Notes & Combos

credit to s1gun for this deck

i use electric and water energy

always try to start snorlax if possible in active

i research first over using pokeballs to find more basics, early greninja is what you wanna see

against raitina, dont be afraid to give up even 2 mons if you can get the board state to shaymin and both oricorios as its a gauranteed win or tie. cycle between oricorios to heal up to 60-70 before attacking a rocky helmet. save cyrus for lethal always, worthless to use early game

i also almost never place down a 2nd snorlax in this matchup. bench space is important. i would often attempt to get my opponent to ko an extra froakie or snorlax so i can get that ideal boardstate

against zard incin you play similarly except oricorio in active early game isnt the worst. ideally you use froakie to chip away and force them to candy into the ex, then you swap to oriocorio. always greninja ping the nonex first. Incin burn damage is basically same as darkrai ping so shaymin swap back and forth to be immortal. pcl to heal after attacking into rocky helm or barbs

zard turt is very easy, greninja and snorlax are fodder to clear the turt, save oricorio for late game

high retreat cost means you can buy a lot of time with greninja pinging turt and cyrusing it, i often don't finish off the turt unless i need to

grass decks are straightforward, meow takes a long time to clear lax so use that time to setup everything. I would prioritize barry damage over research if given the option between the 2, decidueye can be problematic, going fast and rushing the pre evolution with pings and cyrus is the win condition

rampardos chomp is the difficult matchup, ideally setup a revenge where if ramp KOs something, snorlax can KO it back after it takes the 50 dmg. I tend to ping the fossils over garchomp if given the option.

arceus crobat carnivine is a niche deck that can be scary against this. the secret is to ping the arceus early and dont stop pinging the arceus especially if they attach energy to it. ignore zubat and crobat, i only started winning against this when istopped trying to prevent early crobat and focused on the arceus more. snorlax 1 shots carn, by the time arceus is up it should be in range for lethal. if not you have cyrus to go for it