[SET]
name: Recycle Sets
move 1: Recycle
move 2: Curse / Yawn
move 3: Heat Crash / Heavy Slam / Body Slam
move 4: Darkest Lariat / Earthquake
item: Figy Berry
ability: Gluttony
nature: Impish
Evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Snorlax is one of if not the most versatile pokemon in the Battle Stadium Singles meta after Dragapult and finds itself a stable player on many a top team due to its impressive bulk, unpredictability, utility and offensive threat. This set covers the myriad of Recycle options that Snorlax has. Recycle is the key move on this set, allowing Snorlax consistent recovery with Figy Berry whenever its HP falls under 50% due to Gluttony. Past this, there is an option of either Curse + Recycle or Yawn + Recycle. The former gives Snorlax more offensive threat as Snorlax is bulky enough to boost on a sizeable portion of the metagame due to its excellent bulk. The latter allows Snorlax to phase around the opponents team and be a support for your team. Then there are two coverage moves chosen out Snorlax's wide movepool and these are generally chosen based on the needs of the team composition, so any move mentioned can be used on any set. It should be noted before talking about coverage that, if running a normal move, Snorlax benefits off its Gigantamax form.
The most common three moves used as attacks on Recycle Snorlax are Heat Crash, Heavy Slam, and Body Slam. Heat Crash hits Corviknight, Excadrill and Ferrothorn super effectively, whilst Heavy Slam allows Snorlax to battle Togekiss, Mimikyu and Sylveon and is a source of Max Steelspike. It should be noted that both of these moves do not hit opposing pokemon in Dynamax Form because they are weight based moves, so there is an option on Snorlax to replace Heat Crash with Fire Punch and Heavy Slam with Iron Head, though these moves deal slightly less damage depending on the scenario. Body Slam is generally the preferred STAB on Snorlax, spreading Paralysis on the opponents team whilst changing into a stronger Gmax-Replenish, which gives Snorlax a 50% chance to recover its berry whenever used. Facade and Double Edge are both options as a Normal STAB, the former taking advantage of burns that Snorlax tends to get whilst the latter allows Snorlax to manipulate its own health into Berry range and hits harder than Body Slam. Darkest Lariat is another common option that allows Snorlax to ignore the defence boosts of opposing Curse Snorlax, Iron Defence Corviknight without Taunt and Curse Ferrothorn, allowing Snorlax to better combat these pokemon. Earthquake is another alternative, which hits Excadrill and Dracozolt super effectively and Snorlax also benefits off Max Quake giving Special Defence Boosts. Other niche team specific techs include Counter and Body Press, which are worth consideration when running this set.
The EVs can wildly vary, but a common spread on this sort of set is Max HP and Max Defence Impish Nature. This gives Snorlax the most possible physical defence, making it very tough to KO and therefore allowing multiple Yawns and Curses and its special defensive bulk is more than serviceable with just HP investment.
When it comes to teammates, Snorlax can work well with a wide variety of pokemon, however it does benefit most pokemon that are better able to break through Corviknight, Toxapex and Hippowdon which it can struggle to dent. Rotom-Wash is generally a very solid partner for this reason. Snorlax generally dislikes strong fighting moves from the likes of Galarian Darmanitan, Aegislash and Conkeldurr. Mimikyu pairs great with Snorlax as it gives the possibility of Trick Room as well as a fighting immunity, checking a choice locked Darmanitan and Conkeldurr whilst trading with Aegislash.
[SET]
name: 3 Attacks
move 1: Yawn / Curse / Belly Drum
move 2: Body Slam / Facade
move 3: Iron Head / Heavy Slam
move 4: Fire Punch / Heat Crash / Thunder Punch
item: Figy Berry / Leftovers
ability: Gluttony / Thick Fat / Immunity
nature: Adamant
Evs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Def
[SET COMMENTS]
When Snorlax forgoes recycle, generally its role within a team turns more offensive. Yawn/Curse + 3 attacks Snorlax is generally a suicide lead, designed to blow holes into the opponents team very early on in the game. Common 3 attacks Snorlax coverage is Normal + Steel + Fire, which covers nearly the entire Metagame, the combined coverage only being resisted by the relatively rare Chandelure and Jellicent. Leftovers can be used over a bulky berry on 3 attacks sets, for both helping drain the timer on Cartridge as well as allowing Snorlax to run one of its other two abilities. Thick Fat allows Snorlax to Check Rotom-Heat and Charizard better whilst Immunity can give Snorlax a free turn if the opponent chooses to Toxic Snorlax. These sets are commonly max attack Adamant Nature with Max Defence, giving Snorlax a combination of offensive pressure with its base 110 attack and bulk. This sort of Snorlax Set likes to be paired up with sweepers in the back that it can enable with its chip damage or yawn such as Togekiss and Hydreigon.
