PU Gurdurr

[avarice]

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[OVERVIEW]
Gurdurr is able to solidify itself in SS PU as a consistent Defogger with fair bulk. It is able to cripple all entry hazard setters with Knock Off or Drain Punch, which is particularly effective against Gigalith and Regirock. Gurdurr's reasonable bulk allows it to check a fair amount of Pokemon in the tier in a pinch too. However, Gurdurr still finds itself overwhelmed by common special attackers like Whimsicott and Charizard. Gurdurr also competes with Hitmontop as, which is more offensive and has more coverage options. It also competes with Hitmontop as an entry hazard remover; Gurdurr is more bulky, but Hitmontop is more offensive and has better coverage options.

[SET]
name: Defog
move 1: Defog
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Rock Slide
item: Eviolite
ability: Guts
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 136 Atk / 96 Def / 24 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Gurdurr is able to 2HKO Archeops with Drain Punch and avoid being 2HKOed by Magmortar due to the recovery. It can absorb Scalds from Pokemon like Lanturn without worry thanks to Guts. Knock Off hits Psychic-types like Mesprit and Galarian Articuno and wears down Weezing. Rock Slide allows Gurdurr to nail Flying-types such as Charizard, Vikavolt, and Scyther on the switch. Mach Punch picks off weakened Pokemon like offensive Silvally-Steel and Togedemaru. This works especially well when running Bulk Up over Defog, but it is hard to justify over Scrafty. Toxic wears down Pokemon it cannot threaten, like Silvally-Fairy and Palossand. Defensively, Gurdurr has solid synergy with Regirock and Gigalith, as they can consistently switch into Flying-types like Charizard and appreciate Gurdurr removing Spikes and absorbing status. Charizard checks Ribombee and Whimsicott for Gurdurr. Silvally-Fairy and Aromatisse are able to absorb Knock Off so Gurdurr can keep its Eviolite, and they appreciate it wearing down bulky Poison-types in return. Aromatisse provides Wish support too. Bulky Ghost-types such as Cofagrigus and Palossand are not very bothered by Knock Off, making wallbreakers like Haunter useful. Haunter and other special wallbreakers appreciate Gurdurr checking Gigalith and keeping Stealth Rock off the field in return.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[avarice, 346653]]
- Quality checked by: [[MZ, 202117], [2xTheTap, 11407]]
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[MZ]

[OVERVIEW]
Gurdurr is able to solidify itself in SS PU as a consistent Defog user with fair bulk. Most notably it stands out as it is able to cripple all the hazard users through Knock Off or just Drain Punch wearing them down. Gurdurr's reasonable bulk allows it to check a fair amount of Pokemon in the tier in a pinch too. no downside mention? the main thing is that just about every special attacker beats it solidly and it loses to a bunch of common stuff (whims, palo, zard, croak, garb). dont need to go super in depth but those are reasonable points

[SET]
name: Defog
move 1: Defog
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Rock Slide
item: Eviolite
ability: Guts
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 136 Atk / 96 Def / 24 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Gurdurr is able to 2HKO Archeops with Drain Punch and avoid being 2HKOed by Magmortar and Choice Band Aggron. Gurdurr is able to give itself a small amount of recovery through Drain Punch and can absorb Scalds from Pokemon like Lanturn without worry thanks to Guts. Knock Off can hit Psychic-types like Mesprit and Uxie in addition to making Garbodor and Weezing easier to wear down. Rock Slide allows Gurdurr to nail Flying-types such as Charizard and prevents Ribombee from using it as setup fodder. Gurdurr is also able to run Mach Punch to pick off weakened Pokemon like offensive Silvally-Steel and Heliolisk. Toxic works to wear down Pokemon that it cannot threaten like Silvally-Fairy and Palossand too. Defensively, Gurdurr has solid synergy with Regirock and Gigalith as they can consistently switch into Flying-types like Charizard and appreciate Gurdurr removing Spikes and absorbing status. Charizard checks Toxicroak and whims for Gurdurr as well. Silvally-Fairy and Aromatisse are able to absorb Knock Off so Gurdurr can keep its Eviolite and they appreciates singular it wearing down the bulky Poison-types. Aromatisse provides Wish support too. could mention something to abuse fat ghosts, this set doesnt love palo/cofag/rest rune

[CREDITS]
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[2xTheTap]

[OVERVIEW]
Gurdurr is able to solidify itself in SS PU as a consistent Defog user with fair bulk. Most notably it stands out as it is able to cripple all the hazard users through Knock Off or just Drain Punch wearing them down. Gurdurr's reasonable bulk allows it to check a fair amount of Pokemon in the tier in a pinch too. However, Gurdurr still finds itself overwhelmed by common special attackers like Whimsicott and Charizard.

