If
is banned, be prepared for an unspeakable hell where
will be switching infinitely as attempts to make progress are completely blanked, with
rendering any setup mon unviable.
's ability to punish the otherwise safe regen cores,
and even
at times is a good thing, giving offensive teams such as screens a fighting chance in the metagame by allowing them to break through the broken regenerator cores with a good, reliable breaker, instead of being permanently stalled out & revenge killed by
immediately afterwards. Furthermore, it offers diversity to the tier by encouraging the use of underrated mons such as
, which is a fantastic Pokemon in its own right that can answer other top tiers such as
and
. Often times, on the ladder, I have noticed that
is put into very unfortunate 50/50s against many common cores, such as
+
,
+
, etc. where it is very difficult to safely click a move without suffering some major consequence (
switching in for free is one of the worse possible trades, free Dracos for
is also quite bad, Parting Shot from
drastically lowers Ursaluna's threat level, etc.). The offensive power level of the tier is also quite high, with many popular pokemon such as
and
making it hard for Ursaluna to even set up safely in the first place & requiring the use of a Tera, which other Pokemon on the opponent's team such as
and
will take advantage of.
The UU pivots are good, but they are no
in terms of support, which can pass massive wishes and allow
to engage in multiple assualts against the bulky OU cores. Without
,
is much more prone to chip damage and wearing itself down. The bulky Bulk Up set does mitigate this issue, but this set is relying on low BP moves and getting multiple setup, which can be difficult to do against
and even
due to all these Pokemon packing ways to deal decent damage to it, while Ursaluna is unable to OHKO them in return without at least a couple of boost and even if it does, it will usually be KO'd by the opponent's
or
in a following altercation.
can also Terstalize to avoid Ice Punch and deal massive damage to
with Leaf Storm, putting it in an awkward position. Because Ursaluna's coverage moves are so weak, many Pokemon can do something similar to revenge kill it, such as
,
and more. Encore from
or
can also make going for bulk up's risky. While
is still effective vs these bulky cores, it's Bulk Up set is not as risk-free as one may think due to the constraints between its middling initial power, the option to Tera, and Encore.
's presence merely forces these bulkier teams to be more proactive in their approach to handling it, rather than Chilly, U-Turn spam they are use to. Bulky cores also have a strong and reliable answer in
if they want to punish
as well, while also having a decent spinblocker and check to
.
merely provides offensive teams a powerful queen piece against these defensive cores, giving them a workable MU instead of a completely unwinnable one.
