This is a strategy guide for using Urshifu Single-Strike Style in competitive play for the games Pokemon Sword and Shield. Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, and Held Items to use with Urshifu Single-Strike Style, as well as its strengths and weak points.
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Evolution and Learnset | Build for Ranked Battle | Gigantamax Urshifu Single-Strike Style |
List of Contents
Pokemon | Type 1 | Type 2 |
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Abilities | ||
Unseen Fist | Allows the Pokemon to bypass moves like Protect when it uses attacks which make direct contact. |
Type | |
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Takes 4x damage | |
Takes 2x damage | |
Takes 0.5x damage | |
Takes 1/4x damage | |
Takes 0x damage |
HP | Attack | Defense | Sp. Atk | Sp. Def | Speed |
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100 | 130 | 100 | 63 | 60 | 97 |
Best Natures | |
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Jolly (+Spd, -SpAtk) | Adamant (+Atk, -SpAtk) |
Nature | Jolly (+Spd, -Sp.Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 4 / Atk 252 / Spd 252 |
Final Stat Values | HP 175 / Atk 182 / Def 120 / Sp.Def 80 / Spd 163 |
Ability | Unseen Fist |
Held Item | Focus Sash |
Moveset | ・Wicked Blow
・Close Combat ・Counter ・Thunder Punch |
This set gives Urshifu a Focus Sash to be used in conjunction with Counter. When up against a physical sweeper, Urshifu will be able to take a potentially life-threatening hit while dishing out its own counterattack for massive damage. When used correctly, this set can take out the opponent's physical ace.
Wicked Blow and Close Combat are Ushifu's main attacking moves and should be his move of choice against everything he outspeeds.
When up against other physical attackers that may outspeed you, this is where this build shines. Counter, in coordination with survivability from Focus Sash, will let you take a hit and dish back double the damage to the opponent. This almost always will guarantee a KO even on Dynamaxed opponents.
Thunder Punch is here to help you deal with Water/Fairy types such as Primarina or Tapu Fini.
This set utilizes a standard physically offensive spread with maximum investment in attack and speed. The remaining EVs can be added to HP.
Unseen Fist allows Urshifu to make sure that contact moves will always hit, even when the opponent uses Protect.
Focus Sash allows Urshifu to survive a killing blow at 1 HP, provided that it was at full HP.
Sucker Punch | A priority move with STAB. Can take down a Dragapult with no EVs in HP in one hit. |
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Poison Jab
Iron Head |
Alternate coverage moves used for hitting Fairy-types. |
Rock Tomb | For hitting fast opponents and reducing their Speed, or when you can read a switch-out. |
Taunt | Used for handling defensive Pokemon and blocking their support moves. |
Ice Punch | A coverage move used for hitting Dragon-types and Grass-types. |
Nature | Jolly (+Spd, -Sp.Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 4 / Atk 252 / Spd 252 |
Final Stat Values | HP 175 / Atk 182 / Def 120 / Sp.Def 80 / Spd 163 |
Ability | Unseen Fist |
Held Item | Choice Band |
Moveset | ・Wicked Blow
・Close Combat ・Thunder Punch ・U-Turn |
This set takes advantage of the boost to the attack stat that Choice Band provides to let Urshifu hit like a truck against any opponent. Combined with the guaranteed critical hit from the STAB move Wicked Blow, this set is sure to deal significant amounts of damage.
Wicked Blow and Close Combat are Ushifu's main attacking moves which both benefit from STAB.
Thunder Punch is here to help you deal with Water/Fairy types such as Primarina or Tapu Fini.
U-Turn can be used to switch out of unfavorable matchups, while also dealing chip damage before it leaves the field.
This set utilizes a standard physically offensive spread with maximum investment in attack and speed. The remaining EVs can be added to HP.
Jolly is preferred over Adamant as it lets Urshifu outspeed Landorus and Mimikyu.
Choice Band gives a 50% boost to the user's attack stat, further strengthening it's physical prowess.
