Ice Beam

Earth Power

Substitute

Roost

Ice Beam/Blizzard

Earth Power/Hidden Power Fire

Dragon Pulse

Roost

My experience with this challenge under the alt "StunfiskSquad" have certainly been interesting. The first thing I had to do was decide which BL Pokémon I wanted to test. I remember using Kyurem back in the early days of BW1 when he was still allowed in UU. At that time, the main set that people used was the Choice Scarf set. It definitely has its merits, because Kyurem's speed is lacking to say the least. When BW2 came out, Kyurem was given a second wind with the move tutors for Roost and Earth Power, which greatly enhanced his offensive capabilities. With them, Kyurem could pull off an effective Sub-Roost set, complemented perfectly by his ability, Pressure. He has enough HP with little investment to have 101 HP substitues (enough to make sure you will live a Seismic Toss), he has respectable base 90 defenses, and fantastic base 130 attacking stats. Ice and Dragon are also really good offensive types, so he can put them to use too. But Kyurem is BL, so he must have some downsides. The most noticeable one is his Ice typing. Ice is a horrible defensive type. Weak to common Fighting and rock type attacks is never a good thing on a Pokémon trying to stall. That also means that he is weak to Stealth Rock and vulnerable to spikes, meaning that a Rapid Spinner is recommended to make sure he can survive as long as possible. Not only that, but he also appreciates being in Hail, because it helps ease his stalling, slowly dropping the opponents' HP or canceling leftovers recovery.But despite all of that, I chose him, and I was blown away. I used his Sub-Roost set on a hail team I threw together this morning, and I loved every minute of it. Here's the set:Kyurem @ LeftoversAbility: PressureEVs: 56 HP/220 SpA/236 SpeNature: ModestI chose Ice beam over Blizzard because I needed as much PP as possible for stalling out Pokémon. Looking back, Blizzard may have been a better choice because there were a few kills I missed out on. The given EVs are pretty basic. The HP puts him at 405, which gives him 101 HP subs and is also not divisible by 4 (remember Stealth Rock numbers!). The speed puts him at 285, meaning he can outspeed max speed, +speed nature Venusaur, Mamoswine, and Dragonite. I had a record of 7 wins to 3 losses, and many of those wins were because of Kyurem taking down specific threats. This battle[1] illustrates how Kyurem can completely turn around a bad situation. Kyurem is one of the scariest Pokemon behind a sub in the entire game. Few Pokemon are ok with taking either Earth Power or Ice Beam from Kyurem, and those who are, are usually slow enough that they have to take two. Kyurem was great at eliminating threats midgame so other things like Heatran or Terrakion could sweep. Looking back, I would definitely pair him with a set up sweeper like Salamence, since he can eliminate or weaken much of the opponent's team before Salamence even has to enter the battle field.In fact, most, if not all, of the problems I faced during this challenge were due to my own poor team building skills. The hail team I used certainly worked, but it could have been a lot better, and it has serious weaknesses to things like Life Orb Latios and Choice Scarf Terrakion. Don't even get me started on Keldeo. And as is true with many hail teams, it has major problems with sun teams, especially Bulkyrona, which after a few boosts can even muscle through Heatran.But Kyurem himself is a powerful threat that catches many teams in OU off-guard. It escapes me why so few people use him. I would definitely place Kyurem in the OU tier. He is one of the only Pokémon still able to keep stall alive in this crazy offensive metagame. As for alternate sets, a more offensive one can easily be used:Kyurem @ Life OrbAbility: PressureEVs: 4 Def/252 SpA/252 SpeNature: Modest/TimidRoost allows you to heal all of the damage from Life Orb and hazards, while still giving you the ability to hit hard off his base 130 SpA. This set would definitely appreciate all Mach Punchers eliminated, as well as paralysis support, to make his low speed less noticeable. Good partners include Celebi, who can take the Fighting type hits aimed at Kyurem, as well as Jirachi, who can take the Dragon ones. Breloom is a good offensive partner, able to hit things like Terrakion and Tyranitar, as well as winning in a 1v1 situation with Scizor, some common threats to Kyurem, depending on the moves you're running. This was a lot of fun and I can't wait to try out another one (I'm thinking Staraptor if no one else wants to take it :3 never mind, someone else took it). Hope this was of some use to you all, and have fun with Kyurem! Here's [2] proof of my user name and rank (I actually lost a battle while typing this -_-) EDIT: Something you all should remember. Even Scarf Abomasnow doesn't outspeed Tornadus-T, something I was not aware of myself T-T[3]