
SO MAJESTIC!
Overview
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- Best user of Freeze Dry
- Defog buff made it more viable
- Decent STAB combination
- Combines offense and defense
- Effective against many pokemon in UU
- Decent anti lead
- Horrible typing
- Weak to Stealth Rock
- Bad stat distribution
- Poor movepool
- Arctic harsh competition both offensively and defensively
Offensive SubRoost
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name: Offensive SubRoost
move 1: Freeze Dry
move 2: Hurricane
move 3: Substitute
move 4: Roost
ability: Pressure
item: Expert Belt / Leftovers
evs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 SpD
nature: Timid
Moves
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- Freeze Dry is a niche STAB that made Articuno more viable
- Hurricane is a very powerful STAB
- Substitute takes advantage of everything Articuno has going for it and makes it better : it limits damage to help with faster sweepers, takes advantage of its natural bulk to make the substitutes harder to take down, and lets Articuno PP stall.
- Roost is reliable recovery
Set Details
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- A combination of stall and offense.
- Pressure helps PP stall faster.
- EVs make it as offensive as possible.
- Expert Belt secures many useful 2HKOs while Leftovers heals easier.
Usage Tips
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- Articuno must be played very defensively and must Roost as much as possible.
- Substitute on predicted switches to limit damage and retaliate
- Freeze Dry is very good in UU, OHKOing pokemon like Kingdra and Quagsire, and is usually unexpected so use that to your advantage
Team Options
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- RAPID SPIN / DEFOG
- Water types like Quagsire and Gastrodon like how good Articuno is with grass types
- Pokemon that deal with steel types like Chandelure and Nidoking
- Stealth Rock helps Articuno secure many OHKOs
- VoltTurn is not a bad idea to pair Articuno with its desired opponent
Defensive
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name: Defensive
move 1: Toxic
move 2: Freeze Dry
move 3: Roost
move 4: U-Turn
ability: Pressure
item: Leftovers
evs: 248 HP / 44 SpA / 216 SpD
nature: Calm
Moves
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- Toxic wears down foes fast
- Freeze Dry makes Articuno an excellent check to bulky water types and grass types
- Roost is reliable recovery
- U-Turn is for a predicted switch into a cleric like Florges
Set Details
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- EVs maximize special bulk while being able to 2HKO Slowbro after Stealth Rock
- Leftovers lets Articuno survive longer
- Pressure and Toxic and is a very good combination for stalling things out
Usage Tips
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- Send in Articuno on special attackers that lack super effective attacks, are locked into a neutral attack, or even have one but it's non STAB to start stalling and doing its thing
- Only switch in when Stealth Rock is gone
- You don't necessarily need to kill the Stealth Rock setter before sending Articuno in because Articuno can deal with most
Team Options
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- RAPID SPIN / DEFOG
- Pokemon who struggle with water types and grass types that deal with clerics like Darmanitan and Cobalion
- Most ground types have nice synergy and also like Articuno dealing with grass types
Other Options
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- Assault Vest
- Ancient Power
- Hidden Power Ground
Checks & Counters
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- STEALTH ROCK
- Steel types like Aggron and Metagross.
- Sound attacks and Infiltrators like Noivern and Chandelure
- Clerics ruin everything the Tank set does
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