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Fuzznip · Jan 17th, 2010, 1:36:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat Psykout22

[SET]
name: Quick Feet Sweep
move 1: Facade
move 2: Protect / Sword Dance
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Crunch
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Quick Feet
nature: Jolly
evs: 36 HP / 196 Atk / 36 Def / 36 SpD / 196 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set makes Teddiursa a great sweeper, courtesy of its ability to boost its Speed without even having to take damage from an attack. Teddiursa has the power to hit walls relatively hard, and has enough Speed to outrun every Pokémon who is not carrying Choice Scarf.

Facade will be your main method of doing damage, as it has a Base
Power of 210 (factoring in STAB) once Teddiursa is poisoned. With your other two moves, you should try to hit the Pokémon who resist or are immune to Normal-type attacks. The Pokémon that fall into this category are Rocks, Steels, and Ghosts. Crunch is your best option against Ghost-type Pokémon and will severely hurt all but Duskull (why but Duskull? It's 2HKOed, yes?); sadly, it just misses out on the OHKO on Misdreavus. Close Combat destroys Aron and Shieldon, while doing a good amount of damage to Bronzor (however, not enough to beat Oran Berry versions) and will keep all of the Rock-types bar Oran Berry Onix from coming in. Seed Bomb could be used to annihilate all the Rock- and Ground-type Pokémon, but allows Steel-type Pokémon, such as the aforementioned Bronzor, to completely wall this set. Ice Punch can work to gain the ability to 2HKO all Gligar and OHKO those without heavy defensive investment; however, the loss of coverage is significant, sacrificing the ability to hit Steel-types effectively.

The choice between Protect and Swords Dance depends on personal preference, how easily you think Teddiursa will be able to set up, how much Teddiursa needs to set up, and if it is bulky enough to even set it up. Belly Drum is more of a gimmick, as even with just one Swords Dance, Teddiursa can OHKO a lot of the LC metagame, apart from Bronzor and heavily defensive Gligar, but both to KO back unless they have boosted Attack or if you have used Close Combat on Bronzor, rather than Crunch.

Protect is the first option for the fact that you can get your Speed boost for “free”, and keep your health as high as possible. This set can also be used well as a lead while using Protect, stopping Fake Out leads from hitting you first turn, and then OHKOing next turn (being statused also stops Hypnosis from working, most notably from Meowth).

Swords Dance is an option since many people switch out to an appropriate counter that is bulky enough to survive any attacks of Teddiursa's. However, with a Swords Dance under the belt, this is normally a different story. However, this needs good prediction as Teddiursa isn’t too bulky in a metagame where OHKOes and 2HKOes are common, and this isn't helped by the fact that every turn more health is being taken away automatically from Teddiursa's Toxic Orb.

The main drawback to this set is the abundance of priority that Little Cup contains so much of. Along with the fact Teddiursa has substandard defences and Toxic Orb sapping away HP every turn. It really makes Teddiursa's survivability minimal. Any Pokémon who carries a Choice Scarf and has a Speed of excess 14 can check Teddiursa as well. Any bulky Pokémon can decently come in and counter this set unless Teddiursa has set up a Swords Dance. Teddiursa lacks the ability to 2HKO some common Pokémon who carry Oran Berry without a Swords Dance set up and/or resist the move Facade. This makes it a more late-game sweeper.

Misdreavus works out rather well with this set. It is immune to both priority attacks commonly directed towards Teddiursa, and is immune to Teddiursa's only weakness. A good set is the Sub Nasty Plot set, since she takes more advantage from forced switches, and can do an excessive amount of damage (often seen as broken). Another good companion for this set is Gligar. Gligar has the bulk to take priority with, and can even set up in the face of it, be it a Rock Polish or Swords Dance set. Another Pokémon who works well when coupled with Teddiursa is Slowpoke. Slowpoke has great defenses, a Fighting-type resistace, and the ability to recover health and paralyze opposing Pokémon. But it isn’t just bulky Pokémon that help this set, any Pokémon with U-turn can help Teddiursa immensely, giving a set up of Toxic Orb without giving them a turn to set up or have a free switch. Most notably Scarfed Mankey helps with the ability to draw out Ghost Pokémon for the KO via Teddiursa’s Crunch.

[SET]
name: Choice
move 1: Return
move 2: Crunch
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Ice Punch / Seed Bomb
item: Choice Band / Choice Scarf
ability: Quick Feet
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 36 HP / 196 Atk / 36 Def / 36 SpD / 196 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With the help of Choice Band or Choice Scarf boosting your Attack or Speed stat, respectively, this can allow Teddiursa to be an effective sweeper. Choice Band gives you the power to be a great early-game wall-breaker, such as 2HKOing Bronzor with Close Combat, freeing up the game for your other sweepers, while Choice Scarf gives you the Speed to outpace and clean up late in the game without taking much damage, as you are moving first. The moves allow you to hit virtually everything; Return hits most Pokémon with a good amount of power, Crunch can take out any Ghost bar Duskull, and Close Combat is nice for both Steel- and Rock-types who switch in expecting to take minimal damage from Return. Ice Punch is mainly for Gligar, whom it will OHKO, however Seed Bomb is an alternative option for taking down bulky Water-types and hitting Rock- and Ground-types harder at the same time.

