Competitive Information for Ursaring [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Ursaring? 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.
Ursaring is a stupendous Normal-typed Pokemon. Ursaring are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. Ursaring's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Flame Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Guts / Quick Feet
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Close Combat / Superpower
- Earthquake
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Ursaring (Guts)
Ursaring is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Ursaring's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Close Combat). Flame Orb will burn Ursaring at the end of the turn which will activate Ursaring's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Ursaring is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Ursaring a sweet boost.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Ursaring's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Ursaring's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Ursaring this turn).
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Item: Toxic Orb
Ability: Guts
Nature: Naughty (+Atk, -SpD)
EVs: 201 Hp / 108 Atk / 201 Spe
Moveset:
- Shadow Claw
- Close Combat
- Hammer Arm
- Facade
Ursaring Physical Tank (Grrrrrrrrrrrr)
Ursaring is a sensational Physical Tank. It's meant to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Toxic Orb will poison Ursaring at the end of the turn. With Guts, if Ursaring is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Ursaring a sweet boost.
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Ursaring's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Ursaring's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Ursaring is burn/poison/paralyzed).
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Item: Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Close Combat
- Facade
- Crunch
- Swords Dance
Ursaring Physical Tank (Beastboy (shiny))
Ursaring is an interesting Physical Tank. It is designed to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Flame Orb will burn Ursaring at the end of the turn which will activate Ursaring's Guts ability. With Guts, if Ursaring is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Ursaring a sweet boost.
♦ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Ursaring is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Ursaring's attack by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ursaring? 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: Flame Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Guts / Quick Feet
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Ursaring (Guts)
Ursaring is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Ursaring at the end of the turn which will activate Ursaring's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Ursaring is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Ursaring a sweet boost.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Ursaring this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Ursaring learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Ursaring 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 Ursaring
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Ability: Guts + Item: Flame orb
- Ability: Quick feet + Item: Flame orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Toxic
Moves that boost Ursaring's stats
- Belly Drum
- Bulk Up
- Defense Curl
- Hone Claws
- Metal Claw
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Ursaring
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Ursaring in Black and White
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