Belly Drum is another option that can be ran in this slot to potentially sweep teams. With Belly Drum, Snorlax's power spikes to the point where it can OHKO pokemon through Dynamax and therefore Iron Head and Fire Punch are generally preferred over Heavy Slam and Heat Crash. Thunder Punch is a valid option for Belly Drum over Fire Punch, specifically for hitting Haze Toxapex and Milotic. Gluttony is always the preferred ability due to the HP loss of Belly Drum and 4 HP is used to guarantee Bulky Berry recovery after hitting Belly Drum. Asides from this, the EV spread above can be used but alternatively Belly Drum Snorlax can be run as a stallbreaker on stall weak teams or stalls themselves with Max Attack and Max Speed with a Jolly Nature or as a Trick Room threat paired with Mimikyu or Hatterene as a setter with Max Attack and Max Defence with a Brave Nature and 0 speed IVs.
Gigantamax is preferred on both sets due to Gmax-Replenish having the potential to give recovery whilst in Dynamax Form.
[SET]
name: Resto-Chesto Gmax
move 1: Curse
move 2: Rest
move 3: Body Slam
move 4: Heat Crash / Heavy Slam / Earthquake
item: Chesto Berry
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Adamant
Evs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Def
Resto-Chesto Gigantamax Snorlax is another potent stall breaking Snorlax Set. Chesto berry allows Snorlax to block opposing yawn cycling as well as absorb status from moves such as Toxic and Will-o-Wisp whilst setting up and then use Rest to recover off this status. Normally this set would not be reliable enough in its recovery due to the down time of rest to be a decent alternative to Bulky Berry + Recycle sets, however Snorlax's Gmax-Replenish allows Snorlax to recover its Chesto Berry and use Rest after Gigantamax is over. Body Slam is generally the move of choice on Resto-Chesto sets due to this, however sometimes Heavy Slam + Heat Crash can be used for better coverage but sacrificing the ability to wake up instantly after resting. Other major options on this set include Earthquake, Darkest Lariat, and Thunder Punch.
Rest also serves a secondary purpose in conjunction with Body Slam, in that it can spread Paralysis through opposing stall pokemon whilst stalling out PP with Rest, allowing other pokemon such as Serene Grace Togekiss to sweep through these teams. Thick Fat is almost always the ability of choice as it allows Snorlax to better take on pokemon locked into Fire/Ice Type moves such as Darmanitan-Galar and Specs/Scarf Hydreigon. You can use the other attacking moves mentioned based on the coverage your team needs. When stallbreaking with this set, Fissure can help break through pokemon that would otherwise wall Snorlax such as Toxapex and Quagsire. The EVs are generally Max Attack/Defence Adamant nature as Rest will recover Snorlax to full irrespective of its current HP as opposed to its recycle sets. This Snorlax set generally does not care too much about Rotom-Formes so can be a great partner to Togekiss or Gyarados which is primarily checked by Rotom.
[SET]
name: AV
move 1: Body Slam / Facade
move 2: Thunder Punch
move 3: Heavy Slam
move 4: Heat Crash / Earthquake / Hammer Arm
item: Assault Vest
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Adamant
Evs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Def
Assault Vest Snorlax primarily serves as a swiss army knife check to a wide variety of the most threatening set-up sweepers in the tier. Body Slam/Facade is Snorlax's main STAB and unlike other Snorlax sets, Gigantamax is not preferred due to wanting the speed drop from Max Strike. Thunder Punch allows Snorlax to Counter-Dynamax vs. Gyarados and KO with Max Lightning. Heavy Slam and Iron Head are used to combat Togekiss and Mimikyu. The last move can be Heat Crash or Fire Punch for Corviknight and Ferrothorn, Earthquake for Aegislash or Hammer Arm for Hydreigon and Tyranitar. All the moves in the last slot also hit Excadrill super effectively. Adamant nature with 252 attack and 252 defence is preferred for the combined bulk and maximum power. AV Snorlax can help check the Dynamax of significant stall breakers for stall teams containing pokemon such as Toxapex, Quagsire and Corviknight, allowing these pokemon to do their job after Dynamax is traded. It is also a solid stopper that can be generally ran on most teams that fear opposing setup.
