Chesto Berry or Leftovers for Competitive Snorlax?

Question

Which held item suits better for Snorlax for this moveset, Chesto Berry or Leftovers?

Move 1 : Curse
Move 2 : Rest
Move 3 : Double Edge
Move 4 : Seismic Toss

Chesto Berry is to wake up Snorlax quickly from the Move Rest.
Leftovers is to stall the opponent as it has high HP (recovery is also more).

However, Rest makes the user sleep for just 2 moves.

So there is a confusion between Chesto Berry and Leftovers. Which of these suit better for Snorlax?

Comments

What are the EVs on it?

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252 HP, 252 Atk, 4 Sp. Def
Brave Nature (+atk, -speed)
This is for gen 4

Answer 1

If you are going to use Rest without Sleep Talk, Chesto Berry is pretty much a requirement since you would be a sitting duck after using Rest otherwise.. However, Seismic Toss damage doesn't get boosted by Curse, so it seems pretty pointless and replaceable. You could easily get rid of it for Sleep Talk which means you could run Leftovers. Ghost/Steel/Rock types still completely shut this set down, so instead you could add Earthquake or Crunch over Sleep Talk and keep the Chesto Berry.

Comments

Ok thanks, never thought of Ghost types!

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So I have to use Chesto Berry instead of leftovers

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yes, i would recommend that unless you wanted use sleep talk instead of seismic toss

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And to hit the Ghost types, I have to use Crunch.
The finalized moveset  is
Curse
Rest
Crunch
Brick Break or any other Fighting type move.....

Wait.
Shall double Edge be there or not?

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Ok no Fighting type moves, Double Edge would be used
Moveset also Finalised
Thank you very much

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yes, a normal type attack is pretty important to have. curse, rest, crunch, and double-edge should work well. and i forgot to mention this but you might also want to use return instead of double-edge so you don't have to worry about recoil damage

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No there would be more damage, and Snorlax's HP would surely help it, though Return is also good.

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thats true, double-edge is stronger. both are good like you said

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You said that Seismic Toss doesn't get afftected by curse, but how?

https://pokemondb.net/move/seismic-toss
https://pokemondb.net/move/curse

It is not mentioned here, and I did not hear it also.

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because it always does the same amount of damage no matter what. if your attack is raised, it will still do damage equal to the level of your snorlax (im assuming 100) so it will always do 100 damage

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Oh ok thanks

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Oh now I got it! It isn't 100 BP. It does only 100 HP damage!

> The damage of Seismic Toss is equal to the user's level. So at level 100 the Pokémon will inflict 100 HP damage.