1v1 Guts Ursaluna [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

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[SET]
Guts (Ursaluna) @ Flame Orb / Toxic Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 168 HP / 196 Atk / 4 Def / 144 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Facade
- Headlong Rush
- Avalanche
- Swords Dance / Taunt


[SET COMMENTS]
* With Guts, Ursaluna becomes an insanely threatening Pokemon capable of OHKOing a great portion of the metagame upon activation of its Flame Orb. Toxic Orb may alternatively be used to deal with Pokemon that learn Trick such as Cresselia.
* After being burned, Facade is able to muscle through Pokemon that would otherwise deal with Choice Band Ursaluna such as Kee Berry Cresselia and is capable of OHKOing many frail Pokemon such as Sylveon.
* Headlong Rush threatens KOs on Pokemon such as Gouging Fire and Pecharunt.
* Avalanche allows Ursaluna to respond to opposing Ground- and Dragon-type Pokemon that would get the first strike, being able to OHKO threats like Choice Band Landorus-T and Choice Scarf Haxorus.
* Swords Dance allows Ursaluna to boost itself in matchups where it cannot immediately threaten a KO, overwhelming threats that focus on boosting themselves such as Iron Crown.
* Taunt may be used to shut down matchups that could otherwise outplay Guts Ursaluna, such as against SubSeed Whimsicott.

* The bulk EVs are used to survive Modest Porygon-Z's Hyper Beam without a boosting item and Choice Band Landorus-T's Hammer Arm. The rest of the EVs maximize Ursaluna's Attack.
* While Guts Ursaluna has the ability to switch moves and disrupt defensive threats like Iron Crown, the lack of immediate firepower that Choice Band would grant can cause Ursaluna to lose some matchups like against Regidrago and slower non-Custap Berry Primarina.

[CREDITS]
Set(s) by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/murm.520168/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lumii.493772/

Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/nuxl.149971/

Quality checked by:
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https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lumii.493772/

Grammar checked by:
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started QCing this, will finish later today

edit: will be on Friday
 
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[SET]
Guts (Ursaluna) @ Flame Orb / Toxic Orb
Ability: Guts
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 152 HP / 196 Atk / 4 Def / 156 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Facade
- Headlong Rush
- Avalanche
- Swords Dance / Taunt


[SET COMMENTS]
* With Guts, Ursaluna becomes an insanely threatening Pokemon capable of OHKOing a great portion of the metagame upon activation of its Flame Orb. Toxic Orb may alternatively be used to deal with Pokemon that learn Trick such as Cresselia.
* After being burned, Facade is Ursaluna's best Normal-type STAB move, able to muscle through Pokemon that would otherwise deal with Choice Band Ursaluna such as Reflect or Kee Berry Cresselia and capable of OHKOing many other frail Pokemon such as Alolan Ninetales-Alola.
* Headlong Rush is Ursaluna's strongest Ground-type STAB move, threatening KOs on Pokemon such as Gouging Fire and Pecharunt.
* Avalanche allows Ursaluna to respond to opposing Ground, (comma) and Dragon-type, and Grass-Type Pokemon that would otherwise get the first strike, being able to OHKO threats like Choice Band Landorus-T and Choice Scarf Haxorus. I didn't see any relevant grass types where this helped, if there are any mention them
* Swords Dance allows Ursaluna to boost itself in matchups where it cannot immediately threaten a KO, overwhelming threats that focus on boosting themselves such as Iron Crown and non-Trick Cresselia. Cresselia has been mentioned a lot, is there a unique example that could go here?
* Taunt may be used to shut down alternative matchups that could otherwise outplay Guts Ursaluna, such as against SubSeed Whimsicott.
* The EVs are used to survive Modest Porygon-Z's Hyper Beam without a boosting item and Choice Band Landorus-Therian's Hammer Arm. The rest of the EVs maximize Ursaluna's Attack.
* While Guts Ursaluna has the ability to switch moves and disrupt defensive threats like Iron Crown, the lack of immediate firepower via Choice Band can cause Ursaluna to lose some matchups like against Regidrago and slower non-Custap Berry Primarina. Teammates that can handle these Pokémon while benefitting from the walls that Ursaluna can break down can help it. alternatively, instead of removing this sentence, specific examples could be mentioned

