NU Ursaring [QC 2/2] [GP 2/2]

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[OVERVIEW]

Ursaring is an amazing wallbreaker in NU. Eviolite + Bulk Up Ursaring makes for a fantastic sweeper, while Flame Orb sets make great use of Trailblaze, which makes Ursaring more difficult to revenge kill, and makes for a great status absorber for its teammates. However, Bulk Up Ursaring only has room for one attack, leaving it lacking in coverage, and Flame Orb Ursaring's poor defenses and Speed leave it subject to easy revenge killing.

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Play Rough / Body Slam
move 3: Rest
move 4: Sleep Talk
item: Eviolite
ability: Guts
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 168 SpD / 88 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Ursaring only gets to pick one offensive move, so Play Rough is preferred for its great offensive coverage and lack of immunities, but Body Slam has more immediate damage and can spread paralysis. With Tera Fairy, Ursaring inverts its weakness to Fighting and gains STAB on Play Rough. Tera Ghost takes subverting its weakness to the extreme, turning the tables on the many Fighting-types in the tier. 88 Speed EVs outspeed Vaporeon and Umbreon, which hamper Ursaring with Haze or Foul Play. The remaining EVs are put into Special Defense to allow Ursaring to wall special attackers while boosting Defense with Bulk Up.

Although its bulk often prevents it from being outright overpowered, Ursaring's setup attempts can be thwarted by utility Pokemon such as Haze Muk and Vaporeon and Encore Cacturne and Zoroark. Wallbreakers like Medicham and Zoroark and entry hazard setters like Qwilfish and Sandaconda assist in breaking through and wearing them down. Knock Off users like Bombirdier, Klawf, and Passimian can leave Eviolite Ursaring vulnerable to following attacks. Knock Off absorbers like Sandaconda and Umbreon make for great teammates. Because it lacks Heavy-Duty Boots or Leftovers to offset hazard damage, Ursaring appreciates hazard control from the likes of Drifblim and Lurantis. Pokemon vulnerable to status infliction like Toxicroak and Vaporeon appreciate the fact that Ursaring punishes the use of status moves like Will-O-Wisp from Drifblim and Glare from Sandaconda.

[SET]
name: Trailblaze Sweeper
move 1: Trailblaze
move 2: Facade
move 3: Shadow Claw
move 4: Swords Dance / Close Combat
item: Flame Orb
ability: Guts
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Fighting / Grass

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Trailblaze lets Ursaring take advantage of passive Pokemon like Chansey and Vaporeon to outspeed faster threats like Scyther and Zoroark after one use and Choice Scarf Passimian after two. Guts Facade easily 2HKOes physically bulky Pokemon like Sandaconda and Dudunsparce. Tera Ghost allows Ursaring to effectively bait Fighting-type moves and boosts Shadow Claw, which can be used to hit Ghost-types like Drifblim and Rotom. Swords Dance allows Ursaring to muscle past setup sweepers like Coil Sandaconda, Eelektross, and Curse Muk while also giving Facade enough power to defeat Steel-types like Perrserker and Tera Steel Eelektross. Alternatively, Close Combat immediately threatens Steel-types like Perrserker and Tera Steel users like Appletun and Eelektross. Tera Fighting and Tera Grass are alternative options used to boost Ursaring's other moves. Tera Grass notably improves Ursaring's matchup against physically bulky Pokemon like Sandaconda and Vaporeon.

Slow pivots like Eelektross and Perrserker help Ursaring enter the battlefield safely, mitigating its frailty and burn-induced timer. Healing Wish from Chansey or Indeedee-F can allow Ursaring another opportunity to shred through the opposition. Oricorio-F and Drifblim can ease the matchup against Fighting-types and use Defog to ensure Ursaring takes minimal damage when hitting the field, and Oricorio-F also has U-turn to bring in Ursaring more often.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Ursaring can use Toxic Orb to benefit from Quick Feet, but this set often falls short in both Speed and power. Bulk Up Ursaring can forgo Sleep Talk in favor of another coverage move, but this leaves it quite vulnerable after Rest. Crunch can be used over Play Rough for overall better coverage, but Tera Fairy's defensive attributes and STAB Play Rough are better in most situations. Ursaring can drop a setup move altogether on the RestTalk set, making for a great special tank with a little extra coverage, typically using Body Slam for STAB and Play Rough or Crunch to hit Ghost-types.

