Overview

Hostile and Disgrace are absolutely deadly traits that either give free buffs or put the enemy into a lose/lose situation. It has a pretty great typing (mind the fires), it has all of the moves it needs, it hits hard, it is fast, and it has survivability. It can use Crystal Plume Gatling before most other 2 priority moves, Frond Whip allows it to have a powerful but slower STAB move, and Rush is a swansong that allows Chimurian to send one last farewell before it dies. This tem is fairly straightforward on paper and does exactly what it advertises.

(1.3 DUKE'S NOTES - THIS IS NOT THE BEST PRIORITY MOVE CHIMURIAN COULD HAVE RECEIVED, BUT IT CAN WORK. CHIM IS NOW A VERY EFFICIENT STALL PUNISHER WITH RAGE + GLASS BLADE, BUT STILL CANNOT BE PLAYED NEXT TO FIRES.)

Chimurian is an up-front crystal damage beast, with +1 Crystal Plume Gatling and great base stats defining it. It has a difficult fire weakness to navigate, but heavily rewards physical lineups that can protect it.

CPG and Frond Whip are the big attacks here, taking advantage of Bait's Vigorized effect to punch holes into the enemy team. It's difficult to resist by non-fires, comes out at a quick pace, and can put your opponent on the back foot. Sharp Leaf is a weak nature move that gives Chimurian an option on turn one, and Rush can help Chimurian get value if it finds itself cornered by Fiery Soul users. Sharpening can be a good option over either of the last two moves if you find that Chimurian gets more openings than you're used to, but with fires and melees fairly common in the meta, it may not be very likely.

Perfect Jabbers and fire slayers are the name of the game - Chimurian and Tulcan make good pivots for one another, Minothor can boost you with Purgation, and Mushook or Skunch can jab down potential targets.