Specs (Kyurem) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 164 Def / 248 SpA / 96 Spe
Modest Nature
- Ice Beam
- Freeze-Dry
- Draco Meteor
- Earth Power / Focus Blast
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
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Draco Meteor is used against slower foes weak or neutral to -Dragon type like Regidrago or Volcanion. Ice Beam enables Kyurem to deal with Tapu Bulu and Galarian Moltres. Freeze Dry is important to defeat Tapu Fini and Primarina. Earth Power beat Steel types like Magnezone or Heatran without Air Balloon, but for less precision, Focus Blast hit Air Balloon like Heatran.
EVs
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Speed investment is for non-Choice Scarf or Jolly Dracovish, Special Attack for dealing with Tapu Fini using Freeze-Dry, Defense for rolls against Life Orb Zeraora.
Usage Tips
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Kyurem should open with its strongest move against the foe. When facing foes that commonly run Haban Berry, like Regidrago, using Ice Beam can be a better option. In some cases there can be foes with the Custap Berry, like some Regidrago. In that case, you should use Earth Power to not put it in the Custap range.
Scarf (Kyurem) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid / Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Ice Beam
- Freeze Dry
- Earth Power / Focus Blast
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
Draco Meteor is used against foes like Dragapult, Regidrago, and Haxorus. Ice beam enables Kyurem to deal with Ice weak foes like Tapu Bulu and Galarian Moltres. Freeze Dry is used to defeat Choice-Scarf Tapu Fini. Focus Blast is for Air-balloon Heatran and Magnezone while Earth Power for the non-Air-balloon sets. With a Choice-Scarf, Kyurem can outspeed Scarf max Speed Tapu Fini, max Speed Regidrago after one Dragon Dance, and can tie with Choice-Scarf max Speed Galarian Darmanitan.
EVs
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Special Attack for maximum damage output, and Speed to outspeed Max Speed Regidrago after one Dragon Dance, Scarf Max Speed Dracovish, Max Speed Dragapult, and Zeraora. With a Timid nature, Kyurem can outspeed Scarf Max Speed Tapu Fini, Scarf Max Speed Porygon-Z, and speedtie with Scarf Max Speed Darmanitan-Galar. Running a Modest nature provides better rolls against Galarian Darmanitan.
Usage Tips
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Kyurem should open with its strongest move against the foe. When facing foes that commonly run Haban Berry, like Regidrago, using Ice Beam can be a better option.
Offensive Haban (Kyurem) @ Haban Berry
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 216 HP / 8 Def / 36 SpA / 12 SpD / 236 Spe
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Glaciate
- Earth Power / Substitute / Laser Focus
- Freeze-Dry / Roost
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
Draco Meteor is a standard STAB, while Glaciate is used as Ice type STAB to lower the speed of faster mons using Dragon coverage like Zeraora with Outrage. You are sure to tank Dragon STAB or coverage thanks to the Haban Berry. Earth Power help against Steel types like Metagross or Heatran. Substitute can be used to prevent status like Poison or Paralysis from respectively Entei or Togekiss. Laser Focus beats Calm Mind Spectrier. On the last slot, Freeze Dry is used to hit Water foes like Tapu Fini, and Roost can be combined to Substitute to do some Pressure Stall.
EVs
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With the Defensive investment, Kyurem can live Dragon Darts from Band Jolly Dragapult, and Overheat from Modest Choice Specs Volcanion.
236 EVs in Speed make it outspeed base 80 like Togekiss or Regidrago. The lefting EVs go in SpA.
Usage Tips
=============
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
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Ability: Pressure
EVs: 164 Def / 248 SpA / 96 Spe
Modest Nature
- Ice Beam
- Freeze-Dry
- Draco Meteor
- Earth Power / Focus Blast
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
Draco Meteor is used against slower foes weak or neutral to -Dragon type like Regidrago or Volcanion. Ice Beam enables Kyurem to deal with Tapu Bulu and Galarian Moltres. Freeze Dry is important to defeat Tapu Fini and Primarina. Earth Power beat Steel types like Magnezone or Heatran without Air Balloon, but for less precision, Focus Blast hit Air Balloon like Heatran.
EVs
=============
Speed investment is for non-Choice Scarf or Jolly Dracovish, Special Attack for dealing with Tapu Fini using Freeze-Dry, Defense for rolls against Life Orb Zeraora.
Usage Tips
=============
Kyurem should open with its strongest move against the foe. When facing foes that commonly run Haban Berry, like Regidrago, using Ice Beam can be a better option. In some cases there can be foes with the Custap Berry, like some Regidrago. In that case, you should use Earth Power to not put it in the Custap range.
Scarf (Kyurem) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid / Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Ice Beam
- Freeze Dry
- Earth Power / Focus Blast
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
Draco Meteor is used against foes like Dragapult, Regidrago, and Haxorus. Ice beam enables Kyurem to deal with Ice weak foes like Tapu Bulu and Galarian Moltres. Freeze Dry is used to defeat Choice-Scarf Tapu Fini. Focus Blast is for Air-balloon Heatran and Magnezone while Earth Power for the non-Air-balloon sets. With a Choice-Scarf, Kyurem can outspeed Scarf max Speed Tapu Fini, max Speed Regidrago after one Dragon Dance, and can tie with Choice-Scarf max Speed Galarian Darmanitan.
EVs
=============
Special Attack for maximum damage output, and Speed to outspeed Max Speed Regidrago after one Dragon Dance, Scarf Max Speed Dracovish, Max Speed Dragapult, and Zeraora. With a Timid nature, Kyurem can outspeed Scarf Max Speed Tapu Fini, Scarf Max Speed Porygon-Z, and speedtie with Scarf Max Speed Darmanitan-Galar. Running a Modest nature provides better rolls against Galarian Darmanitan.
Usage Tips
=============
Kyurem should open with its strongest move against the foe. When facing foes that commonly run Haban Berry, like Regidrago, using Ice Beam can be a better option.
Offensive Haban (Kyurem) @ Haban Berry
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 216 HP / 8 Def / 36 SpA / 12 SpD / 236 Spe
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Glaciate
- Earth Power / Substitute / Laser Focus
- Freeze-Dry / Roost
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
Draco Meteor is a standard STAB, while Glaciate is used as Ice type STAB to lower the speed of faster mons using Dragon coverage like Zeraora with Outrage. You are sure to tank Dragon STAB or coverage thanks to the Haban Berry. Earth Power help against Steel types like Metagross or Heatran. Substitute can be used to prevent status like Poison or Paralysis from respectively Entei or Togekiss. Laser Focus beats Calm Mind Spectrier. On the last slot, Freeze Dry is used to hit Water foes like Tapu Fini, and Roost can be combined to Substitute to do some Pressure Stall.
EVs
=============
With the Defensive investment, Kyurem can live Dragon Darts from Band Jolly Dragapult, and Overheat from Modest Choice Specs Volcanion.
236 EVs in Speed make it outspeed base 80 like Togekiss or Regidrago. The lefting EVs go in SpA.
Usage Tips
=============
Explain how to use the Set; any particular move combinations that players should know, any matchups that require particular plays, cases where something might be a 50/50, etc.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
List some options for the Pokemon user that are plausible but not always recommended due to being either not consistent enough or too outclassed by other Pokemon in the metagame. This section is entirely optional, so if a Pokemon doesn't really have any noteworthy alternative options, don't feel obliged to try and make something up.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/akeras.555423/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/trainerpla.604981/
Quality checked by:
[insert user link]
Grammar checked by:
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