PU Choice Scarf Flamigo

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OUPL Champion
[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Brave Bird
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Roost
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Scrappy
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Flying


[SET COMMENTS]
With its good Attack stat, spammable strong STAB moves in Brave Bird and Scrappy Close Combat, and the ability to pivot to facilitate opportunities for teammates, Choice Scarf Flamigo cements itself as the tier's premier revenge killer. Scrappy provides Flamigo with a handy Intimidate immunity, helping it versus the likes of Paldean Tauros-W and Arcanine. Roost gives it longevity, allowing it to function as a long-term check to Scrafty before Tera, as well as healing off Stealth Rock damage and recoil damage from Brave Bird. However, Roost is prediction reliant and is unreliable to lock into. A Jolly nature is preferred, but Flamigo can also opt for an Adamant nature to enhance its power, only losing out on Timid Hisuian Electrode and other Choice Scarf users with similar Speed tiers such as Rotom-C, Meloetta, and opposing Flamigo. Tera Fighting is used to augment Close Combat's power, most notably allowing it to 2HKO Bellibolt after Stealth Rock damage. This also gives Flamigo a Stealth Rock resistance, potentially giving it more opportunities to come in. Alternatively, Tera Flying can be used to boost Brave Bird, letting Flamigo 2HKO Galarian Slowbro after Stealth Rock, as well as OHKOing neutral targets such as Golurk, Delphox, and Goodra. However, Tera Flying gives Flamigo a Stealth Rock weakness, somewhat limiting its revenge killing capabilities.



Choice Scarf Flamigo is best suited for bulky offense or balance teams that appreciate the speed control and revenge killing it provides, and it can leverage its pivoting ability to generate opportunities for wallbreakers such as Golurk and Choice Specs Meloetta. These two are good partners, as Flamigo's U-turn allows them to safely take advantage of common Flamigo switch-ins such as Bellibolt, Houndstone, and Galarian Slowbro and apply offensive pressure. Golurk is a particularly good partner, as it can directly switch into and take advantage of contact punishers such as Bellibolt and Coalossal without Flamigo needing to use U-turn, avoiding the risk of Static or Flame Body. Bellibolt forms a VoltTurn core with Flamigo while also handling faster threats such as Choice Scarf Staraptor and Choice Scarf Paldean Tauros-W that would revenge kill Flamigo. In return, Flamigo is able to check Scrafty, which would otherwise turn Bellibolt into setup fodder. Knock Off users such as Ambipom and Skuntank are good partners, as they force items such as Heavy-Duty Boots to be removed from targets like Bellibolt and Houndstone, making them susceptible to hazard chip damage so they are more easily overwhelmed by the pressure Flamigo puts on them. Ambipom forms a pivoting core with Flamigo and is able to revenge kill faster threats with its Fake Out. Paldean Tauros-W and Scyther are also good partners; when paired with Flamigo, they can easily overwhelm shared checks like Bellibolt, Bronzong, and Galarian Slowbro.

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sufys said:
[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Brave Bird
move 3: U-Turn
move 4: Roost
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Scrappy
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Flying

[SET COMMENTS]
With its good Attack stat, spammable strong STAB moves in Brave Bird and Scrappy Close Combat, and the ability to pivot to facilitate opportunities for teammates, Choice Scarf Flamigo cements itself as one of the best forms of speed control (mention its also the tiers premier revenge killer.) in the tier. Roost gives it longevity, allowing it to function as a long-term check to Scrafty before Tera. (Mention that is extremely prediction reliant and can be unreliable to lock in to. I would also mention it lets it recover off BB chip / stealth rock damage on the switchouts it can force on bulls / wo chien / etc) A Jolly nature is preferred, but Flamigo can also opt for an Adamant nature to enhance its power, only losing out on Timid Electrode-Hisui and other Choice Scarf users with similar speed tiers such as Rotom-Mow and Meloetta (mention it also loses the mirror matchup). Tera Fighting is used to augment Close Combat's power, most notably allowing it to 2HKO Bellibolt after Stealth Rock damage. Alternatively, Tera Flying can be used to boost Brave Bird, letting Flamigo 2HKO Galarian Slowbro after Stealth Rock, as well as OHKO neutral targets such as Golurk, Delphox, and Goodra. (Mention it comes of the downside of a pretty bad rocks weakness limiting Migos Revenge killing capabilities.)

Choice Scarf Flamigo is best suited for bulky offense/ balance teams that appreciate the speed control and revenge killing it provides, and can leverage its pivoting ability to generate opportunities for wallbreakers. Pokemon such as Golurk and Choice Specs Meloetta are good partners as they can take advantage of common Flamigo switch-ins such as Bellibolt, Houndstone, and Slowbro-G Galarian Slowbro and apply offensive pressure (you could also mention how Migo can get these two in safely on these threats.) . Bellibolt is a useful partner as it forms a VoltTurn core with Flamigo while also handling faster threats such as Choice Scarf Staraptor and Choice Scarf Paldean Tauros-W that would revenge kill Flamigo. (What does Flamigo do back for Bellibolt though?) Knock Off users such as Ambipom and Skuntank are good partners as they force items off targets such as Heavy-Duty Boots on Bellibolt and Houndstone, making them susceptible to hazard chip, allowing them to be more easily overwhelmed by the pressure Flamigo puts on them. (I would mention other physical attackers checked by Bronzong / Slowbro / Frog like Tauros Wetbull, Scyther, etc who can work together w migo to put the pressure on these threats and chip them away together.)