The overview could be fleshed out a bit more to better capture what Gurdurr's niche is in the meta, and that's basically pivoting into SR users like Gigalith/Regirock, sponging status and then either removing SR or using Knock Off on its free turns after it's forced them out (you kind of get at the latter point already, but not really the former there). Conceptualizing it as a hazard removal option that beats the tier's most common SR setter in Gigalith is important to say here imo and gives the reader some idea how to build with it - Gurdurr makes for an excellent partner to things threatened by Gigalith, like Charizard, Ribombee, and many other special attackers.

There are a few other downsides to using Gurdurr: (1) in addition to options like Charizard and Whimsicott being terribly common and making life hard for Gurdurr basically every game, (2) Gurdurr's a bit reliant on its Eviolite to eat the hits you want it to, too, and (3) how it sees very little usage as a result of fighting for a slot with Pokemon that provide more in terms of resistances like Scrafty or Pokemon like Hitmontop that are able to squeeze both priority and removal onto the same set (Guts+Defog is a big part of why Gurdurr has a niche still even despite these downsides, though).

[SET]
name: Defog
move 1: Defog
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Rock Slide
item: Eviolite
ability: Guts
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 136 Atk / 96 Def / 24 SpD

Description says it lives a 2HKO from CB Aggron, but Heavy Slam 2HKOes this spread neatly, see below

Imo mention its SM set, Bulk Up + Mach Punch, below here - something Scrafty can't do
[SET COMMENTS]
Gurdurr is able to 2HKO Archeops with Drain Punch and avoid being 2HKOed by Magmortar (this doesn't see much usage, what else could we talk about?) and Choice Band Aggron. (Is this true? I believe you need more Defense to live Heavy Slam: 252+ Atk Choice Band Aggron Heavy Slam (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 96 Def Eviolite Gurdurr: 196-232 (52.4 - 62%) -- guaranteed 2HKO)

Could instead talk about how its bulk lets it live neutral hits from physical attackers like Passimian, Cinccino, Sandslash-Alola, Togedemaru, etc.

252 Atk Passimian Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 96 Def Eviolite Gurdurr: 127-151 (33.9 - 40.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Cinccino Tail Slap (5 hits) vs. 252 HP / 96 Def Eviolite Gurdurr: 120-140 (32 - 37.4%) -- approx. 80.4% chance to 3HKO
+2 252+ Atk Sandslash-Alola Icicle Crash vs. 252 HP / 96 Def Eviolite Gurdurr: 174-205 (46.5 - 54.8%) -- 62.9% chance to 2HKO
252 Atk Togedemaru Zing Zap vs. 252 HP / 96 Def Eviolite Gurdurr: 75-88 (20 - 23.5%) -- guaranteed 5HKO
252 Atk Silvally-Steel Multi-Attack vs. 252 HP / 96 Def Eviolite Gurdurr: 109-129 (29.1 - 34.4%) -- 4.2% chance to 3HKO

