Snorlax Defender Moveset
Hey guys,
which special attack dou you prefer for snorlax as a defender. Bodyslam oder hyperbeam ?
Answers
From field experience, BS is a lot tougher at lower levels and certainly prestiging - forget about it. However once the Snorlax gets way up there (say above 2900), HB gains superiority because you are going to have to deal with it twice or more and even if you dodge, it is substantial. Plus in order to not time out, the attacker will keep going into the windup and often miss the dodge.
Depends on the cellular quality at a particular gym. HB takes advantage of any inherent lag, whether from cellular signals or game servers. If a dodge happens to be mistimed (or even completely missed sometimes), it's either lights out or a huge chunk taken out of their HP. But in a perfect gameplay setting, BS is the better defensive move.
Depends on the length of the fight and skill of the attacker. If the battler is dodging every BS and HB, then in a longer battle HB may in fact pull ahead. One HB is basically equal to three BS, so in a battle where Snorlax uses HB 2-3 times, depending on RNG it may be preferable to Body Slam -- and as you approach 3300 CP with Snorlax the likelihood of using three HB increases.
Definitely prefer body slam. It happens quickly, and there seems to be a bug in the game that it doesn't give you the usual warning ("Snorlax has used Body Slam!") that it does with most charge moves. Hyper beam gives you plenty of warning and it's pretty easy to dodge, although it does pretty decent damage even if dodged.
