Kudamon's Noivern

**Kudamon's Noivern** is a Noivern created by Kudamon. This mon is undoubtedly one of the most devastating special breakers of them all. Its average Special Attack is patched up by Choice Specs and the ridiculous power of Aerilate Boomburst, which levels cities and crumbles walls. Simply put, resisting this attack is not enough. Barely anything can switch into it more than once and even things that tank it comfortably like STAKATAKATAKA can get smacked by coverage like Focus Blast the next time they try coming in. It also helps that the only Soundproof mon, treesarecool's Misdreavus, is a complete non-threat in the meta that actually loses to Hyper Beam variants in CC1v1. The closest thing to a reliable counter is Nevermore, but that needs Roost to keep up and can lose to Switcheroo if it doesn't attack right away. This kind of power is expected to come with huge drawbacks, but nope. 281 speed is still amazing and its bulk, while nothing amazing, is far from the worst for an offensive mon. It's not uncommon to get teams that just outright lose to Noivern from turn 1. It's just that good. And while it's not guaranteed to get Boomburst, Echoed Voice or Draco Meteor sets aren't terrible enough to take away from its status as a top tier mon.

## Moves

-Boomburst

-Draco Meteor

-Echoed Voice

-Focus Blast

-Flamethrower

-Hyper Beam

-Switcheroo

-Dragon Pulse

## Usage Tips

* Kudamon's Noivern is best used when clicking Boomburst as this move is very spammable and extremely hard to punish. It allows Kudamon's Noivern to oneshot a large chunk of the Azuremons metagame, and almost nothing tanks it comfortably enough to actually switch into it.
* Kudamon's Noivern's Hyper Beam is best reserved for the CC1v1 tier, where it is slightly more powerful than Boomburst and the recharge turn is less exploitable. However, in many cases Boomburst still does the job without a miss chance, with the Soundproof treesarecool's Misdreavus being a notable exception.
* Kudamon's Noivern really only wants to be using its other moves if its predicting a switch-in which resists Boomburst, such as Focus Blast for STAKATAKATAKA.
* Switcheroo is best used to cripple defensive mons like Nevermore and treesarecool's Carbink if they wall too much of your team. Do note that losing Choice Specs harshly reduces Noivern's wallbreaking capabilities, so only do this if you really see no other way to get past these mons.
* if Kudamon's Noivern lacks Boomburst, it can still use Draco Meteor to do massive damage. Echoed Voice is capable of sweeping in the lategame if its able to use mons such as treesarecool's Carnivine or Omelette as fodder to increase its BP.

## Checks and Counters

* **Special Walls:** Jackpot and to a lesser degree Trigger-Hungry are able to tank Boomburst and threaten Kudamon's Noivern back with Ice Beam and Body Slam respectively. Both these Pokemon are also able to heal themselves, making it hard for Kudamon's Noivern to chip them down on its own; however, Jackpot without Soft-Boiled can only really switch in once.

* **Bulky Resists:** STAKATAKATAKA and Nevermore are able to resist both of Kudamon's Noivern stabs, although it can hit these Pokémon with Focus Blast and Switcheroo, respectively.

* **Faster Foes:** Most faster mons are able to force Kudamon's Noivern to switch out, as it is unable to take a super effective hit from them. SharpClaw and SGs Ridley are examples of mons that can force a switch from it.

* **Ability based checks:** Memomiguel and Nii Sama are both able to revenge kill Kudamon's Noivern with Refrigerate-boosted Fake Out and Extreme Speed. Treesarecool's Misdreavus' Soundproof ability can prevent it from mindlessly spamming Boomburst all day, although it will often struggle to really threaten Noivern or its teammates back.