Ursaluna Team: Best Doubles Team for Regulation D Ranked Battle

This is a strategy guide and complete explanation of a Doubles Team that makes use of Ursaluna for Regulation D Ranked Battle in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for the team's rental code and tips on how to use this team effectively in competitive play, recommended movesets and best builds, and strategies and synergies for each Pokemon.

Best Doubles Team for Ranked Battle

Best Ursaluna Doubles Team

Rental Code	K32H5H

This team makes use of Tornadus and Cresselia for implementing Speed Control, with each Pokemon's Speed stats carefully calculated to outspeed specific threats. Knowledge of Speed Tiers will prove useful for piloting this team.

Speed Explained: How Does Speed Work?

Ursaluna Doubles Team Movesets & Best Builds

Tera Ghost Chien-Pao

Nature	Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk)
EV Spread	4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Final Stat Values	156 HP / 172 Atk / 100 Def / 85 Sp. Def / 205 Spe
Ability	Sword of Ruin
Tera Type
Held Item	Focus Sash
Moveset	・ Ice Spinner ・ Sacred Sword ・ Sucker Punch ・ Protect

A standard Chien-Pao Build improves the damage potential of all of the physical attackers on the team, with Chien-Pao included.

Chien-Pao is a great Pokemon to have in the back, switching in to boost a teammate's physical attack, or late-game to clear out low-HP Pokemon.

Chien-Pao Movesets and Best Builds

Support Cresselia

Nature	Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EV Spread	252 HP / 116 Def / 140 Sp. Def IVs: 0 Atk
Final Stat Values	227 HP / 159 Def / 95 Sp. Atk / 158 Sp. Def / 105 Spe
Ability	Levitate
Tera Type
Held Item	Mental Herb
Moveset	・ Psychic ・ Lunar Blessing ・ Trick Room ・ Helping Hand

Cresselia is usually a strong option against teams with no means of stopping Trick Room. This can allow our Ursaluna to sweep through our opponent's Pokemon.

Cresselia's Levitate Ability protects it from Ursaluna's Earthquake.

Cresselia Defensive Matchups

Cresselia's EV Spread allows it to survive powerful offensive moves un-Terastallized, with those in the table above being the most notable.

Cresselia Movesets and Best Builds

Tera Grass Heatran

Nature	Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk)
EV Spread	180 HP / 12 Def / 252 Sp. Atk / 12 Sp. Def / 52 Spe IVs: 0 Atk
Final Stat Values	189 HP / 128 Def / 200 Sp. Atk / 128 Sp. Def / 104 Spe
Ability	Flash Fire
Tera Type
Held Item	Life Orb
Moveset	・ Heat Wave ・ Tera Blast ・ Flash Cannon ・ Protect

Heatran is a powerful Pokemon in Regulation D thanks to Terastallization. Tera Grass keeps it safe from Ground and Water-type Attacks, while a Grass Tera Blast can deal with Ground and Water-type threats.

With Terastallization, Heatran is not a bad option to have against the Rain matchup, being able to resist Basculegion's Wave Crash. It will be weak to Pelipper's Hurricane, however, so it is important to still keep it safe from super-effective moves.

52 Speed EVs allow Heatran to outspeed non-Booster Energy Iron Bundle in Tailwind.

Heatran Movesets and Best Builds

Support Tornadus

Nature	Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EV Spread	164 HP / 172 Def / 20 Sp. Atk / 4 Sp. Def / 148 Spe IVs: 0 Atk
Final Stat Values	175 HP / 123 Def / 148 Sp. Atk / 101 Sp. Def / 150 Spe
Ability	Prankster
Tera Type
Held Item	Covert Cloak
Moveset	・ Bleakwind Storm ・ Tailwind ・ Taunt ・ Rain Dance

This Tornadus set features a good deal of investment in physical bulk, being able to withstand multiple Rock Slides from Landorus-T, Surging Strikes from Rapid-Strike Urshifu, as well as Wild Charge from Iron Hands. Its Covert Cloak protects it from getting flinched by Fake Out. This also protects Tornadus from speed drops from Electroweb and Icy Wind.

Tornadus will still be susceptible to getting KOd by powerful Electric-type Attacks from the likes of Regieleki, Thundurus, and Zapdos, which are difficult for Tornadus to take on by itself.

Tailwind is the most important move of the set, as it allows Tornadus' teammates to hit mportant speed benchmarks.

Because Tornadus is not Timid and max Speed, it will not be good for Taunting opposing Tornadus or Thundurus, however Taunt is an important inclusion because it can shut down Amoonguss and Hisuian Goodra. Because most Cresselia run Mental Herb, Taunting Cresselia is also not always a great option, unless we are able to do it twice.

Rain Dance can reduce the effectiveness of opposing Sun Teams, while boosting the effectiveness of Rapid-Strike Urshifu's Surging Strikes.