Can also mention this calc, but only if you have enough Speed run on the new spread for Vikavolt: 136+ Atk Gurdurr Rock Slide vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Vikavolt: 154-182 (52.2 - 61.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Gurdurr is able to give itself a small amount of recovery through Drain Punch and can absorb Scalds from Pokemon like Lanturn without worry thanks to Guts. Knock Off can hit Psychic-types like Mesprit and Uxie Articuno-Galar in addition to making Garbodor and Weezing easier to wear down. Rock Slide allows Gurdurr to nail Flying-types Fighting resists such as Charizard, Vikavolt, and Scyther on the switch prevents Ribombee from using it as setup fodder (I'd rather just use Scyther/Vikavolt as examples here and talk about Ribombee below instead; staying in to Rock Slide as you predict a QD is unsafe with unboosted Moonblast doing 74-88). Gurdurr is also able to run Mach Punch to pick off weakened Pokemon like offensive Silvally-Steel and Togedemaru. Toxic works to wear down Pokemon that it cannot threaten like Silvally-Fairy and Palossand too. Defensively, Gurdurr has solid synergy with Regirock and Gigalith as they can consistently switch into Flying-types like Charizard and appreciate Gurdurr removing Spikes and absorbing status. Charizard checks Gallade (Gallade is kind of a meh example because Gallade doesn't see much usage, go with Ribombee here imo) Ribombee and Whimsicott for Gurdurr as well. Silvally-Fairy and Aromatisse are able to absorb Knock Off so Gurdurr can keep its Eviolite and they appreciate it wearing down the bulky Poison-types. Aromatisse provides Wish support too. Bulky Ghost-types such as Cofagrigus and Palossand are not very bothered by Knock Off, making wallbreakers like Haunter useful Haunter and other special wallbreakers appreciate Gurdurr checking Gigalith and keeping SR off the field in return.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[avarice, 346653]]
- Quality checked by: [[MZ, 202117]], [[2xTheTap, 11407]]
- Grammar checked by: [[userid1, userid2]]

Imo, look at the spread a bit more too, especially at that Aggron calc. There might be something more optimal there.

252 Atk Choice Band Aggron Heavy Slam (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 96 Def Eviolite Gurdurr: 178-211 (47.5 - 56.4%) -- 85.9% chance to 2HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Aggron Heavy Slam (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 96 Def Eviolite Gurdurr: 196-232 (52.4 - 62%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Well-written analysis, 2/2 once these changes are complete. Nice work!

 

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[OVERVIEW]
Gurdurr is able to solidify itself in SS PU as a consistent Defog user Defogger with fair bulk. Most notably it stands out as it is able to cripple all the hazard users through Knock Off or just Drain Punch wearing them down, such as Gigalith and Regirock. It is able to cripple all entry hazard setters with Knock Off or Drain Punch, which is particularly effective against Gigalith and Regirock.(Is this what you meant?) Gurdurr's reasonable bulk allows it to check a fair amount of Pokemon in the tier in a pinch too. However, Gurdurr still finds itself overwhelmed by common special attackers like Whimsicott and Charizard. Gurdurr also competes with Hitmontop as hazard removal, which is more offensive and has more coverage options in exchange for the bulk that comes with Eviolite. It also competes with Hitmontop as an entry hazard remover; Gurdurr is more bulky, but Hitmontop is more offensive and has better coverage options.

[SET]
name: Defog
move 1: Defog
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Rock Slide
item: Eviolite
ability: Guts
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 136 Atk / 96 Def / 24 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Gurdurr is able to 2HKO Archeops with Drain Punch and avoid being 2HKOed by Magmortar due to the recovery. Gurdurr is able to give itself a small amount of recovery through Drain Punch and It can absorb Scalds from Pokemon like Lanturn without worry thanks to Guts. Knock Off can hits Psychic-types like Mesprit and Galarian Articuno in addition to making Weezing easier to and wears down Weezing. Rock Slide allows Gurdurr to nail Flying-types such as Charizard, Vikavolt, and Scyther on the switch. Gurdurr is also able to run Mach Punch to picks off weakened Pokemon like offensive Silvally-Steel and Togedemaru. This works especially well when running Bulk Up over Defog, but it is hard to justify over Scrafty. Toxic works to wears down Pokemon that it cannot threaten,(AC) like Silvally-Fairy and Palossand too. Defensively, Gurdurr has solid synergy with Regirock and Gigalith,(AC) as they can consistently switch into Flying-types like Charizard and appreciate Gurdurr removing Spikes and absorbing status. Charizard checks Ribombee and Whimsicott for Gurdurr as well. Silvally-Fairy and Aromatisse are able to absorb Knock Off so Gurdurr can keep its Eviolite,(AC) and they appreciate it wearing down the bulky Poison-types in return. Aromatisse provides Wish support too. Bulky Ghost-types such as Cofagrigus and Palossand are not very bothered by Knock Off, making wallbreakers like Haunter useful. Haunter and other special wallbreakers appreciate Gurdurr checking Gigalith and keeping SR Stealth Rock off the field in return.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[avarice, 346653]]
- Quality checked by: [[MZ, 202117], [2xTheTap, 11407]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

GP 1/1. [DC, 449990]