

Xurkitree is broken and is also a good dancer. Uff, look those moves.

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252 SpA Latias Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Xurkitree: 250-295 (81.4 - 96%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252 Atk Terrakion Close Combat vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Xurkitree: 258-304 (84 - 99%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252 Atk Infernape Flare Blitz vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Xurkitree: 220-261 (71.6 - 85%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252 SpA Hydreigon Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Xurkitree: 274-324 (89.2 - 105.5%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO

0 Atk Gliscor Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Xurkitree: 272-324 (88.5 - 105.5%) -- 31.3% chance to OHKO

As I said in Conk's Suspect thread I don't talk too much because my english is not the best, however I want to talk about two things here: Why in my opinion Xurkitree is stupidly broken (and why its "checks" are not checks) and about Why I think that the UU metagame is Hell rn and will not be settled for a while.First of all lets talk about our Wire. This thing is broken and is unhealthy for the metagame for a lot of reasons:Xurkitree has a lot of sets and a coverage, that believe it or not is good. We have, TG + 3 Attacks, we have TG + Sub, we have TG + Shuca Berry, TG + Gigavoc Havoc. So, you are trying to stop something that you don't even know what is going to do.This mon is also uncompetitive and unhealthy because it forces us to do things that we don't want to do. For example, if you are using Aerodactyl, at least in my opinion, you have to use EQ, why? Because Xurkitree exists. If you don't use EQ, because you want to use Hone Claws Aqua SE Wing Attack, you will need a secondary Xurkitree answer and, maybe, a third one. Lets see this. I said that this mon is unstoppable, and a lot of people said "Xurkitree is not broken, you have Latias, Infernape, Hydreigon, Aerodactyl, Gliscor, etc" "It is easy to revenge kill". Ok, let me tell you something, only Aerodactyl (and Gliscor if you run like 72 EVs in Atk) is able to kill Xurkitree most of the time (I mean, it is not 100% sure, and as I said before it can be Shuca Berry and it will send you to hell with HP Ice / Thunderbolt). Now, lets see some fun calcs:As you see most scarfers need prior damage to kill Xurkitree. I have seen people using Scarf Latias or Hydreigon, Scarf Infernape or Scarf Terrakion, and all of them have lost at least two mons againts this thing. Let me give you an example once again. You have a mon like Empoleon, Primarina, Swampert or even CB Scizor locked in a move that is not BP, and you have in the back one (or maybe two) of the mons mentioned before. So, Xurkitree comes-in in a double/free switch, several things can happen:Xurkitree OHKOs your Pokémon with Tbolt and gets a boost.Xurkitree tries to Z-Hypnosis your Pokémon and after that it Tail Glows or kills you with tbolt.It misses its hypnosis or your opponent takes a risk and sub/TG in your face, so you can hit it and revenge kill it after.Now, point #1: Xurkitree kills you and it is a 100%, you go into Hydreigon and you have a small chance to kill him so you have to U-turn and sack something else. You have lost two Pokémon againts Xurkitree, but the good thing is that it is not +1 Speed so if you have something like Z-Cobalion you don't have to lose two mons. Point #2: Xurkitree kills you and it is a 100%, you go into Hydreigon and you have a small chance to kill him so you have to U-turn and sack something else. You have lost two Pokémon againts Xurkitree and the only one that is able to revenge kill him is Hydreigon (remember this please). In Point #3 you only lose one Pokémon because your opponent took a risk so you hit Xurkitree and Draco can kill.I have news for you, Xurkitree has a crew, and they are angry, specially if you kill the guy with the Flow. So, i said before that Hydreigon (or you scarfer / revenge Killer) kills Xurkitree, but with what move? In Hydreigon case you have to use Draco or Dark Pulse (Xurkitree has to be very damaged); in Latias case you use Psyshock or Draco; in Infernape case you use EQ (not that common), CC or Flare Blitz. Ok frens, you killed Xurkitree, good for you, but I have bad news: its partners are coming. Hawlucha or Scizor comes out after you kill Xurkitree, they can freely setup on your mons and win the game. You can have Weavile for Hawlucha, and something for Scizor, but we are not talking about turn 10, we are talking about a battle where things have happened and you don't have your entire team. Xurkitree can also be alongside Ninetales, who mades this Wire even better, because nor of this Pokémon can revenge kill it.Why do i have to run 292 Speed Gliscor, why do I have to run EQ always in aerodactyl. I realized that Sub +Protect Suicune is better 292 Speed now only because Xurkitree exist and you dont want to give it a free boost. Why I cannot use stall without Krok being happy because there is no Xukitree. Why I have to use this scarfers to pivot then sack something and then kill Xukitree to lose againts a Xuki's teamate. I cannot believe that some people says that Xurkitree is not broken because you can revenge kill it and because it is slow. Based on that conk would be in UU (different Pokémon, I am just comparing the arguments). Every single Pokémon can be revenge killed, the thing is: are you paying attention at your team? Do you see that you are building something to stop a stupid Wire and you are not seeing it? Do you know that Xurkitree can kill two mons before he dies? Have you realized that? Common guys, this mon is not healthy for UU.Now I am going to say why UU is going to be hell for at least six more months. We have Scizor, Weavile, Hawlucha, Pokémon like Primarina that hits like a truck but has a bad physical bulk, Hail, Latias that you don't know what is going to do, and a another Pokémon that are pretty good. All this mons are very good in UU and some of them will be broken soon (if they are not already), and in top of that gamefreak decided to give us a new game, that will bring new beast to UU. This tier is not settled, at least not in my opinion, I don't think is healthy at the moment and I think that this will be a pain for a while.I dont want Xurkitree banned, IOnce again sorry about my venezuelan english. Have a good day ~.You are 100% right, but in this case is different. As I said one check is not going to save you. What I meant is that you have to run several answers for one pokemon, at least for me that is not healthy. Adaam