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Lavos Spawn · Sep 28th, 2012, 10:41:19 PM

I have used CB Snorlax extensively in BW1 and I have come to the conclusion that it is not a Pokemon worth wasting a teamslot on (and I would imagine that the addition of threats such as Keldeo in BW2 make it even worse). It is too slow, too susceptible to status, and lacks recovery, often only getting in one hit before going down. In addition, many extremely common Pokemon threaten it immensely, including Terrakion, Breloom, and Scizor. It can't even switch into Politoed, supposedly one of its best selling points, because of the likely Scald burn that will occur. Finally, base 110 Attack is underwhelming, especially when common CB users in this metagame include Terrakion (base 129), Scizor (base 130), and Dragonite (base 134), all of which outclass Snorlax as a Choice Bander. You can try to make the argument that Snorlax has a niche in the metagame as a specially bulky tank, but I'm just not buying it. In this fast-paced, extremely offensive metagame, there's no room for a Snorlax to function anymore. The days of GSC and ADV are long behind us. Snorlax has been fading fast ever since DP, and the plethora of new threats that BW brought to the table aren't helping its case any.

QC Rejected 3/3

Don't take this personally, alexwolf. You're a good guy and you should keep writing analyses. Now just isn't the time or place for Snorlax.

Sep 28th, 2012, 10:41:19 PM	#7
Lavos Spawn Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 2,141 Mentor	I have used CB Snorlax extensively in BW1 and I have come to the conclusion that it is not a Pokemon worth wasting a teamslot on (and I would imagine that the addition of threats such as Keldeo in BW2 make it even worse). It is too slow, too susceptible to status, and lacks recovery, often only getting in one hit before going down. In addition, many extremely common Pokemon threaten it immensely, including Terrakion, Breloom, and Scizor. It can't even switch into Politoed, supposedly one of its best selling points, because of the likely Scald burn that will occur. Finally, base 110 Attack is underwhelming, especially when common CB users in this metagame include Terrakion (base 129), Scizor (base 130), and Dragonite (base 134), all of which outclass Snorlax as a Choice Bander. You can try to make the argument that Snorlax has a niche in the metagame as a specially bulky tank, but I'm just not buying it. In this fast-paced, extremely offensive metagame, there's no room for a Snorlax to function anymore. The days of GSC and ADV are long behind us. Snorlax has been fading fast ever since DP, and the plethora of new threats that BW brought to the table aren't helping its case any. QC Rejected 3/3 Don't take this personally, alexwolf. You're a good guy and you should keep writing analyses. Now just isn't the time or place for Snorlax.