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[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Brave Bird
move 3: U-Turn
move 4: Roost
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Scrappy
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Flying

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[SET COMMENTS]
With its good Attack stat, spammable strong STAB moves in Brave Bird and Scrappy Close Combat, and the ability to pivot to facilitate opportunities for teammates, Choice Scarf Flamigo cements itself as the tier's premier revenge killer. (probably worth mentioning that scrappy also gives you a handy intimidate immunity) Roost gives it longevity, allowing it to function as a long-term check to Scrafty before Tera, as well as healing off Stealth Rock damage and recoil damage from Brave Bird. However, Roost is prediction reliant and is unreliable to lock in to. A Jolly nature is preferred, but Flamigo can also opt for an Adamant nature to enhance its power, only losing out on Timid Electrode-Hisui and other Choice Scarf users with similar speed tiers such as Rotom-Mow, Meloetta, and other Flamigo. Tera Fighting is used to augment Close Combat's power, most notably allowing it to 2HKO Bellibolt after Stealth Rock damage. (i'd also mention it gives you a rocks resistance which lets you come in more) Alternatively, Tera Flying can be used to boost Brave Bird, letting Flamigo 2HKO Galarian Slowbro after Stealth Rock, as well as OHKO neutral targets such as Golurk, Delphox, and Goodra. However, Tera Flying gives Flamigo a Stealth Rock weakness, somewhat limiting its revenge killing capabilities.

Choice Scarf Flamigo is best suited for bulky offense/ balance teams that appreciate the speed control and revenge killing it provides, and can leverage its pivoting ability to generate opportunities for wallbreakers (such as...). Pokemon such as Golurk and Choice Specs Meloetta are good partners, as Flamigo's U-Turn allows them to safely take advantage of common Flamigo switch-ins such as Bellibolt, Houndstone, and Galarian Slowbro and apply offensive pressure. (would also mention you do appreciate stuff that can deter/kill off belli and coal so you don't get contact burned/para'd) Bellibolt is a useful partner as it forms a VoltTurn core with Flamigo while also handling faster threats such as Choice Scarf Staraptor and Choice Scarf Paldean Tauros-W that would revenge kill Flamigo. In return Flamigo is able to check Scrafty, which would otherwise turn Bellibolt into setup fodder. Knock Off users such as Ambipom and Skuntank are good partners as they force items off targets such as Heavy-Duty Boots on Bellibolt and Houndstone, making them susceptible to hazard chip, allowing them to be more easily overwhelmed by the pressure Flamigo puts on them. (would also put a small thing in about how ambi is also good because it also pivots and fake out is rly good for stuffing opposing mons that are faster than/speed tie with migo) Paldean Tauros-W and Scyther are also good partners, as when paired with Flamigo, they can more easily overwhelm shared checks like Bellibolt, Bronzong, and Galarian Slowbro.

(up to you where to throw it, but i'd mention somewhere that switching into scrafty knock is a really bad idea because if it's DD you get punked. also as a general note the T in U-turn is not capitalized)

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[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Brave Bird
move 3: U-Turn
move 4: Roost
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Scrappy
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Flying

[SET COMMENTS]
With its good Attack stat, spammable strong STAB moves in Brave Bird and Scrappy Close Combat, and the ability to pivot to facilitate opportunities for teammates, Choice Scarf Flamigo cements itself as the tier's premier revenge killer. Scrappy allows Flamigo's Close Combat to hit Ghost-types, and also (dex info) provides it Flamigo with a handy Intimidate immunity, helping it versus the likes of Paldean Tauros-W and Arcanine. Roost gives it longevity, allowing it to function as a long-term check to Scrafty before Tera, as well as healing off Stealth Rock damage and recoil damage from Brave Bird. However, Roost is prediction reliant and is unreliable to lock in to. A Jolly nature is preferred, but Flamigo can also opt for an Adamant nature to enhance its power, only losing out on Timid Hisuian Electrode Electrode-Hisui and other Choice Scarf users with similar speed Speed tiers such as Rotom-Mow Rotom-M, Meloetta, and other opposing Flamigo. Tera Fighting is used to augment Close Combat's power, most notably allowing it to 2HKO Bellibolt after Stealth Rock damage. Tera Fighting also gives Flamigo a Stealth Rock resistance, potentially giving it more opportunities to come in. Alternatively, Tera Flying can be used to boost Brave Bird, letting Flamigo 2HKO Galarian Slowbro after Stealth Rock, as well as OHKO OHKOing neutral targets such as Golurk, Delphox, and Goodra. However, Tera Flying gives Flamigo a Stealth Rock weakness, somewhat limiting its revenge killing capabilities.

