Pokémon Review: Durant

While it's very popular in the TCG, Durant didn't really stand out too much in the games. :[
But honestly, I really like it's design so I might aswell review it! :P
So before I begin, many people get confused by the tier Durant is in -- BL2.

So WTF is BL2?

It's pretty much an ubers list for RU & NU -- Too powerful for RU but not used much in UU (And regular BL is the same, but is an ubers list for UU)

Durant has 3 abilities, which are Swarm, Hustle and Truant (WTF Gamefreak why Truant? D:)
While it looks extremely underpowered and like it should be NU, it can actually pack a punch in UU.
It's base speed is a whopping 109, so it's pretty fast -- definitely deserves 252 Speed EVs for just about any set.

As for the abilities, I would always go with Hustle which makes physical moves do 50% more damage, but at a cost of only 20% accuracy.

As for sets, I'd go with either of these in UU... Credit to Smogon for these:


Hone Claws
Durant @ Life Orb
4 HP 252 Atk 252 Spe
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Hustle
Moveset: Hone Claws, X-Scissor, Rock Slide/Stone Edge, Iron Head

Choice Band
Durant @ Choice Band
4 HP 252 Atk 252 Spe
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Hustle
Moveset: X-Scissor, Rock Slide, Iron Head, Thunder Fang

In the TCG:
Yup, new section. This won't be for every single review though, only for those with modified format TCG cards at the time of writing.

For a while, Durant [Noble Victories] was a very popular card in the TCG, it even had a deck named after it!
This is due to it's move called Hustle, which lets you discard the top card of your opponent's deck for each of your Durant in play.
If your planning on using the Durant deck, be sure to get a Rotom from Undaunted aswell! :]
If you want the whole decklist for Durant, google it.