Offensive Core
Not sure if anyone posted this one already, but Choice Band Urshifu and Choice Specs Spectrier is a pretty potent core. The reason why I feel its potent is because of the fact that Urshifu-S and Spectrier will be able to beat their opposing checks and counters. Spectrier gets walled by Tyranitar, Hydreigon and Blissey, aka stuff that Urshifu just bops with ease, and with Mandibuzz, it cannot switch into Urshifu especially if its in Close Combat range, and that be huge for Spectrier, as with Mandibuzz killed or at least weakened it can do its work more easily. Meanwhile, Clefable, Tapu Fini, Galarian Weezing and Buzzwole can while into it pretty reliably check it, however with Spectrier in the picture, those mons can be crippled so heavily to the point they cannot really deal with Urshifu anymore long term, which is a huge boon considering how punishing these 2 Pokemon are and how they can get multiple kills or in Spectrier's case, sweeps from this.
Possible Partners
These are all Pokemon that can pair this core pretty well. Slowbro's Future Sight support is always hella useful, for Urshifu specifically I would say because with a Future Sight up it has virtually 0 checks so it's very useful, and also Scald burns can be useful for Spectrier as well due to the threat of Hex. Galarian Slowking, similar to Slowbro is useful for both Urshifu and Spectrier due to Future Sight and Sludge Bomb, making Urshifu harder to deal with in the process and potential Sludge Bomb poisons obviously being a boon to Spectrier. Toxapex also, with its support in spreading status and knocking off items is a valuable to both Urshifu and especially Spectrier due to all of these factors, lastly Clefable which is a reliable Urshifu check, which is what this core needs since it is so easily beaten by it, combined with rocks support, status support with Twave and Knock Off, it is a very good utility option for it.
Not sure if anyone posted this one already, but Choice Band Urshifu and Choice Specs Spectrier is a pretty potent core. The reason why I feel its potent is because of the fact that Urshifu-S and Spectrier will be able to beat their opposing checks and counters. Spectrier gets walled by Tyranitar, Hydreigon and Blissey, aka stuff that Urshifu just bops with ease, and with Mandibuzz, it cannot switch into Urshifu especially if its in Close Combat range, and that be huge for Spectrier, as with Mandibuzz killed or at least weakened it can do its work more easily. Meanwhile, Clefable, Tapu Fini, Galarian Weezing and Buzzwole can while into it pretty reliably check it, however with Spectrier in the picture, those mons can be crippled so heavily to the point they cannot really deal with Urshifu anymore long term, which is a huge boon considering how punishing these 2 Pokemon are and how they can get multiple kills or in Spectrier's case, sweeps from this.
Possible Partners
These are all Pokemon that can pair this core pretty well. Slowbro's Future Sight support is always hella useful, for Urshifu specifically I would say because with a Future Sight up it has virtually 0 checks so it's very useful, and also Scald burns can be useful for Spectrier as well due to the threat of Hex. Galarian Slowking, similar to Slowbro is useful for both Urshifu and Spectrier due to Future Sight and Sludge Bomb, making Urshifu harder to deal with in the process and potential Sludge Bomb poisons obviously being a boon to Spectrier. Toxapex also, with its support in spreading status and knocking off items is a valuable to both Urshifu and especially Spectrier due to all of these factors, lastly Clefable which is a reliable Urshifu check, which is what this core needs since it is so easily beaten by it, combined with rocks support, status support with Twave and Knock Off, it is a very good utility option for it.
nasty plot is for set-up of course, makes Crawdaunt's laughable base 90 Special Attack into a sneakily powerful weapon. Hydro Pump is for STAB, accuracy is bad but Crawdaunt either KOs or gets KO'd, so going for power is always better. Also, at +0, Hydro Pump's power is very useful. Dark Pulse is for Dark STAB and it breaks through Ferrothorn and Toxapex, while nailing Tank Chomp for a 100% accurate KO. Sludge Wave rounds off this set purely as coverage for Fairy types, especially Tapu Fini.
pretty standard I would say, Glare is the n°1 to even consider Sandaconda, maybe alongside Sand Spit, Stealth Rock help with rolls as I said and as you'll see, EQ for powerful STAB and the last slot is very customizable. Rest + Shed Skin can be extremely clutch, Protect helps scouting and racks up Leftovers recovery, Stone Edge helps against birds, especially Zapdos.
this Pokémon comes to mind pretty quickly as it helps dealing with Rillaboom + Kartana (which completely dominates this core), acts as a Defogger, deals good damage to Tapu Fini and helps spread paralysis between Discharge and Static. Be careful because this is yet another Pokémon weak to Specs Kyurem, which may rise even more in popularity if Urshifu-S gets banned and Magearna right after him.
helps Crawdaunt with Future Sights and can actually switch into Freeze Dry users because it's so damn fat on the special side.
can spread paralysis with Thunder Wave, Hex sinergyzes pretty well with para spam, can pressure Blissey with Dragon Darts, outspeed and hits Spectrier hard, gives the team good Speed control overall.
I think this is self explanatory. Head Smash is the move you want to click, it has no immunity and is going to deal massive damage to pretty much everything. Dragon Claw has very good neutral coverage and doesn't lock you into it like Outrage does. Close Combat and High Horsepower are coverage moves you mostly want to use as a prediction for a Steel type to come in or in certain late game scenarios. Both these moves annihilate Excadrill that thinks it's safe because of its x4 resistance to Rock (still gets 3HKO'd for reference). I put High Horsepower because of the abundance of Grassy Terrain and since you ain't clicking this move very often at all, you want to be sure you can use it in every possible situation. Jolly outspeeds Timid Magearna and things EV'd to outspeed it (hits 265 speed).
This is a bit more interesting. It might be dangerous not to have HDB on you speed control mon with the danger of Sticky Web, but Pads are just so extremely functional to the purpose of Zeraora. Rocky Helmets are flying everywhere in this current meta, plus Zeraora also tends to lure in Garchomp and Ferrothorn, two mons that happen to threaten Tyrantrum and chip it down with their ability. Removing their item without taking damage and chipping them down is very useful as they both lack reliable recovery. Grass Knot deals significant damage to bulky Ground types like Hippowdon, Swampert and Rhyperior.