Does anyone have a good specs kyurem team?
here's mine for OU
1. Kyurem, Loaded Dice DDance of course.
2. Darkrai, Hypnosis/Dark Void, Charge Beam, Dark Pulse, Blizzard. Tera Ice.
3. Chien Pao, Ice Spinner, Throat Chop, Sucker Punch, Sacred Sword. (in normal non-Showdown battles/ For pure OU use Cetitan).
4. Maushold (friend guard if doubles) Tidy Up, Baton Pass, Super Fang, Population Bomb/ Follow Me if Doubles
5. Ninetails. Blizzard, Aurora Veil, Nasty Plot, Dazzling Gleam (or whatever fairy type move hits your fancy that does damage)
6. Depending on whether Singles or Doubles. For Singles: Galarian Slowking with Regenerator and Chilling Reception and whatever move set you think is best. For Doubles, Use Eviolite Porygon 2 with Gravity, Electroweb, Blizzard and Recover.
For Singles: Which is what this thread is about cause.. OU.. Your key point in this team is that it is centered primarily around enabling Kyurem and getting him safely and ready to obliterate the entire opposing team. D Dance is honestly just there to be a "Just in Case you don't have Maushold situation." On the other hand Ninetails is also there for that as it can help make Kyurem extra bulky under the snow so it can D Dance some more, while also being there to counter other weather teams as a switch in (Ninetails needs speed, so it can often lose weather wars if both weather setters are the first out on the field, making Torkoal and Tyranitar especially dangerous).
However, usually you want Ninetails out on the field first thing so that either Maushold can come out second to tidy up or Kyurem can come in to spam some D Dance. Until it dies or you're forced into a switch however, Ninetails is free to throw around its own offensive power with Nasty Plot set ups being quite doable under aurora veil, especially if your opponent is forced to use Brick Break to break your screens. Not many pokemon that counter Ninetails can outspeed it, so once one nasty plot is up, it can start being a sweeper in its own right.
Your second pokemon is usually always Maushold however, and it can be unusually durable when it wants to be if you're running full support and not offense. One Tidy Up is usually enough to make it faster than the opposing pokemon while taking care of any hazards it might set. In fact if your opponent is using a hazard lead like Glimmora, it might be better to start off with Maushold instead of Ninetails to take advantage of the turn it spends setting up hazards.
Once Maushold is fast enough, you can baton pass Kyurem safely in without having to worry about any hazards, which can chip it pretty bad thanks to being ice type. You can even ddance one more time if you think its worth the risk. From there its simply a matter of spamming Scale Shot and Icicle Spear.
Darkrai is meant to be a hyper offensive pokemon that can fill a role of special attacker if physical offense is not enough, while also being able to run Tera Ice Blizzard effectively under snow.
Focus Sash Chien Pao is an alternative Maushold Baton Passer if you feel there's too much of a risk for Kyurem to run into the likes of Fluttermane (who will show up regardless of tier if you aren't playing in Showdown but in the actual game itself). Sucker Punch can counter hard in Tera Dark, and Chien Pao can clear terrains out with Ice Spinner, making him a good counter for. HOWEVER, since this is OU, Slush Rush Cetitan can fulfill the role of Baton Passing Rillaboom Counter thanks to its respectable bulk. Chien Pao's pretty much just there just in case your opponent decides its time to use Fluttermane or you're in a tournament that runs by Pokemon's official rules for what's "Banned" instead of Smogon's rules.
Galarian Slowking is there to reset Snow or be the Lead in your team if dealing with a Torkoal or Tyranitar. Honestly either Normal or Galarian works, with Normal having the advantage of typing against Torkoal. Galarian is prefferred if you want him to actually hit somebody. Using screens and then Chilling Reception can counter slow weather setters while also immediately giving maushold Tidy Up room or Kyurem D Dance some d dance time, or give Cetitan some time to get rid of a pesky Rillaboom.
VGC/OU Doubles Viability:
This team can be used in Doubles even MORE effectively. Simply switch out Galarian Slowking for Porygon2 as a Gravity setting support for Dark Void Darkrai and give Darkrai Protect. Then turn Kyurem into Kyurem Black and switch out Stone Edge for Fusion Bolt while giving him Terra Electric. Give Maushold Friend Guard and Follow me. This allows you to send out both Ninetails and Maushold on the same turn and seamlessly send in Kyurem immediately on turn two in the maximum best conditions. The Porygon 2 Gravity support also allows you to spam Dark Void with Darkrai for some very scary results which can be more consistent than anything Hydrapple brings to the table. The Gravity also allows Blizzard Spamming to resume even without Snow to use.
