Just here to share a few sets I've been enjoying recently.
Murkrow @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Adamant / Naughty Nature
- Brave Bird
- Sucker Punch
- Pursuit
- Thunder Wave / Hidden Power [Ground]
I've recently fell in love with Pursuit Krow thanks to its ability to check so many huge offensive threats and set up your team to be in a winning position so easily. This set almost guarantees you'll get rid of opposing Mimes, Grumpig and other frail sweepers as they'll find themselves switching out to avoid dying to a powerful Sucker Punch or Brave Bird. Also if Scarf or Specs Mime decides to lock into Psychic then Pursuit guarantees that Mime dies after rocks which is pretty huge in my book. Pursuit is also useful for picking off weakened offensive threats that don't want to take a Sucker and think they have a sure check/counter to Krow such as Stunfisk or Klang. Murkrow appreciates Thunder Wave which allows you to hit faster threats that can try to outplay Sucker Punch (such as Encore Kadabra) or that are out of KO range but you really need to cripple (like a boosted Fraxure). On the other hand HP Ground is an option to do appreciable damage to Fisk or Probo if you feel your team needs it.
I'm a pretty avid user of more offensive minded teams so I enjoy pairing Murkrow with Monferno or Regice which both benefit from the removal of either Grumpig, Mime or other fast frail threats.
Swanna @ Life Orb
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hurricane
- Scald
- Substitute
- Roost
This is a fun set I've been messing around with lately that features Substitute over the usual Defog. I'm not a huge advocate of hazard control in PU since most of my teams are offensive anyways so I never actually end up clicking Defog on Swanna unless I'm in a truly dire situation and I've allowed too many hazards on my side somehow. With that being said, I figured Substitute would make for a suitable replacement given Swanna's decent speed tier, great coverage and exceptional power. Most teams don't have reliable answers to Swanna so the opponent will attempt to play around it and pivot until they're in a favorable position, or they'll just sac something and then go to their Zeb or whatever can revenge it. Well Substitute eliminates a lot of those mind-games and can put you in a very favorable position as they struggle to find something that can beat the combo of Hurricane and Scald. What's nice about this is that it sets up on common cores such as Sol+Rose and you can often net a KO or 2 without losing your Swanna.
Murkrow @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Adamant / Naughty Nature
- Brave Bird
- Sucker Punch
- Pursuit
- Thunder Wave / Hidden Power [Ground]
I've recently fell in love with Pursuit Krow thanks to its ability to check so many huge offensive threats and set up your team to be in a winning position so easily. This set almost guarantees you'll get rid of opposing Mimes, Grumpig and other frail sweepers as they'll find themselves switching out to avoid dying to a powerful Sucker Punch or Brave Bird. Also if Scarf or Specs Mime decides to lock into Psychic then Pursuit guarantees that Mime dies after rocks which is pretty huge in my book. Pursuit is also useful for picking off weakened offensive threats that don't want to take a Sucker and think they have a sure check/counter to Krow such as Stunfisk or Klang. Murkrow appreciates Thunder Wave which allows you to hit faster threats that can try to outplay Sucker Punch (such as Encore Kadabra) or that are out of KO range but you really need to cripple (like a boosted Fraxure). On the other hand HP Ground is an option to do appreciable damage to Fisk or Probo if you feel your team needs it.
I'm a pretty avid user of more offensive minded teams so I enjoy pairing Murkrow with Monferno or Regice which both benefit from the removal of either Grumpig, Mime or other fast frail threats.
Swanna @ Life Orb
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hurricane
- Scald
- Substitute
- Roost
This is a fun set I've been messing around with lately that features Substitute over the usual Defog. I'm not a huge advocate of hazard control in PU since most of my teams are offensive anyways so I never actually end up clicking Defog on Swanna unless I'm in a truly dire situation and I've allowed too many hazards on my side somehow. With that being said, I figured Substitute would make for a suitable replacement given Swanna's decent speed tier, great coverage and exceptional power. Most teams don't have reliable answers to Swanna so the opponent will attempt to play around it and pivot until they're in a favorable position, or they'll just sac something and then go to their Zeb or whatever can revenge it. Well Substitute eliminates a lot of those mind-games and can put you in a very favorable position as they struggle to find something that can beat the combo of Hurricane and Scald. What's nice about this is that it sets up on common cores such as Sol+Rose and you can often net a KO or 2 without losing your Swanna.
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