![]() ![]() Offensive teams don't aim to have defensive answers to every threat in the tier, but they do try to cover big ones such as Floatzel and Rotom-F. Entry hazard users are often used as tanks as well for example, Pokémon like Golem would be used over Stunfisk because Golem is much more offensively threatening and rarely grants free switches in or setup turns, whereas Stunfisk allows Rotom-F to use Substitute, Roselia to set up Spikes, etc. This is important in PU, as it is an offensive metagame, so every team needs Pokémon to deal with other offensive threats otherwise they could easily get overwhelmed by fast threats and setup sweepers. Tanks are the source of offensive teams' bulk their role is to take a couple hits while also having a decent offensive presence to keep up offensive pressure. Roselia is the best Pokémon with access to Spikes and Toxic Spikes, though it will usually run only one, and its great special bulk allows it to check Water- and Electric-types even with offensive sets, whereas Quilladin is more of a physically bulky Spiker with useful support moves like Taunt and can run an effective offensive set to threaten Pokémon such as Pawniard to get up Spikes. Pawniard and Monferno are more niche setters, as they primarily function as attackers and will rarely run Stealth Rock. Relicanth is also fairly common, as even without boosting it hits very hard with STAB Head Smash and can also set up Rock Polish Metang has a lot of bulk with Eviolite and has access to Pursuit to trap Psychic-types Gabite is the fastest viable Stealth Rock user and has decent physical bulk and Probopass has more special bulk and access to a slow Volt Switch, allowing it to easily gain momentum. It also has the ability to run a tank set, allowing it to wall most Electric-types along with certain Normal-types like Dodrio and Chatot. Lead sets can run Weakness Policy to heavily damage any wall or cripple a faster Pokémon with Sucker Punch, whereas Custap Berry allows it to explode on something. Golem is the best Stealth Rock user, as access to Sturdy allows it to almost always set up Stealth Rock outside of against anti-leads like Bullet Seed Leafeon. Standard offensive teams only need Stealth Rock to be successful, but more aggressive offensive teams, particularly VoltTurn ones, will often also use Spikes to increase chip damage, as with multiple hazards up and U-turn and Volt Switch damage the opponent's team will be very weakened, especially because the user will get the preferred matchup and thus can prevent recovery. Stealth Rock is the most common hazard and pretty much every team will have a user due to the move's large distribution, whereas Spikes is equally good at wearing the opponent's team down but has a much smaller pool of users, and Toxic Spikes is very useful versus bulkier teams but has even fewer users and opposing Poison-types can easily remove them. ![]() There are a few other specific types of regular and hyper offense, namely Sticky Web, VoltTurn, and weather (sun, rain, and sand) teams, all of which are based around what their name suggests.Įntry hazards are a crucial part of any offensive team offensive Pokémon will force a lot of switches, so hazards can quickly wear down the opposing team, aiding sweepers and wallbreakers. Hyper offense is all-out attacking, trying to overwhelm the opposing team with entry hazards and very strong Pokémon, bulky offense will mainly be offensive Pokémon with a defensive backbone aiming to check the most relevant offensive threats, and regular offense is a mix of the two, being mostly filled with offensive Pokémon along with some that don't mind taking a hit. ![]() There are many types of offense, most notably hyper offense, bulky offense, and regular offense. ![]() This is mostly to do with the offensive Pokémon being much better than the defensive ones, as being the lowest tier, PU gets the weakest and most passive walls, many of which lack recovery, but plenty of decent offensive Pokémon that are just outclassed in the tiers above. For the past few months, PU has been dominated by offensive teams. ![]()
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