Natu

With a great ability in Magic Bounce, Natu carves itself an effective niche in the PU metagame. As the only Pokemon in the tier that has access to the ability, Natu is able to deflect entry hazards and other status moves such as Stealth Rock and Will-O-Wisp. Natu has a great utility movepool that complements its role as a defensive Magic Bounce user, including options such as U-turn, Reflect, and reliable recovery in Roost. Natu, however, has a rather poor defensive typing, and it is easily targeted by common Dark-, Ice-, Rock-, and Electric-types such as Spiritomb, Aurorus, and Eelektross. Natu cannot switch into all entry hazard setters, as some setters like Aggron can be a problem if they predict Natu switching into them; therefore, mind games are usually played to keep entry hazards away from the field consistently by keeping the opponent guessing if Natu is switching in or not. Aside from Reflect, Natu has very poor bulk even with its Eviolite intact and can be easily threatened by powerful Pokemon or Pokemon that deal super effective damage to it such as Lycanroc. Furthermore, due to its reliance on Eviolite, Knock Off is an extremely dangerous tool against Natu, as it sports a weakness to the move and losing Eviolite severely hinders its longevity. Despite Natu's typing, it makes for a terrible check to Fighting-types because Fighting-types such as Gurdurr and Throh are able to take any of Natu's moves once and retaliate with Knock Off, while other Fighting-types such as Hitmonchan carry other threatening coverage moves such as Ice Punch. Natu's relative passivity means that setup sweepers can generally switch into it with ease, not fearing much aside from Thunder Wave, though Substitute users like Oricorio-G can avoid the move. Being reliant on Night Shade for damage also allows Normal-type wallbreakers like Kangaskhan and Zangoose to easily switch in.