name: Recycle Sets
move 1: Recycle
move 2: Curse / Yawn
move 3: Heat Crash / Heavy Slam / Body Slam
move 4: Darkest Lariat / Earthquake
item: Figy Berry
ability: Gluttony
nature: Impish
Evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Snorlax is one of if not the most versatile pokemon in the Battle Stadium Singles meta after Dragapult and finds itself a stable player on many a top team due to its impressive bulk, unpredictability, utility and offensive threat. This set covers the myriad of Recycle options that Snorlax has. Recycle is the key move on this set, allowing Snorlax consistent recovery with Figy Berry whenever its HP falls under 50% due to Gluttony. Past this, there is an option of either Curse + Recycle or Yawn + Recycle. The former gives Snorlax more offensive threat as Snorlax is bulky enough to boost on a sizeable portion of the metagame due to its excellent bulk. The latter allows Snorlax to phase around the opponents team and be a support for your team. Then there are two coverage moves chosen out Snorlax's wide movepool and these are generally chosen based on the needs of the team composition, so any move mentioned can be used on any set. It should be noted before talking about coverage that, if running a normal move, Snorlax benefits off its Gigantamax form.
The most common three moves used as attacks on Recycle Snorlax are Heat Crash, Heavy Slam, and Body Slam. Heat Crash hits Corviknight, Excadrill and Ferrothorn super effectively, whilst Heavy Slam allows Snorlax to battle Togekiss, Mimikyu and Sylveon and is a source of Max Steelspike. It should be noted that both of these moves do not hit opposing pokemon in Dynamax Form because they are weight based moves, so there is an option on Snorlax to replace Heat Crash with Fire Punch and Heavy Slam with Iron Head, though these moves deal slightly less damage depending on the scenario. Body Slam is generally the preferred STAB on Snorlax, spreading Paralysis on the opponents team whilst changing into a stronger Gmax-Replenish, which gives Snorlax a 50% chance to recover its berry whenever used. Facade and Double Edge are both options as a Normal STAB, the former taking advantage of burns that Snorlax tends to get whilst the latter allows Snorlax to manipulate its own health into Berry range and hits harder than Body Slam. Darkest Lariat is another common option that allows Snorlax to ignore the defence boosts of opposing Curse Snorlax, Iron Defence Corviknight without Taunt and Curse Ferrothorn, allowing Snorlax to better combat these pokemon. Earthquake is another alternative, which hits Excadrill and Dracozolt super effectively and Snorlax also benefits off Max Quake giving Special Defence Boosts. Other niche team specific techs include Counter and Body Press, which are worth consideration when running this set.
The EVs can wildly vary, but a common spread on this sort of set is Max HP and Max Defence Impish Nature. This gives Snorlax the most possible physical defence, making it very tough to KO and therefore allowing multiple Yawns and Curses and its special defensive bulk is more than serviceable with just HP investment.
When it comes to teammates, Snorlax can work well with a wide variety of pokemon, however it does benefit most pokemon that are better able to break through Corviknight, Toxapex and Hippowdon which it can struggle to dent. Rotom-Wash is generally a very solid partner for this reason. Snorlax generally dislikes strong fighting moves from the likes of Galarian Darmanitan, Aegislash and Conkeldurr. Mimikyu pairs great with Snorlax as it gives the possibility of Trick Room as well as a fighting immunity, checking a choice locked Darmanitan and Conkeldurr whilst trading with Aegislash.
[SET]
name: 3 Attacks
move 1: Yawn / Curse / Belly Drum
move 2: Body Slam / Facade
move 3: Iron Head / Heavy Slam
move 4: Fire Punch / Heat Crash / Thunder Punch
item: Figy Berry / Leftovers
ability: Gluttony / Thick Fat / Immunity
nature: Adamant
Evs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Def
[SET COMMENTS]
When Snorlax forgoes recycle, generally its role within a team turns more offensive. Yawn/Curse + 3 attacks Snorlax is generally a suicide lead, designed to blow holes into the opponents team very early on in the game. Common 3 attacks Snorlax coverage is Normal + Steel + Fire, which covers nearly the entire Metagame, the combined coverage only being resisted by the relatively rare Chandelure and Jellicent. Leftovers can be used over a bulky berry on 3 attacks sets, for both helping drain the timer on Cartridge as well as allowing Snorlax to run one of its other two abilities. Thick Fat allows Snorlax to Check Rotom-Heat and Charizard better whilst Immunity can give Snorlax a free turn if the opponent chooses to Toxic Snorlax. These sets are commonly max attack Adamant Nature with Max Defence, giving Snorlax a combination of offensive pressure with its base 110 attack and bulk. This sort of Snorlax Set likes to be paired up with sweepers in the back that it can enable with its chip damage or yawn such as Togekiss and Hydreigon.
