[SET]
Bulky Wallbreaker (Ursaluna-Bloodmoon) @ Life Orb / Assault Vest
Ability: Mind's Eye
Level: 50
Tera Type: Normal / Water
EVs: 44 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 204 Spe or 252 HP / 4 Def / 116 SpA / 132 SpD / 4 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Blood Moon
- Hyper Voice
- Earth Power
- Protect / Vacuum Wave
[SET COMMENTS]
- Ursaluna-B can rip apart teams with its powerful STAB attacks augmented by its ability, Mind's Eye.
- Blood Moon is a metagame-warping move, as it will simply drop even bulky foes like Farigiraf that are unprepared for its damage. Hyper Voice puts out powerful spread damage and still heavily damages frailer foes like Hisuian Typhlosion, Whimsicott, and Sneasler; having two Normal-type STAB moves is good to have because it lets Ursaluna-B hit Ground-resistant and -immune foes even when it cannot use Blood Moon. Mind's Eye supports both of these moves, letting Ursaluna-B throw out its Normal-type attacks without fear of Ghost-types ignoring them. Life Orb sets prefer the defensive value of Protect, whereas Assault Vest sets opt for Vacuum Wave to pick off weakened foes.
- Life Orb maximizes Ursaluna-B's damage potential, securing OHKOes on bulky foes like opposing Ursaluna-B and Hatterene with Blood Moon and Gholdengo with Earth Power. Assault Vest gives Ursaluna-B some additional special bulk to survive attacks from the format's powerful special attackers.
- Tera Normal is used on Life Orb sets to give Blood Moon the extra power to OHKO bulky foes like Primarina and Assault Vest Rillaboom while strengthening Hyper Voice for devastating spread damage. Tera Water is preferred on Assault Vest Ursaluna-B and is used to hold off Hisuian Typhlosion, Torkoal, and Primarina.
- 204 Speed EVs allow Ursaluna-B to outspeed Adamant Dragapult under Tailwind, though this much Speed is only run on Tailwind teams. This and maximum Special Attack investment maximize the offensive potential of Life Orb Ursaluna-B. However, with some special bulk, Assault Vest Ursaluna-B will survive otherwise devastating special attacks like Life Orb Ursaluna-B's Tera Normal Blood Moon, Choice Specs Gholdengo's Tera Steel Make It Rain, and Life Orb Hatterene's Expanding Force in Psychic Terrain; it also is favored to survive truly absurd attacks like Choice Specs Hisuian Typhlosion's Tera Fire Eruption at maximum power and can guarantee living the move with Tera Water or Vacuum Wave.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Teambuilding
============
- Ursaluna-B is a good piece on more offensive teams thanks to its wallbreaking ability. Its ability to break down bulky foes benefits fast cleaners like Sneasler, Choice Scarf Basculegion, and Scale Shot Dragonite.
- Life Orb Ursaluna-B is vulnerable to faster attackers like Sneasler and Dragapult, so speed control options such as Tailwind and Trick Room ensure it can bypass them. Fake Out can create opportunities for Ursaluna-B to throw out its powerful attacks; redirection does the same. Life Orb Ursaluna-B can be revenge killed by Rillaboom's Grassy Glide, so means of blocking it like Psychic Terrain and Armor Tail are useful.
- Sneasler is an offensive cleaner that appreciates Life Orb Ursaluna-B's ability to tear through bulky Pokemon. Dondozo paired with Tatsugiri is a similarly threatening sweeper that picks apart teams weakened by Ursaluna-B. Tailwind setters like Whimsicott and Talonflame allow Ursaluna-B to outspeed and defeat faster, frailer attackers that would otherwise threaten Ursaluna-B. Conversely, if the opposing team has Tailwind or other speed control of their own, Trick Room from the likes of Farigiraf, Indeedee-F, and Sinistcha will similarly turn the tables on that. Indeedee-M, Indeedee-F, and Farigiraf can block Fake Out and Grassy Glide, allowing Ursaluna-B to function in the face of Rillaboom. Fake Out from Incineroar, Rillaboom, and, sometimes, Sneasler gives Ursaluna-B opportunities to isolate an opposing Pokemon to attack.
- Assault Vest Ursaluna-B is more self-sufficient because it is able to take more hits. However, its damage output is lacking compared to the Life Orb variant, so it wants more offensive teammates to supplement it. Dual screens support reinforces Ursaluna-B's bulk and lets it stick around to output damage longer. Fast sweepers can take advantage of teams that get weakened by Assault Vest Ursaluna-B.
