Project Victim of the Week

[Teeny Victory]

Reserving Mega Venusaur

Counter

Venusaur-Mega @ Venusaurite
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 240 HP / 252 Def / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: NaN Atk
- Giga Drain
- Sludge Bomb
- Synthesis
- Sleep Powder / Leech Seed / Toxic

Mega-Venusaur can easily come in on any of Lopunnys moves and avoid the 2HKO, even with rocks up! It can then proceed to either put the ninja bunny to sleep, throw some seeds at it, or toxic stall it to death. The last slot is up to personal preference, Sleep Powder works better on more offensive teams, and leech seed and Toxic work better on more stall orientated teams, where your team will make better use of the passive damage.
However, It can only switch in safely once, as Return/Frustration is a guaranteed 3HKO with Rocks up, so if Lopunny switches out you might be in a bit of trouble (although this is true for every check/counter to anything really). But Venusaur should have recovered some health in one way or another in that turn anyway, so this makes Mega Venusaur a pretty safe Counter


Calcs:
Lopunny
252 Atk Lopunny Frustration vs. 252 HP / 240+ Def Mega Venusaur: 109-129 (29.9 - 35.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 Atk Lopunny High Jump Kick vs. 252 HP / 240+ Def Mega Venusaur: 69-81 (18.9 - 22.2%) -- 0.3% chance to 4HKO after Stealth Rock
252 Atk Lopunny Ice Punch vs. 252 HP / 240+ Def Thick Fat Mega Venusaur: 54-64 (14.8 - 17.5%) -- possible 5HKO after Stealth Rock
Venusaur
0 SpA Mega Venusaur Giga Drain vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Lopunny: 100-118 (36.9 - 43.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
0 SpA Mega Venusaur Sludge Bomb vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Lopunny: 118-141 (43.5 - 52%) -- 14.1% chance to 2HKO

 

[Inspirited]

Name: Gyarados

Check>counter

Gyarados @ Leftovers
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 148 HP / 104 Atk / 24 Def / 232 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Bounce
- Dragon Dance
- Taunt / Substitute

The fish is back to stop more rabbits. It can come in on anything of Ice Punch, Fake Out Lopunny's and proceed to OHKO it with Bounce. After Stealth Rock, it will barely not fall to 2 Returns from Lopunny and can take any other combination of moves fairly comfortably. the only problem you could face against it is Bounce missing of some other hax like an Ice Punch freeze or Return crit;The random Thunder Punch could also happen. This is still a very solid check though so don't be discouraged by that.

Fish vs Wabbit R2

Yes this is using base 136 Atk and 94 Def Lopunny:
-1 252 Atk Lopunny Fake Out vs. 148 HP / 24 Def Gyarados: 54-64 (14.6 - 17.3%) -- possible 9HKO after Leftovers recovery
-1 252 Atk Lopunny Ice Punch vs. 148 HP / 24 Def Gyarados: 67-79 (18.2 - 21.4%) -- possible 7HKO after Leftovers recovery
-1 252 Atk Lopunny High Jump Kick vs. 148 HP / 24 Def Gyarados: 86-102 (23.3 - 27.7%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery
-1 252 Atk Lopunny Return vs. 148 HP / 24 Def Gyarados: 135-160 (36.6 - 43.4%) -- 99.4% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

104+ Atk Gyarados Waterfall vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Lopunny: 132-156 (48.7 - 57.5%) -- 94.1% chance to 2HKO
104+ Atk Gyarados Bounce vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Lopunny: 282-332 (104 - 122.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO

 

[Random Passerby]

Reserving Cresselia

 

[InvisibleWater]

Counter

Bronzong @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SDef
IVs: 0 Spe
Sassy Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Gyro Ball
- Protect

Bronzong can switch in, avoid a 2HKO from all of Lopunny's moves, then proceed to 2HKO it with Gyro Ball. Protect can be used to evade High Jump Kick, which would otherwise be the only move able to break through Bronzong's defenses.

However, this only works once. If High Jump Kick hits, it's a clean 3HKO. Even though the damage rolls have to be in Lopunny's favor for this to be a serious issue, Bronzong's lack of reliable recovery will leave it vulnerable to revenge killers.

