Corviknight [QC 0/2]

[MajorBowman]

[OVERVIEW]

• a fantastic bulk up set and access to tailwind give corviknight two separate niches
• good defensive typing and above average bulk
• checks for either set are essentially the same, so not hard to be neutralized
• tailwind set can sometimes be deadweight once tailwind is up; corv doesn't threaten a whole lot of things without a bulk up boost
• pretty much neutralized by increasingly popular burn

[SET]
name: Bulk Up Sweeper
move 1: Brave Bird
move 2: Body Press
move 3: Bulk Up
move 4: Roost
item: Leftovers
ability: Mirror Armor
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
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• Bulk Up to boost attack/defense
• Brave Bird is strongest STAB option
• Body Press has great coverage with brave bird and takes advantage of the defense boost from bulk up
• Roost to stay healthy
• Leftovers more valuable than pinch/sitrus because you'll probably be on the field for a long time
• Max/max careful because you're going to be boosting your already better defense anyway
• Mirror Armor >>> Pressure

Usage Tips
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• Prioritize staying healthy with Roost, the best way to beat BU corv is to chip it into range for a bigger attack and Roost can prevent that
• Try not to start setting up until you're confident you can win with it or you might just be wasting turns
• Can be used as a pivot before you start setting up, has some very good resistances and bulk and can roost off any incurred damage

Team Options
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• ways to eliminate electric types
  • grounds like excadrill (specifically mold breaker for rotoms), rhyperior, mudsdale
• ways to eliminate fire types
  • grounds also work here
  • waters like rotom-w, gyarados
• ways to deter status
  • taunt, safeguard, follow me

[SET]
name: Tailwind Support
move 1: Brave Bird
move 2: Body Press / Iron Head
move 3: Tailwind
move 4: Roost
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Mirror Armor
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 84 Def / 104 SpD / 68 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
========

• Brave Bird strong
• Body Press good coverage with BB, great check to sand
• Iron Head ok as neutral stab option, better than body press if you're planning on maxing Corviknight
• Tailwind
• Roost
• Survives Life Orb Thunderbolt from timid rotoms, outspeeds adamant scarf dracovish in tailwind, dump defense
• Sitrus to stay healthy (could be pinch berry maybe?)

Usage Tips
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• bulky enough to set tailwind multiple times so don't be afraid to roost frequently
• try to keep it around until you no longer need the speed advantage, especially if it's your main/only method of speed control
• can use brave bird to knock yourself into berry range
• does some solid damage with brave bird, especially against frailer/flying-weak targets, so can be used to prime KOs or finish off

Team Options
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• mons with good speed tiers for tailwind
• same electric/fire answers as above but emphasize the ones with good speed

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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• U-turn
• Gmax to clear screens/hazards if your team doesn't need airstream
• Taunt
• Lum on Bulk Up set

Checks and Counters
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**Electric-types**:

• the rotoms, dracozolt

**Fire-types**:

• arcanine (physical has to be wary of mirror armor), rotom-h, torkoal

**Burn**:

• wisp arcanine, wisp rotoms, wisp dragapult

**Strong special attackers**:

• hit corv's weaker defense + the one the bulk up set won't be boosting
• typing lends it to be weak to two of the better special attacking types (fire, electric)
• dragapult, rotoms, charizard, fire move togekiss

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[MajorBowman, 188164]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]