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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022)

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The random list generator has chosen the next Pokémon for me, and out of every Pokémon, I will be trading Delibird. I breed for 31 IVs in at least 4 or 5 stats, and I went with Jolly for the Nature, even if Delibird isn't that good in terms of stats, Speed is its best, and Jolly works best with Hustle. I didn't bother with the Hidden Ability because it has the same effect as an Ability it already has, in this case, Delibird's Hidden Ability is Insomnia, when it already gets Vital Spirit, if there was one Pokémon that would get an award for the worse Hidden Ability, it would be Delibird.
Delibird learns a lot of Egg Moves, the ones I went with were Ice Shard, Fake Out, Destiny Bond, and Rapid Spin, as I found these to be the best out of the ones it can get, Delibird can get Aurora Beam, Counter, Quick Attack, Splash, Memento, Freeze-Dry, and Aurora Veil.
Delibird has a higher Special Attack stat, but I find that physical moves are better because of Hustle, which was why I went with Ice Shard, Freeze-Dry can work on Delibird to give it a solid Ice-type move early on, and it only gets two level up moves, Present and Drill Peck, it doesn't get Drill Peck until Level 25.
I could list Delibird's TM moves, it can get Agility, Water Pulse, Acrobatics, Thief, Trailblaze, Chilling Water, Aerial Ace, Swift, Icy Wind, Air Cutter, Avalanche, Brick Break, Foul Play, Air Slash, Ice Punch, Seed Bomb, Spikes, Fly, Gunk Shot, Drill Run, Tailwind, Ice Spinner, Baton Pass, Reversal, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Brave Bird, Tera Blast, Haze, Icicle Spear, Focus Punch, Weather Ball, Dual Wingbeat, Triple Axel, and Feather Dance.
Delibird is not worth using in online battles, it has bad stats, it has the worse typing defensively, it has no stats that go over 75, and its role is done better by other Pokémon. One thing that stands out is Aerial Ace with Hustle, because normally Hustle would reduce the accuracy of moves to 80%, but with Aerial Ace, that move never misses. Delibird can set up Spikes and use Rapid Spin to remove entry hazards, but for setting up entry hazards, it competes with Forretress, and there are many Pokémon that can learn Spikes, like Gliscor, Skarmory, and Greninja, and for Rapid Spin users, it competes with Excadrill and Great Tusk.
Delibird can even go with a Focus Sash and Counter strategy, but that strategy can even be done with Sudowoodo, which can get Sturdy and can use the Custap Berry to set up Stealth Rock once it has removed a Pokémon off the field with Counter. Delibird can use the FEAR strategy, that is Focus Sash, Endeavor, and Quick Attack, which was very infamous when a Level 1 Rattata used it to take down Legendary Pokémon, Delibird can do that as well with Endeavor and Ice Shard, but once again, Mamoswine can use that strategy, and you can even do that with a Starly with Endeavor, Quick Attack, and a Focus Sash, there is no reason to take Delibird over many other Pokémon.
If you want to use Delibird in any way, its future variant Iron Bundle is a great Pokémon, it has massive Speed and Special Attack and can hit hard with Ice Beam and Hydro Pump, and it can use Flip Turn to switch out, and it has access to Encore which pairs with its high Speed stat, and with the Booster Energy, Iron Bundle can outspeed almost everything.
For Tera Raid Battles, there is no way Delibird is winning you any of them, and Iron Bundle even has a hard time with them as it cannot boost its own Special Attack stat, and it will require support from allies that can lower the Pokémon's Special Defense to be put to use. Delibird could have used an evolution, but it instead got a futuristic variant, well Paradox Pokémon aren't really variants, they are considered separate species to the original Pokémon, but they do have a resemblance to the original Pokémon. It's not worth using in the main game, while Delibird can make use of some Egg Moves like Ice Shard and Freeze-Dry, and it takes until Level 25 to get Drill Peck, it can work with Aerial Ace for a while, and it can be helpful in the early game, but once you pick up better Pokémon later on, that is when Delibird starts to fall off from the rest of them, making it not a Pokémon you want to use for the whole game as the late game is where its low stats really start to show as you get access to Pokémon with better stats.

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