Top Partners:
Clefable by
kek123 ~ Clefable is a natural partner for this core, mainly because it's able to help Landorus-T and Volcanion deal with threats like Latios, Mega Latias, Kyurem-B, Rotom-W, and Weavile. Otherwise, there's not much else to say here. Clefable simply works as a nice glue here to make certain threats less of an issue for the core, all while providing an additional win condition benefiting from Volcanion's and Lando-T's ability to cover and break down Steel-types.
Ferrothorn by
nameless90 ~ Ferro is a good partner for a few reasons. For starters, it's able to provide SR for the core, which is good with Lando-T occupying the role of a sweeper. This aside, Ferro provides valuable resistances to things like Water, Electric, and Dragon, which is useful versus threats like Mega Latias, Rotom-W, Manaphy, and various other Pokemon. A neutrality to Ice also proves useful against other threats like Kyurem-B, who slices right through the core otherwise. An example of Ferro being used on a team with this core can be seen
here, where it's used to fulfill many of the roles discussed before.
Weavile by
kek123 ~ Because the core is quite slow, something with a fair amount of speed is needed to avoid the possibility of being ran over by a few faster threats. Weavile fits the bill. It's able to not only Pursuit trap threats like Latios for the core, but also threaten other problematic Pokemon like Serp and Torn-T. Weavile also does a nice job weakening threats like Keldeo, who is placed in range for Lando-T's +0 EQ after being hit by a Knock Off. Weavile's ability to remove items from the likes of Skarm and pressure other things like Slowbro is similarly appreciated by the core, particularly Lando-T.
New core:
Kyurem @ Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Ice Beam
- Earth Power
- Hidden Power Fire / Focus Blast
Rotom-Wash @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe
Bold Nature
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Will-O-Wisp
- Pain Split
Regular Kyurem has never been featured in either core analysis thread. It's something I grew interested in after seeing its
pre-analysis and some mentions around the OU forum lately (
here, for example), so I figured it'd be a cool Pokemon to analyze for this round!
As far as Kyurem goes, it's blessed with a higher special attack than Kyurem-B and can run Specs more effectively than its counterpart as such. Specs Ice Beam is strong enough to 2HKO standard Calm Clefable, dealing 51 - 60.1% total. Even Pokemon like Ferro aren't safe, risking a 2HKO on the switch in (48 - 56.5%). Draco blows through Ice resists like Rotom-W and Slowbro, while Kyurem's other coverage moves like Earth Power can slice through Steel types like Mega Metagross with good prediction. With the abundance of Ground types in the tier and Kyurem's natural resistances to Water, Electric, and Grass, it's able to find a good number of opportunities to come in and fire a strong attack. Rotom-W helps Kyurem in a few ways. Volt Switch brings Kyurem in for free versus common Rotom-W switch ins like Amoonguss and Tangrowth, allowing you to apply offensive pressure on the enemy team. Further, Rotom-W covers threats like Exca, Azu, and Jirachi, all of which are issues for Kyurem. It's a good pivot overall and functions well as a partner here.
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