Is Slowpoke Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Slowpoke evolves into Slowbro at 37 with AbilityOblivious or AbilityOwn Tempo. Trade import from FRLG. Water/Psychic handles Flannery and Brawly through bulk and Special power. The Psychic typing helps against Phoebe's Ghost E4. Slow but incredibly durable.
Roxanne's typing presses Slowpoke's defenses.
Slowpoke trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Slowpoke's weaknesses hard.
Slowpoke has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Slowpoke trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Slowpoke trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Slowpoke trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Juan's typing presses Slowpoke's defenses.
Sidney's team hits Slowpoke's weaknesses hard.
Slowpoke trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Glacia's team hits Slowpoke's weaknesses hard.
Slowpoke trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Wallace's team hits Slowpoke's weaknesses hard.
Trade
Slowpoke cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 48PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Breed Slowbro
Slowbro cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TM04PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 54PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 80Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Breed Slowking
Slowking cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TM04PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 48PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 80Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Slowpoke in Emerald
How to Get Shiny Slowpoke in Emerald
Slowpoke is missing from Emerald entirely, so trade one in from LeafGreen, the lone version that hosts it, where it lazes on the shores of Seafoam Islands and also rises to a Super Rod cast; hunt the shine there. See every game where Shiny Slowpoke can be hunted
Slowpoke Weakness
Slowpoke's Water/Psychic typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Grass, Bug, Ghost, and Dark. With 6 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. Slowpoke's physical bulk (base 65 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
What is Slowpoke Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Slowpoke
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Slowpoke View Heracross builds →Megahorn 2x140-165%KO Thief 2x19-23% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Slowpoke View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x186-219%KO Feint Attack 2x94-111%KO Pin Missile 2x11-13% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Slowpoke View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x152-178%KO Shadow Ball 2x52-62% Thief 2x52-61% | ||
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Slowpoke View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 2x172-202%KO Pursuit 2x39-46% Fury Cutter 2x7-8% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Slowpoke View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x152-178%KO Thief 2x34-41% Astonish 2x15-19% | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Slowpoke View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 2x139-164%KO Astonish 2x17-20% | ||
 Bellossom Grass | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
 Banette Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Slowpoke View Banette builds →Shadow Ball 2x87-103%KO Thunderbolt 2x75-88% Feint Attack 2x48-56% | ||
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Slowpoke View Manectric builds →Thunderbolt 2x137-161%KO Bite 2x57-68% | ||
Slowpoke Evolutions
From here, Slowpoke's line branches into Slowbro and Slowking. That's 2 possible evolutions, each with its own method. The evolved forms gain up to 175 total stats over Slowpoke. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Slowpoke easily with 49 breeding partners from the Monster and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Belly Drum, Future Sight, Mud Sport and 4 more to offspring.
E Slowpoke Best Moveset
Water/Psychic pre-evolution with AbilityOblivious blocking attraction. 15 Speed and low offenses keep the moveset irrelevant until evolution into Slowbro or Slowking.
Best Build
Slowpoke best EVs are HP and Defense
Bulky Support Moveset
- Protect
- Psychic
- Body Slam
- Earthquake
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Belly Drum and Future Sight from the egg pool give Slowpoke something extra.
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. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
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
All 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It catches prey by dipping its tail in water at the side of a river. But it often forgets what it is doing and spends entire days just loafing at water’s edge.
Slowpoke Emerald Guide
Slowpoke isn't catchable in Emerald. Catch one in LeafGreen, then trade it to Emerald.
In Emerald, Slowpoke has 315 BST and evolves into Slowbro. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Slowpoke has a Galarian form that swaps the typing and reshuffles the stats. Introduced in Gen 8. Worth checking if the original version doesn't fit your team.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Red & Blue, Slowpoke has appeared in 21 titles over 9 generations. Along the way, it received a Galarian form in Generation 8, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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 6ORAS
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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