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Slowpoke

waterpsychicDopey Pokémon
Slowpoke

Incredibly slow and dopey. It takes 5 seconds for it to feel pain when under attack.

Height
1.2 m
Weight
36 kg
Generation
1

Defensive matchups

Weaknesses

Resistances

fire0.5×
water0.5×
ice0.5×
psychic0.5×
steel0.5×

Immunities

None

Based on typing; abilities and battle effects are not included.

Base Stats

Hp90
Attack65
Defense65
Sp. Atk40
Sp. Def40
Speed15
Total315

Training

Catch Rate190 (74.5%)
Base Exp63
Base Happiness70
Growth RateMedium

Breeding

Egg GroupsMonster, Water1
Gender50.0% male, 50.0% female
Egg Cycles20 (5140 steps)

Compare evolutions and forms

Compare Slowpoke with its evolution family and other forms of the same species. Parentheses show the difference from Slowpoke.

Base stats and differences
PokémonHPAttackDefenseSp. AtkSp. DefSpeedTotal
Slowpoke906565404015315
Slowbro95 (+5)75 (+10)110 (+45)100 (+60)80 (+40)30 (+15)490 (+175)
Slowking95 (+5)75 (+10)80 (+15)100 (+60)110 (+70)30 (+15)490 (+175)
Slowpoke Galar90 (0)65 (0)65 (0)40 (0)40 (0)15 (0)315 (0)

These are base stats, not in-battle values. Level, nature, IVs and EVs change the final stats. Forms are not available in every game; an alternate form is not necessarily an evolution.

Data: PokéAPI. Differences calculated from the records shown.

Evolution Chain

Pokédex Entries

red

Incredibly slow and dopey. It takes 5 seconds for it to feel pain when under attack.

yellow

Incredibly slow and sluggish. It is quite content to loll about without worrying about the time.

gold

It lazes vacantly near water. If something bites its tail, it won't even notice for a whole day.

silver

A sweet sap leaks from its tail's tip. Although not nutritious, the tail is pleasant to chew on.

crystal

It is always so absent-minded that it won't react, even if its flavorful tail is bitten.

ruby

SLOWPOKE uses its tail to catch prey by dipping it in water at the side of a river. However, this POKéMON often forgets what it’s doing and often spends entire days just loafing at water’s edge.

emerald

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.

firered

It is always vacantly lost in thought, but no one knows what it is thinking about. It is good at fishing with its tail.

leafgreen

Incredibly slow and dopey. It takes five seconds for it to feel pain when under attack.

diamond

Although slow, it is skilled at fishing with its tail. It does not feel pain if its tail is bitten.

Moves Learned

Moves learned by level up

Lv.MoveTypeCat.PowerAcc.
1TacklenormalPhysical40100%
9YawnnormalStatus——
33Slack OffnormalStatus——

Moves learned by TM/HM

MoveTypeCat.PowerAcc.
AvalancheicePhysical60100%
Calm MindpsychicStatus——
CurseghostStatus——
EndurenormalStatus——
FacadenormalPhysical70100%
FlamethrowerfireSpecial90100%
Foul PlaydarkPhysical95100%
Grass KnotgrassSpecial—100%
Helping HandnormalStatus——
Hydro PumpwaterSpecial11080%
Icy WindiceSpecial5595%
ImprisonpsychicStatus——
Light ScreenpsychicStatus——
Mud ShotgroundSpecial5595%
ProtectnormalStatus——
PsybeampsychicSpecial65100%
Psych UpnormalStatus——
PsyshockpsychicSpecial80100%
Rain DancewaterStatus——
Shadow BallghostSpecial80100%
Skill SwappsychicStatus——
Sleep TalknormalStatus——
Sunny DayfireStatus——
TrickpsychicStatus—100%
Trick RoompsychicStatus——
Water PulsewaterSpecial60100%
WaterfallwaterPhysical80100%
Weather BallnormalSpecial50100%
WhirlpoolwaterSpecial3585%
Zen HeadbuttpsychicPhysical8090%

Moves learned by breeding (Egg Moves)

MoveTypeCat.PowerAcc.
Belly DrumnormalStatus——
BlocknormalStatus——
StompnormalPhysical65100%

Sprites

Official Artwork

Slowpoke official artworkNormal
Slowpoke shiny artworkShiny

Pokémon HOME

Slowpoke home spriteNormal
Slowpoke home shinyShiny

Animated

Slowpoke animatedNormal
Slowpoke animated shinyShiny

Game Sprites

Slowpoke red-bluered blue
Slowpoke yellowyellow
Slowpoke crystalcrystal
Slowpoke goldgold
Slowpoke silversilver
Slowpoke emeraldemerald
Slowpoke firered-leafgreenfirered leafgreen
Slowpoke ruby-sapphireruby sapphire
Slowpoke diamond-pearldiamond pearl
Slowpoke heartgold-soulsilverheartgold soulsilver
Slowpoke platinumplatinum
Slowpoke scarlet-violetscarlet violet

Held Items

ItemRarityGames
Kings Rock5%ruby, sapphire, emerald
Lagging Tail5%diamond, pearl, platinum, heartgold, soulsilver, black, white, black-2, white-2, x, y, omega-ruby, alpha-sapphire, sun, moon, ultra-sun, ultra-moon