[overview]
**Draft Order**: Round 7 onwards
**Price Range**: 2-3 points
**Overview**: Lurantis is a fairly versatile bulky attacker for teams seeking a cheap offensive Grass-type. Its strongest attribute is its access to Contrary, which allows it to easily set up while attacking with Leaf Storm and Superpower. However, users need to be wary of its fairly underwhelming stats, subpar typing, and lack of coverage in order for it to succeed. It often requires support from teammates or the team's Tera slot to make progress against the many foes that can wall or revenge kill it.
[strategy comments]
Common Roles
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**Bulky Attacker**: Contrary Lurantis can be deceptively strong after a turn or two of attacking. Superpower lets it take physical attacks better, Synthesis can keep it healthy, and Leaf Storm grants wallbreaking power more quickly. It often needs Tera to effectively use Leaf Storm due to its lacking natural bulk and nearly nonexistent special coverage. With some support, it can easily pick up KOs or even sweep.
**Defensive Utility**: Bulkier Lurantis sets can make use of its Grass typing to check certain foes and support its team with Knock Off and Defog. These sets still exert offensive pressure thanks to Contrary and have some longevity with reliable recovery.
Common Moves
========
**Primary STAB Moves**: Leaf Blade, Petal Blizzard
**Setup Moves**: Leaf Storm, Superpower
**Utility Moves**: Synthesis, Brick Break, Substitute, Defog, Knock Off
**Coverage**: Tera Blast, Poison Jab, Leech Life, Pollen Puff
Niche Moves
========
**Facade**: Primarily physical sets can use Facade to cope with an opponent's access to burn.
**Worry Seed**: Worry Seed can remove foes' problematic abilities like Unaware and Poison Heal.
Common Items
========
**Sitrus Berry**: Lurantis can often survive a hit, allowing Sitrus Berry to activate and give it extra time to set up.
**Assault Vest**: Assault Vest pairs well with Lurantis's ability to boost Attack and Defense while using Superpower, making it into a stronger tank.
**Leftovers**: Bulkier sets can rely on the passive healing of Leftovers to stick around longer, especially when combined with Tera.
**Heavy-Duty Boots**: Lurantis is susceptible to most entry hazards, so Heavy-Duty Boots can make it easier for it to set up and stay healthy.
Niche Items
========
**Lum Berry**: Lum Berry acts as a one-time insurance against burns for physical sets.
**Choice Scarf**: Although Lurantis has a terribly low Speed stat, it can use occasionally get away with using a Choice Scarf to outspeed specific slower foes if the faster revenge killers don't handle it as well.
**Resistance Berries**: Lurantis carries numerous weaknesses, and protection from one of them can make it more reliable as an attacker and give it more turns to set up. With Tera, a resistance Berry can turn it into a deadly lure as its name implies.
**Custap Berry**: Custap Berry can be a way to get around Lurantis's horrible Speed stat, giving it an extra chance to attack if it's willing to spend a move slot on Endure.
**Damage-boosting Items**: Items like Choice Specs can be used to wear down the opponent's Pokemon that resist Leaf Storm or Superpower more quickly.
Tera
========
Lurantis is a solid low-tier Tera Captain to pair with a stronger Tera user. Its bulk is much more serviceable when it can change types, and it can gain much-needed coverage with Tera Blast. Tera Water, Fairy, and Steel are good examples of types with strong resistance spreads and coverage that hit Lurantis's checks at least neutrally. Contrary makes Tera Stellar a somewhat viable option for hitting all foes neutrally, though it leaves Lurantis stuck with its weaknesses as a Grass-type.
Draft Strategy
========
Lurantis does not fill many valuable roles, so it should typically be taken near the end of a functional draft to patch up weaknesses to Water and Ground while providing some extra offense.
**Secondary Entry Hazard Removal**: Lurantis has access to Defog, but it often does not want to use it. If a team is weak to entry hazards, stronger Rapid Spin or Defog users like Great Tusk and Terapagos are important to draft first.
**Dual Screens Support**: Dual screens from teammates like Mesprit and Rotom-W can help Lurantis get going, making it difficult to stop, since it's less weak to disruption than other setup attackers.
Checks and Counters
========
**Flying-, Poison-, and Bug-types**: Lurantis's signature combo of Grass-type attacks and Superpower is walled by many Pokemon, forcing it to rely on Tera or neutral coverage to hit them. Zapdos, Slither Wing, and Fezandipiti are a just a few examples of bulky Pokemon that can easily wall it or force specific Tera types.
**Wallbreakers**: Most wallbreakers are able to outspeed Lurantis with minimal investment and deal major damage, especially special attackers or those with super effective coverage like Raging Bolt, Chi-Yu, and Galarian Zapdos.