Choice Scarf Flamigo is best suited for bulky offense/ or balance teams that appreciate the speed control and revenge killing it provides, and it can leverage its pivoting ability to generate opportunities for wallbreakers such as Golurk and Choice Specs Meloetta. These two are good partners, as Flamigo's U-turn allows them to safely take advantage of common Flamigo switch-ins such as Bellibolt, Houndstone, and Galarian Slowbro and apply offensive pressure. Golurk is a particularly good partner, (AC) as by directly switching in, it can take advantage of contact punishers such as Bellibolt and Coalossal without Flamigo pivoting into it, avoiding the risk of Static or Flame Body. Bellibolt is a useful partner, (AC) as it forms a VoltTurn core with Flamigo while also handling faster threats such as Choice Scarf Staraptor and Choice Scarf Paldean Tauros-W, (AC) which that would revenge kill Flamigo. In return, (AC) Flamigo is able to check Scrafty, which would otherwise turn Bellibolt into setup fodder. Knock Off users such as Ambipom and Skuntank are good partners, (AC) as they force items such as Heavy-Duty Boots off targets such as Heavy-Duty Boots on like Bellibolt and Houndstone, making them susceptible to hazard chip damage (RC) and allowing them to be more easily overwhelmed by the pressure Flamigo puts on them. Flamigo particularly enjoys Ambipom's presence, as it forms a pivot core with it, and Ambipom is able to revenge kill faster threats to Flamigo with its Fake Out. Paldean Tauros-W and Scyther are also good partners; (RC) (ASC) as when paired with Flamigo, they can more ("more" indicates a comparison, but there is no alternate scenario here to compare with) easily overwhelm shared checks like Bellibolt, Bronzong, and Galarian Slowbro.
 
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[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Brave Bird
move 3: U-Turn U-turn
move 4: Roost
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Scrappy
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Flying

[SET COMMENTS]
With its good Attack stat, spammable strong STAB moves in Brave Bird and Scrappy Close Combat, and the ability to pivot to facilitate opportunities for teammates, Choice Scarf Flamigo cements itself as the tier's premier revenge killer. Scrappy allows Flamigo's Close Combat to hit Ghost-types, and also (dex info) provides it Flamigo with a handy Intimidate immunity, helping it versus the likes of Paldean Tauros-W and Arcanine. Roost gives it longevity, allowing it to function as a long-term check to Scrafty before Tera, as well as healing off Stealth Rock damage and recoil damage from Brave Bird. However, Roost is prediction reliant and is unreliable to lock in to into. A Jolly nature is preferred, but Flamigo can also opt for an Adamant nature to enhance its power, only losing out on Timid Hisuian Electrode Electrode-Hisui and other Choice Scarf users with similar speed Speed tiers such as Rotom-Mow Rotom-C, Meloetta, and other opposing Flamigo. Tera Fighting is used to augment Close Combat's power, most notably allowing it to 2HKO Bellibolt after Stealth Rock damage. Tera Fighting This also gives Flamigo a Stealth Rock resistance, potentially giving it more opportunities to come in. Alternatively, Tera Flying can be used to boost Brave Bird, letting Flamigo 2HKO Galarian Slowbro after Stealth Rock, as well as OHKO OHKOing neutral targets such as Golurk, Delphox, and Goodra. However, Tera Flying gives Flamigo a Stealth Rock weakness, somewhat limiting its revenge killing capabilities.

Choice Scarf Flamigo is best suited for bulky offense/ or balance teams that appreciate the speed control and revenge killing it provides, and it can leverage its pivoting ability to generate opportunities for wallbreakers such as Golurk and Choice Specs Meloetta. These two are good partners, as Flamigo's U-turn allows them to safely take advantage of common Flamigo switch-ins such as Bellibolt, Houndstone, and Galarian Slowbro and apply offensive pressure. Golurk is a particularly good partner, (AC) as by directly switching in, it can directly switch into and take advantage of contact punishers such as Bellibolt and Coalossal without Flamigo pivoting into it needing to use U-turn, avoiding the risk of Static or Flame Body. (adjusted for clarity) Bellibolt is a useful partner as it forms a VoltTurn core with Flamigo while also handling faster threats such as Choice Scarf Staraptor and Choice Scarf Paldean Tauros-W that would revenge kill Flamigo. In return, (AC) Flamigo is able to check Scrafty, which would otherwise turn Bellibolt into setup fodder. Knock Off users such as Ambipom and Skuntank are good partners, (AC) as they force items such as Heavy-Duty Boots off to be removed from targets such as Heavy-Duty Boots on like Bellibolt and Houndstone, making them susceptible to hazard chip damage (RC) allowing them to be so they are more easily overwhelmed by the pressure Flamigo puts on them. Flamigo particularly enjoys Ambipom's presence, as it forms a pivot core with it, and Ambipom forms a pivoting core with Flamigo and is able to revenge kill faster threats to Flamigo with its Fake Out. Paldean Tauros-W and Scyther are also good partners; (RC) (ASC) as when paired with Flamigo, they can more ("more" indicates a comparison, but there is no alternate scenario here to compare with) easily overwhelm shared checks like Bellibolt, Bronzong, and Galarian Slowbro.
 
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