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This section introduces some generally useful countermeasures for ParaSpreading.

Many Pokemon which use ParaSpreading are Special Pokemon, so Snorlax can naturally check them.
And since Snorlax is naturally slow and assumes it will be outspeeded, it is suited well to absorbing Paralyze. It is also possible to cure Paralyze with Rest.
Except for a few cases such as vs Earthquake Snorlax and vs Rhydon which will be described later, Snorlax's Paralyze is hard to be exploited, so Snorlax is generally the best shield against ParaSpreading.

Taking Paralyze with a speedy Pokemon should usually be avoided, as it can lead to be exploited with Speed reversal.
However, if you lost Snorlax, if your Snorlax is Restless or your eventual sweeper and you need to be careful to use Snorlax, if checking ParaSpreader with a Snorlax can lead to exploitation, or if there is a Paraspreader which is inappropriate for checking with Snorlax, then taking Paralyze with a Speedy Pokemon is your only option.

If you are going to take Paralyze with a Speedy Pokemon, it is less risky to take Paralyze with a Resttalker.
With a Resttalker, you have the option to intentionally take damage, use Rest, and then bet with Sleeptalk with your original Speed.
For example, Resttalk Raikou will have a better matchup against Charizard if you use Rest to cure Paralyze rather than leaving it.

Paralyze exploiters can be divided into two groups.
Those which strongly desire to paralyze Speedy Checker / Revenge Killer, and those which can even exploit Paralyze Snorlax.

For many slow sweepers, the key success factor is to avoid being checked or revenge killed by speedy Pokemon by using ParaSpreading on them.
Machamp, Marowak, and Quagsire are good examples of sweepers that belong to this group. Vaporeon is another example.
It may be hard to imagine Charizard as belonging to this group, but Charizard's checkers, Electric and Starmie, and sometimes Gengar, all have Speeds greater than Charizard, so it can be considered slow sweepers in relative terms.

While the aforementioned Pokemon cannot take advantage of Paralyze on Snorlax, there are others which can.

The easiest example to understand is Snorlax. In a Snorlax vs Snorlax matchup, you can exploit Snorlax's Speed felling.
In particular, Curse Earthquake Snorlax against the Offense Team and 3 Attack Snorlax against Stall Team will be happy with this, as they are expected to play the role of sweeper / wall breaker. Curse Flamethrower Snorlax will also be happy with this.
Although it is used defensively, Curse Resttalk Snorlax can also use this to make Snorlax checks.

Another example is Curse Rhydon which can take advantage of this.
Rhydon is a Pokemon that can punish Snorlax which doesn't have some Attack Moves like Earthquake, and if can use Curse with outspeeding it, it can potentially exploit Earthquake Snorlax as well.
Maybe, the same can be said for Curse Tyranitar.

Pokemon in this category can exploit Paralyze even if it is absorbed by Snorlax, but that doesn't mean they can't exploit it on other speedy Pokemon.
Ideally you should Paraspread on Snorlax as well as other Speedy Pokemon.

As mentioned above, Paralyze exploiters can be divided into two groups.
Taking this into account, you can increase the effectiveness of ParaSpreading by targeting more appropriate targets.
This section provides specific examples.

Some Paraspreaders can prevent absorbing Paralyze with Snorlax.

The most universally applicable example would be Explosion Exeggutor.
There are many teams where Snorlax is the only stable Electric checker, so Explosion puts those teams at risk of losing Snorlax to Explosion, preventing from abrosbing Paralyze with Snorlax.
In many cases, Exeggutor's Paralyze will be absorbed by Zapdos.
(And it is also a cliche to support Vaporeon or Machamp by deleting Zapdos with Explosion)
However, this involves predictions around Explosion, and not all teams don't have stable Electric checkers outside of Snorlax, so in a few cases, your Exeggutor will be checked with Snorlax without fear of Explosion.

If you want to be more reliable in Paraspreading speedy Pokemon other than Snorlax, you should use Leech Seed, and whenever possible combine it with Substitute.
Leech Seed is a particularly strong Move against Snorlax, so it can force switching out of Snorlax more easily.

Aside from Exeggutor, Dynamic Punch Dragonite is known as an example of an effective paraspreading tool against Electric.

In most cases, ParaSpreading will naturally be absorbed by Snorlax, so there are few cases where you want to to avoid checking with other Status Absorber.
However, if you want to intentionally set Paralyze on Snorlax and exploit it, Pokemon like Surf / Thunder Wave / Confuse Ray / Substitute Starmie is good example.

Starmie with this moveset will become violent itself if Water or Grass (except general moveset Exeggutor) is deleted by explosions from Pokemon like Cloyster, Steelix or Golem.
Not only will it be difficult to check with Zapdos, but RoarKou will also be unable to check in the long run, and even Thunder Resttalk Raikou sometimes fail checks due to fail to break Substitute.
This way you can create situations where your opponent has no choice but to check with Snorlax.
Additionally, you also can use Confuse Ray to Snorlax, for example, which reduces the burden on Rhydon when switching in on Earthquake Snorlax (Snorlax must be able to predict switching to Rhydon and use Earthquake with being able to move luckly), and allows you to aim to punish Earthquake Snorlax with Rhydon in the same way you punish Curse Resttalk Snorlax.

Specifically, I built a team like this.
https://pokepast.es/0ceebfd31a1a3dfd

This is still in testing and has no track record in OU, but in Japanese NC2000, in 2008-2011, when ParaSpreading against Snorlax became already important, this moveset Starmie was developed as a countermeasure against Zapdos, and has a proven track record of use.

In terms of track record in OU, Psychic / Thunder Wave / Rapid Spin / Substitute, which are similar in concept to this moveset, are probably more familiar.
Thunder Electric is vulnerable to Substitute itself, and Psychic's SpD down can make it difficult to check with Electric.
It's worse against Exeggutor, instead it makes it easier to gain advantage in Spikes War.
After the moveset is revealed, it can be exploited by Steelix and Tyranitar, but it can do Spikes off the former and ParaSpread the latter, so it's not completely helpless.
This moveset was adopted by the Sample Team before it was normalized, and has been used by Uncle EyeroII in the 2023 ladder.
I myself have actually used the following team which is a copy of Uncle EyeroII's team as one of my main teams for tournaments.
(I have used it twice and won both)
https://pokepast.es/6012fd1933b24a1d