>>17091204From the usage stats thread, RE Kyu-B:
Kyurem-B's low usage is a crime. What's more shocking is that the metagame has shifted in its favor, not against...
1. It can destroy Megasaur with Ice Beam and Rotom-W with Earth Power thanks to Teravolt bypassing their abilities, while outspeeding both of them and possibly setting up a Substitute in their faces as they pathetically try to Leech Seed/Status/hit back with resisted STABs. It also destroys many, many common defensive pokemon such as Gliscor and Heatran. There is a reason Kyurem-B is the bane of all stall teams.
2. Kyurem-B is easily the dragon who got hurt the least by the introduction of fairy types. It was general consensus at the end of Gen 5 that Kyurem-B's best sets (LO mixed attacker and Sub+3 attacks) didn't even rely on its Dragon STAB that much, if not at all and the most common fairies in OU have a secondary type that makes them weak to its main offensive moves (Ice Beam/Fusion Bolt/Earth Power). The ones that don't are slow and have pathetic physical bulk so they lose anyways.
3. With Defog support its worst weakness from Gen 5 is neutered so it has plenty of opportunities to switch in and wreck havoc.
4. Aegislash resists everything Kyurem-B is weak to, so it's an excellent partner. It helps that Aegislash is an excellent pokemon in its own right.
5. Kyurem-B is faster than Lucario before mega evolving, and a Bullet Punch from Mega Lucario fails to OHKO after SR damage with a -defense nature, so as long as Kyurem-B is out Lucario will never get a chance to set up.
Over the past three months, this nigga's usage puts it at 74th overall. That's also where it ranked in December. 1850 stats put it at 53rd for the month, and two spots out of OU... behind Tentacruel.
What the fuck? This thing should be a candidate for Ubers, not BL.
