No, let's not give people broken legendaries like that. It's typing grants it a ton of incredibly useful resistances, including immunity to T-Spikes and a 4x resist to SR. Of course, it has trouble breaking through a lot of Pokemon and could be crippled from their, and it also is unable to break past its 128 Speed Tier and would be really threatened by faster status spreaders like Dragapult. I personally think it'd enable Stall teams but with Zygarde, Blaziken, Pheromosa and others in the tier it may not be too oppressive.

I will also list things in a similar manner to the role compendium to help distinguish potential roles. Get to know Urshifu's Stats, Type, Nature, Weakness, in Sword Shield! The moderators of this forum are Ransei, The Immortal, drampa's grandpa, and SectoniaServant. Check BulbaNewsNOW for up-to-date Pokémon news and discuss it on the forums or in the Bulbagarden Discord server. Don't give up on my man/woman, Alakazam. It's got a massive attack stat of 130 and fantastic Speed to boot. I find Magnezone underwhelming thus far as it had to run a very particular set to trap all the right things, which is still situationally based. It's movepool is decent enough, with tools like Haze, Wish, Heal Bell and Toxic, but Flip Turn really breathes new life into this. Grab your balls. Hits as hard as garchomp. Managed to pack my three favorite comebacks into these two sentences, haha. The only real gain is a Dark resist. Enjoy! and turns resting are turns your foe can use to boost up. Can serve as a crazy fast screen setter with enough bulk to actually do it repeatedly but can't hold light clay to extend it. Mega Aggron is defensive on both sides (EVed him that way) and thus has plenty of chances to take Wishes. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. While Galarian Slowbro isn't perfect, access to Trick Room and being able to absorb Toxic Spikes is kind of an interesting niche. Yeah... Landorus-T had to worry about Cresselia Ice Beams or the odd Hidden Power Ice. Surging Strikes (move) From Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia. Hey everyone, we hope you enjoyed the above posts; they took a lot of effort to piece together. An overall unimpressive movepool that sorely lacks crucial coverage options and a means of boosting. You can't give it Band to increase power, Scarf to help it clean, or Leftovers for longevity. This is a split board - You can return to the Split List for other boards. I'll try to keep it updated as we get more information. Being immune to poison makes it that much harder to wear down, plus it gets screens. Throw in Wild Charge for coverage and Howl / psych Up for boosting and not much will be able to stand up to it unless you have a fast status spreader. 252+ Atk Choice Band Huge Power Azumarill Aqua Jet vs. 0 HP / 28 Def Alakazam: 211-250 (84 - 99.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO. JavaScript is disabled. Two very different metas.Why is smogon so different? As a Steel-type, it's pretty miserable. Zamazenta regular would stay in Ubers. This thing is an offensive monster in OU. Urshifu Single-Strike has 2 weaknesses and one 4x from fairy. I think the jury is still out on both of them. Teleport Slowbro is going to be a lot better once a bit of a balance is formed in the metagame.
Remember when people here mostly thought Water Urishifu was better than Dark. Anyone know what the full list of the version exclusives are for Crown Tundra? Meet Galarian Slowbro, Urshifu, and Urshifu-Rapid-Strike! © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. [Please excuse our look during the redesign :)], -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1134679679. Combine that with 92/145/145 defenses that comes with a FREE +1 boost to Defense, and you end up with a fast physical menace that is a pain in the ass to revenge kill. It can still OHKO Aegislash and Mandibuzz with LO +2 Shadow Ball and Dazzling Gleam respectively. Absolutely not. Volcarona missing HP Ground makes it easier to counter this, too. Forums. Agility and Work Up/Howl are its best options. Urshifu (both formes) : Wicked Blow/Surging Strikes. I think a set with Body Press for Ferrothorn at the right time can be optimied to maximize trapping potential, but at some point it seems like too much of a stress to assign much consistency to in your teambuilding. 252 Atk Choice Band Urshifu Wicked Blow vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Skarmory on a critical hit: 168-198 (50.2 - 59.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO. WishPort Wigglytuff appreciation point to wrap things up. Being able to offer that slow pivot via Wish allows it to be a pseudo-WishPort. Also 130 attack 128 speed with a 92/145/145 bulk is absolutely ridiculous. Smogon University. Flip Turn can see usage on Keldeo, seizing momentum from Toxapex or Amoonguss when used in conjunction with something like Alakazam, or Primarina, who may not want to lock into Psychic with a Choice Specs variant. I also don't see how Zama would be good on stall. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. For now, I'm listing everything regardless of viability to help everyone get situation with what's available now. They're gonna ban so many mons this season that they will probably ban basculin by accident. ... *Offensive, insulting or inappropriate use of forum may lead to ban/restriction. +1 252 Atk Life Orb Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Zen Headbutt vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Toxapex: 182-216 (59.8 - 71%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Black Sludge recovery. Flip Turn is a fantastic move, and Vaporeon is likely one of its best user. What old mons are expected to get hit the hardest?

