Vullaby (Analysis)

[Heysup]

[Overview]

• Great defenses.
• Decent offenses.
• Decent move pool.
• Versatile.

[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Brave Bird
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Punishment / Payback
move 4: Pluck
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Pigeon Heart / Dust-proof
nature: Adamant
evs: 236 Atk / 76 SpD / 196 Spe

Set Description:

• Brave Bird does a fair amount of damage.
• U-turn lets Baruchai scout and dent its counters.
• Punishment makes Baruchai a great revenge killer, and Payback hits things hard on the switch.
• Pluck hits things and takes their Berry. It also doesn't cause recoil.

Additional Comments:

• Nothing much. Knock off can be used.
• Hidden Power Fighting OHKOes Komatana.

Teammates and Counters:

• Steel-types wall it.
• Magnemite beats them quite easily. Diglett does as well.
• Anything that has trouble switching into Ghost-types since Baruchai covers for them.

[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Pluck / Brave Bird
move 3: Roost
move 4: Taunt
item: Evolution Stone
ability: Pigeon Heart / Dust-proof
nature: Impish
evs: 36 HP / 236 Def / 236 SpD

Set Description:

• Great defensive stats make it tough to take out.
• Knock Off makes a lot of Pokemon lose their usefulness.
• Roost keeps Baruchai alive.
• Taunt stops Pokemon such as Komatana from setting up.

Additional Comments:

• Nothing much. U-turn can be used.
• Hidden Power Fighting OHKOes Komatana.

Teammates and Counters:

• Steel-types can beat it easily.
• Magnemite beats them quite easily. Diglett does as well.
• Anything that has trouble switching into Ghost-types since Baruchai covers for them.
• It stops Psychic- and Dark-types as well.

[SET]
name: Staller
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Toxic
move 3: Roost
move 4: Pluck
item: Evolution Stone
ability: Pigeon Heart / Dust-proof
nature: Jolly
evs: 196 HP / 76 Def / 196 Spe

Set Description:

• Fast, making Substitute stalling quite effective.
• Somewhat hard to break its Substitutes.
• Roost keeps it alive as Toxic stalls them out.
• Pluck takes the odd boosting Berry and gets those last hits.

Additional Comments:

• Hidden Power Fighting OHKOes Komatana.

Teammates and Counters:

• Steel-types wall it.
• Magnemite beats them quite easily. Diglett does as well.
• Anything that has trouble switching into Ghost-types since Baruchai covers for them.

[Optional Changes]

• Can run Nasty Plot, but it's slightly too weak.
• Mean Look, Taunt, and Toxic can make a good trapping set, but it's very situational.

[Team Options]

• Steel-types are annoying for Baruchai, meaning Magnemite and Diglett are great partners.
• Anything that resists Electric-, Rock-, and Ice-type attacks is helpful, so Water-types and Ground-types are useful.

[Counters]

• Steel-types resist its STABs and are immune to Toxic.
• Poison-types are also immune to Toxic.

 

[Heysup]

Done.

 

[Dubulous]

TheImmortalBeat has offered to take this over from Heysup since he is away for the summer.