Snorlax optimal moveset
I have a snorlax with zen headbutt/body slam. I believe the majority prefers lick/body slam as the offensive moveset. But is zen headbutt/body slam that much worse than lick/body slam as an offensive moveset? (it's listed as B) I do know that a lot of people prefer zen headbutt/body slam as the go-to defensive moveset.
Or do people actually prefer other combination of moves? (e.g. hyperbeam)
Answers
Any Snorlax is good unless it has Earthquake. For attacking Lick is a little bit better than Zen Headbutt, but Hyper Beam and Body Slam are close to each other in both attacking and defending. Hyper Beam is technically more damage than Body Slam, but it's a little bit easier to dodge and when attacking you might end up not doing as much as you mathematically could because Hyper Beam often results in an overkill.
I think ZH/BS is the best for defense...usually, you don't need to use Snorlax for attack since it doesn't do much SE damage to many mons so you can use plenty of others as you can pick when attacking...
ZH/BS is great since BS can fire 2 times in a row. Hyperbeam is easy to dodge since there is too much time after the words pop up so even if the attacker is using a charge move, there's still 3+ secs so they can nearly always dodge it. It does do a ton of damage, but a missed dodge against BS would probably hit harder overall...Also, a lot of people spam attacks against Snorlax since they still have 99 seconds (I've been doing this myself with Vap)...to take it down and can't waste time dodging too much unless you have a stronger attacker (Dragonite/Eggs)...
