Rather would talk about Roaring Moon more, because even though it got unbanned (albeit by like 62%) there’s still some controversy around it. Some say it has the potential to do what Darkrai did and eventually be discovered to be unhealthy; is this true?
I do not think Roaring Moon will be unhealthy, it has very significant weaknesses and a way less versatile movepool. Darkrai had all the coverage in the world, Ice Beam, Sludge Bomb, Psyshock, Focus Blast, etc., there was no limit to the combination of moves you can run. Moon is severely limited by its movepool, and Choiced sets are very simple to play around. Moon hates having to lock into Outrage or suffer a damage drop off from Knock Off, whereas Darkrai could spam Specs Dark Pulse and Focus Blast into 99% of teams and get away with it, or even Trick the Choice item to something like a Toxapex when it doesn't need it anymore. There were also the Z sets that Darkrai had, Z Fight easily blasted through stuff like Ting-Lu and Z Hypnosis was the most annoying thing I've ever faced because it could just run away with the game if it landed at the right time. Moon also has Z sets but I don't think that they are nearly as potent. Unlike Darkrai, Moon is constantly menaced by stuff like Wisp and Intimidate, stuff like Landorus can easily force Moon to blow the Z early, then be forced to risk locking into Outrage to defeat an opposing Dark resist. Darkrai on the other hand, didn't care about Intimidate, and had the coverage to blast away many common checks that it had. I don't think Roaring Moon will ever turn out to be a truly unhealthy presence in the format, it just has too many flaws weighing it down.
I use Dudunsparce, Arctozolt, Overqwil, Mgarde, Orthworm and Buzzwole.
Anyways, I found the reason as to why you're struggling to beat Roaring Moon! Instead of using these guys, use something that can punch Moon's face in like Valiant or a clever lure like Colbur T-Wave/Body Press Slowbro! Or just run Physically defensive U-Turn Lando/Corviknight/Zapdos, the second one beats like 70% of common Moon sets!
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