My guess it would have only been UU at best. So yeah, no. No recovery means save rest means it will be a bit reliant on team mates to function. With the amount of good faries/flyings/psychics/fires returning I think it's worth giving it a shot in OU even though I expect it to be banned quickly (and rightly so). but with it it is immune to trick and highly resists Knock Off. Florges is specially defensive and Salamence is physically defensive and thus I would often have a chance to Wish. Smogon is the largest competitive Pokemon community on the internet. Especially with its typing and fantast bulk giving it a lot of chances to set-up and sweep, this could be problematic. In the priority list, there really isn't anything notable between 0 and -6, so a slow Flip Turn will function like Teleport most of the time (the exception being anything Vaporeon outspeeds). Maybe Zamazenta-Crowned could serve in a similar core to replace Mega Aggron.
Dracovish/Dracozolt : … Zamazenta-C is a horrible box legendary but is a box legendary through-and-through. In the OU meta there's quite a few things it has to break through to really succeed. +2 252 SpA Life Orb Alakazam Shadow Ball vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Aegislash-Shield: 265-315 (81.7 - 97.2%) -- 25% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock. Marowak-A has room in every Meta Magearna is in, as it still hard-counters the usual sets. I want you to take a handful, and just grab your nuts real quick. Personally I think it would be an interesting to see how it works in OU.

I wonder if we will see a shift in defensive structures to counteract this. It's not weak to Fairy, Flying, or Psychic. In Gen 6 UU back when Salamence was UU in Gen 6 I did well using a core of Mega Aggron, Florges, and Salamence. Welcome to Smogon! (Or Sash Counter Alakazam). Urshifu is likely going to be in OU, and breaking Protect is pretty good anti-stall, especially with Single-Strike because of the tanks and stall monsters resisting Water. Fighting types are now all over the place. Drop it here on Stunfisk! Very few mons can switch in on it, especially if it has a boost. It's pool of coverage options is a bit shallow, but good. Would it be balanced? Item lock means it can use lefites, scarf / band, weakness policy, lum berry, etc. Swivel 'em around in a circular motion. What are you most excited to use in the new metagame? I want you to grab your nuts. Weak to some common offensive types in fire, ground, and fighting.

While it's complex, they've also set a precedent already by tiering Silvally forms individually from each other.

People, please, LOOK AT THIS THING'S FUCKING STATS!

Mind you this is only for Zamazenta-Crowned so it can only hold the Rusted Shield. It has 128 base speed which is insane along with insane bulk and a ability that raises defense by one stage when it switches in. Smogon Metagames. I think it should be let in, ONLY if it comes with the other Uber demotes. 252 Atk Choice Band Urshifu Wicked Blow vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro on a critical hit: 398-470 (101 - 119.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO 252 Atk Choice Band Urshifu Wicked Blow vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tangrowth on a critical hit: 183-216 (45.2 - 53.4%) -- 34.8% chance to … Not to mention that with rest it will be crazy to take down. Vaporeon is normally a momentum drain, as it's so passive. I'm excited to try Vaporeon. It does have an immunity on Psychic type but a 4x weakness from Fairy is not good. It may not have swords dance.....bit it doesn't need it it can set up on anything with work up or howl. no way in hell should that mon be OU even if it's ass in ubers. There's a lot that holds it back, however, which is why this discussion even exists. Water Absorb also is the only way of stopping other Flip Turns, and you get some healing out of it.