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Originally Posted by Fat Anikrahman1995
BTW with Stealth Rock, Ho-Oh 2HKOs all pokemon in ubers with a moveset of Sacred Fire, Brave Bird and Earthquake - this is of course if Sacred Fire burns the first time.
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Actually, Even with max attack and a Life Orb, Ho-oh fails to 2KO Giratina-A by a long shot. It only manages to deal 35.38 - 41.74% with Brave Bird, which has no chance to 2KO, even with Stealth Rock. Even if you were to use a Choice Band, Brave Bird still has only a 12.5% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock, which is far from reliable. Ho-oh would also take 59 - 70 damage from recoil each attack (not including life orb damage), and would be easily forced out by Dragon tail, which could be a problem if Stealth Rock is up.
Overall, Ho-oh would take 59 - 70 damage from Brave Bird recoil, 35 from Life Orb and 72 - 85 from Dragon Tail (This is assuming it's running a 252 Atk / 252 Spd set). If it switched into stealth rock, it would have already taken 176 damage. This would leave it at maximum of 11 health and a minimum of -13, which is a 46% chance of KO. Even if Ho-oh survives, it would gain back only 117 health from Regenerator, and unless you manage to spin away Stealth Rock, Ho-oh will faint the next time it switches in. If it is running a max HP set, it will never be KOd by Dragon tail after recoil, but would instead still always faint upon switching in on Stealth Rock.
Thus, not only does Ho-oh not manage to 2KO Giratina-A, it it effectively OHKOd by it if Stealth Rock is up.
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Originally Posted by Fat Anikrahman1995
Giratina is beaten by the substitute+roost set. Giratina cannot do anything against Ho-Oh. Should have mentioned that the pokemon that look to counter it directly are 2HKOed. In most of my matches, Stealth Rock is not out early in the game as I lead with Deoxys-S.
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Though Ho-oh can beat Giratina-A with Substitute + Roost, it would not be able to also run Brave Bird, Sacred Fire and Earthquake. This would be a completely different Ho-Oh from the one that you claimed could 2KO the entire Tier, and would have different counters such as Arceus-Rock if you don't run Earthquake.