20 Special Attack EVs will allow it to deal a good amount of damage to both Urshifus, while 148 Speed will always allow Tornadus to outspeed them outside of Tailwind.

Tornadus Movesets and Best Builds

Tera Steel Rapid-Strike Urshifu

Nature	Adamant (+Atk, -Sp. Atk)
EV Spread	252 Atk / 4 Sp. Def / 252 Spe
Final Stat Values	175 HP / 200 Atk / 120 Def / 81 Sp. Def / 149 Spe
Ability	Unseen Fist
Tera Type
Held Item	Mystic Water
Moveset	・ Surging Strikes ・ Aqua Jet ・ Close Combat ・ Detect

A standard Rapid-Strike Urshifu build makes is way on the team. Its offensive capabilities makes it a perfect partner for Tornadus, especially since Tornadus can set up Rain and Tailwind.

Urshifu is also a good Pokemon to have in the back, as its ability to deal consistent damage is valuable even when it is not a lead.
Pairing it with Chien-Pao can help boost its damage thanks to Chien-Pao's Sword of Ruin Ability.

Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style Movesets and Best Builds

Fast Ursaluna

Nature	Adamant (+Atk -Sp. Atk)
EV Spread	140 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 20 Sp. Def / 92 Spe
Final Stat Values	223 HP / 211 Atk / 126 Def / 103 Sp. Def / 82 Spe
Ability	Guts
Tera Type
Held Item	Flame Orb
Moveset	・ Facade ・ Earthquake ・ Drain Punch ・ Protect

Ursaluna can function comfortably in Tailwind or Trick Room. This build allows Ursaluna to outspeed Pokemon with Base 100 Speed or slower in Tailwind. These include Palafin, Chi-Yu, Arcanine, Gholdengo, Annihilape, Baxcalibur, and Great Tusk.

While using Protect on the first turn is an obvious play, it sometimes cannot be helped, as we need a turn to activate Ursaluna's Flame Orb.

A fast Ursaluna can also match up favorably against slower Ursaluna outside Trick Room, because it is able to fire off an attack before they get to.

Ursaluna Movesets and Best Builds

Ursaluna Doubles Team Strategies and Synergies

This team makes great use of Pokemon from Pokemon HOME who are newly introduced into Ranked Battles in Regulation D.

It utilizes very strong Pokemon with natural synergy with each other and relies on the user's knowledge of Pokemon's Speed Tiers to be used effectively.

Tornadus's Tailwind helps the team gain a speed advantage, while Cresselia's Trick Room can give this advantage to the team's slower members.

Tailwind

Tornadus (Incarnate Forme)	Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style
Ursaluna	Heatran

Tailwind is one of the most important moves of the set, as it allows most of the Pokemon on the team to hit important speed benchmarks.

Urshifu, Ursaluna, and Heatran all benefit from Tailwind, but Chien-Pao benefits from it too when it is up against opposing Chien-Pao or Flutter Mane which it may speed tie with.

Fastest Pokemon: List of Pokemon by Speed

Trick Room

Ursaluna

Cresselia

Heatran

Cresselia can set up Trick Room for its teammates with low to middling speed. This is important in matchups where an opponent has few ways of stopping Trick Room, allowing Ursaluna to activate its Guts Ability with Flame Orb and sweep.

Cresselia is naturally faster than Ursaluna, which means that in Trick Room, Lunar Blessing can heal Ursaluna from damage and its Burn after Ursaluna has attacked. Flame Orb will always activate at the end of a turn cycle, without dealing incremental damage to Ursaluna.

Helping Hand can also help a healthy un-Burned Ursaluna score a one-hit KO on Flutter Mane on turn 1 if we are threatened by Imprison

Sword of Ruin

Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style

Chien-Pao

Ursaluna

Chien-Pao and its Sword of Ruin Ability increases the effectiveness of the team's physical attackers. Having Chien-Pao in the back as a surprise switch-in, or just having it come in after a teammate has been KOd can often swing a battle in your favor.

When to Terastallize

Use to Remove Weaknesses

Chien-Pao Tera Type:	Cresselia Tera Type:	Heatran Tera Type:
Tornadus (Incarnate Forme) Tera Type:	Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style Tera Type:	Ursaluna Tera Type:

All Tera options on this team are defensive Teras which all aim to remove weaknesses.

Tornadus's Dark Tera is used to protect it from an opposing Prankster's Taunt, while Chien-Pao's Ghost Tera can protect it from Fake Out.

Be Wary of Bad Matchups

Basculegion (Male) Tera Type:

Armarouge Tera Type:

Indeedee (Female) Hold Item: Rocky Helmet

Rain is a difficult matchup for this team, as Basculegion can immediately KO Cresselia with Wave Crash.

Armarouge and Indeedee-F may also prove difficult, as Armarouge may Tera Grass to protect itself from Surging Strikes or Earthquake. Indeedee-F have also been running Rocky Helmet to punish Urshifu's Surging Strikes using its Follow Me.

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