Tutors: https://puu.sh/yhoR3/1f5228ecc7.txt
New egg & level Up moves: https://puu.sh/yiVbo/2b628d1565.txt
Those two + new Pokemon, their stats and movepool: https://puu.sh/yiVh2/bc5174e38c.txt
Half of the tier learns Defog now. Altaria, Florges, Hydreigon, Klefki, Tornadus, Volcanion and even Whimsicott are now able to run Defog. Defensive teams have two new great Defoggers with Altaria and Hydreigon, while offensive teams have priority Defog to practically guarantee getting rid of hazards at any point of the game. Additionally, Gliscor is now able to run Defog and Poison Heal, which might be better on paper than on practice when you consider all the moves Gliscor want to move, but it could have a major impact. Getting rid of hazards is easier than ever, which means Pokemon like Talonflame will be more viable and stall becomes significantly stronger.
Kommo-o has a fair and balanced™ Z-move: Clangorous Soulblaze. It has 185 base power (special) and raises all it's stats one stage. That combined with Kommo-o now being able to learn Close Combat, Drain Punch, Ice Punch, Aqua Tail and Iron Tail, it's very likely it becomes an actual threat in UU now.
There are some minor additions like Lucarion learning Meteor Mash, Bewear learning Drain Punch, Alolan-Muk learning Fire Punch, Alolan-Persian learning Knock Off, etc. Hard to catch everything and mention it in one post.
Lycanroc Dusk form might be usable, thanks to Lycanroc in general getting a better movepool, its stats and strong ability.
75/117/65/55/65/110
Tough Claws
+2 252 Atk Life Orb Tough Claws Lycanroc Drill Run vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Cobalion: 439-517 (135.9 - 160%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+2 252 Atk Life Orb Tough Claws Lycanroc Accelerock vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Hydreigon: 224-265 (68.9 - 81.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 252 Atk Life Orb Tough Claws Lycanroc Accelerock vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Scizor: 207-243 (73.6 - 86.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
The damage calcs are nice, but the Pokemon is incredibly frail and the typing doesn't help it defensively.
Only new Pokemon I feel might drop is Stakataka, which has an absolutely terrible typing and no Speed. Defensively it's basically a better Bastiodon, which isn't a particularly good thing.
Stakataka
61/131/211/53/101/13
Rock/Steel
Don't get fooled by the defensive stats, the typing kills it and Bastiodon is actually bulkier in the special side. We have Mega Aggron and Mega Steelix as bulky Steel-types and this thing doesn't threaten their position in the tier.
However, I think it has a rather unique niche that can successfully abuse in UU. With 13 Speed it's Gyro Ball will be stronger against everything (Gyro's base power vs Relaxed Swampert is 129). It also has a fairly powerful STAB Stone Edge and Earthquake for coverage. Those things combined with Beast Boost and Stakataka learnign Trick Room might make it a massive threat vs offensive teams. The typing is ass for walling, but the bulk is massive and gives it plenty chances of setting up TR and get the ball rolling, and offensive teams definitely lack ways of playing around this thing specially if it gets a single boost.
252+ Atk Bastiodon Gyro Ball (150 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Hydreigon: 297-349 (91.3 - 107.3%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Bastiodon Gyro Ball (150 BP) vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Latias: 297-349 (98.3 - 115.5%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Bastiodon Stone Edge vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Scizor: 181-214 (64.4 - 76.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Bastiodon Continental Crush (180 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Scizor: 325-384 (115.6 - 136.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Bastiodon Gyro Ball (150 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Cobalion: 109-129 (33.7 - 39.9%) -- guaranteed
3HKO
252+ Atk Bastiodon Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Cobalion: 194-230 (60 - 71.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
I'm not expecting it to be amazing, but it will definitely be scary under TR. Note that none of those calcs is with Life Orb, but it could run that.
That's all I have for now. Feel free to use this thread to discuss USUM related information and its effect on the UU tier.
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