Checks and Counters
====

**Anti-setup Pokemon**: Bulk Up Ursaring is quite hard to get going against common anti-setup Pokemon like Haze Vaporeon, Strength Sap Drifblim, and Trick Rotom. Tera Fairy at least allows Ursaring an immunity to Dragon Tail, but there are plenty of Encore, Haze, and similar utility move users available that can make it difficult for Ursaring to sweep.

**Fighting-types and Coverage**: NU is teeming with Fighting-types ready to punch Ursaring in the face; Medicham, Toxicroak, Passimian, and Paldean Tauros pressure Ursaring to switch out or Terastallize for fear of being KOed. Pokemon with Fighting-type coverage like Scyther and Eelektross can chunk Ursaring enough to force it to use Rest before it can accumulate enough boosts to be a threat.

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[OVERVIEW]

Ursaring has been blessed with two notable buffs coming into generation 9 that allow it to pull off monstrous sweeps like never before. Upon gaining an evolution, Ursaring's already-decent defensive stats are now enhanced even further now when holding an Eviolite. (you should mention BU sets here in this line after the eviolite mention) Classic Flame Orb sets seen in generations past now greatly appreciate the addition of Trailblaze, which can allow Ursaring to shore up its poor Speed and wreack havoc (mention how the trailblaze speed make Ursaring much harder to revenge). Although it becomes quite the Bulk Up sweeper with an Eviolite, (not necessary here if you add this info above)Ursaring lacks reliable recovery, having to settle for Rest + Sleep Talk. This means that Bulk Up Ursaring is left with one attacking move of choice, always lacking coverage for something. With a Flame Orb instead of an Eviolite, Ursaring's mediocre bulk gets exposed, and although it's incredibly powerful, the poor defenses and speed leave it subject to easy revenge killing. Ursaring is a great status absorber thanks to its Guts ability, making it a great partner for status-prone teammates like Paldean Tauros and Eelektross.

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Play Rough / Body Slam
move 3: Rest
move 4: Sleep Talk
item: Eviolite
ability: Guts
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 168 SpD / 88 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Ursaring only gets to pick one offensive move, so Play Rough is preferred for its great offensive coverage and lack of immunities, but Body Slam has more immediate damage via STAB and can spread Paralysis. With Tera Fairy, Ursaring inverts its weakness to Fighting and gains STAB on Play Rough. Tera Ghost takes this a step further by adding a Fighting-type immunity, although with no STAB move besides a potential Shadow Claw. 88 Speed EVs allow Ursaring to outspeed Vaporeon and Umbreon, both of whom which hamper Ursaring's ability to set up with a respective Haze and Foul Play. (mention why you're running spdef EVs here)

Although its bulk often prevents it from being outright overpowered, Ursaring's setup attempts can be thwarted by utility Pokemon such as Haze Muk and Vaporeon and Encore Cacturne and Zoroark. Wallbreakers like Medicham and Zoroark and hazard setters like Qwilfish and Sandaconda assist in breaking through and wearing down utility Pokemon. Ursaring's reliance on Eviolite means Knock Off users like Bombirdier, Klawf, and Passimian can leave it more vulnerable to following attacks after to removing its item. Knock Off absorbers like Sandaconda and Umbreon, whom both of which take minimal damage from it and have reliable recovery, make for great teammates. Because it carries an Eviolite instead of Heavy-Duty Boots or Leftovers to offset hazard damage, Ursaring appreciates hazard control from the likes of Drifblim and Lurantis to switch in more easily. Pokemon vulnerable to status infliction like Toxicroak and Vaporeon appreciate the fact that Ursaring directly benefits from and deters the use of status moves like Will-O-Wisp from Drifblim and Glare from Sandaconda.

[SET]
name:
move 1: Trailblaze
move 2: Facade
move 3: Shadow Claw
move 4: Swords Dance / Close Combat
item: Flame Orb
ability: Guts
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Fighting / Grass

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Trailblaze lets Ursaring take advantage of passive Pokemon like Chansey and Vaporeon to boost its speed to be able to break through otherwise past faster threats like Scyther and Zoroark. (just a more concise way of saying the same thing) With a Flame Orb equipped, Facade becomes disgustingly powerful, (a bit fluffy) easily 2HKOsing physically bulky Pokemon like Sandaconda, and Dudunsparce. Tera Ghost allows Ursaring to effectively bait Fighting-type moves while also boosting Shadow Claw, which can be used to hit Ghost-types like Drifblim and Rotom. Close Combat hits Steel-types like Perrserker and Tera Steel Eelektross, although these Pokemon also fall to a Swords Dance-boosted Facade should Ursaring opt to use that instead. Swords Dance also allows Ursaring to muscle past setup sweepers like Coil Sandaconda, and Eelektross and Curse Muk.

