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Urshifu
In-battle formes
Base
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| Attack: | 130 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Defense: | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sp. Atk: | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sp. Def: | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Speed: | 97 |
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Gmax
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| Sp. Atk: | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sp. Def: | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Speed: | 97 |
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Evolutions
- Kubfu
- Urshifu
Formes
- Base
- Rapid-Strike
Assault Vest
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Set Description
Assault Vest Urshifu-S performs amazing feats such as surviving Choice Specs Naganadel's Draco Meteor, letting it counter Pokemon such as Porygon-Z, Regieleki, and Cresselia and gain general reliability versus Pokemon that can adapt to its other movesets, like Spectrier and Dragapult. Superpower is used instead of Close Combat to avoid the Special Defense drop, which would make Urshifu-S lose to Chople Berry Porygon-Z. Stone Edge lets Urshifu-S beat Volcarona and Volcanion. Poison Jab can be used instead to beat most Tapu Bulu sets as well as non-Kebia Berry Whimsicott with Moonblast. Ice Punch could also be considered, as it helps Urshifu-S beat Garchomp consistently.
EVs
128 HP and 116 Special Defense EVs allow Urshifu-S to survive Thunder from Choice Specs Regieleki, Hyper Beam from Modest Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, and Close Combat from Adamant Choice Scarf Haxorus. The rest of the EVs are put into Attack. If surviving Haxorus's Close Combat is not necessary, you may remove all HP investment and run 184 Special Defense EVs for more Attack. This keeps the same matchups against Regieleki and Porygon-Z, but it can only survive Close Combat from Jolly Scarf Haxorus instead.
Usage Tips
Against Substitute + Disable Dragapult and Will-O-Wisp + Disable Spectrier sets, you should use Sucker Punch after an initial Wicked Blow to avoid Wicked Blow being disabled. Besides Dragapult, most matchups involve using the super effective move or Wicked Blow + Sucker Punch.
Bulky Chople Berry
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Set Description
Bulky Chople Berry Urshifu-S beats Galarian Darmanitan, a Pokemon Urshifu-S normally struggles against, all while gaining new positive matchups with its massive bulk investment. Bulk Up allows Urshifu-S to perform its usual stallbreaking duties, easily dealing with Galarian Corsola, Chansey, Corviknight, and Registeel while granting extra security in matchups versus Pokemon such as Landorus-T and Rhyperior. Counter gives Urshifu-S the option to play defensively as an offensive Pokemon, easily tanking attacks such as Choice Band Pheromosa's High Jump Kick, Adamant Choice Scarf Haxorus's Close Combat —even if Unnerve prevents the Berry from being eaten— and Assault Vest Arcanine's Play Rough, delivering a devastating Counter afterwards.
EVs
The Defense and HP investment allows Urshifu-S to survive Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan's Giga Impact, with all remaining EVs going into Attack. An alternative spread of 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe with a Jolly nature and the moves Wicked Blow / Close Combat / Sucker Punch / Bulk Up can be used instead for a more reliable matchup against opposing Urshifu, Sawk, and non-Choice Scarf Porygon-Z.
Usage Tips
Wicked Blow is an excellent move to use on Pokemon that can't be hit super effectively otherwise, in addition to dealing heavy damage to Sturdy users like Magnezone, Aggron, and Crustle, matchups where using Close Combat could lose. Close Combat should be used on Pokemon that Urshifu-S OHKOes with it, most notably Tyranitar. Sucker Punch is a good way to secure a win against opposing Custap Berry users and can force foes like non-Choice Specs Volcarona into terrifying coinflip scenarios. Bulk Up is used for general stallbreaking and making matchups easier to approach, in particular beating Pokemon that rely on Counter to win, such as Chansey, Rhyperior, and Swampert. Counter can be used instead to more reliably win matchups against Choice Band Pheromosa, Choice Scarf users like Haxorus, Play Rough Arcanine, Dracovish, and Life Orb Rillaboom. It is is worth noting that certain Dragapult sets may be running Substitute + Disable; thus, it is advisable to use Sucker Punch after using Wicked Blow to avoid Wicked Blow being disabled.
Custap Berry
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Set Description
Custap Berry Urshifu-S's purpose is, generally speaking, a lure set to catch players off guard. Its main allure is turning many unwinnable matchups into coinflips, such as Choice Band Zeraora with Play Rough, Porygon-Z, and Celesteela. While giving up Sucker Punch can be detrimental, the addition of an extremely strong Reversal benefits Urshifu-S greatly, OHKOing many threats at maximum power like Zeraora, Regidrago, Volcanion, most Celesteela, and Garchomp. Endure is an absolute staple on all Custap Berry sets in 1v1 for its ability to guarantee the Berry's activation.
