trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
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Slowpoke trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
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Slowbro trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
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Slowbro has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
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Slowbro trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
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Slowbro trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
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Slowbro resists most of Janine's coverage and hits back hard.
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Slowbro trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
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Slowbro resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
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Slowbro resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
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Slowbro has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
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Slowbro trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
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Slowbro resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
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Slowbro resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
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Slowbro has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
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Slowbro has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
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Catch Slowpoke
Catch Slowpoke in Slowpoke Well (walking, Lv 6-8, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TUTORFireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- LV 48PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Slowpoke to Slowbro
Slowpoke evolves into Slowbro at Level 37. Your Slowpoke should hit Level 37 before you reach Clair, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TUTORFireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- LV 54PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Slowpoke to Slowking
Slowpoke evolves into Slowking when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Clair.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TUTORFireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- LV 48PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Slowbro in Crystal
The single wild Slowbro is an uncommon surf encounter in Slowpoke Well, and that is it. A Slowpoke at level 37 evolves into one, which most players do instead.
Wild Slowbro may be holding when caught:
Kings Rock (2% chance) May make the foe flinch. (HOLD)1 location to catch Slowbro2 locations to catch Slowpoke
Encountered via Surfing
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
Badge 1Catch Slowpoke at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 37 — it evolves into Slowbro.
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Where To Catch Slowbro in C
Slowpoke gets you Slowbro sooner: catch it (before Badge 2) and evolve it at Lv 37. Wild Slowbro needs Surf (after Badge 3).
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Crystal for Slowbro.
How to Get Shiny Slowbro in Crystal
Slowbro only surfaces while surfing inside Slowpoke Well, an uncommon level 20 encounter; it is a single-spot hunt, so settle onto that pool and grind. Compare Shiny Slowbro odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Slowbro Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Crystal shiny odds for Slowbro.
Slowbro Weakness
Slowbro is weak to Electric, Grass, Bug, Ghost, and Dark. It resists 6 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely. Slowbro's physical bulk (base 110 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass, Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Fighting, Psychic, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Slowbro Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Slowbro
 Elekid Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodRoute 34 Gift | ||
 Gastly GhostPoison | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Slowbro View Gastly builds →Thunder 2x69-81% Lick 2x9-12% | ||
 Ledian Bug | C | |
 Bayleef Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Slowbro View Bayleef builds →Razor Leaf 2x38-45% Fury Cutter 2x7-8% | ||
 Pichu Electric | D | |
Obtain MethodRoute 34 Gift | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
 Bellsprout GrassPoison | D | |
 Skiploom Grass | C | |
 Paras BugGrass | C | |
 Oddish GrassPoison | C | |
 Venonat BugPoison | D | |
 Spinarak BugPoison | D | |
Slowbro Evolutions
Slowpoke's line splits into 2 evolutions, and Slowbro is the level-up path. Each sibling form needs a different method to obtain. Breed through Slowpoke to get eggs. Slowbro and Slowking share the same 490 total stats, but they're distributed differently. Check the comparison below to see where each one specializes. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Slowbro to get Slowpoke eggs easily using 36 partners from the Monster and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Belly Drum, Future Sight, Safeguard and 1 more.
C Slowbro Best Moveset
110 Defense absorbs physical hits while MoveAmnesia stacks Sp. Def for the other side. MovePsychic and MoveSurf from 100 Sp. Atk provide dual TermStab offense. MoveThunder Wave controls faster threats. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Dual-defense capability that most defensive Pokemon can't match.
Best Build
Support Moveset
- Thunder Wave
- Surf
- Rest
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Slowbro. Belly Drum and Future Sight come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Future Sight and Dream Eater and coverage across 9 types.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
29 of 37 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
An attached SHELLDER won’t let go because of the tasty flavor that oozes out of its tail.
Slowbro Crystal Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Crystal, but Slowbro does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Slowbro hits 590 BST.
Yes. Wild Slowbro in Crystal can hold Kings Rock (2%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Kings Rock.
In Crystal, Slowbro plays as a tank. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
Yes. Galarian Slowbro is a regional variant with different typing and a reworked stat spread. Introduced in Gen 8. Plays completely differently from the original.
Game Availability
Available since Red & Blue, Slowbro appears in 21 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Mega form in Generation 6 and a Galarian form in Generation 8.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwShGalarian
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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