Overview

Skunch is an incredibly hard-hitting Tem due to the powerful Brawny trait and its high base power STAB techniques. On top of hitting hard, Skunch's well-rounded stats allow it to be either very fast, very bulky, or somewhere in-between. In spite of Skunch's strong stats, traits, and techniques, its typing can be a double-edged sword. While allowing strong neutral damage into almost any Tem, Skunch's typings cannot hit Mentals and leave it with a dangerous 4x weakness to Mental type attacks.

(1.3 DUKE'S NOTES - SKUNCH GOT A HUGE SWING OF STAMINA WITH ITS BASE STAT BUFF AND PERFECT JAB BUFF - BULLY IS NOW MUCH MORE CONSISTENT AND WORTH RUNNING OVER BRAWNY SOMETIMES, BUT BRAWNY IS MORE CONSISTENT.)

Skunch is a huge meta threat, due in large part to Brawny's huge offensive boost, and the synergy between Perfect Jab and Skunch's other attacks, Brawny, and Slingshot gear. It certainly cannot hold its own against mentals, but it's a key part of many physical offense teams.

Slingshot allows Skunch to run pretty bulky, taking advantage of 72/70/60 natural bulk to shrug off a few hits as it goes to town on the opponent with the speed increases. Look out for chances to Pjab twice early in games. This set may require more stamina investment as the Pjab stamina increase did hinder Skunch in some ways. Haito Uchi is good utility, but can be dropped for the raw power of Oshi Dashi as well.

Just about any physical hitter loves Skunch, but special shoutout to hard crystal attackers like Chimurian and Tuvine, electrics like Minothor and Golzy, and Tuwire is a good partner as well vs mentals due to common factor.