[SET]
name: Freddy (Assault Vest)
move 1: Blood Moon
move 2: Vacuum Wave
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Hyper Voice / Moonblast / Tera Blast
item: Assault Vest
ability: Mind's Eye
nature: Modest
tera type: Normal / Fairy / Poison
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
* With its great bulk, power, and coverage thanks to high-powered Normal-type STAB moves and amazing ability in Mind’s Eye, Ursaluna-B is a formidable special attacker.
* **Blood Moon**: Blood Moon gives Ursaluna-B incredibly high neutral damage. It's a great way to cover a switch or predicted Terastallization, but it requires some forethought to maximize efficiency because it cannot be used on consecutive turns.
* **Vacuum Wave**: Vacuum Wave is highly valuable for revenge killing foes, notably hitting Chien-Pao. It can hit Gholdengo due to Mind's Eye.
* **Earth Power**: Earth Power gives great coverage against the Steel-types that resist Blood Moon, making Ursaluna-B nearly unwallable except by non-grounded Steel-types like Corviknight.
* **Hyper Voice**: Hyper Voice is a more spammable Normal-type STAB move that can bypass Substitute, allowing Ursaluna-B to thwart attempts to Substitute + Protect stall it by the likes of Gliscor, who can otherwise Protect on the turn it uses Blood Moon.
Other Options
==========
* **Tera Blast**: Tera Blast can provide Ursaluna-B with coverage to hit foes that might otherwise wall it when making use of an offensive Tera type.
* **Tera Dependency - Medium**: Ursaluna-B often uses Terastallization to compensate for its lackluster defensive typing; however, it is often capable of functioning without Tera. Because many different Tera types are viable on it, it can play guessing games with opponents.
* **Normal**: Tera Normal removes all weaknesses associated with Ursaluna-B’s Ground typing and boosts Blood Moon to phenomenal levels of power, making it ideal on Trick Room teams.
* **Fairy**: Tera Fairy allows Ursaluna-B to handle the Urshifu formes better while generally being a very solid defensive Tera type.
* **Poison**: Tera Poison improves Ursaluna-B’s matchup against all Ogerpon formes' Horn Leech and all Urshifu formes.
* **Water**: Tera Water allows Ursaluna-B to fare better against the likes of Urshifu-R, Chien-Pao, and Chi-Yu.
* **Fire**: Fire is a primarily offensive Tera type. When used with Tera Blast, it allows Ursaluna-B to hit non grounded Steel-types like Corviknight. However, the defensive benefits of the Fire typing are also notable, allowing Ursaluna-B to go head-to-head with Ogerpon-H in particular.
Items
==========
* **Assault Vest**: Assault Vest remedies Ursaluna-B's middling Special Defense, allowing this slow but hard-hitting Pokemon to survive longer.
* **Silk Scarf**: Silk Scarf can be used instead of Assault Vest to boost the power of Ursaluna-B’s Normal-type STAB attacks, making it more difficult to switch into.
[SET]
name: Smarter than the Average Bear (Calm Mind)
Move 1: Calm Mind
Move 2: Moonlight
Move 3: Blood Moon / Hyper Voice
Move 4: Earth Power / Moonblast / Vacuum Wave
item: Kee Berry / Sitrus Berry
ability: Mind's Eye
nature: Modest
tera type: Normal / Fairy / Fighting
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
* With its immense defensive profile and access to reliable recovery, Ursaluna-B lends itself very well to a Calm Mind set.
* **Hyper Voice**: Because of the increased power with Calm Mind boosts, it is worth considering Hyper Voice as Ursaluna-B's sole Normal-type STAB move, since Blood Moon's power is less needed and Hyper Voice can be used on consecutive turns. It also bypasses attempts to stall out Blood Moon with Substitute.
Other Options
========
* **Taunt**: Taunt can be used to shut down utility moves and attempts to stall out Ursaluna-B from the likes of Cresselia and slow Dragonite.
