Slowbro (Mega)
Mega Slowbro is a Water and Psychic type Mega Raid Boss. Optimal raid counters include powerful Ghost Dark Grass Electric and Bug types. With such a diverse range of weaknesses, it would be relatively easy to take out Mega Slowbro.
Depending on your levels and counters, we would recommend 3-6 high-level trainers who or more if you don’t have optimal teams. This is attributed to the fact that Mega Slowbro is quite bulky.
This guide will tell you how to beat this awkward Mega almost completely stuck inside a Shellder. In addition, we will also present its stats, moves and CP range.
Mega Slowbro Counters
Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.
Let’s check out the top raid counters for Mega Slowbro:
| # | Pokémon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Gengar (Mega)
|
Shadow Claw Ghost |
Shadow Ball Ghost |
455.01s | 28.50 |
| 2. |
Sceptile (Mega)
|
Fury Cutter Bug |
Frenzy Plant Grass |
504.56s | 27.20 |
| 3. |
Banette (Mega)
|
Shadow Claw Ghost |
Shadow Ball Ghost |
509.55s | 30.50 |
| 4. |
Manectric (Mega)
|
Thunder Fang Electric |
Wild Charge Electric |
550.74s | 27.83 |
| 5. |
Houndoom (Mega)
|
Snarl Dark |
Foul Play Dark |
580.61s | 21.33 |
| 6. |
Gyarados (Mega)
|
Bite Dark |
Crunch Dark |
637.59s | 11.83 |
| 7. |
Venusaur (Mega)
|
Vine Whip Grass |
Frenzy Plant Grass |
584.77s | 26.17 |
| 8. |
Absol (Mega)
|
Snarl Dark |
Payback Dark |
584.94s | 29.00 |
| 9. |
Ampharos (Mega)
|
Volt Switch Electric |
Zap Cannon Electric |
629.37s | 26.00 |
| 10. |
Scizor (Mega)
|
Fury Cutter Bug |
X-Scissor Bug |
658.92s | 20.67 |
| 11. |
Beedrill (Mega)
|
Bug Bite Bug |
X-Scissor Bug |
625.25s | 47.00 |
| 12. |
Kartana
|
Razor Leaf Grass |
Leaf Blade Grass |
681.90s | 31.67 |
| 13. |
Alakazam (Mega)
|
Psycho Cut Psychic |
Shadow Ball Ghost |
695.91s | 31.67 |
| 14. |
Gardevoir (Mega)
|
Charge Beam Electric |
Shadow Ball Ghost |
731.97s | 27.00 |
| 15. |
Xurkitree
|
Spark Electric |
Discharge Electric |
694.47s | 38.83 |
| 16. |
Latios (Mega)
|
Dragon Breath Dragon |
Solar Beam Grass |
762.93s | 24.50 |
| 17. |
Zarude
|
Vine Whip Grass |
Power Whip Grass |
790.30s | 19.83 |
| 18. |
Hydreigon
|
Bite Dark |
Brutal Swing Dark |
791.36s | 23.40 |
| 19. |
Zekrom
|
Charge Beam Electric |
Fusion Bolt Electric |
749.80s | 30.00 |
| 20. |
Groudon (Primal)
|
Mud Shot Ground |
Solar Beam Grass |
780.31s | 29.00 |
| 21. |
Abomasnow (Mega)
|
Razor Leaf Grass |
Energy Ball Grass |
766.68s | 29.50 |
| 22. |
Salamence (Mega)
|
Bite Dark |
Draco Meteor Dragon |
788.85s | 28.40 |
| 23. |
Darkrai
|
Snarl Dark |
Shadow Ball Ghost |
793.50s | 27.17 |
| 24. |
Pheromosa
|
Bug Bite Bug |
Bug Buzz Bug |
691.13s | 57.33 |
| 25. |
Giratina (Origin)
|
Shadow Claw Ghost |
Shadow Force Ghost |
805.41s | 27.00 |
| 26. |
Gholdengo
|
Hex Ghost |
Shadow Ball Ghost |
811.76s | 26.83 |
| 27. |
Hoopa (Unbound)
|
Astonish Ghost |
Shadow Ball Ghost |
837.90s | 24.60 |
| 28. |
Chandelure
|
Hex Ghost |
Shadow Ball Ghost |
768.81s | 38.00 |
| 29. |
Sceptile
|
Fury Cutter Bug |
Frenzy Plant Grass |
812.00s | 40.25 |
| 30. |
Thundurus (Therian)
|
Volt Switch Electric |
Thunderbolt Electric |
775.44s | 44.00 |
| 31. |
Yveltal
|
Snarl Dark |
Dark Pulse Dark |
882.97s | 18.50 |
| 32. |
Magnezone
|
Spark Electric |
Wild Charge Electric |
861.74s | 23.50 |
| 33. |
Latias (Mega)
