Is unnerve a useful ability?
I see it used on mewtwo over pressure, but all it seems to do is not let them eat berries, which you rarely find in singles. In doubles it makes more sense, but is it that good in either format?
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Ah how I love Pikalytics :3
I’m going to be honest here… not really.
Let’s start with doubles, shall we?
Using stats from Series 6 Battle Stadium Doubles teams with I believe an ELO of 1760+, you won’t be seeing Unnerve a lot. Here are the most common Unnerve Pokemon and their ability usage stats:
Corviknight -
Monthly Usage98k
Usage Percent13%
Monthly Rank#11
Haxorus -
Monthly Usage8k
Usage Percent0%
Monthly Rank#123
Mold Breaker 86.253%Unnerve 13.574%Rivalry 0.173%
Galvantula -
Monthly Usage1k
Usage Percent0%
Monthly Rank#192
Compound Eyes 99.094%Unnerve 0.906%
Persian -
Usage Percent0%
Monthly Rank#223
Bewear -
Monthly Usage536k
Usage Percent0%
Monthly Rank#240
Ok so as you can see, Unnerve is outclassed on all of these Pokemon except Persian, which is a very, very rare sight in VGC (plus Alolan Persian greatly outclasses it in the format).
As for the best teams in OU…
Corviknight -
Usage Percent20%
Monthly Rank#7
Pressure 97.746%Mirror Armor 2.191%Unnerve 0.063%
Tyranitar -
Monthly Usage239k
Usage Percent12%
Monthly Rank#17
Haxorus -
Monthly Usage70k
Usage Percent1%
Monthly Rank#79
Mold Breaker 96.679%Rivalry 3.097%Unnerve 0.224%
Bewear -
Monthly Usage9k
Usage Percent0%
Monthly Rank#100
Fluffy 100.000%Unnerve 0.000%Klutz 0.000%
Galvantula -
Monthly Usage36k
Usage Percent0%
Monthly Rank#111
Compound Eyes 90.585%Swarm 8.827%Unnerve 0.588%
Surprise! Unnerve is worse in singles!!!
Now, I’ll explain why I think Unnerve is very uncommon in both formats.
The Pokemon that get Unnerve aren’t very good or common themselves.
Unnerve isusuallyoutclassed by a Pokemon’s other abilities.
Unnerve is very situational.
So, while Unnervecanbe useful, it’s very uncommon for the reasons stated above.
Source 1,Source 2
Hope this helps! :)
Sometimes. In battles, other people sometimes use some berries to reduce super-effective damage or to restore health. Unnerve doesn’t let other Pokemons use berries, so if you want to be sure the opponent doesn’t, for example use Outrage and use a Lum Berry to recover from confusion. It’s not useful when people use more popular items like Life Orbs for damage, or Leftovers to recover from recoil. In all, Unnerve isn’t a bad ability but sometimes it’s useless for Pokemon without berries.
I hope I helped!
