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Originally Posted by Fat DestinyUnknown

Cesterp explained this already well, but I will post my thoughts anyway. Ambipom isn't a bad pokemon, it's just that people (and according to what I bolded, you do too) use it wrong. Using U-turn on Ambipom is, simply put, a bad idea, and a lot of people have already talked about this on differents thread on this forum, but there's simply no point on using U-turn Ambipom in Gen V, as, thanks to Team Preview, you're scouting nothing, because you already now from start what the opponent answer to Ambipom is. You also said that most teams have an Ambipom counter, and what's the problem here? Everybody also runs a Heracross counter, a Zapdos counter or a Darmanitan counter, and that doesn't make them bad pokemon, especially considering Ambipom can heavily damage (and sometimes even defeat) those counters with proper prediction. A Fake Out / Return / Low Kick / Shadow Claw (or Beat Up) moveset is what you should be using on Ambipom, as with that set, Ambipom can both abuse Fake Out and hit his counters (like Cobalion, Rhyperior, Cofagrigus etc) for high damage.

Also I'd like to add Cresselia to C-tier. 120/120/130 defenses in addition to Levitate and multiple ways (Psycho Shift and Substitute, if not a cleric) to duck out of status is pretty cool. However, its only recovery option (Moonlight) gets 8 PP and is inconsistent now that we have Tornadus back to give us rain, it's weak to Heracross and Cofagrigus, and it has almost 0 power until it sets up multiple Calm Minds.