Are sleep talk and snore affected by guts?

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Tl;dr moves called by Sleep Talk are affected by Guts, and so is Snore prior to Gen IV. If you’re interested in the calcs, keep reading.

Sleep Talk isn’t a damaging move, so it isn’t affected by Guts. However, a physical move called through Sleep Talk will have its damage boosted by Guts:

0 Atk Guts Ursaring Tackle vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Abra: 289-342 (151.3 - 179%) – guaranteed OHKO

This calculation is shown when “Asleep” is selected as the status condition inPokemon Showdown’s Damage Calculator. Compare this to when no status condition is selected:

This proves that being asleep procs Guts.

As for Snore, it’s a special move in recent gens – it won’t ever be boosted by Guts. However, we can go back to Generation III, when it was a physical move instead. From here, we can carry out the standard calculations.

0 Atk Guts Ursaring Snore vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Abra: 290-342 (151.8 - 179%) – guaranteed OHKO

Compared to no status condition selected:

Thus, Snoredoesreceive boosted damage from Guts.

It is important to note that Guts boosts the Attack stat, and not the damage of moves. In other words, when a move is “boosted” by Guts, it simply does more damage because of Guts' boost to Attack, rather than because of any change in a move’s power.