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A question about my slowbro

Hi guys, I'm a starter pokemon GO player and this afternoon I evolved my slowpoke with IVs 89% into a slowbro with 880 CP and its moveset is: confusion and hidro pulse. I read in this website that the best moveset for defend a gym is confusion and psychic. What do you think? Do you recommend me to power it up?
Thank you!! :)

Asked by SergioTorke8 years 5 months ago
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What level are you by the way? I suggest not to power up yet. Just save your candies and stardust as of the moment and later on you may get those with better CP, IV, and move set once you reach level 20 and above on an average but in my case personally even at level 20's I haven't had the luck to get good Pokémon's not until I reach level 27+. Now I'm at level 29 and does have great Pokémon's already. Just be patient and continue to work hard. Been there already bro, I have wasted tons of stardust and candies even before I reach level 20 haha

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I'm already level 21, almost 22. I created my pokemon account during halloween event. Then I will consider your advice. Thanks for your reply! :)

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by DrAzzy 8 years 6 months ago

There is no move hydro pulse, it's called water pulse.

I have been unimpressed by the performance of my confusion waterpulse slowbros. That's the only damned moveset I get.

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Oh, true. I'm sorry. I saw a Golduck moveset with hydro pump and I confused that with water pulse :P
That I've seen. It's just a shame due to getting the worst moveset of a pokemon after have catched and farmed lots of candies. :(

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by cadx01 8 years 6 months ago

The only moveset that's worth something with slowbro, in my opinion, is confusion/psychic. It covers all his weaknesses and makes him the good defender he really is. I believe that's why he's ranked so high on this website. Otherwise, his CP is too low to be of much use, and is really just a watered down vaporean.

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Yes, it makes sense against Venasaur, vileplume, Victreebel, etc. I'll try to get another one with a good moveset. Thanks :)

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Im using slowbro with confusion + ice beam.

Because psychic slowbro's weakness is exeggutor.
Exeggutor will resist all your slowbros moves and also punish you with super effective grass charge move.

But ice beam will do more dmg vs exeggutor, also ice beam will do more dmg vs dragonites, because dragonite has douple weakness for ice.

Sure ice beam wont be effective vs laprases and vaporeons, but neither will their attacks be effective against slowbro, also they get enough punishment from confusion.

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I prefer water pulse over psychic because water pulse is so damn annoying to attack against.

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Both Confusion/Psychic and Confusion/Water pulse make nice defensive Slowbro's. Water gun/Psychic is okay for attack but not stunning.

You really need one with higher CP though. Hold off powering up until you get a get a slowpoke with 600+ base CP.

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Start powering up only level 28+. Keep farming XP and dust only.

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If you do that you will always fall behind the other players. Wow you have 500k dust but no Pokemon above 1800CP at level 25. I would start powering 2-3 strong moveset/IV/meta Pokemon like a Vap, Exegg, Snorlax or Lapras.

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I've been powering up my vaporeon and arcanine since I noticed they have more than 80% of IVs and good moveset: watergun + hydro pump and fire fang + fireblast. The other pokemon are in lower tier and not really good moveset so I keep the dust. for future pokemon.

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