Is Snorlax with zen/hyper or zen/body the best defender in the game?
Or is it neither? I'm looking for the best defender in the entire game. Is it snorlax, and if so, why is body slam or hyper beam better?
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I think lapras is the best defender. ice shard and ice beam.
Snorlax is arguably better in terms of raw power, but Lapras has a small edge with typing. Being able to resist Vaporeon is really the key to me. Nothing is good against Lapras while a lot of strong attackers are weak to her (Vapo, Exeggutor, Dragonite, etc...).
Snorlax with Zen Headbutt is easily beaten with Dragonite or Exeggutor. Vaporeon works well on any Snorlax.
I'd say when looking to attack a gym, this is the order of my biggest fears:
Lapras > Snorlax > Exeggutor > Slowbro = Poliwrath = Dragonite = Vaporeon > Arcanine = Venusaur = Wigglytuff
Lapras is overrated because it is rarer than Snorlax.
A high level Arcanine with Fire Fang/Fire Blast will eat Lapras easily and fairly quickly. Once you learn to dodge the Lapras charge moves Arcanine will destroy Lapras quite easily. Who doesn't have a powerful Arcanine for attacking?
In my opinion Snorlax is the best defender in the game. A Snorlax with Zen/Body is probably the best defender in game. Zen/Hyper is good, too. Lick/Body is also good because it is hard to dodge Body Slam and sometimes people don't dodge Lick which makes dodging Body Slam even harder.
Lapras is still a good defender, better than Dragonite, but Snorlax takes the longest to defeat. And really it all boils down to time management. The longer it takes to defeat a creature the better it is for defense.
Defense and hit points are all that really matters in the end as the higher they are the longer it takes for an attacker to kill the critter.
