[OVERVIEW]
Dragon
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* Kyurem-B is a great mixed wallbreaker because its BoltBeam coverage and able to keep itself healthy with Roost and has decent Speed, which allows it to take care of most Flying- and Water-types like Gliscor and Empoleon.
* Kyurem-B has access to Earth Power, which allows it to take care of Steel-types like Magnezone and Fire-types like Torkoal.
* Thanks to its Ice-typing, it is a good switch into Ice-type attacks, as it takes neutral damage unlike its teammates.
* It also has the ability Teravolt, which allows Kyurem-B to take down Pokemon that has either the ability Sturdy or Multiscale like Magnezone and Dragonite and Pokemon with the ability Levitate like Gengar.
* While its Speed is decent, it struggles to outpace faster Pokemon like Mega Medicham and Mega Charizard Y, which both can easily OHKO it.
* Kyurem-B further struggles with Fighting- and Steel-types like Keldeo and Excadrill, as both outpace and can OHKO it.
* It also struggles against walls like Chansey and Porygon2 because of being unable to beat them due to them slowly wearing down Kyurem-B with Toxic.
* Furthermore, its weakness to Stealth Rock can hinder its longevity in key matchups like Flying and Water as it will not be able to switch in without losing a quarter of its HP, forcing it to Roost most of the time before attacking.
Ice
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* Kyurem-B is one of the greatest mixed wallbreakers that Ice has, as it is able to threaten Steel-types with Earth Power and Hidden Power Fire and access to Fusion bolt to take care of Water-types like Slowbro and Empoleon.
* If not running Hidden Power Fire, Kyurem-B's Roost can help keep it around longer in key matchups like Steel and Water.
* Furthermore, Kyurem-B has decent speed, allowing it to outpace Pokemon like Gilscor and Diggersby, as well be a decent Choice Scarf user to take on major threats to Ice teams like Mega Lopunny, Mega Charizard Y and Mega Medicham.
* Thanks to Kyurem-B's ability Teravolt, it can take on Forretress if running Hidden Power Fire and OHKO it as well as take on Levitate Pokemon like Rotom-W. Kyurem-B also can take on Mega Venusaur thanks to Treavolt ignoring its Thick Fat ability.
* Kyurem-B may have decent Speed but has trouble with major threats to Ice when not running Choice Scarf like Mega Lopunny and Mega Medicham. When running choice scarf, Kyurem-B is outpaced by the likes of Choice Scarf Latios and Terrakion.
* Furthermore, it struggles with walls like Chansey and Porygon2 because of their bulk, recovery and able to status Kyurem-B with Toxic or Thunder Wave.
* Kyurem-B does not like being status, as being paralyzed from Thunder Wave from Jirachi leaves it taking an attack before moving and Toxic from Zapdos cripples it from staying healthy.
* Stealth rock, a major problem for Ice-types, hinders its longevity as it cannot stay healthy as it loses a quarter of its health each time, causing it to have trouble in major matchups like Water and Steel.
[SET]
name: Life Orb (Dragon)
move 1: Fusion Bolt
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Roost
item: Life Orb
ability: Teravolt
nature: Naive
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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* Fusion Bolt allows Kyurem-B to threaten Pokemon like Starmie and Tentacruel.
* Ice Beam is important for the Ground and Flying matchup as it takes care of walls like Hippowdon and Gliscor.
* Earth Power allows Kyurem-B to have a way to hit Steel- and Fire-type Pokemon like Magnezone and Torkoal.
* Roost is key to keeping Kyurem-B healthy throughout the game and key matchups like Water and Flying.
Set Details
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* 4 EVs in Attack and 252 EVs in Special Attack along with Life Orb to make Kyurem-B as strong as possible. 252 EVs in Speed and a Naive nature allows it to outpace Suicune, non-Choice Scarf Landorus-T and Adamant Mega Medicham.
* Its ability Teravolt is important because this allows Kyurem-B to take on Rotom-W as it ignores Levitate.
Usage Tips
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* Use Kyurem-B against Electric-types like Rotom-W as Mold Breaker allows Earth Power to hit Rotom-W and Zapdos gets hit with Ice Beam; however, be wary of either one of these running Toxic, as this will hinder Kyurem-B from coming in as much.
* Roost on predicted switches or against weak attacks like Hippowdon's Earthquake and Tentacruel's Rapid Spin to keep Kyurem-B healthy.
* Try to avoid Kyurem-B from getting status by Zapdos, Rotom-W, and Chansey as Kyurem-B does not like any status conditions as it hinders Kyurem-B's HP or outpacing Pokemon when paralyzed.
