Best pokemon in the game

What's the best pokemon in the game?

This is one of the questions that normally is answered with an: 'it depends' or 'given this situation I'd say that' etc.

Well, in this case that's bullshit.

The best pokemon in the game is snorlax. End of story.

When defending a gym, if you want rival players to think 'screw this' and walk away, just dump ten 3k cp plus snorlax into the gym. Job done.

As for attacking, while there are several other pokemons better suited for a specific job, you can never go totally wrong with a snorlax.

There's something to a 250 hitpoint monster with perfectly decent attack and defence stats. Add a variety of useful attacks and you have it. The best pokemon in the game.



Is it the best attacker in the game? No.
The overhyped dragonite, rhydon the glasscannon and gyarados are all better for their intended targets. Flareon jolteon and lapras have their specific targets as well.



Is it the best defender in the game? No.
No???
No.
Chansey is the best defender in the game. Pity you won't see anything above cp 1400, which relegates it to a bouncer role. Now, fill that gym with ten cp 1300 plus chanseys, and attacking players will find out why chansey is indeed the best defender in the game.


Still, in the end, snorlax is, by a very large margin, the best pokemon in the game.