[SET]
name: Choice Scarf Attacker
move 1: Brave Bird
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Facade
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Hustle
nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk / 36 Def / 196 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Rufflet is a wallbreaker with incredible offensive power due to Hustle. A Choice Scarf allows it to make up for its mediocre Speed and outspeed the entire unboosted metagame, along with 15 Speed Pokemon with a +1 boost like Adamant Choice Scarf Vullaby and Scraggy after a Dragon Dance. Brave Bird and Close Combat can be used to pick up KOs early-game, with Facade being an option to allow Rufflet to deal solid damage even when burned. Rufflet should use U-turn when against a foe that cannot be OHKOed or when the opponent will likely switch in a counter to Rufflet.
Rufflet is an excellent teammate for Pokemon that struggle against Grass- and Fighting-types, like Corphish and Onix. As Rufflet forces the opponent to switch Pokemon very often, it benefits greatly from entry hazards. A Pokemon that can set entry hazards on the opposing team's side like Dwebble is a good choice as a teammate due to this. Since Rufflet is weak to Stealth Rock itself, an entry hazard remover like Drilbur or Gossifleur helps it out a lot. Rufflet's main weaknesses are to Chinchou and Rock-types, so Pokemon that wall or trap them like Ferroseed and Trapinch are able to alleviate these weaknesses.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[rssp1, 217944]]
- Quality checked by: [[Nineage, 195129], [Merritt, 213064]]
- Grammar checked by: [[deetah, 297659]]
name: Choice Scarf Attacker
move 1: Brave Bird
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Facade
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Hustle
nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk / 36 Def / 196 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Rufflet is a wallbreaker with incredible offensive power due to Hustle. A Choice Scarf allows it to make up for its mediocre Speed and outspeed the entire unboosted metagame, along with 15 Speed Pokemon with a +1 boost like Adamant Choice Scarf Vullaby and Scraggy after a Dragon Dance. Brave Bird and Close Combat can be used to pick up KOs early-game, with Facade being an option to allow Rufflet to deal solid damage even when burned. Rufflet should use U-turn when against a foe that cannot be OHKOed or when the opponent will likely switch in a counter to Rufflet.
Rufflet is an excellent teammate for Pokemon that struggle against Grass- and Fighting-types, like Corphish and Onix. As Rufflet forces the opponent to switch Pokemon very often, it benefits greatly from entry hazards. A Pokemon that can set entry hazards on the opposing team's side like Dwebble is a good choice as a teammate due to this. Since Rufflet is weak to Stealth Rock itself, an entry hazard remover like Drilbur or Gossifleur helps it out a lot. Rufflet's main weaknesses are to Chinchou and Rock-types, so Pokemon that wall or trap them like Ferroseed and Trapinch are able to alleviate these weaknesses.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[rssp1, 217944]]
- Quality checked by: [[Nineage, 195129], [Merritt, 213064]]
- Grammar checked by: [[deetah, 297659]]
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