* Use Kyurem-B as a lead in matchups like Flying and Water as BoltBeam allows to making guessing games vs Flying, and Fusion Bolt and Ice Beam allows Kyurem-B to hit Azumarill and Swampert.
* Switch into Kyurem-B on attacks from Ice-types like Mamoswine and Lapras, but be careful as Mamoswine runs Superpower and can OHKO Kyurem-B.
* Make sure that Stealth Rock is gone before sending in Kyurem-B if possible, as it loses a quarter of health each time it switches it.
Team Options
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* Latios is needed for its ability to Defog, as this helps Kyurem-B come in more often without being hindered by Stealth Rock. With its Psychic typing, it can help take care of Fighting-type Pokemon like Keldeo and Terrakion. Latias can also be used over Latios for its Healing Wish to get status off of Kyurem-B and its health back to full.
* Hydreigon is a fearsome wallbreaker to help with Psychic-types like Mew and in the Steel matchup with its Ground and Fire coverage like Jirachi and Magnezone.
* Kyurem-B struggles with Normal-types like Mega Lopunny, Chansey and Porygon2 so Mega Latias is perfect to pair with Kyurem-B because of its calm mind Stored Power set allowing it to take care of these walls.
* Garchomp is needed for its Stealth Rock support as well as being a check to Mega Dianice with its Focus Sash set or its specially defensive rocky helmet set.
* Dragalge can be used for its Toxic Spikes to help wear down balance builds like Normal and Water as well as be a fearsome special attacker to take care of Fairy-types like Clefable and Whimsiscott.
* Goodra can be used with Assult Vest to help with Fairy-types like Azumarill and Mega Dianice with Sludge Bomb and Earthquake and help Kyurem-B with Steel-types like Magnezone and Heatran. It can also soak up Spore with its Sap Sipper ability. In return, Kyurem-B can get rid of troubling Steel-types for Goodra like Jirachi and Grass-types like MEga Venusaur.
* Dragonite is a fearsome wallbreaker that can help take care of walls that Kyurem-B struggles with like Chansey as well as setup sweepers like Mega Gyrarados and Mega Scizor with Superpower and Fire Punch.
[SET]
name: Life Orb (Ice)
move 1: Fusion Bolt
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Roost / Hidden Power Fire
item: Life Orb
ability: Teravolt
nature: Naive
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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* Fusion Bolt allows Kyurem-B to aid in the Water matchup against Lanturn and Slowbro. It also helps in the Flying-type matchup to take care of Mega Gyrarados and Tornadus-T.
* Ice Beam is important STAB to have as it takes care of Ground-types like Hippodown and Dragon-types like Dragonite.
* Earth Power is very important for the Steel-type matchup, as it gives Kyurem-B to hit Steel- and Fire-types like Jirachi and Torkoal.
* Roost is important to allow Kyurem-B to keep itself healthy in matchups like Water and Flying.
* Hidden Power Fire can be used over Roost to become a Steel killer and take on Steel-types like Mega Scizor and Forretress.
Set Details
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* 4 EVs in Attack and 252 EVs in Special Attack with Life Orb allows Kyurem-B to be strong as possible to be able to deal with Ground-, Steel- and Fire-types like Hippowdon, Jirachi, and Entei. 252 EVs in Speed with a Naive nature allows it to outpace non-Choice Scarf Landorus-T and Suicune.
* Kyurem-B's ability Teravolt allows it to take care of Mega Venusaur since it ignores Thick Fat and Sturdy Pokemon like Forretress if its running Hidden Power Fire.
Usage Tips
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* Lead with Kyurem-B in Steel, Flying, and Water match up as its coverage allows it to pressure Pokemon into switching.
* Try to Roost on predicted switches or weak attacks like Gastrodon's Earthquake and Skarmory's Brave Bird.
* Avoid Kyurem-B on staying on walls that commonly run Toxic and Thunder Wave such as Porygon2 and Chansey as it hinders Kyurem-B's ability to stay healthy.
* Make sure that hazards are removed before switching to Kyurem-B as it will lose a quarter of its health when Stealth Rock is down.
Team Options
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* Avalugg is the only good hazard removal that Ice has, and it a must have to have on every Ice team because of Ice's major hazard weakness. It can also punish physical attackers with its Rocky Helmet like Mega Lopunny and Choice Scarf Kyurem-B and Recover off the damage.
* Mamoswine can aid Kyurem-B with gaining KOs with using Stealth Rock and help with walls like Chansey because of its Endeavor + Focus Sash set. It can also do damage with Ice Shard to get some chip off, or KO a Pokemon after it Endeavor. It can also utilize Choice Scarf to take on Pokemon like Mega Lopunny and outpace most Dragon-types par Latios.