Ursaring appreciates the safe entry brought by slow pivots like Eelektross and Perrserker. (Combine these two sentences to emphasis why Ursaring likes a slow pivot, specifically the first part of the second sentence ending with FO) Because of Ursaring's frailty and the timer it puts itself on via Flame Orb, Healing Wish support from that of Chansey (H-Wish Chansey? idt that's worth mentioning, although adding Wish support here is) or Indeedee-F can allow Ursaring another opportunity to shred through the opposition. Oricorio-F and Drifblim can ease the matchup against Fighting-types and Defog to ensure Ursaring takes minimal damage when hitting the field, and the former of the two can also U-turn to bring in Ursaring more often.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Ursaring can use a Toxic Orb to benefit from its other ability, Quick Feet, but this set often falls short in both speed and power. On the Bulk Up sets, Ursaring can forgo Sleep Talk in favor of another coverage move, but this leaves Ursaring quite vulnerable after a Rest. Crunch can be used over Play Rough for its lack of immunities and overall better coverage than Play Rough, but Tera Fairy is an amazing defensive typing and gaining STAB on Play Rough makes it better than Crunch in most situations.

Checks and Counters
====

**Anti-setup Pokemon**: Ursaring's Bulk Up set Bulk Up Ursaring is quite hard to get going against common anti-setup Pokemon like Haze Vaporeon, Strength Sap Drifblim, and Trick Rotom. Tera Fairy at least allows Ursaring an immunity to Dragon Tail, but there are plenty of Encore, Haze, and similar utility move users available in the tier that can make Ursaring have a difficult time sweeping it difficult for Ursaring to sweep.

**Fighting-types and Coverage**: NU is teeming with offensive Fighting-types ready to punch Ursaring in the face for immense damage; Medicham, Toxicroak, Passimian, Paldean Tauros, and others all threaten pressure Ursaring to either switch out or Terastallize for fear of being KO'd. Pokemon with Fighting-type coverage like Scyther and Eelektross can chunk Ursaring enough to force it to Rest before it can accumulate enough boosts to be a large threat.

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[OVERVIEW]

Ursaring has been blessed with two notable buffs coming into generation 9 that allow it to pull off monstrous sweeps like never before. Upon gaining an evolution, Ursaring's already-decent defensive stats are now enhanced even further when holding an Eviolite, which allows for a fantastic setup sweeper with Bulk Up. Classic Flame Orb sets seen in generations past now greatly appreciate the addition of Trailblaze, which can allow Ursaring to shore up its poor Speed and wreack wreak havoc while being more difficult to revenge KO, and it even supports status-weak teammates as a result. Ursaring lacks reliable recovery, having to settle for Rest + Sleep Talk. This means that Bulk Up Ursaring is left with one attacking move of choice, always lacking coverage for something. With a Flame Orb instead of an Eviolite, Ursaring's mediocre bulk gets exposed, and although it's incredibly powerful, the poor defenses and speed leave it subject to easy revenge killing. Ursaring is a great status absorber thanks to its Guts ability, making it a great partner for status-prone teammates like Paldean Tauros and Eelektross.

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Play Rough / Body Slam
move 3: Rest
move 4: Sleep Talk
item: Eviolite
ability: Guts
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 168 SpD / 88 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Ursaring only gets to pick one offensive move, so Play Rough is preferred for its great offensive coverage and lack of immunities, but Body Slam has more immediate damage via STAB and can spread Paralysis paralysis. With Tera Fairy, Ursaring inverts its weakness to Fighting and gains STAB on Play Rough. Tera Ghost takes this a step further, with an outright immunity to Fighting, although with no STAB move besides a potential Shadow Claw (not talked about anywhere in the set, so no need to reference like this here). 88 Speed EVs allow Ursaring to outspeed Vaporeon and Umbreon, both of which hamper Ursaring's ability to set up with a respective Haze and Foul Play. The remaining EVs are put into Special Defense to allow Ursaring to wall Special special attackers while boosting its defense with Bulk Up.

