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Smeargle @ Focus Sash
Trait: Own Tempo
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Spore
- Stealth Rock
- Spikes
- Whirlwind
Smeargle is one mon that I always make sure I have an answer to. If you don't have an answer to smeargle, then it can easily sleep one of your pokemon and set-up a few layers of hazards with ease. Smeargle can also pass dangerous boosts to things such as Nidoqueen, or set-up Trick Room with a devastating Endeavour + Dragon Pulse Lv.1 lead, which can quite easily sleep one pokemon, and seriously cripple another.
Luckily, there are ways to stop Smeargle. Fast Lum Berry Uxie with max SpA investment will always 2HKO Smeargle with Psychic, and thanks to the Lum Berry renders Spore useless. This allows Uxie to limit Smeargle to just one layer of hazards. Other things you can use are multi-hit pokemon, such as Cincinno or Klinklang, which breaks through Smeargle's Focus Sash and stops it from getting up any hazards what so ever. Lum Berry Kabutops works much like Uxie, in the sense that it limits Smeargle to one layer, but Kabutops can also spin away the hazards with Rapid Spin, which will also kill a 1 HP Smeargle. Another great anti-lead against Smeargle is Lum Berry Shell Smash Crustle, as this can set-up a Shell Smash and then 1HKO Smeargle through Focus Sash with Rock Blast, and then set-up hazards after smeargle is dead.
Nidoqueen (F) @ Life Orb
Trait: Sheer Force
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature
- Earth Power
- Sludge Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Fire Blast
Thanks to it's ridiculous power, Nidoqueen is able to 2HKO almost the entire metagame. Offensive teams have severe difficulty switching into Nidoqueen, while only Cresselia is able to switch into all of Nidoqueen's moves and not be 2HKO'd. This means that if you don't have a solid answer to Nidoqueen, i.e. a mon that can actually 1HKO Nidoqueen(so not Aqua Jet kabutops), you can quickly lose a large chunk of your team to this beast.
Thankfully, there are quite a few ways around Nidoqueen for offensive teams. Uxie is one of the top checks to Nidoqueen, not being 2HKO'd by anything apart from Sludge Wave, and dealing massive damage back with Psychic. Things like max speed Kabutops and Feraligatr can also deal with Nidoqueen quite easily, since they can easily 1HKO with their super-effective STAB. Other options include CB Entei, Leaf Storm Sceptile and Zen Headbutt Gallade.
For defensively inclined teams, Cresselia is the most reliable option to handle Nidoqueen, not being 2HKO'd by any of queen's moves, unlike say clefable which is 2HKO'd by Focus Blast. Cresselia can also 2HKO Nidoqueen back with Psychic.