|
Dragon Breath Dragon |
Outrage Dragon |
888.94s | 20.33 |
| 34. |
Hoopa (Confined)
|
Astonish Ghost |
Shadow Ball Ghost |
833.73s | 33.75 |
| 35. |
Raikou
|
Thunder Shock Electric |
Wild Charge Electric |
824.66s | 33.00 |
While the Pokémon stated above are the generic counters, Mega Slowbro’s dual typing of Water and Psychic flips the tables on different occasions. For instance, the top counter, Mega Gengar, is weak to Mega Slowbro’s STAB Psychic moves. This applies to something like Mega Venusaur as well. So you should mega evolve either Gengar or Venusaur only if Mega Slowbro isn’t using Psychic moves.
A similar logic follows when Mega Slowbro is using Water types moves and you should be wary of using Mega Houndoom or Chandelure.
How to get Mega Slowbro?
You cannot catch Slowbro in its mega evolved form from the raid. The mega raid boss is always catchable in its base form and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Slowbro.
Slowbro can be caught with the following CP values:
- 1382- 1454CP at level 20, no weather boost
- 1728- 1817 CP at level 25 with Rainy or Windy weather boost
In order to get Mega Slowbro you will need 200 Mega Energy for the initial evolution, then 40 Mega Energy to evolve the same Slowbro again in the future. If you wait for their ‘cooldown’ period to end, Mega Evolution is free. This cooldown period is shorter the higher mega level your Mega Pokémon is. Mega Energy can be obtained via Mega Slowbro Raids, and once you have evolved Mega Slowbro, you can earn 5 Mega Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy. You can walk any Slowpoke or Slowbro to earn Mega Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Mega Pokédex.
Shiny Slowbro
Like all Mega Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Slowbro from a raid.
| Regular Sprite | Shiny Sprite |
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Mega Slowbro Stats
Mega Slowbro has the following stats in Pokémon GO:
|
Slowbro (Mega)
WaterPsychic
|
|||||
| Max CP at lvl 40 3755 | Max CP at lvl 50 4245 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK 224 | DEF 259 | HP 216 | |||
| Weak to | Strong Against | ||||
| Bug Dark Electric Ghost Grass | Fire Ground Rock Fighting Poison | ||||
As it is quite evident, Mega Slowbro is very bulky and as such, we had focused our list of counters on Time To Win complemented with raw DPS.
With that being said, let us check out Mega Slowbro’s movepool!
Mega Slowbro Moveset Analysis
| Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
|---|---|
|
|
Confusion is an extremely hard-hitting STAB move with low energy gains. While this will demolish Mega Gengar, your Dark types will resist it.
Water Gun might not hit as hard as Confusion but charges quicker and is largely unresisted by your counters.
Psychic and Water Pulse are both 2-bar STAB charged moves that can come quite frequently from Water Gun. Psychic is the more damaging move.
Ice Beam lacks STAB and with Mega Slowbro’s relatively lower ATK stat, it shouldn’t really be concerning.
Mega Slowbro is a fun Mega to add to your roster of Pokémon. It looks hilarious, has an amazing shiny and is very bulky thereby, is instrumental in giving the coveted Mega Bonus to Water and Psychic Pokémon in raids for a long period of time.
Stay safe and all the best, trainers!