Although its bulk often prevents it from being outright overpowered, Ursaring's setup attempts can be thwarted by utility Pokemon such as Haze Muk and Vaporeon and Encore Cacturne and Zoroark. Wallbreakers like Medicham and Zoroark and hazard setters like Qwilfish and Sandaconda assist in breaking through and wearing down utility Pokemon. Ursaring's reliance on Eviolite means Knock Off users like Bombirdier, Klawf, and Passimian can leave it more vulnerable to following attacks after removing its item. Knock Off absorbers like Sandaconda and Umbreon, both of which take minimal damage from it and have reliable recovery, make for great teammates. Because it carries an Eviolite instead of Heavy-Duty Boots or Leftovers to offset hazard damage, Ursaring appreciates hazard control from the likes of Drifblim and Lurantis to switch in more easily. Pokemon vulnerable to status infliction like Toxicroak and Vaporeon appreciate the fact that Ursaring directly benefits from and deters the use of status moves like Will-O-Wisp from Drifblim and Glare from Sandaconda.

[SET]
name:
move 1: Trailblaze
move 2: Facade
move 3: Shadow Claw
move 4: Swords Dance / Close Combat
item: Flame Orb
ability: Guts
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Fighting / Grass

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Trailblaze lets Ursaring take advantage of passive Pokemon like Chansey and Vaporeon to boost its speed past faster threats like Scyther and Zoroark, as well as Choice Scarf Passimian after two uses. With a Flame Orb equipped, Facade easily 2HKOs 2HKOes (xHKOs = the noun, xHKOes = the verb) physically bulky Pokemon like Sandaconda, and Dudunsparce. Tera Ghost allows Ursaring to effectively bait Fighting-type moves while also boosting Shadow Claw, which can be used to hit Ghost-types like Drifblim and Rotom. Close Combat hits Steel-types like Perrserker and Tera Steel Eelektross, although these Pokemon also fall to a Swords Dance-boosted Facade should Ursaring opt to use that instead. Swords Dance also allows Ursaring to muscle past setup sweepers like Coil Sandaconda, Coil Eelektross, and Curse Muk. (since SD is the first slash, you should talk about it before CC. You could simplify this to "Swords Dance allows Ursaring to muscle past setup sweepers like Coil Sandaconda, Eelektross, and Curse Muk while also giving Facade enough power to defeat Steel-types like Perrserker and Tera Steel Eelektross. Alternatively, Close Combat immediately threatens Steel-types like Perrserker and Tera Steel users like Appletun and Eelektross.")

Slow pivots like Eelektross and Perrserker help Ursaring enter the battlefield safely, mitigating its frailty and the timer it puts itself on via Flame Orb. Healing Wish support from that of Chansey or Indeedee-F can allow Ursaring another opportunity to shred through the opposition. Oricorio-F and Drifblim can ease the matchup against Fighting-types and Defog to ensure Ursaring takes minimal damage when hitting the field, and the former of the two can also U-turn to bring in Ursaring more often.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Ursaring can use a Toxic Orb to benefit from its other ability, Quick Feet, but this set often falls short in both speed and power. (fwiw you can do sd on these sets, maybe work that in somehow) On the Bulk Up sets, Ursaring can forgo Sleep Talk in favor of another coverage move, but this leaves Ursaring quite vulnerable after a Rest. (on the other hand, I've seen a fair bit of resttalk 2 atks ursaring) Crunch can be used over Play Rough for its lack of immunities and overall better coverage than Play Rough, but Tera Fairy is an amazing defensive typing and gaining STAB on Play Rough makes it better than Crunch in most situations.

Checks and Counters
====

**Anti-setup Pokemon**: Bulk Up Ursaring is quite hard to get going against common anti-setup Pokemon like Haze Vaporeon, Strength Sap Drifblim, and Trick Rotom. Tera Fairy at least allows Ursaring an immunity to Dragon Tail, but there are plenty of Encore, Haze, and similar utility move users available in the tier that can make it difficult for Ursaring to sweep.

**Fighting-types and Coverage**: NU is teeming with offensive Fighting-types ready to punch Ursaring in the face for immense damage; Medicham, Toxicroak, Passimian, Paldean Tauros, and others all pressure Ursaring to either switch out or Terastallize for fear of being KO'd KOed. Pokemon with Fighting-type coverage like Scyther and Eelektross can chunk Ursaring enough to force it to Rest before it can accumulate enough boosts to be a threat.