Poison Jab
Iron Head |
Alternate coverage moves used for hitting Fairy-types. |
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Rock Slide | For Charizard, Volcarona, and others. Its potential for flinching is a nice bonus. |
Facade | Can be useful against Will-O-Wisp users. |
Ice Punch | A coverage move used for hitting Dragon-types and Grass-types. |
Nature | Jolly (+Spd, -Sp.Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 4 / Atk 252 / Spd 252 |
Final Stat Values | HP 175 / Atk 182 / Def 120 / Sp.Def 80 / Spd 163 |
Ability | Unseen Fist |
Held Item | Choice Scarf |
Moveset | ・Wicked Blow
・Close Combat ・Thunder Punch ・U-Turn |
In exchange for a bit of power, this set allows Urshifu to outspeed other threats in the metagame. In particular, with a Choice Scarf, Urshifu can outspeed Cinderace and Nihilego.
Wicked Blow and Close Combat are Ushifu's main attacking moves which both benefit from STAB.
Thunder Punch is here to help you deal with Water/Fairy types such as Primarina or Tapu Fini.
U-Turn can be used to switch out of unfavorable matchups, while also dealing chip damage before it leaves the field.
This set utilizes a standard physically offensive spread with maximum investment in attack and speed. The remaining EVs can be added to HP.
Choice Scarf gives a 50% boost to the user's speed stat, allowing it to outspeed certain Pokemon it couldn't before.
Poison Jab
Iron Head |
Alternate coverage moves used for hitting Fairy-types. |
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Rock Slide | For Charizard, Volcarona, and others. Its potential for flinching is a nice bonus. |
Ice Punch | A coverage move used for hitting Dragon-types and Grass-types. |
Nature | Jolly (+Spd, - Sp.Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 4 / Atk 252 / Spd 252 |
Final Stat Values | HP 175 / Atk 182 / Def 120 / Sp.Def 80 / Spd 163 |
Ability | Unseen Fist |
Held Item | Focus Sash Life Orb |
Moveset | ・Wicked Blow
・Sucker Punch ・Close Combat ・Detect |
Urshifu is a powerful physical attacker that functions well as a lead attacker in Doubles thanks to its great dual STAB, powerful moves, and Unseen Fist Ability.
Wicked Blow is Urshifu's strongest STAB move, and thanks to its guaranteed critical hit, allows the Wushu Pokemon to take on defensive Pokemon with ease. This move also allows Urshifu to take on Intimidate users like Incineror and Landorus (Therian Forme) since Wicked Blow's critical hits bypass Attack drops from Intimidate.
Sucker Punch is a utility move with STAB that lets it hit faster opponents such as Dragapult and Calyrex (Shadow Rider) that would otherwise outspeed and threaten it. Close Combat is another strong STAB move that has great coverage, with the tradeoff that it lowers Urshifu's Defense and Sp. Defense by 1 stage.
Since this Urshifu functions as a lead attacker, we're giving it Detect for its last move as a way to scout opposing leads. It also shields it from multi-target moves from its partner like Earthquake or Surf, or simply let it recover passive HP when Grassy Terrrain is up.
This set utilizes a standard physically offensive spread with maximum investment in Attack and Speed, with the remaining 4 EVs placed in HP to give it some bulk.
Unseen Fist is Urshifu's only Ability and allows it to bypass protection moves such as Protect and Detect, as well as the held item Protective Pads.
This Ability is especially useful in Doubles since protection moves are very widespread, and allows Urshifu to function as an anti-lead of sorts.
Urshifu has two options for held items. Focus Sash allows Urshifu to survive a killing blow at 1 HP, provided that it was at full HP.
Life Orb, on the other hand, boosts the power of its moves at the cost of some residual damage.
U-Turn | A good utility move that can replace Detect, allowing Urshifu to quickly pivot to another Pokemon when it faces a check. |
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Ice Punch | Can replace Detect and allows Urshifu to deal super effective damage against Landorus. |
Urshifu's Single-Strike Style gets the exclusive move Wicked Blow, which has 80 Power and a guaranteed critical hit. This allows it to essentially serve as a 120-Power move which ignores defensive boosts, Light Screen and Reflect, and has no downside. Its combination of Fighting and Dark type is also advantageous for attacking, allowing it to deal neutral or super effective damage with STAB against a wide variety of opponents.
With a massive base Attack of 130 and a solid Speed of 97, Urshifu is posed to be a fast and hard-hitting sweeper. It even has the benefit of 1 Speed point over Mimikyu, allowing it to hit first with Iron Head.
Urshifu's Gigantamax form is also legal for use in Ranked Battle. Its G-Max One Blow has the special effect of hitting through Max Guard and other protecting moves, as well as dealing heavy damage.
