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Munchlax

Big Eater Pokémon

Normal

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Height: 0.6 m
Weight: 105.0 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender87.5% ♂ · 12.5% ♀

Catch rate50(12.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time40 cycles · ~10,455 steps

Growth rateslow

Base EXP78

Its robust stomach allows it to nonchalantly devour even rotted matter. It pays frequent visits to villages, seeking out food scraps intended for compost.

In Pokémon GO · 1892 max CP 4 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

135

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

390

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Pickup

Picks up other Pokémon's used and Flung held items. May also pick up an item after battle.

Thick Fat

Halves damage from Fire and Ice moves.

GluttonyHidden

Makes the Pokémon eat any held Berry triggered by low HP below 1/2 its max HP.

Egg groups: Undiscovered

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Fighting2×

Immune to

Ghost0×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Defensive

Moves

Item

Berry Juice

AbilityThick Fat

NatureAdamant+Atk/−SpA

EV spread

Atk▲236

Def36

SpD236

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Munchlax

Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.

Diamond

Eterna Forest Floaroma Meadow Fuego Ironworks Route 205 Route 206 Route 207 Route 208 Route 209 Route 210 Route 211 Route 212 Route 213 Route 214 Route 215 Route 218 Route 221 Route 222 Valley Windworks

Pearl

Platinum

Sun

Moon

Ultra Sun

Ultra Moon

Sword

Bridge Field Motostoke Riverbank Stony Wilderness

Shield

Bridge Field Motostoke Riverbank Stony Wilderness

Crown Tundra (Sword)

Ballimere Lake Giant's Bed Giant's Foot Max Lair Slippery Slope

Crown Tundra (Shield)

Ballimere Lake Giant's Bed Giant's Foot Max Lair Slippery Slope

Evolution

#0446Munchlax

High friendship

#0143Snorlax

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Munchlax can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Find a move27 of 27

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Lick Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Ghost	Physical	30	100	30
1	Odor Sleuth Forces the target to have no Evade, and allows it to be hit by Normal and Fighting moves even if it’s a Ghost.	Normal	Status	—	—	40
1	Rollout Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, resetting after five turns.	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
4	Defense Curl Raises user’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	40
8	Recycle User recovers the item it last used up.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
9	Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself.	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
12	Covet Takes the target’s item.	Normal	Physical	60	100	25
15	Bulldoze Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
16	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
17	Chip Away Ignores the target’s stat modifiers.	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
20	Stockpile Stores energy up to three times for use with Spit Up and Swallow.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
20	Swallow Recovers 1/4 HP after one Stockpile, 1/2 HP after two Stockpiles, or full HP after three Stockpiles.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
24	Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	85	40
28	Body Slam Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Normal	Physical	85	100	15
29	Zen Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Psychic	Physical	80	90	15
32	Fling Throws held item at the target; power depends on the item.	Dark	Physical	—	100	10
36	Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages.	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
37	High Horsepower Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Ground	Physical	95	95	10
40	Metronome Randomly selects and uses any move in the game.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
44	Flail Inflicts more damage when the user has less HP remaining, with a maximum of 200 power.	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
46	Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil.	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
48	Belly Drum User pays half its max HP to max out its Attack.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
49	Natural Gift Power and type depend on the held berry.	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
50	Snatch Steals the target’s move, if it’s self-targeted.	Dark	Status	—	—	10
52	Last Resort Can only be used after all of the user’s other moves have been used.	Normal	Physical	140	100	5
57	Giga Impact User foregoes its next turn to recharge.	Normal	Physical	150	90	5