[CREDITS]
Set(s) created by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/murm.520168/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lumii.493772/

Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/nuxl.149971/

Quality checked by:
[insert user link]

Grammar checked by:
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1/2 when implemented
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Nuxl said:
EVs: 152 HP / 196 Atk / 4 Def / 156 SpD
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168 HP / 144 SpD does the same thing with a higher HP stat, which helps with random rolls.

Nuxl said:
capable of OHKOing many other frail Pokemon such as Alolan Ninetales.
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This gets weird bc there's ways for Ninetales to win this because it can run Blizzard to win this matchup pretty reliably, as it can use Blizzard into Protect into basically hit the roll even with 0 SpA, as Ursaluna doesn't have the immediate damage without being statused.

Nuxl said:
* Swords Dance allows Ursaluna to boost itself in matchups where it cannot immediately threaten a KO, overwhelming threats that focus on boosting themselves such as Iron Crown and Stall Azumarill.
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Stall Azumarill can just use Charm, and over time you end up taking damage due to the chip from being burned.

Nuxl said:
Taunt may be used to shut down alternative matchups that could otherwise outplay Guts Ursaluna, such as against SubSeed Whimsicott.
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This is an odd example because in theory it also can just use Taunt against you, but I think it works decently enough to get away with just mentioning that it's fine because no other sets run it or smth, idk.

Looks good after this, 2/2, just ping or dm me if you have any questions.
 
[SET]
Guts (Ursaluna) @ Flame Orb / Toxic Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 168 HP / 196 Atk / 4 Def / 144 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Facade
- Headlong Rush
- Avalanche
- Swords Dance / Taunt


[SET COMMENTS]
* With Guts, Ursaluna becomes an insanely threatening Pokemon capable of OHKOing a great portion of the metagame upon activation of its Flame Orb. Toxic Orb may alternatively be used to deal with Pokemon that learn Trick such as Cresselia.
* After being burned, Facade is Ursaluna's best Normal-type STAB move, able to muscle through Pokemon that would otherwise deal with Choice Band Ursaluna such as Kee Berry Cresselia and is capable of OHKOing many other frail Pokemon such as Sylveon.
* Headlong Rush is Ursaluna's strongest Ground-type STAB move, threatening threatens KOs on Pokemon such as Gouging Fire and Pecharunt.
* Avalanche allows Ursaluna to respond to opposing Ground- (add hyphen) and Dragon-type Pokemon that would otherwise get the first strike, being able to OHKO threats like Choice Band Landorus-T and Choice Scarf Haxorus.
* Swords Dance allows Ursaluna to boost itself in matchups where it cannot immediately threaten a KO, overwhelming threats that focus on boosting themselves such as Iron Crown.
* Taunt may be used to shut down alternative matchups that could otherwise outplay Guts Ursaluna, such as against SubSeed Whimsicott.

* The bulk EVs are used to survive Modest Porygon-Z's Hyper Beam without a boosting item and Choice Band Landorus-T's -Therian's Hammer Arm. The rest of the EVs maximize Ursaluna's Attack.
* While Guts Ursaluna has the ability to switch moves and disrupt defensive threats like Iron Crown, the lack of immediate firepower via that Choice Band would grant can cause Ursaluna to lose some matchups like against Regidrago and slower non-Custap Berry Primarina.

[CREDITS]
Set(s) created by:
Set(s) by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/murm.520168/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lumii.493772/

Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/nuxl.149971/

Quality checked by:
[insert user link]

Grammar checked by:
[insert user link]
GP Team done
 
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