Power up Snorlax 78iv
I've been doubting it's my second Snorlax and it has Zen Headbutt Body Slam with 78IV attack excellent. I'm only interested in it as a defender.
I've only got one other Snorlax L/HB 91IV wich I did powerup because of the good IVs
Thanks in advance! I'm surprised at how active q&a is :D
Answers
I'd probably have to do it, 2 more IV and he "simply amazes" which for some reason is a huge psychological thing even though the difference is near non-existent. Body Slam is crazy good. Once I'm done walking Chansey, which may be never, I'm going back to Snorlax and gonna power up a Lick/BS. BS is really good, you almost force people to dodge his quick moves regardless just cuz they don't wanna get caught.
Excellent attack is beneficial because it contributes a lot to cp and will lead your snorlax to placing higher than say one with slightly higher IVs but significantly lower distribution towards attack IVs.
For example, I have an 84% 14/10/14 that pans out at 3242? I also have a 78% 15/10/10 that pans out at 3242.
If you did decide to invest in it, it will certainly be an asset when trading is live. As for the moveset, I have one and it's doooope. I think it will sit higher than all 100% gyarados and at least the majority of Rhydon (i'm pretty certain..)
How many candies do you have? You could do what I did: power up the one with better IVs until it's maxed out, collect a few candies for when you reach the next level, and then invest any additional candies into the ZH/BS?
- It's a legacy moveset so there's no "waiting for a better one"
- Even if it wasn't a legacy moveset, it's still regarded as the best defensive moveset on Snorlax, so powering it wouldn't be a waste even if you were fortunate enough to hatch another one with higher IVs with ZH/BS. The older one wouldn't become unusable.
- Those IVs are fine. Even assuming worst possible distribution of IVs (13A / 7D / 15S) it still has higher max CP than a 45 IV Blissey (3257 vs 3219) and you can guarantee that you'll be seeing them in gyms, so therefore you'll place above them for sure if your Snorlax is higher level.