[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Surging Strikes
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Aqua Jet / Thunder Punch
item: Choice Band
ability: Unseen fist
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================
Urshifu-R is a threatening wallbreaker; its high base power STAB moves and stellar Attack stat in tandem with Choice Band make it incredibly hard to safely switch into. U-turn allows for Urshifu-R to keep momentum as well as chip Slowking and Jumbao. Aqua Jet allows Urshifu-R to revenge kill Volcarona and weakened Cawmodore, Weavile, and Garchomp. Thunder Punch is an option that allows Urshifu-R to work around its usual bulky Water-type checks such as Slowking, Toxapex, and Tapu Fini. An Adamant nature can be used if more power is desired, but this leaves Urshifu-R outsped by the likes of Kyurem, Tapu Lele, and Jumbao.
Urshifu-R appreciates being paired up with Weavile, Dragapult, and Kartana, as they are able to clean through opposing teams after it has weakened down walls like Toxapex and Ferrothorn. These Pokemon also appreciate being brought in for free via U-turn. Pokemon such as Landorus-T and Corviknight make for a stellar combination with Urshifu-R, as they are able to pivot it in safely and can deal with the Electric- and Fairy-types that threaten it out, respectively. Slowking and Galarian Slowking are able to help Urshifu-R break through the likes of Toxapex, Arghonaut, and Buzzwole thanks to Future Sight. Urshifu-R's weakness to Grass-types such as Kartana, Rillaboom, and Jumbao make pairing it up with Grass-resistant Pokemon like Astrolotl and Corviknight pivotal, while other Steel-types like Heatran, Ferrothorn, and Equilibra can help ward off threatening Psychic- and Fairy-types like Tapu Lele and Tapu Koko.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
Protective Pads can be used to avoid common contact-punishing Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Zapdos, and Rocky Helmet Tomohawk, Skarmory, and Buzzwole. A Choice Scarf variant can also be run, as it turns Urshifu-R into a fast revenge killer and tool against hyper offense teams, being able to easily revenge kill the likes of Cawmodore, Arctozolt, and Weavile. However, the power loss of not running Choice Band will make Urshifu-R unable to break through Tapu Fini, Arghonaut, and Buzzwole.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Physically Defensive Walls**: Dragonite, Tomohawk, and Buzzwole are able to switch into Urshifu-R's attacks with relative ease and force it out with their STAB options or punish it with Rocky Helmet in the case of the latter two.
**Bulky Water-types**: Toxapex, Tapu Fini, and Slowbro can safely switch into both of Urshifu-R's STAB moves and force it to switch out; however, Tapu Fini gets worn down relatively quickly if Urshifu-R is running Thunder Punch. Arghonaut resist Urshifu's Surging Strikes and narrowly avoids the 2HKO from Thunder Punch, but it cannot safely switch into Close Combat.
**Grass-types**: Bulky Grass-types such as Tangrowth, Amoonguss, and Ferrothorn are able to switch into Urshifu's Water-type attacks, though the latter is risky as it is OHKOed by Close Combat. Meanwhile, offensive Grass-types such as Rillaboom, Kartana, and Jumbao are able to easily threaten Urshifu-R out with their powerful STAB attacks, though the former two cannot switch directly into it.
**Faster Pokemon and Priority**: Faster Pokemon such as Zeraora, Tornadus-T, Dragapult, and Tapu Koko are able to revenge kill Urshifu-R due to their higher Speed and their super effective moves or strong special attacks.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [pannuracotta, 517892]]
- Quality checked by: [[Lasen, 273339], [spoo, 251944]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732]]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Surging Strikes
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Aqua Jet / Thunder Punch
item: Choice Band
ability: Unseen fist
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================
Urshifu-R is a threatening wallbreaker; its high base power STAB moves and stellar Attack stat in tandem with Choice Band make it incredibly hard to safely switch into. U-turn allows for Urshifu-R to keep momentum as well as chip Slowking and Jumbao. Aqua Jet allows Urshifu-R to revenge kill Volcarona and weakened Cawmodore, Weavile, and Garchomp. Thunder Punch is an option that allows Urshifu-R to work around its usual bulky Water-type checks such as Slowking, Toxapex, and Tapu Fini. An Adamant nature can be used if more power is desired, but this leaves Urshifu-R outsped by the likes of Kyurem, Tapu Lele, and Jumbao.
Urshifu-R appreciates being paired up with Weavile, Dragapult, and Kartana, as they are able to clean through opposing teams after it has weakened down walls like Toxapex and Ferrothorn. These Pokemon also appreciate being brought in for free via U-turn. Pokemon such as Landorus-T and Corviknight make for a stellar combination with Urshifu-R, as they are able to pivot it in safely and can deal with the Electric- and Fairy-types that threaten it out, respectively. Slowking and Galarian Slowking are able to help Urshifu-R break through the likes of Toxapex, Arghonaut, and Buzzwole thanks to Future Sight. Urshifu-R's weakness to Grass-types such as Kartana, Rillaboom, and Jumbao make pairing it up with Grass-resistant Pokemon like Astrolotl and Corviknight pivotal, while other Steel-types like Heatran, Ferrothorn, and Equilibra can help ward off threatening Psychic- and Fairy-types like Tapu Lele and Tapu Koko.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
Protective Pads can be used to avoid common contact-punishing Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Zapdos, and Rocky Helmet Tomohawk, Skarmory, and Buzzwole. A Choice Scarf variant can also be run, as it turns Urshifu-R into a fast revenge killer and tool against hyper offense teams, being able to easily revenge kill the likes of Cawmodore, Arctozolt, and Weavile. However, the power loss of not running Choice Band will make Urshifu-R unable to break through Tapu Fini, Arghonaut, and Buzzwole.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Physically Defensive Walls**: Dragonite, Tomohawk, and Buzzwole are able to switch into Urshifu-R's attacks with relative ease and force it out with their STAB options or punish it with Rocky Helmet in the case of the latter two.
**Bulky Water-types**: Toxapex, Tapu Fini, and Slowbro can safely switch into both of Urshifu-R's STAB moves and force it to switch out; however, Tapu Fini gets worn down relatively quickly if Urshifu-R is running Thunder Punch. Arghonaut resist Urshifu's Surging Strikes and narrowly avoids the 2HKO from Thunder Punch, but it cannot safely switch into Close Combat.
**Grass-types**: Bulky Grass-types such as Tangrowth, Amoonguss, and Ferrothorn are able to switch into Urshifu's Water-type attacks, though the latter is risky as it is OHKOed by Close Combat. Meanwhile, offensive Grass-types such as Rillaboom, Kartana, and Jumbao are able to easily threaten Urshifu-R out with their powerful STAB attacks, though the former two cannot switch directly into it.
**Faster Pokemon and Priority**: Faster Pokemon such as Zeraora, Tornadus-T, Dragapult, and Tapu Koko are able to revenge kill Urshifu-R due to their higher Speed and their super effective moves or strong special attacks.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [pannuracotta, 517892]]
- Quality checked by: [[Lasen, 273339], [spoo, 251944]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732]]
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