Why is linoone in RUBL in gen 7?

Nov. 8, 2020

Like it gets belly drum off with gluttony and sitrus berryMovesExtreme speedShadow clawSeed bombEven most uber teams can’t survive afterBelly drum so why is it in RUBL?

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However, even after using Belly Drum, Linoone is revenge killed by every faster Normal-resistant or immune Pokemon such as Cobalion, Gengar and Scizor which uses Bullet Punch to do massive damage. Because of its low defensive stats, Linoone can be OHKO’d by many offensive threats, which makes setting up against offensive teams even at full health. Furthermore, Linoone’s sub par stats leave it outclassed by other set up sweepers that use priority moves like Belly Drum Azumarill and Swords Dance Scizor. Linoone is a one-time sweeper that is utterly useless before setting up and is quite frail.

This is why. It gets outclassed by other set up sweepers and if you blow its setup chance, it is a wasted slot on your team.

Source:https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/linoone.3625365/