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**Draft Order**: Round 7 onwards
**Price Range**: 2-3 points
**Overview**: Lurantis is a fairly versatile bulky attacker for teams seeking a cheap offensive Grass-type. Its strongest attribute is its access to Contrary, which allows it to easily set up while attacking with Leaf Storm and Superpower. However, users need to be wary of its fairly underwhelming stats, subpar typing, and lack of coverage in order for it to succeed. It often requires support from teammates or the team's Tera slot to make progress against the many foes that can wall or revenge kill it.
[strategy comments]
Common Roles
========
**Bulky Attacker**: Contrary Lurantis can be deceptively strong after a turn or two of attacking. Superpower lets it take physical attacks better, Synthesis can keep it healthy, and Leaf Storm grants wallbreaking power more quickly. It often needs Tera to effectively use Leaf Storm due to its lacking natural bulk and nearly nonexistent special coverage. With some support, it can easily pick up KOs or even sweep.
**Defensive Utility**: Bulkier Lurantis sets can make use of its Grass typing to check certain foes and support its team with Knock Off and Defog. These sets still exert offensive pressure thanks to Contrary and have some longevity with reliable recovery.
Common Moves
========
**Primary STAB Moves**: Leaf Blade, Petal Blizzard
**Setup Moves**: Leaf Storm, Superpower
**Utility Moves**: Synthesis, Brick Break, Substitute, Defog, Knock Off
**Coverage**: Tera Blast, Poison Jab, Leech Life, Pollen Puff
Niche Moves
========
**Facade**: Primarily physical sets can use Facade to cope with an opponent's access to burn.
**Worry Seed**: Worry Seed can remove foes' problematic abilities like Unaware and Poison Heal.
Common Items
========
**Sitrus Berry**: Lurantis can often survive a hit, allowing Sitrus Berry to activate and give it extra time to set up.
**Assault Vest**: Assault Vest pairs well with Lurantis's ability to boost Attack and Defense while using Superpower, making it into a stronger tank.
**Leftovers**: Bulkier sets can rely on the passive healing of Leftovers to stick around longer, especially when combined with Tera.
**Heavy-Duty Boots**: Lurantis is susceptible to most entry hazards, so Heavy-Duty Boots can make it easier for it to set up and stay healthy.
Niche Items
========
**Lum Berry**: Lum Berry acts as a one-time insurance against burns for physical sets.
**Choice Scarf**: Although Lurantis has a terribly low Speed stat, it can use occasionally get away with using a Choice Scarf to outspeed specific slower foes if the faster revenge killers don't handle it as well.
**Resistance Berries**: Lurantis carries numerous weaknesses, and protection from one of them can make it more reliable as an attacker and give it more turns to set up. With Tera, a resistance Berry can turn it into a deadly lure as its name implies.
**Custap Berry**: Custap Berry can be a way to get around Lurantis's horrible Speed stat, giving it an extra chance to attack if it's willing to spend a move slot on Endure.
**Damage-boosting Items**: Items like Choice Specs can be used to wear down the opponent's Pokemon that resist Leaf Storm or Superpower more quickly.
Tera
========
Lurantis is a solid low-tier Tera Captain to pair with a stronger Tera user. Its bulk is much more serviceable when it can change types, and it can gain much-needed coverage with Tera Blast. Tera Water, Fairy, and Steel are good examples of types with strong resistance spreads and coverage that hit Lurantis's checks at least neutrally. Contrary makes Tera Stellar a somewhat viable option for hitting all foes neutrally, though it leaves Lurantis stuck with its weaknesses as a Grass-type.
Draft Strategy
========
Lurantis does not fill many valuable roles, so it should typically be taken near the end of a functional draft to patch up weaknesses to Water and Ground while providing some extra offense.
**Secondary Entry Hazard Removal**: Lurantis has access to Defog, but it often does not want to use it. If a team is weak to entry hazards, stronger Rapid Spin or Defog users like Great Tusk and Terapagos are important to draft first.
**Dual Screens Support**: Dual screens from teammates like Mesprit and Rotom-W can help Lurantis get going, making it difficult to stop, since it's less weak to disruption than other setup attackers.
Checks and Counters
========
**Flying-, Poison-, and Bug-types**: Lurantis's signature combo of Grass-type attacks and Superpower is walled by many Pokemon, forcing it to rely on Tera or neutral coverage to hit them. Zapdos, Slither Wing, and Fezandipiti are a just a few examples of bulky Pokemon that can easily wall it or force specific Tera types.
**Wallbreakers**: Most wallbreakers are able to outspeed Lurantis with minimal investment and deal major damage, especially special attackers or those with super effective coverage like Raging Bolt, Chi-Yu, and Galarian Zapdos.
[credits]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/scionicle.599989/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sablolol.466715/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/jscurf.608304/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/techno.527276/
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