- Offensive Pokemon make great partners for Assault Vest Ursaluna-B, as they appreciate its ability to take hits and dish out damage in return. Gholdengo handles many of Ursaluna-B's checks like Sneasler and Rillaboom and provides a secondary check to Archaludon. Their combined special attacking output can overwhelm specially bulky foes like Assault Vest Rillaboom. Dragonite similarly takes advantage of Fighting- and Grass-types while also doing so for Water-types like Pelipper and Basculegion and uses the damage that Ursaluna-B spreads on the opposing team to clean up with Scale Shot. Alolan Ninetales cuts off Pelipper's rain, damages Water-types with Freeze-Dry, and can support Ursaluna-B with Aurora Veil, which massively boosts its already solid bulk with Assault Vest. Other dual screens setters like Grimmsnarl and Klefki can also do so, and they provide additional support in the form of Thunder Wave. Bulk Up Annihilape takes advantage of Sneasler to set up and power through the opposing team; it often gets paired with bulky Maushold, which can redirect opposing attacks away from Ursaluna-B with Follow Me, shut down Amoonguss with Taunt, and bolster Ursaluna-B's bulk with Friend Guard.
Strategy Comments
============
- Ursaluna-B is mainly an early-game wallbreaker that can weaken opposing teams for its teammates to clean up. Speed control is imperative for it to achieve this function and is especially important for Life Orb Ursaluna-B because it does not have as much bulk. By contrast, Assault Vest Ursaluna-B can take hits and dish out damage, leaning into its bulk to throw out several threatening attacks instead of a few catastrophic ones.
- Sneasler is the best check to Ursaluna-B, as it outspeeds Ursaluna-B even under Tailwind if Unburden is activated. However, it hates taking any attack, which can be facilitated by setting up Trick Room. Rain teams filled with threatening Water-types like Pelipper and Basculegion give Ursaluna-B no room to attack unless it Terastallizes Water, though doing so leaves it vulnerable to Archaludon's Electro Shot. Under Trick Room or with redirection support, however, Ursaluna-B can rip these teams apart. Assault Vest Ursaluna-B is especially vulnerable to Rillaboom, as it cannot use Protect or Terastallize to escape its Grass-type attacks. Assault Vest Pokemon like Rillaboom and Kingambit trade damage favorably into Rillaboom but are always vulnerable to Fake Out and redirection.
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Bulky Wallbreaker (Ursaluna-Bloodmoon) @ Life Orb / Assault Vest
Ability: Mind's Eye
Level: 50
Tera Type: Normal / Water
EVs: 44 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 204 Spe or 252 HP / 4 Def / 116 SpA / 132 SpD / 4 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Blood Moon
- Hyper Voice
- Earth Power
- Protect / Vacuum Wave
[SET COMMENTS]
- Ursaluna-B can rip apart teams with its powerful STAB attacks augmented by its ability, Mind's Eye.
- Blood Moon is a metagame-warping move, as it will simply drop even bulky foes like Farigiraf that are unprepared for its damage. Hyper Voice puts out powerful spread damage and still heavily damages frailer foes like Hisuian Typhlosion, Whimsicott, and Sneasler; having two Normal-type STAB moves is good to have because it lets Ursaluna-B hit Ground-resistant and -immune foes even when it cannot use Blood Moon. Mind's Eye supports both of these moves, letting Ursaluna-B throw out its Normal-type attacks without fear of Ghost-types ignoring them. Life Orb sets prefer the defensive value of Protect, whereas Assault Vest sets opt for Vacuum Wave to pick off weakened foes.
- Life Orb maximizes Ursaluna-B's damage potential, securing OHKOes on bulky foes like opposing Ursaluna-B and Hatterene with Blood Moon and Gholdengo with Earth Power. Assault Vest gives Ursaluna-B some additional special bulk to survive attacks from the format's powerful special attackers.
- Tera Normal is used on Life Orb sets to give Blood Moon the extra power to OHKO bulky foes like Primarina and Assault Vest Rillaboom while strengthening Hyper Voice for devastating spread damage. Tera Water is preferred on Assault Vest Ursaluna-B and is used to hold off Hisuian Typhlosion, Torkoal, and Primarina.
- 204 Speed EVs allow Ursaluna-B to outspeed Adamant Dragapult under Tailwind, though this much Speed is only run on Tailwind teams. This and maximum Special Attack investment maximize the offensive potential of Life Orb Ursaluna-B. However, with some special bulk, Assault Vest Ursaluna-B will survive otherwise devastating special attacks like Life Orb Ursaluna-B's Tera Normal Blood Moon, Choice Specs Gholdengo's Tera Steel Make It Rain, and Life Orb Hatterene's Expanding Force in Psychic Terrain; it also is favored to survive truly absurd attacks like Choice Specs Hisuian Typhlosion's Tera Fire Eruption at maximum power and can guarantee living the move with Tera Water or Vacuum Wave.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Teambuilding
============
- Ursaluna-B is a good piece on more offensive teams thanks to its wallbreaking ability. Its ability to break down bulky foes benefits fast cleaners like Sneasler, Choice Scarf Basculegion, and Scale Shot Dragonite.
