Competitive Information for Kyurem (black) [Black/White]
Dragon / Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Kyurem-black? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Kyurem is a stupendous Dragon and Ice-typed Pokemon. It's pretty regular to see Kyurem show up as a Black/White opponent. Kyurem can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Kyurem is weak to Dragon, Fighting, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Choice Band / Life Orb
Ability: Teravolt
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 112 Hp / 252 Atk / 144 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Fusion Bolt
- Ice Beam
- Roost
Physical Sweeper Kyurem-Black (Popular/Trending)
Kyurem is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Kyurem's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Kyurem's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Teravolt, Kyurem's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon.
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Fusion Bolt is a physical 100-base power Electric-type move (power doubles if used after fusion flare).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
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Item: Life Orb / Dragon Fang
Ability: Teravolt
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 Atk / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Iron Head / Zen Headbutt
- Fusion Bolt
- Freeze Shock
Physical Sweeper Kyurem-Black (Teravolt)
Kyurem is a legendary Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Kyurem's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Teravolt, Kyurem's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon. Iron Head or Zen Headbutt are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Fusion Bolt is a physical 100-base power Electric-type move (power doubles if used after fusion flare).
♦ Freeze Shock is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Ice-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. 30% paralyze).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Teravolt
Nature: Naughty (+Atk, -SpD)
EVs: 56 Atk / 208 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Fusion Bolt
- Earth Power / Dragon Claw
- Roost
- Ice Beam
Kyurem-Black Mixed Sweeper (The Frost Drake)
Kyurem is a legendary Mixed Sweeper. Life Orb boosts the power of Kyurem's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Teravolt, Kyurem's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon.
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Kyurem-black? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Dragon Fang
Ability: Teravolt
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 Atk / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Rock Slide
- Iron Head / Zen Headbutt
- Fusion Bolt
Doubles Physical Sweeper Kyurem-Black (Teravolt)
Kyurem is a legendary Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Kyurem's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Teravolt, Kyurem's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon. Iron Head or Zen Headbutt are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Fusion Bolt is a physical 100-base power Electric-type move (power doubles if used after fusion flare).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Kyurem-black learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Kyurem-black can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Kyurem-black
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Kyurem-black's stats
- Ancient Power
- Hone Claws
Most notable and possible best moves for Kyurem-black
- Blizzard
- Dragon Claw
- Earth Power
- Facade
- Fusion Bolt
- Hone Claws
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Outrage
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roost
- Substitute
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Kyurem-black in Black and White
- Adamant Nature ( 112/252/0/0/0/144/ )
- Naive Nature ( 0/188/0/96/0/224/ )
- Optimize Kyurem-black's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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