OU (Bulk Up) Urshifu [QC 2/2 GP 1/1]

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[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Wicked Blow
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Close Combat / Iron Head
item: Life Orb / Black Glasses
ability: Unseen Fist
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Bulk Up Urshifu-S acts as a great sweeper and wallbreaker in OU. While lacking in immediate power when compared to its Choice Band set, after one boost in conjunction with Life Orb this set hits much harder, and the ability to switch moves can be game changing. Bulk Up enables Urshifu-S to sweep, making it harder for foes like Rillaboom and Crawdaunt to revenge kill it. Wicked Blow is an incredible STAB option and 2HKOes anything that doesn't resist it. Sucker Punch provides Urshifu-S with a way to nail faster Pokemon that could otherwise revenge kill it, such as Dragapult, Zeraora, and Alakazam. Close Combat is another great STAB attack and offers complementary coverage alongside Wicked Blow, nailing Dark-types such as Tyranitar and OHKOing Ferrothorn after Stealth Rock, preventing Urshifu-S from being worn down as easily. Alternatively, Iron Head provides Urshifu-S with the ability to break through Fairy-types such as Clefable, Togekiss, and Galarian Weezing and has a 30% chance to cause the foe to flinch. Poison Jab is also an option for its ability to poison the foe and provides the same coverage against Clefable and Togekiss, as well as dealing good damage to Azumarill and Primarina. Adamant is the preferred nature for this set, as the loss of Speed is somewhat made up for thanks to Sucker Punch. Jolly, however, does let Urshifu-S outspeed the likes of Timid Rotom-H and Timid Kyurem. Life Orb is the preferred item for this set, as Urshifu-S always OHKOes Ferrothorn with Close Combat after Stealth Rock and always 2HKOes Clefable with Iron Head. Black Glasses is an option however, as it boosts both Wicked Blow and Sucker Punch and can more importantly bluff a Choice Band set. The lack of recoil also makes Urshifu-S a lot harder to wear down and revenge kill.

Bulk Up Urshifu-S finds a home on a plethora of teams, ranging from bulky offense to hyper offense. Urshifu-S acts as both a wallbreaker and sweeper, so pairing it with Pokemon that have similar checks to Urshifu-S is a good idea. Dragapult is a fantastic partner, both for its ability to sweep and wallbreak for Urshifu-S and its great type synergy. Dragapult is capable of softening the likes of Clefable and Togekiss and can also absorb Fighting-type attacks aimed at Urshifu-S. In return, Urshifu-S is capable of taking on the likes of Tyranitar and Blissey. Rillaboom is a great partner thanks to its ability to soften up Toxapex and can bring Urshifu-S in safely with U-turn. Togekiss is a great partner, as it can switch into Fighting-type attacks, while Urshifu-S easily breaks and takes advantage of Tyranitar, Blissey, and Aegislash. Excadrill is a fantastic partner, able to provide support in the form of Rapid Spin and switch in on Fairy-types that give Urshifu-S trouble. Corviknight acts in similar fashion for its ability to check Fairy-types and provide Defog support while also acting as a pivot to bring Urshifu-S in safely. Lastly, Magnezone is a good partner that can take on Toxapex and Clefable and bring Urshifu-S in safely thanks to Volt Switch.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[ShootingStarmie, 105816]]
- Quality checked by: [[Finchinator, 114198], [Jordy, 395754]]
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I feel like Bulk Up Shifu can drop Close Combat at the cost of being walled by Mandibuzz for a move that can hit fairies hard. Mandibuzz feels pretty meh in the meta rn and people are usually running Clefable to check Urshifu. I would make slot 4 something like Poison Jab/Iron Head/Close Combat. Poison Jab and Iron Head are equally strong on Clefable while Poison Jab specifically lets you hit Primarina and Azumarill, while Iron Head helps you hit Weezing-Galar specifically. That 4th slot honestly depends per team composition and I feel like Poison Jab or Iron Head is the main way to go in the current meta.
 
ShootingStarmie said:
Close Combat is another great form of STAB, and offers complimentary coverage alongside Wicked Blow, nailing Dark-types such as Tyranitar.
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I would also mention Steel types like Ferrothorn here as the recoil becomes quite much if you drop Close Combat, which can come into play.

