Hello, I don't normally post here but I couldn't help but see how criminally underrated Kyurem-B is and how it's represented in the Viability rankings. I think that Kyurem is more than deserving to be placed in
B+. It's so much better than all the other B ranked mons and is closer in viability to the likes of manaphy, tyranitar, rotom, lati, etc. Kyurem, just to be honest, puts in work.
Allot of people have the idea that Z-Freeze shock is what gets Kyurem into B rank, but honestly that set is so underwhelming and is only good for heat/meme teams. For serious play the
life orb set is by far the most consistent and puts the most pressure on teams. Kyurem is able to put so much pressure on teams due to it's amazing offensive coverage and BULK. The pressure that Kyurem is able to apply is similar to greninja, although not as extreme, because it's so hard to switch into and forces in allot of glue mons that can allow teammates to clean up.
The best set for Kyurem, in my opinion, consists of:
Kyurem-Black @ Life Orb
Ability: Teravolt
EVs: 8 Atk / 252 SpA / 248 Spe
Mild Nature
- Ice Beam
- Earth Power
- Fusion Bolt
- Roost
(Speed Is For Jolly Gyrardos)
Last gen Kyurem was strapped for moves between HP Fire, Earthpower, and Roost in it's last two slots (Fusion Bolt and Ice beam are Necessary). This gen Kyurem has a bit more freedom and is able to be more effective with this simple set. Scizor is allot less common and ferrothorn gets bopped by ice beam anyways, and I can't remember the last time I saw a Jirachi. This along with the absence of clef also allows for Kyurem to be much harder to check defensively, allowing it to demolish common cores.
Sure the amount of steel types and fairy types in this meta prove "problematic" but honestly Kyurem beats most of them 1v1 anyways. You beat fini with fusion bolt and roost on moonblast, tapu koko doesn't normally carry dazzling gleam, bulu...dies, ferrothorn takes a TON from ice beam, celesteela is almost OHKOd by fusion bolt after rocks, AV magearna takes almost half from earth power, heatran dies, and skarmory dies.
This leaves Tapu Lele, Excadrill, and Metagross as the only real steel/fariy mons that threaten it. All of which are checked by common mons such as celesteela/scizor/lando
Overall I think Kyurem matches up very well against both offensive and deffensive teams due to it's power and bulk allowing it to act as either a pivot (into things like greninja, koko, zygarde, zard y, toxapex, etc.) or punch holes through any deffensive core that doesn't consist of scizor.
And with what it doesn't beat it's so easy to support! It is very independent, aside from needing defog or spin, and helps teammates to wall or sweep teams late game. It pairs so well with some of the best pokemon due to it's ability to pressure and lure things like Toxapex, Skarm, Tapu Fini, and Ferrothorn allowing it to pair well with lando, Metagross, Greninja, Pheromosa and many more. It also finds plenty of opportunities to switch in and do it's job too because of its bulk.
Tldr; It's so strong and is very good at pressuring and weakening teams and pivots into many mons allowing for either itself or a teammate to sweep.
I don't have very many replays but I plan on adding more. For some reason they're not saving. (I know they're not the best but I'm only a mid-ladder player oK)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-545298067 - Here Kyurem breaks stall and allows for Zygarde to clean
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-545293592 - Here Kyurem weakens fini and allows Pheromosa to clean
I had one where Kyurem 6-0'd this guy turn one but I didn't save it. It was some semi stall with tran, Venu, Skarm, A-wak, something else, and greninja