Musharna

Musharna is one of the most versatile Pokemon in the tier due to a great stat distribution and a movepool that adds to its ability to perform a variety of roles. Such options include that of a defensive pivot, boosting sweeper, offensive Trick Room sweeper, and Choice Specs wallbreaker. Excellent defensive capabilities allow Musharna to check or counter most physical attackers, such as Sawk and Kangaskhan, as well as check most opposing Psychic-types, defensive threats, and most weak special attackers. Musharna has a wide, viable movepool with options including Heal Bell, Thunder Wave, Baton Pass, and Trick, while having reliable recovery of its own in Moonlight. Synchronize gives Musharna a great weapon against more defensive teams, as this allows it to cripple most defensive Pokemon that depend on status to wear it down. While access to so many useful options makes it an exceptional pick for many teams, Musharna's usefulness depends a lot on the variety of moves that it needs to run in a given situation, which highlights its biggest shortcoming in the fact that it's limited to only four of those options. It is also one of the slowest Pokemon in the tier, meaning that it is often prone to being worn down as it constantly gets pummeled by powerful attacks and passive damage. Musharna is able to threaten a lot of Pokemon that don't resist its STAB, but it tends to struggle a lot against most Dark- and Steel-type Pokemon that can either trap it or inflict said passive damage. Because of these flaws, Musharna faces competition as a bulky Psychic-type from Duosion and Gothorita, the former of which is immune to passive damage while the latter has extra utility through Shadow Tag.