Granbull
Fairy Pokémon
GRANBULL has a particularly well- developed lower jaw. The enormous fangs are heavy, causing the POKéMON to tip its head back for balance. Unless it is startled, it will not try to bite indiscriminately.
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Strategy Overview
Granbull is one of ADV UU's best physical wallbreakers and physical walls, serving as one of the tier's best checks to Kangaskhan. Its good physical bulk, combined with Intimidate and the fact that it is only weak to Focus Punch, means it is very reliable at switching into Kangaskhan and pressuring it on the physical side. These qualities also allow it to check many other physical attackers such as Scyther, Solrock, Nidoqueen, and opposing Granbull. Granbull can also pose a potential sweeping threat if it runs Bulk Up, turning many physical attackers into setup fodder and hitting very hard in return, or it can have devastating power when holding a Choice Band.
Although Granbull takes hits well on the physical side, its lower Special Defense means it often loses interactions against common special attackers such as Arcanine, Ampharos, and Walrein. Granbull is also very slow to where even defensive Pokemon such as Omastar and Ampharos are able to move before Granbull can respond, limiting its offensive pressure and hurting its ability to switch in, especially when Spikes are up. Granbull's Normal typing means it lacks key resistances that other physical walls such as Omastar and Hitmontop have, meaning if it hasn't used Intimidate on a physical attacker, it can't fall back on its typing to check the opposing threat.
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