Choice Scarf is not a preferred item because the Quick Feet set with Protect will give you the same boost along with the ability to freely switch moves. However, if losing health every turn from your Toxic Orb doesn't appeal to you, a Choice Scarf is always a viable option.

Slowpoke is a good partner if you opt to use the Choice Band set. Slowpoke can paralyze opposing Pokémon, making up for the lack of Speed that a Choice Scarf will give you. Ekans can also work out well with Teddiursa, as it too resists Fighting-type attacks, has Intimidate, and can also paralyze Pokémon. With a Choice Scarf held, Croagunk and Misdreavus make very good partners. They deal with Fighting-type attacks extremely well, and can dish out damage like no other, freeing Teddiursa for a late-game clean up.

[Other Options]
Life Orb isn't a covered set as it still drains Teddiursa's health and a Life Orb Return isn't as powerful as a boosted Facade, but Crunch would be able to KO any Ghost and Close Combat providing a chance of KO on Munchlax. Teddiursa's lack of Speed and priority means it is even easier to revenge kill. Life Orb doesn't provide the power of Choice Band Teddiursa needs due to the ability of hitting extremely hard even without STAB. Life Orb could work to switch into status and putting Sleep Talk on Teddiursa, but sleep and poison are the only statuses Teddiursa would be able to take, poison being very rare and sleep being unreliable to hit (Hypnosis having 60% accuracy as the most common sleep move).

A Substitute and Focus Punch set could work, but Close Combat is generally a more reliable Fighting move to use. Cross Chop's 80% accuracy makes Close Combat the preferred choice again, but if defense drop puts you off, Cross Chop is always there as the second option. Earthquake can also replace Close Combat, but it's weaker and can't touch Bronzor. Fire Punch hits Bronzor slightly harder than Close Combat, but still misses out on 2HKOing Oran Berry variants, unless you opt for the Choice Band set, otherwise it really has no use.

Teddiursa also has access to RestTalk + Roar, making it a great phazer, when Sleep talk chooses Roar, it will be at the Speed stat of 21 (Teddiursa’s when boosted) losing the minus priority and switching out the opposing Pokémon. This may seems foolproof, all I need is Stealth Rock but the unreliability of Sleep Talk choosing Roar over Rest means you may not be useful at all.(---> huh?)

Teddiursa has a huge array of physical attacks that can all be used for specific counters to Pokemon, unless the boosted Facade is more powerful, which it often is. These physical moves are just moves that hurt, setting up is another key part to Teddiursa’s sweep, Swords Dance is shown but there is something more risky, more powerful, Belly Drum. With +6 Attack and +1 Speed (Toxic Orb + Quick Feet boost) Teddiursa can officially sweep; it's greater risk for greater reward.

[EVs]
Maxing out Attack and Speed is the best option for the majority of sets in order to maximize the offensive efficiency that Teddiursa brings to the table. In order to do so, it requires 196 EVs in both Attack and Speed. This leaves you with enough spare EVs to get an extra two points in HP or one point in HP and one in each of the defensive stats. The choice between them is simple, on all sets, extra Defense and Special Defense points are more valuable so a spread of 36 HP / 196 Atk / 36 Def / 36 SpD / 196 Spe is the best option always.

[Opinion]
Teddiursa is one of the cutest Pokémon ever made. However, don't let its looks fool you. It's one powerhouse of a sweeper. It has access to a fantastic physical movepool and a solid base Attack stat of 80, giving it very impressive offensive coverage.

It also boasts Quick Feet that one of only two Pokemon (the other being Poochyena) have in LC. Quick Feet gives it the ability to outspeed all non-boosted Pokémon in the metagame, with the Speed of a Choice Scarfed Pokémon without being locked into one move once affected by status with its item. However, it lacks both the Speed to beat most common Choice Scarfed Pokémon even with Quick Feet and the raw power to get OHKOs on bulkier opponents, unless it is hitting them with a boosted Facade. A lack of priority moves is also something that hinders Teddiursa's sweeping potential.

Teddiursa is also bulky enough to sweep and on some teams even has time to set up with good prediction. Teddiursa can live a Hidden Power Fighting from Misdreavous (with Life Orb) and get a KO back with Stealth Rock damage help via Crunch.

Teddiursa does have solid defenses, but with residual damage with Toxic Orb and entry hazards like Stealth Rock that have already been set up means Teddiursa’s sweeps wont last long.

[Counters]
Bronzor is a great counter to Teddiursa as it can only be hit for neutral damage almost all of the time, and can OHKO the Quick Feet set with Gyro Ball after a Close Combat Defense drop. Choice Scarf Ghosts can come in on any Normal- or Fighting-type move and score a KO with their own attacks. Choice Scarfed Pokémon like Diglett, Abra, and Gligar can come in on the turn you Protect and beat Teddiursa, or they can come in and revenge kill it with ease thanks to its lack of priority. Anything with Protect can stall whilst the Toxic Orb damage racks up on the Quick Feet set can beat Teddiursa as well.

Priority users can be effective revenge killers, especially those that have Vacuum Wave or Mach Punch (the super effective priority). Good examples of these revenge priority killers would include Croagunk, Magby, and other bulkier Pokemon, such as Kabuto, who can also take advantage on the switch.

Teddiursa can be hard to switch into, but a bulky Scarfer such as Gligar can come in with ease and KO normally with Earthquake after Toxic Orb damage.

Nice stuff. You're missing TO btw.