Anyone else find seeing the moves Blood Moon and Yawn next to each other a weird tonal shift lol
[SET]
name: Hibernation (Yawn)
Move 1: Yawn
Move 2: Blood Moon
Move 3: Earth Power
Move 4: Moonlight / Vacuum Wave
item: Leftovers / Sitrus Berry
ability: Mind's Eye
nature: Modest
tera type: Poison / Fairy / Normal
evs: 236 HP / 28 Def / 52 SpA / 188 SpD / 4 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk or 1 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
* Yawn doesn't transform Ursaluna-B into just a mere support Pokemon. When used in conjunction with Blood Moon, the bloodmoon beast becomes a master of putting offensive teams between a rock and a hard place: either the opponent's check falls asleep, or they switch out and something far less suited against Ursaluna-B gets shredded by Blood Moon!
* **Moonlight**: Moonlight will require sacrificing either coverage or priority, but it makes Ursaluna-B far longer lasting and less vulnerable to lures like Grass Knot Landorus-T. It's a particularly strong choice on teams with strong hit-and-run Pokemon like Choice Specs Flutter Mane.
* **Vacuum Wave**: While not amazingly powerful, Vacuum Wave is lovely for picking off Chien-Pao and cleaning up late-game in general. This is to the point where giving up reliable recovery can make sense for some more offensive teams that often can't afford to switch Ursaluna-B out often.
* **Leftovers versus Sitrus Berry**: Leftovers is best paired with Moonlight, giving Ursaluna-B maximum longevity. If using Vacuum Wave, Sitrus Berry's quicker burst of recovery suits Ursaluna-B better and provides a better matchup against Urshifu-R. Sitrus Berry is also a reasonable alternative to Leftovers if another teammate needs it.
* **EV Spread**: The HP investment ensures Annihilape will not OHKO Ursaluna-B with Final Gambit, and the Defense EVs stop Choice Band Tera Water Urshifu-R from OHKOing Terastallized Ursaluna-B. This spread survives Modest Choice Scarf Chi-Yu's Overheat and Tera-boosted Moonblast from Timid Choice Specs Flutter Mane on all but the highest damage roll. Offensively, the Special Attack EVs ensure that Blood Moon OHKOes offensive Urshifu formes.
Other Options
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* **20 Speed EVs**: 20 Speed EVs let Ursaluna-B outspeed paralyzed Adamant Urshifu formes at the cost of some bulk. This may seem to conflict with Yawn, but paralysis is often a viable secondary playstyle for teams with this set to deal with more offensive threats.
Tera Types
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* **Tera Dependency - Medium**: Ursaluna-B's typing is fairly good, but its weakness to common threats like Chien-Pao and Urshifu-R mean Terastallization is often needed.
* **Poison**: Tera Poison has excellent synergy with Ursaluna-B's playstyle, not only granting it an important resistance to Urshifu-R's Close Combat and Flutter Mane's Moonblast but also ensuring that poison status will not wear it down.
* **Fairy**: Tera Fairy doesn't help against Flutter Mane, but it does transform Ursaluna-B into a very strong Urshifu-S check, in addition to avoiding Choice Specs Latios's wrath.
* **Normal**: Tera Normal only helps defensively against Ice, Grass, and Water types, but the power boost to Blood Moon makes Ursaluna-B far more difficult to wall, with defensive Primarina in particular usually being put into Earth Power's KO range.
* **Water**: Tera Water offers a useful Ice resistance to flip Chien-Pao matchups more easily, but it doesn't help against Raging Bolt and Grass Knot users like Landorus-T.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/theorymon.29010/
Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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