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[OVERVIEW]

Ursaring is an amazing wallbreaker in NU. When holding an Eviolite, Ursaring makes for a fantastic setup sweeper with Bulk Up. Eviolite + Bulk Up Ursaring makes for a fantastic sweeper, while (might wanna play up its defensive contrast to forb, a little barebones as is) Flame Orb sets make great use of Trailblaze, which can allow Ursaring to shore up its poor Speed and wreak havoc while being makes Ursaring (long winded, boosting speed is intuitively good) more difficult to revenge KO kill, and it even supports support status-weak teammates as a result. Ursaring lacks reliable recovery, having to settle for Rest + Sleep Talk. This means that Bulk Up Ursaring is left with one attacking move of choice, always lacking coverage for something. With a Flame Orb instead of an Eviolite, Ursaring's mediocre bulk gets exposed, and although it's incredibly powerful, the poor defenses and speed leave it However, Bulk Up Ursaring only has room for one attack, leaving it lacking in coverage, and Flame Orb Ursaring's poor defenses and Speed leave it subject to easy revenge killing.

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Play Rough / Body Slam
move 3: Rest
move 4: Sleep Talk
item: Eviolite
ability: Guts
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 168 SpD / 88 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Ursaring only gets to pick one offensive move, so Play Rough is preferred for its great offensive coverage and lack of immunities, but Body Slam has more immediate damage via STAB and can spread paralysis. With Tera Fairy, Ursaring inverts its weakness to Fighting and gains STAB on Play Rough. Tera Ghost takes subverting its weakness to the extreme. takes this a step further, with an outright immunity to Fighting, although with no STAB. 88 Speed EVs allow Ursaring to outspeed Vaporeon and Umbreon, both of which hamper Ursaring's ability to set up with a respective Haze and Foul Play with Haze or Foul Play. The remaining EVs are put into Special Defense to allow Ursaring to wall special attackers while boosting its Defense with Bulk Up.

Although its bulk often prevents it from being outright overpowered, Ursaring's setup attempts can be thwarted by utility Pokemon such as Haze Muk and Vaporeon and Encore Cacturne and Zoroark. Wallbreakers like Medicham and Zoroark and entry hazard setters like Qwilfish and Sandaconda assist in breaking through and wearing them down utility Pokemon. Ursaring's reliance on Eviolite means Knock Off users like Bombirdier, Klawf, and Passimian can leave it Eviolite Ursaring more vulnerable to following attacks after removing its item. Knock Off absorbers like Sandaconda and Umbreon, both of which take minimal damage from it and have reliable recovery, make for great teammates. Because it carries an Eviolite instead of lacks Heavy-Duty Boots or Leftovers to offset hazard damage, Ursaring appreciates hazard control from the likes of Drifblim and Lurantis to switch in more easily. Pokemon vulnerable to status infliction like Toxicroak and Vaporeon appreciate the fact that Ursaring directly benefits from and deters punishes the use of status moves like Will-O-Wisp from Drifblim and Glare from Sandaconda.

[SET]
name:
move 1: Trailblaze
move 2: Facade
move 3: Shadow Claw
move 4: Swords Dance / Close Combat
item: Flame Orb
ability: Guts
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Fighting / Grass

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Trailblaze lets Ursaring take advantage of passive Pokemon like Chansey and Vaporeon to boost its speed past faster outspeed threats like Scyther and Zoroark, (comma) as well as after one use and Choice Scarf Passimian after two uses. With a Flame Orb equipped, Guts Facade easily 2HKOes physically bulky Pokemon like Sandaconda, (comma) and Dudunsparce. Tera Ghost allows Ursaring to effectively bait Fighting-type moves while also boosting and boosts Shadow Claw, which can be used to hit Ghost-types like Drifblim and Rotom. Swords Dance allows Ursaring to muscle past setup sweepers like Coil Sandaconda, Eelektross, and Curse Muk while also giving Facade enough power to defeat Steel-types like Perrserker and Tera Steel Eelektross. Alternatively, Close Combat immediately threatens Steel-types like Perrserker and Tera Steel users like Appletun and Eelektross.

