High friendship + level upTo Snorlax

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#0143 · GENERATION 1

Snorlax Build Guide

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Bulky physical setup attacker

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMLeftovers

ABILITYThick Fat

NATURECareful

Body Slam

Crunch

Curse

Rest

How to play

Curse raises Attack and Defense while lowering Speed. Thick Fat reduces damage from Fire and Ice moves; Rest restores HP and removes status at the cost of sleep turns.

Watch out for

Key risk. Fighting attacks are super effective. Rest gives opponents time to act, while low Speed and critical hits can complicate setup.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

BATTLE PLAN

When to attack, set up or switch

Curse raises Attack and Defense while lowering Speed. Thick Fat reduces damage from Fire and Ice moves; Rest restores HP and removes status at the cost of sleep turns.

You have a safe turn to build

Use Curse. Each use makes Snorlax hit harder and take physical damage better, but it also drops Speed — and those stat changes are lost if Snorlax switches out.

You need full recovery

Rest clears status and restores HP, then hands the opponent free turns. Leftovers is the smaller commitment when a safe switch is already available.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Snorlax in. A slower pivot may take the opponent’s hit first. Turn order and the opponent’s move still matter.

ITEM & ABILITY

How this build works

Thick Fat reduces incoming Fire and Ice damage. Curse raises Attack and Defense while lowering Speed, and Rest heals fully but leaves Snorlax asleep for turns.

Watch the tradeoff. Fighting attacks are super effective. Rest gives opponents time to act, while low Speed and critical hits can complicate setup.

These battle mechanics do not change the builder’s type-and-base-stat score. The tool does not simulate moves, abilities, held items or damage.

COMPARE YOUR OPTIONS

Snorlax or Umbreon?

Umbreon offers defensive support and Wish recovery with a different typing and fewer attacking options.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Snorlax	Umbreon
HP	160	95
Attack	110	65
Defense	65	110
Sp. Attack	65	60
Sp. Defense	110	130
Speed	30	65

Base stats are not final battle stats. Level, nature, IVs, EVs and battle effects affect the result. Check availability in your game before choosing an alternative.

Teammate ideas

A Ghost teammate can cover Fighting attacks. A Fairy or Flying teammate can resist Fighting while adding a different attacking role.

Mimikyu

Immune to Fighting; Snorlax is immune to Ghost attacks.

Read Mimikyu guide →Compare teammates →

Clefable

Resists Fighting attacks and adds special damage.

Read Clefable guide →Compare teammates →

These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

Compare computed teammate suggestions →

Alternative: Umbreon

Umbreon offers defensive support and Wish recovery with a different typing and fewer attacking options.

Read Umbreon guide →

Try Umbreon →

Type matchups

Weak to

Fighting2×

Resistances and immunities

Ghost0×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP160

Attack110

Defense65

Sp. Attack65

Sp. Defense110

Speed30

Evolution chain

Munchlax#446
High friendship + level up
Snorlax#143

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

Build your Snorlax team

Start with Snorlax. Add teammates and compare your type-and-base-stat score.

Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

SLOT 01#143

Snorlax

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Understand your team

Offense79

Defense60

Coverage0

Synergy17

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Fighting attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Your own types can hit 0 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.
No teammate has a base Speed of 100 or higher. Consider adding a faster option.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Snorlax	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	1×	0	0
Water	1×	0	0
Electric	1×	0	0
Grass	1×	0	0
Ice	1×	0	0
Fighting	2×	1	0
Poison	1×	0	0
Ground	1×	0	0
Flying	1×	0	0
Psychic	1×	0	0
Bug	1×	0	0
Rock	1×	0	0
Ghost	0×	0	1
Dragon	1×	0	0
Dark	1×	0	0
Steel	1×	0	0
Fairy	1×	0	0

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

NormalNeutral

FireNeutral

WaterNeutral

ElectricNeutral

GrassNeutral

IceNeutral

FightingNeutral

PoisonNeutral

GroundNeutral

FlyingNeutral

PsychicNeutral

BugNeutral

RockResisted

GhostImmune target

DragonNeutral

DarkNeutral

SteelResisted

FairyNeutral

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.