* **Yawn**: While hard to fit, Yawn pairs well with Ursaluna-B’s prodigious bulk, allowing it to accrue more boosts or force out a foe that may otherwise beat it, such as Calm Mind Flutter Mane.
* **Tera Dependency - High**: Despite its immense bulk, Ursaluna-B’s typing leaves it vulnerable to many common attacks, so a good defensive Tera type is essential for survivability and durability.
* **Normal**: Tera Normal boosts the power of Blood Moon, which improves the matchup against opposing Calm Mind Flutter Mane. It leaves only a Fighting weakness, making Ursaluna-B quite hard to KO.
* **Fairy**: Tera Fairy provides a good defensive typing that synergizes well with Ursaluna-B's natural weaknesses, allowing it to stick around.
* **Fighting**: Tera Fighting boosts the power of Ursaluna-B's Vacuum Wave, allowing it to deal more damage while outprioritizing foes.
* **Poison**: Tera Poison grants an immunity to Toxic, allowing Kee Berry Ursaluna-B to better set up on the likes of Gliscor. It also grants a Fighting resistance, allowing it to better handle Urshifu.
* **Steel**: Tera Steel grants a Toxic immunity and important resistances to Normal-, Grass-, and Fairy-type moves, allowing Ursaluna-B to better handle other Ursaluna-B and the likes of non-Hearthflame Ogerpon and Flutter Mane.
Items
==========
* **Kee Berry**: Kee Berry boosts Ursaluna-B's physical bulk, allowing it to keep pace with physical threats such as Dragonite.
* **Sitrus Berry**: Sitrus berry allows Ursaluna-B to recover a significant chunk of health, which can be useful to set up boosts against special attackers.
* **Leftovers**: Leftovers improves Ursaluna-B's general longevity.
EV Spreads
=======
* **4 HP / 252 SpD / 252 Spe with Timid** can be used as an alternative EV spread to out-speed walls like Cresselia, Umbreon, and Wo-Chien. It synergizes well with Taunt.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/anchiceratops.619905/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/derpysux.528485/
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Grammar checked by:
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https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
name: Freddy (Assault Vest)
move 1: Blood Moon
move 2: Vacuum Wave
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Hyper Voice / Moonblast / Tera Blast
item: Assault Vest
ability: Mind's Eye
nature: Modest
tera type: Normal / Fairy / Poison
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
* With its great bulk, power, and coverage thanks to high-powered Normal-type STAB moves and amazing ability in Mind’s Eye, Ursaluna-B is a formidable special attacker.
* **Blood Moon**: Blood Moon gives Ursaluna-B incredibly high neutral damage. It's a great way to cover a switch or predicted Terastallization, but it requires some forethought to maximize efficiency because it cannot be used on consecutive turns.
* **Vacuum Wave**: Vacuum Wave is highly valuable for revenge killing foes, notably hitting Chien-Pao. It can hit Gholdengo due to Mind's Eye.
* **Earth Power**: Earth Power gives great coverage against the Steel-types that resist Blood Moon, making Ursaluna-B nearly unwallable except by non-grounded Steel-types like Corviknight.
* **Hyper Voice**: Hyper Voice is a more spammable Normal-type STAB move that can bypass Substitute, allowing Ursaluna-B to thwart attempts to Substitute + Protect stall it by the likes of Gliscor, who can otherwise Protect on the turn it uses Blood Moon.
Other Options
==========
* **Tera Blast**: Tera Blast can provide Ursaluna-B with coverage to hit foes that might otherwise wall it when making use of an offensive Tera type.
* **Tera Dependency - Medium**: Ursaluna-B often uses Terastallization to compensate for its lackluster defensive typing; however, it is often capable of functioning without Tera. Because many different Tera types are viable on it, it can play guessing games with opponents.
* **Normal**: Tera Normal removes all weaknesses associated with Ursaluna-B’s Ground typing and boosts Blood Moon to phenomenal levels of power, making it ideal on Trick Room teams.
* **Fairy**: Tera Fairy allows Ursaluna-B to handle the Urshifu formes better while generally being a very solid defensive Tera type.