Physical Attacker | Special Attacker / Utility | Secondary Physical Attacker |
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Urshifu Single-Strike Style | Lapras | Mimikyu |
This core relies on dealing a lot of damage while also protecting its sweepers. Lapras' access to G-Max Resonance can provide unparalleled utility for the team.
Access to Freeze-Dry also allows Lapras to take care of Fairy-type threats like Primarina or Tapu Fini. On the other hand, its Water-type moves can take care of Fire-types that Mimikyu may have trouble with.
The support Mimikyu will receive from Aurora Veil should help with its survivability and lets it fill the role of a secondary Physical Attacker for the team.
Urshifu Single-Strike can easily cover the Steel-type weaknesses of its teammates, while blowing away most other threats with its guaranteed Critical Hits.
How to Build an Offensive Team
Lead Attacker | Lead Support |
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Urshifu Single-Strike Style | Zamazenta |
Special Attacker | Redirection Support |
Gengar | Indeedee (Female) |
This team leads Urshifu and is focuses on getting as much damage as possible with its moves. Zamazenta functions as an unconventional lead support, boosting Urshifu's Attack and Defense with Coaching while also proviidng Wide Guard support on top of deterring Fairy-types with its STAB Behemoth Bash.
Gengar functions as a secondary attacker and is mostly used as backup for Urshifu in the event it encounters a Fairy-type. Indeedee, on the other hand, can swap places with Zamazenta if Urshifu needs redirection support.
Weakness |
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Fairy-type Pokemon have a resistance to both Fighting and Dark type, forcing Urshifu to use a non-STAB move. It also suffers from a 4x weakness to Fairy, making it easy to hit its weak spot and take it down. However, Urshifu does have substantial hitting power, so it's possible that it can overturn an opponent with mediocre defenses.
Pokemon | Description |
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Tapu Fini | Ranking: ★★★★★
・The Fairy-type is 4x effective against Urshifu. ・Durable enough to withstand Urshifu's attacks. Moveset & Best Build for Tapu Fini |
Zapdos | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Has favorable type matchups against Urshifu. ・Be wary of Scarfed Urshifu who may take Zapdos out first. Moveset & Best Build for Zapdos |
Mimikyu | Ranking: ★★★★
・Its Fairy-type moves are 4x effective against Urshifu. ・Can survive against Urshifu thanks to Disguise alongside resistances to Dark and Fighting. Moveset & Best Build for Mimikyu |
Pheromosa | Ranking:★★★★
・Has favorable type matchups against Urshifu. ・Be wary of Scarfed Urshifu's who may take Pheromosa out first. Moveset & Best Build for Pheromosa |
Dragonite | Ranking: ★★★★
・Dual Wingbeat can take care of Focus Sash variants of Urshifu. Moveset & Best Build for Dragonite |
Physically-defensive Pokemon can handle Urshifu's hits even when switching into an attack. If the type matchup is good, defensive Pokemon can resist its attacks and hit back with its weaknesses.
Pokemon | Description |
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Drapion | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Its Battle Armor Ability gives prevents Wicked Blow's critical hits. ・Resists all of Urshifu's STAB moves and can use it as setup fodder with Toxic Spikes or simply Knock Off its held item. Moveset & Best Build for Galarian Weezing |
Galarian Weezing | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Resists Urshifu's STAB moves. ・Its Fairy-type moves are 4x effective against Urshifu. Moveset & Best Build for Galarian Weezing |
Clefable | Ranking: ★★★★
・Resists Urshifu's STAB moves. ・Its Fairy-type moves are 4x effective against Urshifu. Moveset & Best Build for Clefable |
All Competitive Builds for Ranked Battle
Competitive Pokemon Battle Guides | |||||
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Tier List | Best Builds | Series 10 List of Contenders | |||
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Movesets & Best Builds for The Isle of Armor Pokemon | ||
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Volcarona | Chansey | Blissey |
Talonflame | Azumarill | Galarian Slowbro |
Porygon2 | Urshifu Single-Strike Style | Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style |
Slowbro | Alolan Marowak | Dragalge |
Klefki | Lycanroc | Amoonguss |
Poliwrath | Palossand | Mienshao |
Starmie | Heracross | Comfey |
Porygon-Z | Alakazam | Politoed |
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