* Weavile is an excellent wallbreaker with either Life Orb or Choice Band to pursuit trap Psychic-types like Mega Medicham and Jirachi.
* Cloyster can be used alongside Kyurem-B as Kyurem-B can get rid of threats like Mega Venusaur so Cloyster can set up with Shell Smash and sweep.
* Piloswine can be used for Stealth Rock and a Volconrona counter if Mamoswine is running a Choice Scarf or Choice Band set. This helps Kyurem-B break Fire-types like Torkoal and Steel-types like Skarmory.
* Lapras can use Freeze Dry to greatly help in the Water-type matchup along with its ability water absorb to take on most Water-types like Mega Swampert and Azumarill. It can also help with troubling Steel-types like Mega Scizor and Excadrill with Hidden Power Fire and Surf.
* Walrein, while lacking Freeze Dry, can be used for its Thick Fat ability to help ease up the Fire-type matchup against Pokemon that Kyurem-B struggle with like Victini and Heatran. Walrein can also help with Steel-types that Kyurem-B has trouble beating like Mega Scizor, Excadrill and Heatran with Hidden Power Fire and Surf.
* Froslass can use Spikes to form a hazard stacking core with Mamoswine or Piloswine that helps Kyurem-B wallbreak Pokemon and wear down threats to it like Keldeo, Victini, and Mega Medicham. It can also be used to spin block in matchups like Bug and Fire to ensure that the hazards will not be off the opponent's side of the field. Thanks to Ghost-typing it can also cause the opponent some guessing games to use Fighting-type attacks, definitely High Jump Kick from Mega Medicham.
[SET]
name: Choice Scarf (Ice)
move 1: Outrage
move 2: Fusion Bolt
move 3: Iron Head / Earth Power
move 4: Ice Beam
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Teravolt
nature: Naive
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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* Outrage is powerful STAB that allows Kyurem-B to OHKO Mega Lopunny and Mega Medicham after some chip. It is also very useful against slower, opposing dragon-types like Mega Latias and Goodra.
* Fusion Bolt is great to take down threatening Flying-types like Mega Charizard Y and Water-types like Choice Specs Keldeo.
* Iron Head is good to take care out major threats like Clefable and Mega Diancie.
* Earth Power allows Kyurem-B to take care of common choice scarfers on steel like Magnezone and Excarill.
* Ice Beam is useful for OHKOing choice scarf Landorus-T as well as take care of Mega Venusaur thanks to its ability, Teravolt.
Set Details
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* 252 EVs in Attack allows Kyurem-b's outrage to be as strong as possible.
* Choice scarf turns Kyurem-b into a revenge killer, as having 252 EVs in Speed and a Naive Nature allows it to outpace Choice Scarf Landorus-T and fast pokemon like mega Lopunny and mega Medicham.
* Teravolt allows Kyurem-b to take care of mega Venusaur, a big threat to it because of its Thick Fat that allows it to take Ice-type attacks from its teammates.
Usage Tips
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* Kyurem-B is better later in the game because its teammates can pick off threats like Chansey and Empoleon for it.
* The best way to bring Kyurem-B in is from a weak attack like Starmie's Rapid Spin or Crobat's Brave Bird.
* Make sure that hazards are off the field before switching Kyurem-B in; as this cripples it from switching in.
* Be careful about what move that Kyurem-B locks into, as if it locks into a wrong move it can cause Kyurem-B to take damage or get status by the likes of Mega Lopunny switching into Chansey or Staraptor.
Team Options
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* Avalugg is the primer Rapid Spinner on Ice and is one of the most important Pokemon to have on Ice. This is because of Ice being hazard weak, especially to Stealth Rock. Thanks to its Physical bulk and using Rocky Helmet, it can take on physical attacks from the likes of Choice Scarf Kyurem-B, Excadrill, and Jirachi. It can also phaze out threats like Volcorona and Mega Scizor which Kyurem-B appreciates since it cannot do anything to these after they set up once.
* Mamoswine can use a Focus Sash set to get up Stealth Rock to help with troubling Pokemon like Volcorona and Mega Charizard Y. With this set, it can also use Endeavor and Ice Shard to take walls like Chansey and Porygon2 out of the game. If Piloswine is running Stealth Rock, Mamoswine can use Choice Band to become a fearsome wallbreaker to help with walls that Kyurem-B struggles with like Chansey and Gastrodon.
