Question

What is a good Drain Puncher in Gen 8 OU?

Answer 1

Buzzwole and Rillaboom buth commonly use Drain Punch on their sets. Buzzwole gets STAB, and that plus Bulk Up makes it quite a good user. Rillaboom gets Swords Dance, and that plus a Life Orb can make it do massive damage. Rillaboom does sometimes opt for Superpower, but Drain Punch is a very good choice. Buzzwole sometimes uses Close Combat, but Drain Punch is generally the preferred option.

Buzzwole
Rillaboom

Hope I helped!

Comments

Close Combat is run on Buzzwole mostly from inexperienced players or players using the Scarfed set, which is far worse than the Bulk Up Drain Punch set.

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Rillaboom's physical attack is a lot higher than its defenses, so it wants to do as much damage as possible. Superpower is almost always better than drain punch.

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It should also be mentioned that Urshifu can run Drain Punch on Bulk Up + Sub sets.

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But bulk up Urshifu is usually worse than choice band Urshifu.