Slow pivots like Eelektross and Perrserker help Ursaring enter the battlefield safely, mitigating its frailty and the timer it puts itself on via Flame Orb burn-induced timer. Healing Wish support from that of Chansey or Indeedee-F can allow Ursaring another opportunity to shred through the opposition. Oricorio-F and Drifblim can ease the matchup against Fighting-types and use Defog to ensure Ursaring takes minimal damage when hitting the field, and the former of the two can also Oricorio-F also has U-turn to bring in Ursaring more often.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Ursaring can use a Toxic Orb to benefit from its other ability, Quick Feet, but this set often falls short in both Speed and power. On the Bulk Up sets, Bulk Up Ursaring can forgo Sleep Talk in favor of another coverage move, but this leaves Ursaring it quite vulnerable after a Rest. Crunch can be used over Play Rough for its lack of immunities and overall better coverage than Play Rough, but Tera Fairy's defensive attributes and STAB Play Rough are better in most situations is an amazing defensive typing and gaining STAB on Play Rough makes it better than Crunch in most situations. Ursaring can drop a setup move altogether on the RestTalk set, making for a great special tank with a little extra coverage, typically using Body Slam for STAB and either Play Rough or Crunch to hit Ghost-types.

Checks and Counters
====

**Anti-setup Pokemon**: Bulk Up Ursaring is quite hard to get going against common anti-setup Pokemon like Haze Vaporeon, Strength Sap Drifblim, and Trick Rotom. Tera Fairy at least allows Ursaring an immunity to Dragon Tail, but there are plenty of Encore, Haze, and similar utility move users available in the tier that can make it difficult for Ursaring to sweep.

**Fighting-types and Coverage**: NU is teeming with offensive Fighting-types ready to punch Ursaring in the face for immense damage; Medicham, Toxicroak, Passimian, Paldean Tauros, and others all pressure Ursaring to either switch out or Terastallize for fear of being KOed. Pokemon with Fighting-type coverage like Scyther and Eelektross can chunk Ursaring enough to force it to use Rest before it can accumulate enough boosts to be a threat.

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[OVERVIEW]

Ursaring is an amazing wallbreaker in NU. When holding an Eviolite, Ursaring makes for a fantastic setup sweeper with Bulk Up. Eviolite + Bulk Up Ursaring makes for a fantastic sweeper, while (might wanna play up its defensive contrast to forb, a little barebones as is) Flame Orb sets make great use of Trailblaze, which can allow Ursaring to shore up its poor Speed and wreak havoc while being makes Ursaring (long winded, boosting speed is intuitively good) more difficult to revenge KO kill, and it even supports support status-weak teammates as a result. Ursaring lacks reliable recovery, having to settle for Rest + Sleep Talk. This means that Bulk Up Ursaring is left with one attacking move of choice, always lacking coverage for something. With a Flame Orb instead of an Eviolite, Ursaring's mediocre bulk gets exposed, and although it's incredibly powerful, the poor defenses and speed leave it However, Bulk Up Ursaring only has room for one attack, leaving it lacking in coverage, and Flame Orb Ursaring's poor defenses and Speed leave it subject to easy revenge killing.

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Play Rough / Body Slam
move 3: Rest
move 4: Sleep Talk
item: Eviolite
ability: Guts
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 168 SpD / 88 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Ursaring only gets to pick one offensive move, so Play Rough is preferred for its great offensive coverage and lack of immunities, but Body Slam has more immediate damage via STAB and can spread paralysis. With Tera Fairy, Ursaring inverts its weakness to Fighting and gains STAB on Play Rough. Tera Ghost takes subverting its weakness to the extreme. takes this a step further, with an outright immunity to Fighting, although with no STAB. 88 Speed EVs allow Ursaring to outspeed Vaporeon and Umbreon, both of which hamper Ursaring's ability to set up with a respective Haze and Foul Play with Haze or Foul Play. The remaining EVs are put into Special Defense to allow Ursaring to wall special attackers while boosting its Defense with Bulk Up.

Although its bulk often prevents it from being outright overpowered, Ursaring's setup attempts can be thwarted by utility Pokemon such as Haze Muk and Vaporeon and Encore Cacturne and Zoroark. Wallbreakers like Medicham and Zoroark and entry hazard setters like Qwilfish and Sandaconda assist in breaking through and wearing them down utility Pokemon. Ursaring's reliance on Eviolite means Knock Off users like Bombirdier, Klawf, and Passimian can leave it Eviolite Ursaring more vulnerable to following attacks after removing its item. Knock Off absorbers like Sandaconda and Umbreon, both of which take minimal damage from it and have reliable recovery, make for great teammates. Because it carries an Eviolite instead of lacks Heavy-Duty Boots or Leftovers to offset hazard damage, Ursaring appreciates hazard control from the likes of Drifblim and Lurantis to switch in more easily. Pokemon vulnerable to status infliction like Toxicroak and Vaporeon appreciate the fact that Ursaring directly benefits from and deters punishes the use of status moves like Will-O-Wisp from Drifblim and Glare from Sandaconda.

