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munchlax
#446

Munchlax

Big Eater Pokémon

Normal

It hides food under its long body hair. However, it forgets it has hidden the food.

Base Stats

HP 135
Attack 85
Defense 40
Sp. Atk 40
Sp. Def 85
Speed 5
Total 390

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Immune to

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

snorlax Snorlax Happiness 160

Moves

Details

Category Big Eater Pokémon
Height 0.6 m
Weight 105.0 kg
Base Exp 78
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 50
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs

Sprites

munchlax Front Front
munchlax Back Back
munchlax Front Shiny Front Shiny
munchlax Back Shiny Back Shiny
munchlax Official Art Official Art
munchlax Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 4.5%
Physically Offensive Tank
Moves
Body Slam / Return
Curse / Earthquake / Toxic
Item
Berry Juice
Ability
Thick Fat
Nature
Adamant / Impish
EVs
Atk 236
Def 36
SpD 236
RestTalk
Moves
Body Slam / Return
Fire Punch / Curse / Whirlwind
Item
Eviolite
Ability
Thick Fat
Nature
Impish
EVs
Atk 236
Def 36
SpD 236

Strategy Overview

Thanks to its massive base 135 HP and its great base 85 Special Defense, Munchlax has no trouble shrugging off most special attacks. Combine this with Thick Fat, and Munchlax is one of the hardest stops to Fire- and Ice-type Pokemon in the metagame. Munchlax also has a good base 85 Attack stat, allowing it to hit hard with moves such as Body Slam, Fire Punch, and Earthquake. However, base 40 Defense is quite low, and a horrid base 5 Speed means Munchlax will almost always be moving last. Fighting-types such as Mienfoo, Timburr, and Scraggy are omnipresent in Little Cup and can easily prey on Munchlax. Finally, Munchlax faces serious competition from Porygon as a Normal-type tank, as Porygon has better mixed bulk, access to Recover, and a wider movepool.

Most Used Moves

Body Slam
76.6%
Rest
50.1%
Curse
37.9%
Recycle
35.7%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
54.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc