BSS Ursaluna-B Physical Wall [1/1 QC][1/1 GP]

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[SET]
Ancient Defense (Physical Wall) (Ursaluna-Bloodmoon) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Mind’s Eye
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
Tera Type: Fire
- Blood Moon
- Moonlight
- Earth Power / Hyper Voice
- Vacuum Wave / Calm Mind

[SET COMMENTS]

* Backed by Terastallization, Ursaluna-B can use its incredible physical bulk to wall even the mighty Koraidon!

* **Moonlight**: Under Koraidon's sun, Moonlight's increased recovery makes Ursaluna-B that much harder to topple!

* **Earth Power**: Earth Power is strong against Steel-types like Scizor and Archaludon that otherwise resist Blood Moon, and it's also super effective against many of Koraidon's most popular Tera types.

* **Hyper Voice**: While it doesn't provide extra coverage, Hyper Voice is the best option to prevent Substitute Gliscor from completely shutting down Ursaluna-B.

* **Vacuum Wave**: Vacuum Wave is a solid option for picking off weakened threats, especially Chien-Pao and Chi-Yu.

* **Calm Mind**: Weaker physical attackers like Assault Vest Koraidon provide great opportunities to set up with Calm Mind.

* **EV Spread**: With full defensive investment and a neutral Tera type, a five-hit Scale Shot from +2 Koraidon only has about a 25% chance to OHKO. Even without Terastallization, this Ursaluna-B is so bulky that Adamant Chien-Pao's Icicle Crash into Ice Shard only has about a 6.25% chance to knock out Ursaluna-B! The leftover EVs are usually allocated to Speed; keep in mind that Ursaluna-B often Speed creeps, so reallocating some EVs for even a few more points in Speed can be useful in the mirror matchup.

Items
========

* **Rocky Helmet**: Rocky Helmet punishes many common attacks from Koraidon and Zacian-C, though Scale Shot from Koraidon is a notable exception.

* **Sitrus Berry**: Sitrus Berry's burst recovery can be useful against Swords Dance Koraidon, guaranteeing that Ursaluna-B survives a +2 Scale Shot at five hits even if one of the hits is a critical hit.

Tera Types
========

* **Tera Dependency - High**: Ursaluna-B has to change its typing in order to properly take on Koraidon and other physical threats it targets.

* **Fire**: Tera Fire deters Koraidon from spamming its destructive Tera Fire Flare Blitz while remaining neutral against its powerful STAB attacks. Beyond that, it helps Ursaluna-B wall a litany of other physical threats like Calyrex-I, Zacian-C that lack an appropriate Tera Blast, Ogerpon-H, and Assault Vest Rillaboom. The Fairy-type resistance is also excellent against Flutter Mane, a common Koraidon teammate.

* **Water**: Compared to Tera Fire, Tera Water is an alternative for resisting Koraidon's Flare Blitz that doesn't sacrifice Ground-type matchups like Landorus-T. It also helps Ursaluna-B against Urshifu-R when used against other types of teams. But without Tera Fire's Fairy-type resistance, Flutter Mane becomes harder to withstand if Ursaluna-B is not running Calm Mind, and Grass-types such as Ogerpon and Rillaboom will be much more threatening.

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I'm sure you can get away with it, so maybe disregard, but I was warned off using "Spe creep" as a reasoning for spe. Back when I briefly tried some analysis writing. I think they just want spe for 252 or uninvested benchmarks, this point could be negligible or changed though!

Edit: small chance I'm misremembering lol:^

2nd edit: btw cool set, seems like shenanigans if get into, where'd you find it?
 
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Slovami said:
What about yawn as an option in the fourth slot?
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This was a consideration, but given the set's purpose, I personally felt it was counterintuitive to shoo away arguably the biggest target you're trying to counter in Koraidon, especially when something like Specs Flutter Mane (which can easily take an uninvested Blood Moon) is likely to roll in and put you in range of said Koraidon. I'm sure there's room for clever play, but based on high level data Yawn isn't well supported as it stands.
Omastar68 said:
I'm sure you can get away with it, so maybe disregard, but I was warned off using "Spe creep" as a reasoning for spe. Back when I briefly tried some analysis writing. I think they just want spe for 252 or uninvested benchmarks, this point could be negligible or changed though!
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Yes, while Speed creep is a prominent reality of BSS, you are not supposed to create sets with arbitrary Speed creep. However, it is acceptable to indicate that creeping Speed is desirable.

I don't think there is anything wrong with automatically allocating the last 4 EVs to Speed like we do with other stats, but GP can correct me if this is incorrect. Nonetheless, pretty much all high-level sets allocate into Speed, so it seem disingenuous to put it into, say, Special Defense just to avoid Speed creep.
Omastar68 said:
2nd edit: btw cool set, seems like shenanigans if get into, where'd you find it?
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This set has had traction for at least the last couple of seasons (not sure how popular it was during the first run of Reg G.) It is featured on several top 1000 team reports:

https://sv.pokedb.tokyo/pokemon/show/0901-01?season=28&rule=0
 
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[SET]
Ancient Defense (Physical Wall) (Ursaluna-Bloodmoon) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Mind’s Eye
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
Tera Type: Fire
- Blood Moon
- Moonlight
- Earth Power / Hyper Voice
- Vacuum Wave / Calm Mind

[SET COMMENTS]

* Backed by Terastallization, Ursaluna-B can use its incredible physical bulk to wall even the mighty Koraidon!

* **Moonlight**: Under Koraidon's sun, Moonlight's increased recovery makes Ursaluna-B that much harder to topple!

* **Earth Power**: Earth Power is strong into against Steel-types like Scizor and Archaludon that otherwise resist Blood Moon, and is it's also super-effective super effective against many of Koraidon's most popular Tera types.

* **Hyper Voice**: While it doesn't provide extra coverage, Hyper Voice is the best option to prevent Substitute Gliscor from completely shutting down Ursaluna-B.

* **Vacuum Wave**: Vacuum Wave is a solid option for picking off weakened threats, especially against Chien-Pao and Chi-Yu.

* **Calm Mind**: Weaker physical attackers like Assault Vest Koraidon provide great opportunities to set up with Calm Mind.

* **EV Spread**: With full defensive investment and a neutral Tera type, a 5-hit five-hit Scale Shot from +2 Koraidon only has about a 25% chance to OHKO. Even without Terastallization, this Ursaluna-B is so bulky that Adamant Chien-Pao's Icicle Crash into Ice Shard only has about a 6.25% chance to knock out Ursaluna-B! The leftover EVs are usually allocated to Speed; keep in mind that Ursaluna-B often Speed creeps, so reallocating some EVs for even a few more points in Speed can be useful in the mirror matchup.

Items
========

* **Rocky Helmet**: Rocky Helmet punishes many common attacks from Koraidon and Zacian-C, though Scale Shot from Koraidon is a notable exception.

* **Sitrus Berry**: Sitrus Berry's burst recovery can be useful against Swords Dance Koraidon, guaranteeing that Ursaluna-B survives a +2 Scale Shot at 5 five hits even if one of the hits is a critical hit.

Tera Types
========

* **Tera Dependency - High**: Ursaluna-B has to change its typing in order to properly take on Koraidon and other physical threats it targets.

* **Fire**: Tera Fire deters Koraidon from spamming its destructive Tera Fire Flare Blitz while remaining neutral against its powerful STAB attacks. Beyond that, it helps Ursaluna-B walls wall a litany of other physical threats from like Calyrex-I, Zacian-C that lack an appropriate Tera Blast, Ogerpon-H, and Assault Vest Rillaboom. The Fairy-type resistance is also excellent against Flutter Mane, a common Koraidon teammate.

* **Water**: Compared to Tera Fire, Tera Water is an alternative for resisting Koraidon's Flare Blitz that doesn't sacrifice Ground-type matchups like Landorus-T. It also helps Ursaluna-B against Urshifu-R when used against other types of teams. But without Tera Fire's Fairy-type resistance, Flutter Mane becomes harder to withstand if Ursaluna-B is not running Calm Mind, and Grass-types such as Ogerpon and Rillaboom will be much more threatening.

GP Check 1/1

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a blue banana said:
GP Team done

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[SET]
Ancient Defense (Physical Wall) (Ursaluna-Bloodmoon) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Mind’s Eye
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
Tera Type: Fire
- Blood Moon
- Moonlight
- Earth Power / Hyper Voice
- Vacuum Wave / Calm Mind

[SET COMMENTS]

* Backed by Terastallization, Ursaluna-B can use its incredible physical bulk to wall even the mighty Koraidon!

* **Moonlight**: Under Koraidon's sun, Moonlight's increased recovery makes Ursaluna-B that much harder to topple!

* **Earth Power**: Earth Power is strong into against Steel-types like Scizor and Archaludon that otherwise resist Blood Moon, and is it's also super-effective super effective against many of Koraidon's most popular Tera types.

* **Hyper Voice**: While it doesn't provide extra coverage, Hyper Voice is the best option to prevent Substitute Gliscor from completely shutting down Ursaluna-B.

* **Vacuum Wave**: Vacuum Wave is a solid option for picking off weakened threats, especially against Chien-Pao and Chi-Yu.

* **Calm Mind**: Weaker physical attackers like Assault Vest Koraidon provide great opportunities to set up with Calm Mind.

* **EV Spread**: With full defensive investment and a neutral Tera type, a 5-hit five-hit Scale Shot from +2 Koraidon only has about a 25% chance to OHKO. Even without Terastallization, this Ursaluna-B is so bulky that Adamant Chien-Pao's Icicle Crash into Ice Shard only has about a 6.25% chance to knock out Ursaluna-B! The leftover EVs are usually allocated to Speed; keep in mind that Ursaluna-B often Speed creeps, so reallocating some EVs for even a few more points in Speed can be useful in the mirror matchup.

Items
========

* **Rocky Helmet**: Rocky Helmet punishes many common attacks from Koraidon and Zacian-C, though Scale Shot from Koraidon is a notable exception.

* **Sitrus Berry**: Sitrus Berry's burst recovery can be useful against Swords Dance Koraidon, guaranteeing that Ursaluna-B survives a +2 Scale Shot at 5 five hits even if one of the hits is a critical hit.

Tera Types
========

* **Tera Dependency - High**: Ursaluna-B has to change its typing in order to properly take on Koraidon and other physical threats it targets.

* **Fire**: Tera Fire deters Koraidon from spamming its destructive Tera Fire Flare Blitz while remaining neutral against its powerful STAB attacks. Beyond that, it helps Ursaluna-B walls wall a litany of other physical threats from like Calyrex-I, Zacian-C that lack an appropriate Tera Blast, Ogerpon-H, and Assault Vest Rillaboom. The Fairy-type resistance is also excellent against Flutter Mane, a common Koraidon teammate.

* **Water**: Compared to Tera Fire, Tera Water is an alternative for resisting Koraidon's Flare Blitz that doesn't sacrifice Ground-type matchups like Landorus-T. It also helps Ursaluna-B against Urshifu-R when used against other types of teams. But without Tera Fire's Fairy-type resistance, Flutter Mane becomes harder to withstand if Ursaluna-B is not running Calm Mind, and Grass-types such as Ogerpon and Rillaboom will be much more threatening.

GP Check 1/1

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