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Swift, stylish, and savage—Hisuian Lilligant turns every battle into a deadly dance! Its unique STAB combination and coverage make it able to threaten common defensive Pokemon such as Slowbro, Gastrodon, and Registeel. Leaf Blade rips through the aforementioned Water-type Pokemon in addition to Hippowdon and Rhyperior. Close Combat dispatches foes like Hisuian Goodra and Bisharp that would otherwise switch in comfortably. Ice...
Barraskewda @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Liquidation
- Close Combat
- Psychic Fangs
- Flip Turn
Barraskewda swiftly swims its way into NU! It stands out as one of the fastest unboosted Pokemon in the tier and is able to leverage its fantastic coverage options to its fullest to ravage teams. Choice Band allows Barraskewda to pick up 2HKOs on Pokemon such as Vaporeon and Tsareena that might otherwise heal off its damage. Close Combat can slam Water-resistant foes such as Wo-Chien and Vaporeon for massive damage, while...
Roaring Moon is a dark horse threat in Doubles OU! Booster Energy lets Roaring Moon outspeed the entire unboosted metagame: this lets it support its partners with Tailwind, annoy opposing Pokemon with Knock Off, and weaken physical attackers with Breaking Swipe. It is used over other Tailwind setters such as Tornadus because of its physical attacks, damage reduction, and disruption tools; moreover, unlike Tornadus, Roaring...
Revavroom @ Air Balloon
Ability: Filter
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Shift Gear
- Iron Head
- High Horsepower
- Temper Flare
Don't let the Air Balloon fool you; this isn't a flying car, but Revavroom does fly high in UU as a potent setup sweeper on hyper offense teams. With Shift Gear, Revavroom can boost Iron Head's damage sky-high while outpacing the entire metagame. High Horsepower and Temper Flare hit Steel-types like Excadrill, Skarmory, and Cobalion, which can easily shrug off an Iron Head or two. High Horsepower is especially valuable for...
Goodra-Hisui @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Sap Sipper
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Gigaton Hammer
- Dragon Tail
- Shore Up
- Knock Off / Stone Axe
Hisuian Goodra is one of the biggest winners in the Alphabet Cup soup, picking up much-appreciated recovery and utility moves from Sliggoo’s simply silly slew of S-moves; additionally, Sap Sipper takes on new importance due to the prevalence of Strength Sap, letting Hisuian Goodra block recovery attempts and gain a nifty Attack boost in the process. Hisuian Goodra already possesses amazing bulk and defensive typing, and now...
Gholdengo @ Steelium Z
Ability: Good as Gold
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Shadow Ball
- Make It Rain
- Recover
Gold money rain drips onto the check! Gholdengo fits best on entry hazard stack bulky offense and balance teams that value its ability to preserve hazards against foes like Zapdos and Tornadus-T. At +2, Corkscrew Crash becomes a powerful nuke, deleting bulky foes or Steel-resistant Pokemon like Garchomp and Ogerpon-W while heavily denting Ting-Lu. Gholdengo is scared off by Dark-types like Kingambit and Hisuian Samurott...
Darkrai @ Choice Specs
Ability: Bad Dreams
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dark Pulse
- Sludge Bomb
- Focus Blast / Trick
- Ice Beam / Trick
Choice Specs Darkrai is a wallbreaker that makes use of its great Speed, immediate power, and coverage to give nightmares to the OU tier. Sludge Bomb targets Fairy-types like Clefable, Primarina, and Iron Valiant that resist Dark Pulse and additionally threatens to OHKO Ogerpon-W. Focus Blast is used to hit Hisuian Samurott, Ting-Lu, Kingambit, and opposing Darkrai. Ice Beam threatens to OHKO Landorus-T...
Spiritomb @ Leftovers
Ability: Infiltrator
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Nasty Plot
- Dark Pulse
- Psyshock
ZU is under the curse of the dead tomb! Spiritomb is blessed with great natural bulk that allows to easily set up Trick Room, enabling it to get around its poor Speed tier. With its access to Nasty Plot and under Trick Room, Spiritomb can quickly turn into a great sweeper that can clean late-game. Psyshock enables Spiritomb to clean opposing Fighting-type foes that would resist Dark Pulse such as Hisuian Sneasel...
Thanks to a great pool of utility options, solid defenses, and decent offensive output even without investment, Vullaby finds itself as one of LC's strongest defensive pivots. Knock Off makes common switch-ins like Mudbray and Chinchou wary to come in safely, while both Defog and Roost let Vullaby act as both a team's form of entry hazard control and a solid check to Pokemon like Mienfoo and Alolan Diglett. Tera Dragon is a great...
