Pokémon Single Strike Urshifu

[Martin]

Urshifu: Single Strike Style

Data:
Type: Fighting-/Dark-type
Base Stats: 100 HP / 130 Atk / 100 Def / 63 SAtk / 60 SDef / 97 Spe

Ability: Unseen fist - All contact moves hit through protection
Learnset:

All Moves

Level Up:
Evolve - Wicked Blow
— - Wicked Blow
— - Sucker Punch
— - Rock Smash
— - Leer
— - Endure
— - Focus Energy
12 - Aerial Ace
16 - Scary Face
20 - Headbutt
24 - Brick Break
28 - Detect
32 - Bulk Up
36 - Iron Head
40 - Dynamic Punch
44 - Counter
48 - Close Combat
52 - Focus Punch

Technical Machine:
TM00 - Mega Punch
TM01 - Mega Kick
TM03 - Fire Punch
TM04 - Ice Punch
TM05 - Thunder Punch
TM09 - Giga Impact
TM15 - Dig
TM21 - Rest
TM22 - Rock Slide
TM24 - Snore
TM25 - Protect
TM26 - Scary Face
TM31 - Attract
TM33 - Rain Dance
TM36 - Whirlpool
TM37 - Beat Up
TM39 - Facade
TM40 - Swift
TM41 - Helping Hand
TM42 - Revenge
TM43 - Brick Break
TM45 - Dive
TM48 - Rock Tomb
TM55 - Brine
TM56 - U-turn
TM57 - Payback
TM58 - Assurance
TM59 - Fling
TM63 - Drain Punch
TM75 - Low Sweep
TM76 - Round
TM78 - Acrobatics
TM79 - Retaliate
TM85 - Snarl
TM94 - False Swipe

Technical Record:
TR01 - Body Slam
TR07 - Low Kick
TR13 - Focus Energy
TR16 - Waterfall
TR20 - Substitute
TR21 - Reversal
TR26 - Endure
TR27 - Sleep Talk
TR32 - Crunch
TR37 - Taunt
TR39 - Superpower
TR46 - Iron Defense
TR48 - Bulk Up
TR53 - Close Combat
TR56 - Aura Sphere
TR57 - Poison Jab
TR58 - Dark Pulse
TR64 - Focus Blast
TR69 - Zen Headbutt
TR74 - Iron Head
TR75 - Stone Edge
TR81 - Foul Play
TR84 - Scald
TR85 - Work Up
TR93 - Darkest Lariat
TR95 - Throat Chop
TR98 - Liquidation
TR99 - Body Press

Isle of Armour Move Tutor:
Coaching
Lash Out

Notable Moves:

• Wicked Blow
• Sucker Punch
• Bulk Up
• Iron Head
• Close Combat
• Thunder Punch
• Ice Punch (won't be potentially useful until Crown Tundra)
• Facade
• U-turn
• Substitute
• Taunt
• Poison Jab
• Stone Edge

New Move: Wicked Blow - 80 BP, physical, contact, always results in a critical hit.

Overview:

• Very high Attack stat alongside high base power STAB moves, excellent neutral/super effective coverage on STABs alone, and respectable base 97 Speed stat
• Signature move, Wicked Blow, gives Urshifu a semi-immunity to Intimidate and lets it hit through Reflect, Aurora Veil and defense boosts.
• Access to U-turn gives it options to play more "soft"/safe versus teams with Fairy-types and faster Poison/Steel immunities.
• Signature ability, Unseen Fist, prevents Pokemon like Clefable stalling for Leftovers recovery/similar.
• Despite Urshifu's great 100/100 physical bulk, mediocre special bulk prevents bulky variants from thriving.
• Low base power coverage outside of STAB attacks—all available coverage moves other than Stone Edge are weaker than neutral STABs on 2x super effective hit
• 1 base Speed slower than Hydreigon and weak to Mach Punch, leaving it susceptible to revenge killing

Potential Movesets:

Choice Band
Urshifu @ Choice Band
Ability: Unseen Fist
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Wicked Blow
- Close Combat
- Poison Jab / Sucker Punch
- U-turn / Sucker Punch

Adamant 2HKOs Hippo at +1 but loses out on Timid Kyurem, Timid Rotom-A, and Jolly Excadrill benchmarks. Sucker Punch beats Dragapult and Psychic-type Cinderace while PJab beats PhysDef Fairy-types (SpD Clef is 2HKOed regardless)

Offensive Bulk Up
Urshifu @ Leftovers / Black Glasses / Black Belt
Ability: Unseen Fist
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Bulk Up
- Wicked Blow
- Close Combat
- Poison Jab / Sucker Punch

Same as above but trades immediate firepower + U-turn for the ability to switch moves. Also softens up Mach Punch if need be.

Choice Scarf
Urshifu @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Unseen Fist
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Wicked Blow
- Close Combat
- Poison Jab / Iron Head
- U-turn

Jolly outpaces +1 Excadrill and Choice Scarf Rotom-A, Adamant for general firepower. Typing gives good matchup versus Dragapult. Iron Head trades SE damage on Primarina for a flinch rate—no other noteworthy differences.

 

[ImperialGamer517]

Signature ability, Unseen Fist, prevents Pokemon like Clefable stalling for Leftovers recovery/similar.

Yay first reply! How about adding in this part that it is able to ignore King’s Shield from Aegislash, otherwise Urshifu would have less wallbreaking capabilities.

 

[Junglekun22801]

Actually, for the Choice Scarf Set, I think Adamant may be the better because it still outspeeds Dragapult and can tank an Earthquake from a non-boosted Excadrill if it comes in on Rapid Spin.

 

[AM]

This thread is kind of dead but I like 3 attacks + Taunt, granted I’m still playing around with what item to use, I like boots since this mon hates hazards but who knows . Slows down some of the fattier mons especially when brute force might not be enough to either break through them or you want to prevent them from setting up / removing hazards. Probably my favorite mon to use when its not being walled by buzzwole

 

[Spyro]

This thread is kind of dead but I like 3 attacks + Taunt, granted I’m still playing around with what item to use, I like boots since this mon hates hazards but who knows . Slows down some of the fattier mons especially when brute force might not be enough to either break through them or you want to prevent them from setting up / removing hazards. Probably my favorite mon to use when its not being walled by buzzwole

I think Buzzwole is common enough where you may want to run Aerial Ace somewhere. Over Bulk Up on all attacking sets or over U-Turn on choiced sets.

 

[BreloomBoyBouttaSpore]

I think Buzzwole is common enough where you may want to run Aerial Ace somewhere. Over Bulk Up on all attacking sets or over U-Turn on choiced sets.

This is an IoA thread

 

[DrPumpkinz]

This is an IoA thread

Not anymore.

 

[TheTraininator]

I don’t think Iron Head is ever gonna be worth running over Poison Jab in a metagame with Tapu Fini tbh