ShootingStarmie said:
Excadrill is a fantastic partner, providing support in the form of Rapid Spin and Stealth Rock, and can switch in on Fairy-types that give Urshifu trouble.
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If we are going to go this route, I would exclude mentions of Stealth Rock and then double this up with a mention of Corviknight, which provides a Steel type, a pivot, and hazard removal. It makes for a common partner on balance builds.

seems fine to me beyond this, great job. 1/2 with these edits
 
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ShootingStarmie said:
[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Wicked Blow
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Close Combat / Iron Head
item: Life Orb / Black Glasses
ability: Unseen Fist
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Bulk Up Urshifu acts as a great sweeper and wallbreaker. While lacking less immediate power than it's Choice Band set, after one boost in conjunction with Life Orb, this set hits much harder, and the ability to switch moves can be game changing. The beginning of this sentence reads a little bit confusing. Maybe change it to "While lacking in immediate power when compared to its Choice Band set..." Bulk Up of course is used to boost Urshifu's Attack and Defense, which not only enables Urshifu to sweep, but also makes it harder for the opponent to revenge kill it with the likes of Rillaboom and Crawdaunt. Wicked Blow is an incredible form of STAB, that 2HKOs anything that doesn't resist it. Sucker Punch provides Urshifu a way to nail faster Pokemon that could otherwise revenge kill it, such as Dragapult, Zeraora, and Alakazam. Close Combat is another great form of STAB and offers complimentary coverage alongside Wicked Blow, nailing Dark-types such as Tyranitar and OHKOs Ferrothorn after Stealth Rocks, preventing Urshifu from being worn down as easily. Iron Head however provides Urshifu the ability to break through Fairy-types such as Clefable and Togekiss, and has a 30% chance to flinch the opponent. Galarian Weezing is definitely worth noting here. The Pokemon is obviously still niche, but it's been seeing consistent enough usage. Poison Jab is also an option for it's ability to poison the opponent, and provides the same coverage against Clefable and Togekiss, while also dealing good damage to Azumarill and Primarina. Adamant is the preferred nature for this set, as the loss of speed is somewhat made up for thanks to Sucker Punch. Jolly however does outspeed the likes of Timid Rotom-H and Hasty Kyurem. This is really a minor detail but if you're going to site a +Speed Kyurem, I think a Timid nature makes more sense; Substitute sets are not as strong as they were previously, whereas Choice Specs sets are still really good. Life Orb is the preferred option for this set, but Black Glasses boosts both Wicked Blow and Sucker Punch, and more importantly can bluff a Choice Banded set. This doesn't really explain why I'd want to run Life Orb in general, nor why Black Glasses is a good alternative. What calcs does Life Orb enable? What calcs does Black Glasses enable? And is that worth dropping overall damage output from Close Combat / Iron Head / Poison Jab? These are important details to talk about so that the reader has a good understanding of the items.

Bulk Up Urshifu finds home on a plethora of teams, ranging from bulky offense to hyper offense. Urshifu acts as both a wallbreaker and sweeper, so pairing it up with Pokemon that have similar checks to Urshifu is a good idea. Dragapult is a fantastic partner, both for its ability to sweep and wallbreak for Urshifu, and its great type synergy. Dragapult is capable of softening the likes of Clefable and Togekiss and can also absorb Fighting-type attacks aimed at Urshifu. In return, Urshifu is capable of taking on the likes of Tyranitar and Blissey. Rillaboom is a great partner, thanks to its ability to soften up Toxapex and Clefable, and can bring Urshifu safely in with U-turn. You generally won't see Rillaboom softening up Clefable because Clefable is a very mediocre check to it. I don't think it's a worthwhile example. Togekiss is a great partner, as Togekiss can switch into Fighting-type attacks, while Urshifu easily breaks and takes advantage of Tyranitar, Blissey, and Aegislash. Excadrill is a fantastic partner, providing support in the form of Rapid Spin, and can switch in on Fairy-types that give Urshifu trouble. Corviknight acts in similar fashion for its ability to check Fairy-types and provide Defog support, while also acting as a pivot to bring Urshifu in safely. Lastly, Magnezone is a good partner, capable of taking on Toxapex and Clefable, and can bring Urshifu in safely thanks to Volt Switch.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[ShootingStarmie, 105816]]
- Quality checked by: [[Finchinator, 114198], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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2/2, good job.
 
