Competitive Information for Snorlax [Red/Blue]
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Snorlax? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Red/Blue Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Red/Blue generation metagame.
Chansey
Snorlax is a marvelous Normal-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to see Snorlax show up as a Red/Blue opponent. Snorlax can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). There were no known abilities or equippable items back in the Red/Blue Pokemon games. Snorlax's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Body Slam / Self-Destruct
- Reflect
- Rest
Physical Sweeper Snorlax (Popular/Trending)
Snorlax is a fabulous Physical Sweeper in single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In gen one, Snorlax played quite differently. In the old days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type.
♦ Body Slam is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Self-Destruct is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Normal-type move (your Snorlax faints).
♦ Reflect is a status move (while active, your Snorlax's defense is doubled).
♦ Rest is a status move (Snorlax sleeps 2 turns and restores hp and status).
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Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Body Slam
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Seismic Toss / Counter
Physical Sweeper Snorlax (Retro)
Snorlax is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper in single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Things definately worked differently in the first generation. In the old days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type.
♦ Body Slam is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move that deals a high amount of damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move that deals damage.
♦ Seismic Toss is a physical 1-base power Fighting-type move (damage = Snorlax's level. Can hit ghost types).
♦ Counter is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (if hit by physical attack, returns double damage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Snorlax learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Snorlax can perform in Red/Blue. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive RB Move and Ability Combos for Snorlax
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Snorlax's stats
- Amnesia
- Harden
- Rage
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Snorlax
- Amnesia
- Blizzard
- Body Slam
- Counter
- Earthquake
- Hyper Beam
- Ice Beam
- Reflect
- Rest
- Self-Destruct
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Snorlax in Red and Blue
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