Which Snorlax to power up?
Hey all.
I have 2 Snorlaxes
1) CP: 1751, IV: 93.3 %, moves: zen headbutt and earthquake.
2) CP: 1705, IV: 70 %, moves. zen headbutt body slam
Which one would you power up?
Answers
I think body slam is over rated. It can be dodged as well and underwhelming damage. I'd say it's a toss up between the two mons. Attackers will expect your snorlax to have slam or hyper beam. EQ is hard to dodge and 20 IV is quite a bit on a snorlax.
You want your snorlax to blend in with all the other snorlaxes in the middle of the gym? Or have a higher cp AND a different moveset?
I feel better to dodge against EQ than BS. Many times Snorlax uses BS twice and very fast, and dont forget the STAB. I really dont think EQ Snorlaxes are bad, just not a poke i would put my dust in when i have a better one in hands or untill i reach the point i don't know what to do with my stardust...IMO. I would try to work on both, but firstly the Zen/BS one.
Oh believe me I know. I've read many times that body slam is preferred over hyper beam and EQ, and by the looks of the gyms packed with body slam snorlaxes other people have read it it too. It just seems weak and you can throw a dodge in real quick if you want. HB is much more frustrating to fight, if you do go for a dodge you have to wait a couple of secs and still take damage, your phone may take your dodge as an attack and get you killed.
EQ is definitely the weakest but at least it's different. I don't know about other places but gyms here are BS/HB Snorlax and Exeggutors. Just gets boring :/
Yes, thats true. If you do a wrong dodge the HB will kill you. But after a few mistakes you will dodge it without "BIG" problems, specially if you still dodging when HB is launching and only stop after "dodge". The nice point about BS is that he is constantly used twice and when charging the second time you are attacking and forget to dodge sometimes. All the three movesets are great, but STAB is important. Here the gyms are full of Dragonites, Exeggutors and Snorlaxes too haha.
Yes, thats true. If you do a wrong dodge the HB will kill you. But after a few mistakes you will dodge it without "BIG" problems, specially if you still dodging when HB is launching and only stop after "dodge". The nice point about BS is that he is constantly used twice and when charging the second time you are attacking and forget to dodge sometimes. All the three movesets are great, but STAB is important. Here the gyms are full of Dragonites, Exeggutors and Snorlaxes too haha.
HB is easy to dodge I think because the delay is so long (3.3 secs)...even if you were stuck in cooldown from your own special attack, by the time the dodge flash comes after the text, you're probably out of it and can still dodge...
I don't know if I've ever been hit by hyperbeam since if you dodge in general, you shouldn't miss it normally (unless lag, etc...).
I normally use Vaporeon vs. Snorlax and with AT, your cooldown is only 2.35 secs so you can always dodge after charge move...
Body Slam can come twice so it may hit you more often I think (at least it does me).
That said, even a dodged HB does 30 damage so still very decent and thinking about it more, prob preferred by me as a defender since some folks really don't dodge.
If anything, top players will dodge every charge move anyways so might as well have the heaviest damage one.