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Remember to specify which forme it is, using Urshifu-S for Single-Strike and Urshifu-R for Rapid-Strike.

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[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Wicked Blow
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Close Combat / Iron Head
item: Life Orb / Black Glasses
ability: Unseen Fist
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Bulk Up Urshifu-S acts as a great sweeper and wallbreaker in OU. While lacking in immediate power when compared to its Choice Band set, after one boost in conjunction with Life Orb, (RC) this set hits much harder, and the ability to switch moves can be game changing. Bulk Up of course is used to boost Urshifu's Attack and Defense, which not only (Fluff) enables Urshifu-S to sweep, but also makes making it harder for the opponent to revenge kill it with the likes of foes like Rillaboom and Crawdaunt to revenge kill it. Wicked Blow is an incredible form of STAB, (RC) that 2HKOs option and 2HKOes anything that doesn't resist it. Sucker Punch provides Urshifu-S with a way to nail faster Pokemon that could otherwise revenge kill it, such as Dragapult, Zeraora, and Alakazam. Close Combat is another great form of STAB attack and offers complimentary complementary coverage alongside Wicked Blow, nailing Dark-types such as Tyranitar and OHKOs OHKOing Ferrothorn after Stealth Rocks Rock, preventing Urshifu-S from being worn down as easily. Alternatively, (AC) Iron Head however provides Urshifu-S with the ability to break through Fairy-types such as Clefable, Togekiss, (AC) and Galarian Weezing, (RC) and has a 30% chance to flinch the opponent cause the foe to flinch. Poison Jab is also an option for it's its ability to poison the opponent, (RC) foe and provides the same coverage against Clefable and Togekiss, while also as well as dealing good damage to Azumarill and Primarina. Adamant is the preferred nature for this set, as the loss of Speed (Capitalize) is somewhat made up for thanks to Sucker Punch. Jolly, (AC) however, (AC) does let Urshifu-S outspeed the likes of Timid Rotom-H and Timid Kyurem. Life Orb is the preferred option item for this set, as Urshifu-S always OHKOs OHKOes Ferrothorn with Close Combat after Stealth Rocks, (RC) Rock and always 2HKOs 2HKOes Clefable with Iron Head. Black Glasses however is an option however, as it boosts both Wicked Blow and Sucker Punch and can more importantly can bluff a Choice Banded Band set. The lack of recoil also makes Urshifu-S a lot harder to wear down and revenge kill.

Bulk Up Urshifu-S finds a home on a plethora of teams, ranging from bulky offense to hyper offense. Urshifu-S acts as both a wallbreaker and sweeper, so pairing it up with Pokemon that have similar checks to Urshifu-S is a good idea. Dragapult is a fantastic partner, both for its ability to sweep and wallbreak for Urshifu, (RC) Urshifu-S and its great type synergy. Dragapult is capable of softening the likes of Clefable and Togekiss and can also absorb Fighting-type attacks aimed at Urshifu-S. In return, Urshifu-S is capable of taking on the likes of Tyranitar and Blissey. Rillaboom is a great partner, (RC) thanks to its ability to soften up Toxapex and can bring Urshifu-S in safely in with U-turn. Togekiss is a great partner, as Togekiss it can switch into Fighting-type attacks, while Urshifu-S easily breaks and takes advantage of Tyranitar, Blissey, and Aegislash. Excadrill is a fantastic partner, providing able to provide support in the form of Rapid Spin, (RC) and can switch in on Fairy-types that give Urshifu-S trouble. Corviknight acts in similar fashion for its ability to check Fairy-types and provide Defog support, (RC) while also acting as a pivot to bring Urshifu-S in safely. Lastly, Magnezone is a good partner, (RC) capable of taking that can take on Toxapex and Clefable, (RC) and can bring Urshifu-S in safely thanks to Volt Switch.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[ShootingStarmie, 105816]]
- Quality checked by: [[Finchinator, 114198], [Jordy, 395754]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
 
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