Snorlax (Revamp)

[Kink]

[OVERVIEW]

[SET]
name: Standard Curselax
move 1: Curse
move 2: Return / Body Slam
move 3: Rest
move 4: Sleep Talk / Earthquake
item: Leftovers
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Careful
evs: 188 HP / 144 Def / 176 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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• Curse sets up Snorlax for a sweep, increasing its Attack and Defense by a stage while lowering its Speed by a stage.
• Return is Snorlax's primary STAB move that can 2HKO bulkier offensive threats, such as Mega Blastoise, after one Curse boost.
• Body Slam is a secondary option that can sometimes paralyze common switch ins to Snorlax, however, since it misses out on important 2HKOs against Pokemon such as Crobat, Mega Blastoise, and Nidoqueen, it is generally inferior to Return's superior power
• Rest provides Snorlax with reliable recovery, and allows it to restore its health after setting up a Curse or two.
• Sleep Talk allows Snorlax to remove some disadvantage of the two-turn sleep by setting up more Curses or using Return.
• Earthquake is ideal for Steel-types and Ghost-types, including Chandelure, Doublade, Mega Aggron, and Empoleon.

Set Details
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• Stuff
• Thick Fat is used to weaken Fire- and Ice-type attacks by 50%, giving Snorlax two added resistances.

Usage Tips
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• It's best to use Snorlax as a mid- and late-game win condition after its threats have been eliminated.
• Once the opponent sees Leftovers, they'll probably assume a Curse set.
• Snorlax cannot take on Fighting-types, such as Machamp and Mienshao, at +1 Defense, so it is very important to work around and KO these Fighting-types such that Snorlax has the opportunity to set up.
• For these reasons, it is generally unwise to use Snorlax as a lead.
• Snorlax beats almost all other boosting wincons in the game due to its marvelous Special Defense and the fact that Curse reduces damage from Psyshock, a common move seen on Calm Mind users.
• In most cases, Snorlax will come out ahead of CroCune, Calm Mind Florges, Calm Mind Cresselia, and Reuniclus that use Shadow Ball over Focus Blast.

Team Options
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[SET]
name: BandLax
move 1: Frustration / Double Edge
move 2: Facade
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Pursuit / Fire Punch
item: Choice Band
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 240 SpD / 16 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Set Details
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Usage Tips
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Team Options
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[SET]
name: Offensive Curselax
move 1: Curse
move 2: Frustration / Body Slam
move 3: Earthquake
move 4: Rest / Self-Destruct
item: Chesto Berry / Lum Berry
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Adamant
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Set Details
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Usage Tips
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Team Options
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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• Assault Vest
• Mono Attacking Whirlwind + Resttalk

Checks and Counters
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**Fighting-Types**: Mienshao, Infernape, Heracross, Machamp, and Toxicroak nullify Snorlax with their strong STAB moves.

**Physical Wallbreakers**: Krookodile, Mamoswine Salamence, and other Choice Band wallbreakers such as Metagross all severely impact Snorlax's longevity. Many of these Pokemon further threaten Snorlax with access to Knock Off.

**Phazers**: Roar users such as Swampert and Empoleon prevent Curselax from setting up, while also potentially racking up entry hazard damage due to their access to Stealth Rock.

**Taunt**: Taunt users such as Krookodile, Hydreigon, Azelf, and Crobat prevent Curselax from setting up.

**Trick/Switcheroo**: Trick / Switcheroo users such as Chandelure and Whimsicott cripple Curselax while severely hindering the offensive sets. Whimsicott can also Encore a Snorlax into a single move for several turns.

**Burn**: Will-O-Wisp users such as Arcanine and Rotom-H cripple the Choice Band set and severely impact the Offensive Curse Set if not running Rest.

 

[dodmen]

Any progress?

 

[Kink]

Work will likely prevent me from working on this for at least two weeks. Feel free to reassign, but I do plan on finishing it by the first weekend of March.

 

[IronBullet]

King UU do you still plan on writing this up man? There needs to be some progress soon since it's been over 2 months. If you're too busy to continue we can reassign it.

 

[Kink]

Please go ahead, it was supposed to be reassigned a long time ago.

 

[IronBullet]

Okay locking and moving. Reassigning this to Mazz, feel free to start man.