* **Poison**: Tera Poison improves Ursaluna-B’s matchup against all Ogerpon formes' Horn Leech and all Urshifu formes.
* **Water**: Tera Water allows Ursaluna-B to fare better against the likes of Urshifu-R, Chien-Pao, and Chi-Yu.
* **Fire**: Fire is a primarily offensive Tera type. When used with Tera Blast, it allows Ursaluna-B to hit non grounded Steel-types like Corviknight. However, the defensive benefits of the Fire typing are also notable, allowing Ursaluna-B to go head-to-head with Ogerpon-H in particular.
Items
==========
* **Assault Vest**: Assault Vest remedies Ursaluna-B's middling Special Defense, allowing this slow but hard-hitting Pokemon to survive longer.
* **Silk Scarf**: Silk Scarf can be used instead of Assault Vest to boost the power of Ursaluna-B’s Normal-type STAB attacks, making it more difficult to switch into.
[SET]
name: Smarter than the Average Bear (Calm Mind)
Move 1: Calm Mind
Move 2: Moonlight
Move 3: Blood Moon / Hyper Voice
Move 4: Earth Power / Moonblast / Vacuum Wave
item: Kee Berry / Sitrus Berry
ability: Mind's Eye
nature: Modest
tera type: Normal / Fairy / Fighting
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
* With its immense defensive profile and access to reliable recovery, Ursaluna-B lends itself very well to a Calm Mind set.
* **Hyper Voice**: Because of the increased power with Calm Mind boosts, it is worth considering Hyper Voice as Ursaluna-B's sole Normal-type STAB move, since Blood Moon's power is less needed and Hyper Voice can be used on consecutive turns. It also bypasses attempts to stall out Blood Moon with Substitute.
Other Options
========
* **Taunt**: Taunt can be used to shut down utility moves and attempts to stall out Ursaluna-B from the likes of Cresselia and slow Dragonite.
* **Yawn**: While hard to fit, Yawn pairs well with Ursaluna-B’s prodigious bulk, allowing it to accrue more boosts or force out a foe that may otherwise beat it, such as Calm Mind Flutter Mane.
* **Tera Dependency - High**: Despite its immense bulk, Ursaluna-B’s typing leaves it vulnerable to many common attacks, so a good defensive Tera type is essential for survivability and durability.
* **Normal**: Tera Normal boosts the power of Blood Moon, which improves the matchup against opposing Calm Mind Flutter Mane. It leaves only a Fighting weakness, making Ursaluna-B quite hard to KO.
* **Fairy**: Tera Fairy provides a good defensive typing that synergizes well with Ursaluna-B's natural weaknesses, allowing it to stick around.
* **Fighting**: Tera Fighting boosts the power of Ursaluna-B's Vacuum Wave, allowing it to deal more damage while outprioritizing foes.
* **Poison**: Tera Poison grants an immunity to Toxic, allowing Kee Berry Ursaluna-B to better set up on the likes of Gliscor. It also grants a Fighting resistance, allowing it to better handle Urshifu.
* **Steel**: Tera Steel grants a Toxic immunity and important resistances to Normal-, Grass-, and Fairy-type moves, allowing Ursaluna-B to better handle other Ursaluna-B and the likes of non-Hearthflame Ogerpon and Flutter Mane.
Items
==========
* **Kee Berry**: Kee Berry boosts Ursaluna-B's physical bulk, allowing it to keep pace with physical threats such as Dragonite.
* **Sitrus Berry**: Sitrus berry allows Ursaluna-B to recover a significant chunk of health, which can be useful to set up boosts against special attackers.
* **Leftovers**: Leftovers improves Ursaluna-B's general longevity.
EV Spreads
=======
* **4 HP / 252 SpD / 252 Spe with Timid** can be used as an alternative EV spread to out-speed walls like Cresselia, Umbreon, and Wo-Chien. It synergizes well with Taunt.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/anchiceratops.619905/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/derpysux.528485/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/photon.516307/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
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