Screw Lt. Surge, I far prefer Kung-fu Surge!
[SET]
name: Choice Attacker
move 1: Surging Strikes
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Thunder Punch
move 4: U-turn / Aqua Jet / Aerial Ace
item: Choice Scarf / Choice Band
ability: Unseen Fist
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
* Surging Strikes is a powerful STAB attack that lets Urshifu-R blast through common Focus Sash leads that are weak to Water-type attacks, such as Lycanroc-D and Excadrill.
* Despite its good physical bulk, Urshifu-R prefers to maximize its damage with a STAB Close Combat.
* Thunder Punch is Urshifu-R's best hope against Gyarados, Togekiss, Azumarill, and Primarina.
* U-turn is great for pivoting and breaking Mimikyu's Disguise while also enhancing Urshifu-R's lead potential.
* Aqua Jet is useful for picking off weakened threats when using the Choice Band set.
* Aerial Ace ensures that Urshifu-R can increase its Speed while Dynamaxed with Max Airstream.
* Choice Scarf let's Urshifu-R revenge kill Cinderace before it gets to +1 Speed, with even Gigantamax Cinderace being OHKOed after Stealth Rock damage. An Adamant nature can also be used here to have a better shot of revenge killing Cinderace with Surging Strikes.
* Choice Band gives Urshifu-R a huge boost in power, letting it OHKO offensive Mimikyu and offensive Dynamaxed Excadrill with Surging Strikes.
[SET]
name: Focus Sash
move 1: Surging Strikes
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Counter
move 4: Aqua Jet
item: Focus Sash
ability: Unseen Fist
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
* This Urshifu-R does a great job of checking Dynamaxed physical threats, with Counter taking care of them as long as Focus Sash is intact.
* Close Combat's power makes it a great complementary STAB move with Surging Strikes.
* Aqua Jet's priority ensures that even Focus Sash foes that survive Counter will usually lose the matchup.
* Surging Strikes is not only Urshifu-R's strongest Water-type STAB attack, but it also lets Urshifu-R break through Focus Sash on important leads like Excadrill and Lycanroc-D.
[SET]
name: 4 Attack Dynamax User
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Surging Strikes
move 3: Thunder Punch
move 4: Aerial Ace / Acrobatics / Iron Head
item: Weakness Policy / Life Orb
ability: Unseen Fist
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
* With Aerial Ace, Urshifu-R can be a threatening Dynamax attacker thanks to Max Airstream's Speed boost. Acrobatics can be used instead if using Weakness Policy, for a stronger attack against Grass-types after Weakness Policy is consumed.
* This Urshifu-R is focused on sweeping, so Close Combat's power is worth it despite the Defense drop.
* Surging Strikes is useful for busting through Focus Sash on common leads like Lycanroc-D, giving Urshifu-R use outside of just Dynamax.
* Thunder Punch is needed for Urshifu to have a fighting chance against Gyarados, Togekiss, Azumarill, and Primarina.
* Iron Head's Defense boost as Max Steelspike is great for surviving against physical threats like Mimikyu and Life Orb Azumarill and works particularly well with Weakness Policy.
* Weakness Policy takes advantage of Urshifu-R's many weaknesses while Dynamaxed, but Life Orb's power boost makes Urshifu-R more useful when not Dynamaxed.
Team Options
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Urshifu-R has serious issues with the prominent Flying-type Dynamax sweepers such as Togekiss and Gyarados, since Thunder Punch isn't enough to take them down without some chip damage. Most Urshifu-R also can't afford to carry coverage for Dragapult, making it a major concern. Finally, carrying Pokemon with resistances to Grass-type and Electric-type attacks is a good idea, since Rillaboom and Choice Scarf Dracozolt are common revenge killers against Urshifu-R.
* Flying-type checks:
(Assault Vest) 
(Choice Scarf)* Dragapult checks:
* Grass-type checks:
* Electric-type checks:
(Choice Scarf)
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