[SET]
name:
move 1: Trailblaze
move 2: Facade
move 3: Shadow Claw
move 4: Swords Dance / Close Combat
item: Flame Orb
ability: Guts
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Fighting / Grass

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Trailblaze lets Ursaring take advantage of passive Pokemon like Chansey and Vaporeon to boost its speed past faster outspeed threats like Scyther and Zoroark, (comma) as well as after one use and Choice Scarf Passimian after two uses. With a Flame Orb equipped, Guts Facade easily 2HKOes physically bulky Pokemon like Sandaconda, (comma) and Dudunsparce. Tera Ghost allows Ursaring to effectively bait Fighting-type moves while also boosting and boosts Shadow Claw, which can be used to hit Ghost-types like Drifblim and Rotom. Swords Dance allows Ursaring to muscle past setup sweepers like Coil Sandaconda, Eelektross, and Curse Muk while also giving Facade enough power to defeat Steel-types like Perrserker and Tera Steel Eelektross. Alternatively, Close Combat immediately threatens Steel-types like Perrserker and Tera Steel users like Appletun and Eelektross.

Slow pivots like Eelektross and Perrserker help Ursaring enter the battlefield safely, mitigating its frailty and the timer it puts itself on via Flame Orb burn-induced timer. Healing Wish support from that of Chansey or Indeedee-F can allow Ursaring another opportunity to shred through the opposition. Oricorio-F and Drifblim can ease the matchup against Fighting-types and use Defog to ensure Ursaring takes minimal damage when hitting the field, and the former of the two can also Oricorio-F also has U-turn to bring in Ursaring more often.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Ursaring can use a Toxic Orb to benefit from its other ability, Quick Feet, but this set often falls short in both Speed and power. On the Bulk Up sets, Bulk Up Ursaring can forgo Sleep Talk in favor of another coverage move, but this leaves Ursaring it quite vulnerable after a Rest. Crunch can be used over Play Rough for its lack of immunities and overall better coverage than Play Rough, but Tera Fairy's defensive attributes and STAB Play Rough are better in most situations is an amazing defensive typing and gaining STAB on Play Rough makes it better than Crunch in most situations. Ursaring can drop a setup move altogether on the RestTalk set, making for a great special tank with a little extra coverage, typically using Body Slam for STAB and either Play Rough or Crunch to hit Ghost-types.

Checks and Counters
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**Anti-setup Pokemon**: Bulk Up Ursaring is quite hard to get going against common anti-setup Pokemon like Haze Vaporeon, Strength Sap Drifblim, and Trick Rotom. Tera Fairy at least allows Ursaring an immunity to Dragon Tail, but there are plenty of Encore, Haze, and similar utility move users available in the tier that can make it difficult for Ursaring to sweep.

**Fighting-types and Coverage**: NU is teeming with offensive Fighting-types ready to punch Ursaring in the face for immense damage; Medicham, Toxicroak, Passimian, Paldean Tauros, and others all pressure Ursaring to either switch out or Terastallize for fear of being KOed. Pokemon with Fighting-type coverage like Scyther and Eelektross can chunk Ursaring enough to force it to use Rest before it can accumulate enough boosts to be a threat.

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[OVERVIEW]

Ursaring is an amazing wallbreaker in NU. Eviolite + Bulk Up Ursaring makes for a fantastic sweeper, while Flame Orb sets make great use of Trailblaze, which makes Ursaring more difficult to revenge kill, and support status-weak teammates. (not really sure what the last part means - how does it support status weak teammates?) However, Bulk Up Ursaring only has room for one attack, leaving it lacking in coverage, and Flame Orb Ursaring's poor defenses and Speed leave it subject to easy revenge killing.

