Belly Drum Snorlax or Curse Snorlax?

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I still play Gen 4 competitive battles with my buddies, and one of them runs Curse on his Snorlax (which works quite well).

I can’t decide between Curse and Belly Drum for my Snorlax.If I went with Belly Drum, I would want to use Defense curl as well, but that takes up another slot. :/However, unlike Curse, I would only have to use Belly Drum once and…….well yeah. :)

So pretty much so far I would use one of the followingIV bred for HP, of course.Curse set:Snorlax @ LeftoversEVs: 252HP, 130 Def, 130 AtkMoves:- Earthquake- Body Slam- Rest- Curse

Belly Drum set:Snorlax @ Lum berry/Chesto berryMoves:- Earthquake- Body slam- Belly drum- Defense curl/Rest

I would use Lum or Chesto berry in case I use Rest.

I would appreciate some feed back thanks.

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Snorlax should have curse definitely, it’s speed doesn’t matter because he’s slow already and can take a hit easily and either have a sitrus berry while knowing recycle or leftovers to make him a bigger pain to deal with for your opponent.From what I saw, Snorlax only have 1 recovery move.. Rest and it can learn Sleep talk.

Now I’m going to give 2 to movesets with Belly Drum and Curse..

Snorlax @Sitrus BerryAbility - Thick FatImpish Nature (+Def -SAtk)EVs - 252 HP / 128 Def / 128 Sp.Def- Rest- Sleep Talk- Belly Drum- Body Slam / Crunch

Snorlax @Leftovers / Sitrus BerryAbility - Thick FatImpish Nature (+Def -SAtk)EVs - 252 HP / 128 Atk / 128 Def- Curse- Crunch- Body Slam- Earthquake / Recycle

Hope this helps.

I think curse is the more viable option for snorlax due to it’s already low speed, in addition unless the Pokemon has a good speed stat or a priority move, belly drum should be forgone for a different setup move if the Pokemon has aaccess to one. Another reason to choose curse is because it increases the lackluster defense stat of snorlax.

Snorlax @Sitrus Berry / Leftovers (consider if you want to use sleep talk)Ability - Immunity / Thick fatNature - Impish (+Def -Sp.Atk)EVs - 252 HP / 128 Atk / 128 DefI gave lots of options so you can pick between a lot of things.I would personally pick Curse over Belly Drum because Snorlax has low speed to begin with.

  1. Rest / Self Destruct (for a last resort)2) Sleep talk (because of rest) / Body Slam (If you didn’t do rest)3) Belly Drum/ Curse - (obviously)4) Protect (because why not)/ Toxic / Flamethrower (if you don’t want toxic because of steel types)