Granbull

Granbull's bite is assuredly worse than its bark. Its powerful STAB Frustration comes off a great Attack stat, and its lack of relevant weaknesses allows it to take on a wide variety of foes. These qualities are so useful that it can arguably be considered on par with GSC UU's monarch, Nidoqueen, in terms of overall effectiveness. The tier's relative dearth of Pokemon that resist Normal plays fantastically to Granbull's advantage, enabling it to be highly effective as a mono-attacker. While the most prominent Granbull strategy is to take advantage of its Curse RestTalk set, which dominates against all but a few of the tier's Pokemon, it is the possibility that Granbull could be running a set that can surprise KO some of its better checks that really pushes its threat level over the edge. Its relatively wide movepool also gives it the potential to run a more team-supportive set with Heal Bell and to experiment with other, less predictable options such as Lovely Kiss and Dynamic Punch. In terms of flaws, Granbull's lacking Special Defense stat means that it can struggle to take on powerful special attackers, especially those that run 120-Base Power STAB attacks, such as Ampharos, Magneton, Omastar, and Arcanine, as these can threaten a potential 2HKO. Furthermore, although Granbull is favored against most Pokemon with its mono-attacking Curse set, it can invite dangerous Pokemon such as Haunter and Omastar in for free, which causes some inflexibility when team building with it. Moreover, its lack of resistances and low Speed can leave it in positions where it may be unable to find an opportunity to switch in and recover its health safely.