Belly Drum is another option that can be ran in this slot to potentially sweep teams. With Belly Drum, Snorlax's power spikes to the point where it can OHKO pokemon through Dynamax and therefore Iron Head and Fire Punch are generally preferred over Heavy Slam and Heat Crash. Thunder Punch is a valid option for Belly Drum over Fire Punch, specifically for hitting Haze Toxapex and Milotic. Gluttony is always the preferred ability due to the HP loss of Belly Drum and 4 HP is used to guarantee Bulky Berry recovery after hitting Belly Drum. Asides from this, the EV spread above can be used but alternatively Belly Drum Snorlax can be run as a stallbreaker on stall weak teams or stalls themselves with Max Attack and Max Speed with a Jolly Nature or as a Trick Room threat paired with Mimikyu or Hatterene as a setter with Max Attack and Max Defence with a Brave Nature and 0 speed IVs.
Gigantamax is preferred on both sets due to Gmax-Replenish having the potential to give recovery whilst in Dynamax Form.
[SET]
name: Resto-Chesto Gmax
move 1: Curse
move 2: Rest
move 3: Body Slam
move 4: Heat Crash / Heavy Slam / Earthquake
item: Chesto Berry
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Adamant
Evs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Def
Resto-Chesto Gigantamax Snorlax is another potent stall breaking Snorlax Set. Chesto berry allows Snorlax to block opposing yawn cycling as well as absorb status from moves such as Toxic and Will-o-Wisp whilst setting up and then use Rest to recover off this status. Normally this set would not be reliable enough in its recovery due to the down time of rest to be a decent alternative to Bulky Berry + Recycle sets, however Snorlax's Gmax-Replenish allows Snorlax to recover its Chesto Berry and use Rest after Gigantamax is over. Body Slam is generally the move of choice on Resto-Chesto sets due to this, however sometimes Heavy Slam + Heat Crash can be used for better coverage but sacrificing the ability to wake up instantly after resting. Other major options on this set include Earthquake, Darkest Lariat, and Thunder Punch.
Rest also serves a secondary purpose in conjunction with Body Slam, in that it can spread Paralysis through opposing stall pokemon whilst stalling out PP with Rest, allowing other pokemon such as Serene Grace Togekiss to sweep through these teams. Thick Fat is almost always the ability of choice as it allows Snorlax to better take on pokemon locked into Fire/Ice Type moves such as Darmanitan-Galar and Specs/Scarf Hydreigon. You can use the other attacking moves mentioned based on the coverage your team needs. When stallbreaking with this set, Fissure can help break through pokemon that would otherwise wall Snorlax such as Toxapex and Quagsire. The EVs are generally Max Attack/Defence Adamant nature as Rest will recover Snorlax to full irrespective of its current HP as opposed to its recycle sets. This Snorlax set generally does not care too much about Rotom-Formes so can be a great partner to Togekiss or Gyarados which is primarily checked by Rotom.
[SET]
name: AV
move 1: Body Slam / Facade
move 2: Thunder Punch
move 3: Heavy Slam
move 4: Heat Crash / Earthquake / Hammer Arm
item: Assault Vest
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Adamant
Evs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Def
Assault Vest Snorlax primarily serves as a swiss army knife check to a wide variety of the most threatening set-up sweepers in the tier. Body Slam/Facade is Snorlax's main STAB and unlike other Snorlax sets, Gigantamax is not preferred due to wanting the speed drop from Max Strike. Thunder Punch allows Snorlax to Counter-Dynamax vs. Gyarados and KO with Max Lightning. Heavy Slam and Iron Head are used to combat Togekiss and Mimikyu. The last move can be Heat Crash or Fire Punch for Corviknight and Ferrothorn, Earthquake for Aegislash or Hammer Arm for Hydreigon and Tyranitar. All the moves in the last slot also hit Excadrill super effectively. Adamant nature with 252 attack and 252 defence is preferred for the combined bulk and maximum power. AV Snorlax can help check the Dynamax of significant stall breakers for stall teams containing pokemon such as Toxapex, Quagsire and Corviknight, allowing these pokemon to do their job after Dynamax is traded. It is also a solid stopper that can be generally ran on most teams that fear opposing setup.
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