Harptera

[Lord Windos]

So pursui/tailwind the only viable fourth moves on offensive harptera? Also it does get aerial ace and roost so are those useful? @Matt

There are other viable moves, but they're just worse. Return could be used for extra coverage. I don't think Facade will be useful because there are few defensive Pokemon in Uranium - most Pokemon are offensive and thus capable of one-shotting Harptera, so it's unlikely Harptera will get inflicted by Status. Aerial Ace is very weak - accuracy and evasion modifications are nearly nonexistent in competitive play and therefore Aerial Ace has almost no utility, especially because Choice Band Aerial Ace is still quite a bit weaker than no-item Acrobatics. Roost isn't good because Harptera is so frail and it has a poor defensive typing. Again, most things in this game OHKO Harptera so Roost is pointless. It's the same reason why running Recover on Alakazam is pointless - it's not like Alakazam or Harptera are really tanking any attacks. If a Pokemon is so weak that Harptera can Roost on it and not lose in the long run, then that Pokemon is completely unviable competitively.

Still, those few defensive Pokémon are the ones you have to watch out for. Metalynx and Lathan both can take a acrobatic hit, then retialiate with either a STAB or some status (Like Toxic or Paralysis!). M-Syrentide can out tank it as well, as can Beliaddon and Dunsereph. The later two can even status it and STAB it to death, so beware. Also, while there are not a lot of truly defensive Pokémon, there are a heck of a lot of Tormenters, Status users, and Stealth Rock users. All this thing will end Harptera's life prematurely, leaving whatever team that runs it into a 5 V 6....