[SET]
Offensive (Kyurem) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid Nature
- Ice Beam
- Freeze-Dry
- Hidden Power Fire / Earth Power
- Draco Meteor / Roost
[SET COMMENTS]
With Heavy-Duty Boots, Kyurem can leverage its decent natural bulk and perfect movepool to clobber otherwise solid answers. Ice Beam and Freeze-Dry are fantastic STAB options; the latter is able to maul structures reliant on bulky Water-types to stymy the assault of powerful Ice Beams. Hidden Power Fire and Earth Power serve as excellent coverage to hit the Steel-types that would otherwise be able to survive the onslaught, with Hidden Power Fire targeting Ferrothorn and Mega Scizor and Earth Power chunking Gholdengo and Galarian Slowking for more damage while maiming defensive Heatran. Draco Meteor, while less broadly applicable in its targets, can secure important interactions, OHKOing Raging Bolt, Roaring Moon, and Mega Latios, which would otherwise survive an Ice Beam from full health. Roost enables Kyurem to shrug off the chip damage it can often accumulate throughout a game at the expense of further offensive prowess.
Kyurem finds itself most fitting on bulkier teams that can provide it with opportunities to switch out reliably. With the ability to outspeed almost every Ground-type in the tier, Kyurem can find ample opportunities to exploit its coverage and extremely powerful STAB combination, especially against bulkier and slower structures. Kyurem is a one-stop-shop to handle common Gliscor and Toxapex structures while also doing extremely well versus offenses reliant on Alomomola and Slowbro to be their defensive backbone. Kyurem is not without weaknesses—its middling Speed tier and weak defensive typing means it is often outpaced and forced out by threatening offensive staples such as Zamazenta and Mega Diancie. Kyurem thus pairs extremely well with teammates that form a strong defensive core that it can rely on to absorb some of the pressure it inevitably incurs. Ting-Lu and Pecharunt serve to stymy the assault from Mega Latios and the aforementioned Zamazenta, respectively. Galarian Slowking is an extremely powerful defensive partner, with invaluable resistances to Fighting- and Fairy-type attacks as well as access to Thunder Wave, crippling the faster threats that would otherwise force Kyurem out. Galarian Slowking also boasts access to Chilly Reception, which provides a slow pivot to get Kyurem onto the field safely with the bonus of snow, boosting its already solid Defense. Pecharunt with Parting Shot serves a similar role, with its Fighting immunity and Fairy resistance making it a reliable answer to the ever-threatening Iron Valiant, Zamazenta, Urshifu-R, and Ogerpon-W that can all force Kyurem into a corner. Bulky Gholdengo provides additional offensive pressure along with a robust answer to Tapu Lele, and it can serve to soften targets for Kyurem to clean through or trade out with offensive powerhouses that would deny Kyurem from wreaking havoc. Bulky Gholdengo retains access to Thunder Wave to provide the aforementioned paralysis that Kyurem exploits so well. Mega Lopunny and Zamazenta make for excellent offensive partners, being able to rely on Kyurem to handle the bulkier structures that they tend to otherwise struggle against.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/slopcat.661238/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/wildfiree.542295/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sputnik.475916/
Grammar checked by:
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Offensive (Kyurem) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid Nature
- Ice Beam
- Freeze-Dry
- Hidden Power Fire / Earth Power
- Draco Meteor / Roost
[SET COMMENTS]
With Heavy-Duty Boots, Kyurem can leverage its decent natural bulk and perfect movepool to clobber otherwise solid answers. Ice Beam and Freeze-Dry are fantastic STAB options; the latter is able to maul structures reliant on bulky Water-types to stymy the assault of powerful Ice Beams. Hidden Power Fire and Earth Power serve as excellent coverage to hit the Steel-types that would otherwise be able to survive the onslaught, with Hidden Power Fire targeting Ferrothorn and Mega Scizor and Earth Power chunking Gholdengo and Galarian Slowking for more damage while maiming defensive Heatran. Draco Meteor, while less broadly applicable in its targets, can secure important interactions, OHKOing Raging Bolt, Roaring Moon, and Mega Latios, which would otherwise survive an Ice Beam from full health. Roost enables Kyurem to shrug off the chip damage it can often accumulate throughout a game at the expense of further offensive prowess.
Kyurem finds itself most fitting on bulkier teams that can provide it with opportunities to switch out reliably. With the ability to outspeed almost every Ground-type in the tier, Kyurem can find ample opportunities to exploit its coverage and extremely powerful STAB combination, especially against bulkier and slower structures. Kyurem is a one-stop-shop to handle common Gliscor and Toxapex structures while also doing extremely well versus offenses reliant on Alomomola and Slowbro to be their defensive backbone. Kyurem is not without weaknesses—its middling Speed tier and weak defensive typing means it is often outpaced and forced out by threatening offensive staples such as Zamazenta and Mega Diancie. Kyurem thus pairs extremely well with teammates that form a strong defensive core that it can rely on to absorb some of the pressure it inevitably incurs. Ting-Lu and Pecharunt serve to stymy the assault from Mega Latios and the aforementioned Zamazenta, respectively. Galarian Slowking is an extremely powerful defensive partner, with invaluable resistances to Fighting- and Fairy-type attacks as well as access to Thunder Wave, crippling the faster threats that would otherwise force Kyurem out. Galarian Slowking also boasts access to Chilly Reception, which provides a slow pivot to get Kyurem onto the field safely with the bonus of snow, boosting its already solid Defense. Pecharunt with Parting Shot serves a similar role, with its Fighting immunity and Fairy resistance making it a reliable answer to the ever-threatening Iron Valiant, Zamazenta, Urshifu-R, and Ogerpon-W that can all force Kyurem into a corner. Bulky Gholdengo provides additional offensive pressure along with a robust answer to Tapu Lele, and it can serve to soften targets for Kyurem to clean through or trade out with offensive powerhouses that would deny Kyurem from wreaking havoc. Bulky Gholdengo retains access to Thunder Wave to provide the aforementioned paralysis that Kyurem exploits so well. Mega Lopunny and Zamazenta make for excellent offensive partners, being able to rely on Kyurem to handle the bulkier structures that they tend to otherwise struggle against.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/slopcat.661238/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/wildfiree.542295/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sputnik.475916/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
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