What it does
Normally, consumption-trigger berries activate when the holder drops to 25% HP or below. Gluttony doubles that threshold to 50% — the berry fires the moment the holder's HP crosses below half.
The berries that benefit:
- Sitrus Berry: normally heals 25% HP when you drop to 25%. With Gluttony, it triggers at 50% instead — you recover before you are in genuine danger of being KOed by the next hit.
- Stat-boosting berries (Salac, Petaya, etc.): each of these raises a stat at low HP. Gluttony lets them trigger at 50% rather than 25%, which is meaningfully safer — your Speed or Special Attack rises while you still have a buffer.
- Type-resist berries (Chople, Coba, etc.): trigger when the holder takes a super-effective move of that type — there is no HP threshold, so Gluttony has no interaction with them.
The practical difference between a 25% trigger and a 50% trigger is survival rate. At 25%, many bulky Pokémon can be finished before the berry activates — the opponent's second hit lands before the first berry proc happens. At 50%, the heal or boost arrives while the holder is still viable, which adds another hit or two of longevity.
Who runs it
Snorlax (2% adoption) has high HP (160) and Special Defense, making it a natural Gluttony-plus-Sitrus-Berry pairing. The berry heals at half HP instead of near-death, giving Snorlax more staying power as a physical wall.
Simipour (14%) benefits more actively by running stat-boosting berries. Hitting the Speed or Special Attack boost at 50% HP rather than 25% means it can put the boost to use before it gets into critical danger range.
Flapple (0%) and Appletun (1%) see negligible competitive adoption with this ability.
How to use it
The setup is Gluttony plus a berry. The most common pairing is Sitrus Berry for reliable sustain, though stat-boosting berries for more aggressive setups are also valid depending on the Pokémon.
The basic tempo: take a hit or two down to 50%, berry fires automatically, either health returns or stat rises, continue fighting. Against opponents who do not track the 50% trigger threshold, this can create a surprise moment where the holder recovers when the opponent expected it to be finishing. The value decreases if the opponent knows Gluttony is in play.
Tips & strategy
Gluttony is not a top-tier competitive ability. Snorlax's 2% adoption tells you most players prefer Thick Fat — that ability halves damage from Fire and Ice moves, which is more consistently useful against specific threats. Gluttony's advantage is earlier berry timing; Thick Fat's advantage is type-based damage reduction every turn those types are present.
For the Gluttony timing to work, the opponent needs to deal exactly enough damage to push you below 50% in one or two hits, not enough to outright KO you. If their strongest move brings you from full to 10% in one shot, the berry never fires. This means Gluttony works best on bulkier Pokémon where opponents are more likely to chip at you gradually rather than one-shotting.
If you run Gluttony, confirm that the berry of choice is the right one for the damage pattern you expect to face. Sitrus Berry is the versatile default. Speed-boosting Salac Berry works if the Pokémon needs to outspeed something specific after the boost.