- Life Orb Ursaluna-B is vulnerable to faster attackers like Sneasler and Dragapult, so speed control options such as Tailwind and Trick Room ensure it can bypass them. Fake Out can create opportunities for Ursaluna-B to throw out its powerful attacks; redirection does the same. Life Orb Ursaluna-B can be revenge killed by Rillaboom's Grassy Glide, so means of blocking it like Psychic Terrain and Armor Tail are useful.
- Sneasler is an offensive cleaner that appreciates Life Orb Ursaluna-B's ability to tear through bulky Pokemon. Dondozo paired with Tatsugiri is a similarly threatening sweeper that picks apart teams weakened by Ursaluna-B. Tailwind setters like Whimsicott and Talonflame allow Ursaluna-B to outspeed and defeat faster, frailer attackers that would otherwise threaten Ursaluna-B. Conversely, if the opposing team has Tailwind or other speed control of their own, Trick Room from the likes of Farigiraf, Indeedee-F, and Sinistcha will similarly turn the tables on that. Indeedee-M, Indeedee-F, and Farigiraf can block Fake Out and Grassy Glide, allowing Ursaluna-B to function in the face of Rillaboom. Fake Out from Incineroar, Rillaboom, and, sometimes, Sneasler gives Ursaluna-B opportunities to isolate an opposing Pokemon to attack.
- Assault Vest Ursaluna-B is more self-sufficient because it is able to take more hits. However, its damage output is lacking compared to the Life Orb variant, so it wants more offensive teammates to supplement it. Dual screens support reinforces Ursaluna-B's bulk and lets it stick around to output damage longer. Fast sweepers can take advantage of teams that get weakened by Assault Vest Ursaluna-B.
- Offensive Pokemon make great partners for Assault Vest Ursaluna-B, as they appreciate its ability to take hits and dish out damage in return. Gholdengo handles many of Ursaluna-B's checks like Sneasler and Rillaboom and provides a secondary check to Archaludon. Their combined special attacking output can overwhelm specially bulky foes like Assault Vest Rillaboom. Dragonite similarly takes advantage of Fighting- and Grass-types while also doing so for Water-types like Pelipper and Basculegion and uses the damage that Ursaluna-B spreads on the opposing team to clean up with Scale Shot. Alolan Ninetales cuts off Pelipper's rain, damages Water-types with Freeze-Dry, and can support Ursaluna-B with Aurora Veil, which massively boosts its already solid bulk with Assault Vest. Other dual screens setters like Grimmsnarl and Klefki can also do so, and they provide additional support in the form of Thunder Wave. Bulk Up Annihilape takes advantage of Sneasler to set up and power through the opposing team; it often gets paired with bulky Maushold, which can redirect opposing attacks away from Ursaluna-B with Follow Me, shut down Amoonguss with Taunt, and bolster Ursaluna-B's bulk with Friend Guard.
Strategy Comments
============
- Ursaluna-B is mainly an early-game wallbreaker that can weaken opposing teams for its teammates to clean up. Speed control is imperative for it to achieve this function and is especially important for Life Orb Ursaluna-B because it does not have as much bulk. By contrast, Assault Vest Ursaluna-B can take hits and dish out damage, leaning into its bulk to throw out several threatening attacks instead of a few catastrophic ones.
- Sneasler is the best check to Ursaluna-B, as it outspeeds Ursaluna-B even under Tailwind if Unburden is activated. However, it hates taking any attack, which can be facilitated by setting up Trick Room. Rain teams filled with threatening Water-types like Pelipper and Basculegion give Ursaluna-B no room to attack unless it Terastallizes Water, though doing so leaves it vulnerable to Archaludon's Electro Shot. Under Trick Room or with redirection support, however, Ursaluna-B can rip these teams apart. Assault Vest Ursaluna-B is especially vulnerable to Rillaboom, as it cannot use Protect or Terastallize to escape its Grass-type attacks. Assault Vest Pokemon like Rillaboom and Kingambit trade damage favorably into Rillaboom but are always vulnerable to Fake Out and redirection.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ipetbigfoot.645750/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/flarefox_7.657713/
Grammar checked by:
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