EVs
The Special Defense EVs in conjunction with 168 HP EVs allow Urshifu-S to survive Air Slash from non-Choice Specs Celesteela while the HP lets it survive Choice Scarf Dracovish's Fishious Rend. The Speed investment has Urshifu-S outpace Adamant base 75 Speed Pokemon such as Dracovish and Dracozolt. All extra EVs go into Attack.
Usage Tips
Most of the time, you will want to use Endure on incoming big hits, such as Draco Meteor from Choice Specs Dragapult, Hyper Beam from Porygon-Z, and Superpower or Giga Impact from Galarian Darmanitan. Urshifu-S has a massive advantage in that the only way for foes to prevent the Custap Berry's activation is with priority or their own Endure, since Urshifu-S's ability, Unseen Fist, allows it to bypass all forms of protection. Thus, it breaks through Pokemon such as Life Orb Kartana and Life Orb Dracovish, which carry Protect for other Custap Berry users. Bulk Up secures core matchups such as Assault Vest Swampert, Registeel, Corviknight, Rhyperior, and Steelix, among others. Substitute + Disable Dragapult sets can attempt to neutralize Wicked Blow, which should be countered by using Endure on turn 2.
Choice Band
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Set Description
Choice Band Urshifu-S hits very hard, being able to defeat many frail Pokemon like Regieleki with a single Sucker Punch. Fling is used in the last moveslot to deal with Disable shenanigans from Dragapult and Spectrier by using Fling + Wicked Blow. Ice Punch can be used to defeat unusually bulky variants of Garchomp.
EVs
Maximum Speed investment is used to outrun base 80 Speed Pokemon at minimum, such as Venusaur and Regidrago. The choice of nature depends on if you need Urshifu-S to either outspeed base 95 Speed Pokemon, most notably non-Choice Scarf Tapu Lele and Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan, or use the raw power to OHKO threats like Landorus-T with Wicked Blow.
Usage Tips
Use the super effective move, or use Wicked Blow on neutral targets like Landorus-T, Volcanion, and Regidrago. For Regieleki, use Sucker Punch to OHKO most variants. Use Fling if your opponent has a Dragapult and you suspect it is a Substitute + Disable variant; Fling may also be used versus Sturdy Pokemon such as Magnezone, Aggron, and Crustle. Choice Band Urshifu-S is a good choice into teams whose main way of dispatching offensive threats is with a bulky wall, such as Registeel or Chansey.
Choice Scarf
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Set Description
Choice Scarf Urshifu-S outspeeds the entire offensive metagame, excluding opposing Choice Scarf users and Regieleki. This lets it catch certain Pokemon, such as Dragapult, by surprise, smashing it with a very swift Wicked Blow, while Close Combat OHKOes Galarian Darmanitan cleanly. Choice Scarf Urshifu-S has a nice amount of variety in its final two moveslots; as a third move, Fire Punch melts Ferrothorn and Pheromosa, but Fling can be used instead in matchups where not being Choice-locked would be very helpful, such as against Corviknight and Registeel. Fling is best used with Bulk Up in the last moveslot since it retains Urshifu-S's immensely useful ability to break stall Pokemon. In the final moveslot, Ice Punch easily shatters Landorus-T and Garchomp, Stone Edge clobbers Volcarona, and Poison Jab deals with non-Kebia Berry variants of Whimsicott carrying Moonblast.
EVs
EVs are completely maxed out in Attack and Speed in order to hit as hard and fast as possible, with a Jolly nature making matchups such as Pheromosa and Volcarona very favorable.
Usage Tips
Choice Scarf Urshifu does well into teams where the opponent's counter to offensive Pokemon is another offensive Pokemon, most notably taking advantage of people who tend to run Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan or Dragapult to fulfill this role. Occasionally, you may need to use Fling versus stall Pokemon like Galarian Corsola, Chansey, Corviknight, and Registeel and use Bulk Up afterward if it's on the set.
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Other Options
Life Orb Urshifu can be used with a 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EV spread, an Adamant nature, and Wicked Blow / Close Combat / Sucker Punch / Bulk Up to defeat most Rillaboom. Wicked Blow 2HKOes SubSeed Rillaboom, while Wicked Blow + Sucker Punch 2HKOes Life Orb Rillaboom.