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Play Rough / Body Slam
move 3: Rest
move 4: Sleep Talk
item: Eviolite
ability: Guts
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 168 SpD / 88 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Ghost

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
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Ursaring only gets to pick one offensive move, so Play Rough is preferred for its great offensive coverage and lack of immunities, but Body Slam has more immediate damage and can spread paralysis. With Tera Fairy, Ursaring inverts its weakness to Fighting and gains STAB on Play Rough. Tera Ghost takes subverting its weakness to the extreme. (are there any meta relevant examples that these tera types help with? all it says rn is 'flips type mus' which is fair but doesn't suggest its place in the meta as much) 88 Speed EVs outspeed Vaporeon and Umbreon, which hamper Ursaring with Haze or Foul Play. The remaining EVs are put into Special Defense to allow Ursaring to wall special attackers while boosting Defense with Bulk Up.

Although its bulk often prevents it from being outright overpowered, Ursaring's setup attempts can be thwarted by utility Pokemon such as Haze Muk and Vaporeon and Encore Cacturne and Zoroark. Wallbreakers like Medicham and Zoroark and entry hazard setters like Qwilfish and Sandaconda assist in breaking through and wearing them down. Knock Off users like Bombirdier, Klawf, and Passimian can leave Eviolite Ursaring vulnerable to following attacks. Knock Off absorbers like Sandaconda and Umbreon make for great teammates. Because it lacks Heavy-Duty Boots or Leftovers to offset hazard damage, Ursaring appreciates hazard control from the likes of Drifblim and Lurantis. Pokemon vulnerable to status infliction like Toxicroak and Vaporeon appreciate the fact that Ursaring punishes the use of status moves like Will-O-Wisp from Drifblim and Glare from Sandaconda.

[SET]
name: this is missing
move 1: Trailblaze
move 2: Facade
move 3: Shadow Claw
move 4: Swords Dance / Close Combat
item: Flame Orb
ability: Guts
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Fighting / Grass

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====

Trailblaze lets Ursaring take advantage of passive Pokemon like Chansey and Vaporeon to outspeed faster threats like Scyther and Zoroark after one use and Choice Scarf Passimian after two. Guts Facade easily 2HKOes physically bulky Pokemon like Sandaconda and Dudunsparce. Tera Ghost allows Ursaring to effectively bait Fighting-type moves and boosts Shadow Claw, which can be used to hit Ghost-types like Drifblim and Rotom. Swords Dance allows Ursaring to muscle past setup sweepers like Coil Sandaconda, Eelektross, and Curse Muk while also giving Facade enough power to defeat Steel-types like Perrserker and Tera Steel Eelektross. Alternatively, Close Combat immediately threatens Steel-types like Perrserker and Tera Steel users like Appletun and Eelektross. (the tera ghost line should probably be moved below the move descriptions to follow the order of the set. also, what do tera fighting and grass do? theres no explanation)

Slow pivots like Eelektross and Perrserker help Ursaring enter the battlefield safely, mitigating its frailty and burn-induced timer. Healing Wish from Chansey or Indeedee-F can allow Ursaring another opportunity to shred through the opposition. Oricorio-F and Drifblim can ease the matchup against Fighting-types and use Defog to ensure Ursaring takes minimal damage when hitting the field, and Oricorio-F also has U-turn to bring in Ursaring more often.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Ursaring can use Toxic Orb to benefit from Quick Feet, but this set often falls short in both Speed and power. Bulk Up Ursaring can forgo Sleep Talk in favor of another coverage move, but this leaves it quite vulnerable after Rest. Crunch can be used over Play Rough for overall better coverage, but Tera Fairy's defensive attributes and STAB Play Rough are better in most situations. Ursaring can drop a setup move altogether on the RestTalk set, making for a great special tank with a little extra coverage, typically using Body Slam for STAB and Play Rough or Crunch to hit Ghost-types.

Checks and Counters
====

**Anti-setup Pokemon**: Bulk Up Ursaring is quite hard to get going against common anti-setup Pokemon like Haze Vaporeon, Strength Sap Drifblim, and Trick Rotom. Tera Fairy at least allows Ursaring an immunity to Dragon Tail, but there are plenty of Encore, Haze, and similar utility move users available that can make it difficult for Ursaring to sweep.

**Fighting-types and Coverage**: NU is teeming with Fighting-types ready to punch Ursaring in the face; Medicham, Toxicroak, Passimian, and Paldean Tauros (RC) and others pressure Ursaring to switch out or Terastallize for fear of being KOed. Pokemon with Fighting-type coverage like Scyther and Eelektross can chunk Ursaring enough to force it to use Rest before it can accumulate enough boosts to be a threat.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/togkey.400664/
Quality checked by:
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https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/rabia.336073/
Grammar checked by:
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