I thought it was hard, but I finally did it! This is UB-03 Lighting, otherwise known as Xurkitree. This took me less than an hour-and-a-half to create. Not gonna lie, I got a bit lazy with its wiring, as trying to make it close to the original would be too hard at my current level. Although you can still definitely tell that this thing is Xurkitree if you looked at it. It can be caught in both Sun and Moon, and you have to catch two of the darn things.
Info: UB-03 Lighting, AKA Xurkitree, the Glowing Pokemon. Because this Ultra Beast reportedly raided a power plant, it is speculated to sustain itself with electricity. This is supported by observations that it will "plug" its limbs and tail into the ground when it is low on energy, entering a tree-like state to absorb electricity from the earth. Witnesses claim that its entire body crackles with astonishing electrical power. The cables that make up its body have been noted as being made of the same material as electrical wiring, and as such are highly efficient conductors of electricity. Its body contains an organ that produces energy, and it can discharge up to 1,000,000 volts at once.
In my opinion (and probably everyone else's), Xurkitree is the weirdest-looking Ultra Beast, and probably the creepiest-looking too. Just look at it! It's literally an electric cable tree with a weird glowing head with no facial features that can discharge electricity at will. Its over 12 ft tall, and it has some rather funky-looking movement, if you've seen its animations in-game. This thing is just weird.
However, don't let its out-there appearance fool you, for this thing has more power than a Firing Squad of Magnezone. Firstly, it has a vanilla typing, being the ONLY Ultra Beast with a single typing of Electric Type. Xurkitree has some rather below average stat distribution. Base HP of 83, Base Attack of 89, Base Defense of 71, Base Special Defense of 71, and base speed of 83. Good, but not good enough. But wait, aren't we forgetting one more base stat? Yes, we are. This thing has a Base Special Attack equal to an ATOMIC BOMB, with it being a beyond-ridiculous Base Special Attack of 173!!! This guarantee's you the position of wall-breaker for sure! Toxapex, Primarina, Talonflame, Scizor, and many other Pokemon are going down in one hit. Sure, its other stats aren't very good, but they're good enough to get the job done.
Because of its Atomic Special Attack, it makes for a wonderful Special Attack sweeper. It has access to level-up moves such as Ingrain, Thunder Punch, Eerie Impulse, Signal Beam, Hypnosis (somehow), Discharge!?, Electric Terrain!?, Power Whip!?, Zap Cannon!?, and... ****. Is that Tail Glow? Is that really Tail Glow? The move that raises the user's Special Attack by 3 stages? That's just overkill at this point. I haven't even mentioned Beast boost, which raises an Ultra Beast's most prominent stat, being Xurkitree's Special Attack in this case, by one stage whenever they KO an opposing Pokemon. As if it wasn't easy enough to outright KILL Pokemon with it's almighty Special Attack. They just gotta add more insult to injury, huh? It also has access to many TMs, but I'm just gonna name STAB moves such as Thunderbolt, Thunder, Charge Beam, freaking Volt Switch, and Wild Charge. Is it OP? Once again, no. Because of its balanced below-average stats besides its Special Attack, you can KO it before it has a chance to obliterate you. Not to mention that it's weak to Ground typing. While some Electric Types have the ability Levitate, it's impossible for Xurkitree to have such ability, meaning you can really destroy it. Still, it's not to be messed with period.
Fun story: after I became champion in Sun, I went on to do the post-game Ultra Beast Missions. The 3rd one was Xurkitree, and I went to the location it was spotted in. I brought out my tanky asf Solgaleo (because Wynaut?) and used Cosmic Power 3 times so it can stall. It had 253 Health at level 64, and its Defense and Special Defense is Above Average. I watched in complete disbelief as the monstrosity known as UB-03 used one Discharge and Solgaleo's health plummeted from 253 with 3 Stages of increased Defense and Special Defense all the way down to 0. Because I didn't watch any video's pertaining to the stats of the Ultra Beasts beforehand (because I wanted no spoilers from the leaked Pokedex) it literally took me a second to completely process what had just happened and why it must have happened. That thing nearly swept my entire team. Even worse, you have to catch two of the darn things. Good luck trying to catch it without getting at least 2 of your Pokemon outright killed.
Well, now I have 3 more Ultra Beasts left to do. This time for sure, I'll do either Celesteela or Guzzlord next.
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