Slowbro is one of the Water/Psychic-type Pokemon available in Pokemon Legends ZA. It evolves from Slowpoke at level 37. Slowbro is a fan-favorite defensive Pokemon from the first generation, offering players a tanky special attacker with great bulk for their party. With Pokemon Legends ZA focused on Mega Evolutions, Slowbro gets access to its Mega form. If you’re in the market for Mega Slowbro, then here is a closer look at how to defeat the Rogue Mega Slowbro boss, its weaknesses, and stats.

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Here is a look at how to get Mega Slowbro in Pokemon Legends ZA and counter Rouge Mega Slowbro Weaknesses. Image via Gamer Guides / Nintendo.

Rogue Mega Slowbro Weaknesses¶

Before you can get a Mega Slowbro yourself, you will need the Slowbronite. To unlock the Slowbronite Mega Stone, you’ll need to defeat the Rogue Mega Slowbro during Main Mission 11: A Rogue Mega Slowbro. The Rogue Mega Slowbro is at level 34, so make sure your team is around the same level before attempting this fight.

Mega Slowbro is a Water/Psychic type, which gives it weaknesses to:

• Bug
• Ghost
• Grass
• Electric
• Dark-type attacks at 2x damage effectiveness.

The best counter for this fight is Mega Absol, which everyone should have thanks to grabbing both Absol and Absolite during Main Mission 9. Since Absol is a Dark-type, it deals super effective damage to Mega Slowbro and is also resistant to Psychic-type moves. You can consider using Bulbasaur or Chikorita if you managed the Kanto starters from Mabel, or the base starter if you got it. Especially since you will have a Mega Stone for Chikorita, which may likely be Meganium by this point.

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Mega Meganium’s Giga Drain is extremely good for sustaining against Slowbro the entire fight. Image via Gamer Guides / Nintendo.

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Mega Absol is your general counter for most of the early game Rogue Mega Fights. Image via Gamer Guides / Nintendo.

For the fight, use Absol’s moveset of Slash, Swords Dance, Night Slash, and Quick Attack. Start the battle by using Swords Dance to boost your Attack stat, then alternate between Shadow Claw and Night Slash for massive super effective damage. These Dark-type moves will tear through Mega Slowbro’s defenses quickly, especially when in Mega mode. Outside of that, use a general counter to chip away at Rogue Mega Slowbro, switch to Absol or Meganium Mega and nuke Slowbro down.

Mega Slowbro’s Stats and Movesets if you want to use it in your party¶

When you defeat the Rogue Mega Slowbro, you’ll receive the Slowbronite Mega Stone as a reward. You can then use this to Mega Evolve your own Slowbro during battles. Mega Slowbro keeps its Water/Psychic typing, maintaining the same weaknesses against Bug, Ghost, Grass, Electric, and Dark types.

However, Mega Slowbro gets absolutely massive stat boosts. Its Defense jumps to an incredible 180, making it very sturdy as a defensive Pokemon. Its Special Attack also gets boosted to 130, giving it serious offensive power alongside that defensive wall if you opt for those elemental type moves. The trade-off is that its Speed drops to a crawling 30, making Mega Slowbro one of the slowest Pokemon around.

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Make sure to grab and give this stone you get to it to mega evolve it. Image via Gamer Guides / Nintendo.

Mega Slowbro learns some excellent moves naturally as Slowbro levels up. You get Surf at level 30 for reliable Water-type damage, Slack Off at level 33 for recovering HP, and Psychic at level 36 for strong Psychic-type attacks. These core moves give Mega Slowbro everything it needs to be effective.

For TMs, Mega Slowbro can grab some interesting picks that make it even more versatile. Ice Beam and Flamethrower give it coverage against Grass and Steel types. Calm Mind is excellent for boosting its already strong Special Attack and Special Defense even higher. Scald is a fantastic alternative to Surf since it has a chance to burn opponents, crippling physical attackers. Shadow Ball provides coverage against Ghost and Psychic types while lowering Special Defense, while Focus Blast handles Dark types that threaten Mega Slowbro.

So, you’ll have something well-rounded if you need a safe front liner to start off with in your major trainer or boss battles. From there, Mega Evolve it, or swap it out for something else in your party if you want to use Mega Slowbro in your party comp.