When thePokemon GOJuly research rewardswere made available, it was revealed next month’s research event was still heavily focused on Kanto-region pokemon, naming Pikachu, Eevee, and Ditto specifically. However, it was also revealed that Snorlax would be the special Research Breakthrough reward, which disappointed a significant portion of the fanbase that was hoping for Entei, Raikou, or Suicune.
Notably, though, this isn’t a normal Snorlax. While the Pokemon can be found in the wild and hatched from eggs inPokemon GO,this research breakthrough Snorlax comes equipped with Body Slam, a move that was removed even after a significant nerf. A Body Slam Snorlax is one of the best Gym defenders in the game, so hopefully, not many players will be upset that it isn’t a legendary.
Body Slam deals 50 damage per charge, has a cooldown of only 1.9 seconds, and activates much faster than Hyper Beam. Because of its frequent activation, it’s much harder for a Pokemon to dodge and only deals reduced damage to Ghost-, Rock-, and Steel-type Pokemon. Moreover, it seems plausible that a shiny Body Slam Snorlax could be obtainable.
However, it is unknown at the time of this writing if a shiny Body Slam Snorlax is a potential breakthrough reward, butSnorlax’s shiny variant was added to the gamea few weeks ago alongside the remaining Kanto-region Pokemon without shiny versions. While Research breakthroughs have yet to be an avenue to obtain a shiny pokemon, it’ll be interesting to see if Snorlax is the first.
Nevertheless, as powerful as a Body Slam Snorlax is, players need to remember that a Research breakthrough is level 15, so players will need a ton of candies and stardust to power up the defensive Normal-type Pokemon. One way players may consider obtaining the required number of candies is the newly implementedtrading feature.
Pokemon GOis available now in select regions for Android and iOS devices.