* Weavile can use Life Orb or Choice Band to become a Pursuit trapper to help in the Psychic-type matchup. This is also good to Pursuit trap Pokemon like Victini and Meloetta that can give Kyurem-B trouble.
* Cloyster is great to pair with Kyurem-B as it can weaken its threats so it can Shell Smash and sweep.
* Piloswine can be used as a Volocrona counter as well as setting Stealth Rock if Mamoswine is running a more offensive set. This helps with wearing down Fire-types like Victini and Mega Charizard Y.
* Lapras can help greatly in the Water- and Steel-type matchup as Freeze Dry allows it to OHKO Mega Swampert and Gastrodon. Surf and Hidden Power Fire helps with Heatran and Mega Scizor, two threats to Choice Scarf Kyurem because of Air Balloon and priority in Bullet Punch.
* Walrein can be used as a Special wallbreaker as thanks to its Thick Fat
* Froslass can be used for spin blocking against key matchups like Fire and Bug as well as be a Fighting immunity. It can also set down Spikes to wear down walls that Kyurem-B cannot break like Porygon2, Chansey and Ferrothorn.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Dragon
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* A Choice Scarf set can be used to help take care of Fairy-types like Mega Diancie with Iron Head, help with troubling Ice-types like Weavile and get surprised KOs after a bit on-chip on the likes of Mega Lopunny and Keldeo; however this means it cannot wallbreak Pokemon as easily because of being choice locked and lack of power from not running Life Orb.
* Choice Band is another option to further Kyurem-B's wallbreaking power, however it lacks having Ice-STAB to help with Flying- and Ground-types like Gliscor and Hippowdon and lacks Roost to keep itself healthy throughout the game with Roost.
Ice
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* Kyurem-B can use Babiri Berry with Hidden Power Fire can be used to take Mega Scizor's Bullet Punch after it uses Sword Dance once, however it will be lacking in power, failing to KO Pokemon like Hippowdon because of lack of Life Orb or lacking speed from not having Choice Scarf to outpace Mega Charizard Y and Choice Specs Keldeo.
Checks and Counters
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Dragon
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**Fighting-types**: Pokemon like Mega Medicham, Keldeo and Terrakion can OHKO Kyurem-B because of outpacing and OHKOing it with their Fighting-STABs.
**Fairy-types**: Mega Diancie and Choice Scarf Togekiss can take care of Kyurem-B because of outspeeding it and OHKOing with Moonblast and Dazzling Gleam.
**Steel-types**: Kyurem-B struggles with most Steel-types like Choice Scarf Excadrill and Magnezone because of being faster than Kyurem-B, therefore, cannot hit them with Earth Power before getting KOed. Mega Scizor is another threat as its Bullet Punch will KO it before Kyurem can retaliate.
**Chansey**: Chansey can tank any of Kyurem-B's attacks and use Toxic to slowly wear it down.
**Status**: Kyurem-B cannot keep itself healthy when Toxic or burn with Will-O-Wisp. It also causes Fusion Bolt output to be weaker, making Kyurem-B struggle to beat Water-types like Empoleon. Thunder Wave causes Kyurem-B to lose
Ice
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**Fighting-types**: Troubling Fighting-types like Mega Medicham and Keldeo threaten Life Orb Kyurem as it is unable to outspeed these Pokemon and gets OHKOed with their Fighting STABS. While Choice Scarf Kyurem can outpace both of these, it has trouble with faster Choice Scarfers like Infernape and Terrakion and gets OHKOed.
**Fairy-types**: Fairy-types gives Life Orb Kyurem-B trouble like Mega Diancie and choice Scarf Gardevoir as they can outpace and OHKO Kyurem-B with Moonblast.
**Steel-types**: Steel-types like Choice Scarf Excadrill and Jirachi give Kyurem-B trouble as it is unable to either OHKO or outpace and gets OHKOed from these if Stealth Rock is down.
**Faster Pokemon**: Faster Choice Scarfers like Latios, Gengar, and Terrakion can take care of Kyurem-B as all of these outpace the Choice Scarf set.
**Chansey**: Kyurem-B is unable to break Chansey due to is massive special defensive bulk, and can slowly wear it down with Toxic.
**Status**: Kyurem-b hates any type of status as Thunder Wave causes it to take a hit before attacking, Toxic hinders it from being healthy and burn causes the Choice Scarf set to miss OHKOs on Mega Medicham and Mega Lopunny when Stealth Rock is down.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Magma, 393488]]
- Dragon and Ice analysis by: [[Magma, 393488]]
- Quality checked by: [[<username1>,<userid1>], [<username2, userid2>], [<username3, userid3>]]
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