So I've recently been inspired by Bulk Up Braviary's playstyle and wanted to emulate that with Talonflame because of its fantastic ability and pretty good defensive typing. Even though it doesn't necessarily share the same bulk as Braviary, it has the tools to become a pretty difficult threat to take down should the opponent lack specific Pokemon that can take it out through its Bulk Up boosts. Here is the set I used:
<p>name: Mono Attacker<br />
move 1: Bulk Up<br />
move 2: Brave Bird<br />
move 3: Roost<br />
move 4: Substitute<br />
ability: Gale Wings<br />
item: Leftovers<br />
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD<br />
nature: Careful</p>
The premise is relatively simple. Switch in on something that you can begin setting up against, such as Forretress, Ferrothorn, Donphan, Lucario, Aggron, Metagross, Excadrill, etc. Some teams don't actually have reliable answers to Bulk Up Talonflame. For instance, Rotom-W can struggle to take it down depending on its moveset (a lot don't run Thunderbolt, so HPump can be PP stalled) and even Tyranitar might end up losing if you get lucky with Stone Edge misses. Since I'm going mono Flying and am thus walled by stuff such as Aegislash and the aforementioned Tyranitar, I paired it with bulky Spikes Diggersby. You can also use Assault Vest Excadrill for Rapid Spin support.
I don't know why there isn't any Bulk Up set to begin with, but I actually really like this Talonflame variant. So far I've literally 6-0ed two teams with it alone (they weren't the greatest to be fair), lol. It performs very well in general from my experience though, netting several kills and being an overall bitch to deal with once its counters are removed or weakened, assuming the opponent has the specific Bulk Up counter in the first place.
<p>name: Mono Attacker<br />
move 1: Bulk Up<br />
move 2: Brave Bird<br />
move 3: Roost<br />
move 4: Substitute<br />
ability: Gale Wings<br />
item: Leftovers<br />
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD<br />
nature: Careful</p>
The premise is relatively simple. Switch in on something that you can begin setting up against, such as Forretress, Ferrothorn, Donphan, Lucario, Aggron, Metagross, Excadrill, etc. Some teams don't actually have reliable answers to Bulk Up Talonflame. For instance, Rotom-W can struggle to take it down depending on its moveset (a lot don't run Thunderbolt, so HPump can be PP stalled) and even Tyranitar might end up losing if you get lucky with Stone Edge misses. Since I'm going mono Flying and am thus walled by stuff such as Aegislash and the aforementioned Tyranitar, I paired it with bulky Spikes Diggersby. You can also use Assault Vest Excadrill for Rapid Spin support.
I don't know why there isn't any Bulk Up set to begin with, but I actually really like this Talonflame variant. So far I've literally 6-0ed two teams with it alone (they weren't the greatest to be fair), lol. It performs very well in general from my experience though, netting several kills and being an overall bitch to deal with once its counters are removed or weakened, assuming the opponent has the specific Bulk Up counter in the first place.