Shiftry

Shiftry is an offensive powerhouse with a varied and effective toolkit to punch holes through the opposing team. Shiftry can leverage both a Choice Specs and a Swords Dance set to wallbreak, with both having appropriate pros and cons and largely different list of counters. Choice Specs has immediate power with few Pokemon willing to consistently switch into it, while the Swords Dance set can break through walls while still keeping offensive pressure with Sucker Punch. Because both of these sets are both strong and have mostly different counters, opponents can sometimes struggle to consistently answer Shiftry. However, Shiftry's low defenses means that it is vulnerable to getting knocked out quickly. Shiftry also tends to suffer under offensive pressure since its Speed is just short of being effective and reliance on Sucker Punch can only get Shiftry so far. It also doesn't help that Shiftry's biggest offensive counter, Monferno, is the most used Pokemon in PU by far.