Calcs

Lopunny:
252 Atk Lopunny Fake Out vs. 248 HP / 8 Def Bronzong: 30-36 (8.9 - 10.6%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252 Atk Lopunny Ice Punch vs. 248 HP / 8 Def Bronzong: 37-44 (10.9 - 13%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252 Atk Lopunny Frustration vs. 248 HP / 8 Def Bronzong: 75-89 (22.2 - 26.4%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Lopunny High Jump Kick vs. 248 HP / 8 Def Bronzong: 129-152 (38.2 - 45.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

Bronzong:
0 Atk Bronzong Gyro Ball (150 BP) vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Lopunny: 153-181 (56.4 - 66.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
0 Atk Bronzong Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Lopunny: 68-81 (25 - 29.8%) -- 1.4% chance to 3HKO after Stealth Rock

 

[looiiyut]

Reseving mega heracross

Mega heracross - check

Heracross @ Heracronite
Ability: Guts
EVs: 32 HP / 252 Atk / 224 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Pin Missile
- Rock Blast/Substitute
- Earthquake/Sword Dance/Bullet Seed

Mega heracross is a devasting wallbreaker and a very bulky pokemon. Only return can 2HKO and mega hera can OhKO Lopunny with Close Combat. With the given evs and jolly nature, MegaCross can outspeed stuff such as jolly mega Ttar, jolly breloom, jolly bisharp and adamant dragonite after the mega evolution. CC and pin missile for strong stab and I prefer bullest seed over EQ or SD to OhKO rotom-w after stealth rock, azumarill and quagsire.

252 Atk Lopunny Return vs. 32 HP / 0 Def Mega Heracross: 153-181 (49.5 - 58.5%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO
252 Atk Lopunny High Jump Kick vs. 32 HP / 0 Def Mega Heracross: 97-115 (31.3 - 37.2%) -- 84.4% chance to 3HKO

252 Atk Mega Heracross Close Combat vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Lopunny: 542-638 (200 - 235.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

 

[linkinparkrules]

Reserving Normal Slowbro

 

[Lil YoshiXD]

Reserving Normal Slowbro

already reserved sorry (not by me)

 

[Gr3gory]

Check

Charizard @ Charizardite X
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 248 HP / 148 Def / 112 Spe
Careful Nature
- Earthquake
- Dragon Claw
- Will-o-wisp
- Roost

Can come in on basically any move. Roost is to shrug off the damage. Wisp cripples the bunny. Dragon Claw and EQ finish it off. If high rolls weren't a thing, this would be a counter

 

[Random Passerby]

Name : Cresselia
Status: Counter

Cresselia @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Bold Nature
- Reflect
- Moonlight
- Ice Beam
- Psychic

Cresselia can come in on any attack and proceed to set up a Reflect to soften physical blows for itself and its teammates. Moonlight can be used as a means of recovery all of Mega Lopunny's moves deal less damage than Moonlight heals . Cresselia can also use STAB Super Effective Psychic to hit Mega Lopunny (this will 2HKO). Ice Beam is there to hit any Dragons 4x weak to it (read: Mega Salamence).

(Note: Stats readjusted for Lopunny-M)

Calculations:
252 Atk Lopunny Return vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 109-130 (24.6 - 29.3%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Lopunny High Jump Kick vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 69-82 (15.5 - 18.5%) -- possible 8HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Lopunny Ice Punch vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 54-64 (12.1 - 14.4%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252 Atk Lopunny Fake Out vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 43-52 (9.7 - 11.7%) -- possibly the worst move ever
0 SpA Cresselia Psychic vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Lopunny: 158-188 (58.3 - 69.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

 

[Askeia]

Counter:

Celebi @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 176 Def / 80 Spe
Bold Nature
- Recover
- Psychic / Giga Drain
- Baton Pass / Heal Bell
- Nasty Plot / Thunder Wave / Perish Song

Standard physically defensive Celebi. 80 Spe outspeeds Bisharps so that it can Baton Pass out before getting hit by Knock Off or Pursuit, rest into physical bulk, because it's called "physically defensive" Celebi for a reason.

Despite having a weakness to Ice, a 2x SE Ice Punch is weaker than a neutral STAB Return, and fails to 3HKO most of the time, after factoring Leftovers:
252 Atk Lopunny Return vs. 252 HP / 176+ Def Celebi: 133-157 (32.9 - 38.8%) -- 5.5% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Lopunny Ice Punch vs. 252 HP / 176+ Def Celebi: 130-154 (32.1 - 38.1%) -- 0.9% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

On the other hand, Giga Drain is a possible 3HKO, whereas Psychic is a solid 2HKO. Alternatively, you can heal up and go for other support options like Nasty Plot such that you can pass it on to something else after getting rid of Lopunny. Or you can go for the Thunder Wave to cripple the predicted switch-in.

 

[looiiyut]

Counter

Charizard @ Charizardite X
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 248 HP / 148 Def / 112 Spe
Careful Nature
- Earthquake
- Dragon Claw
- Will-o-wisp
- Roost

Can come in on basically any move. Roost is to shrug off the damage. Wisp cripples the bunny. Dragon Claw and EQ finish it off. Worst is a 2HKO b4 mega

why counter?
252 Atk Lopunny High Jump Kick vs. 248 HP / 148 Def Mega Charizard X: 177-208 (49.3 - 57.9%) -- 96.9% chance to 2HKO
252 Atk Lopunny Return vs. 248 HP / 148 Def Mega Charizard X: 138-163 (38.4 - 45.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

252 Atk Lopunny Return vs. 248 HP / 148 Def Charizard: 178-210 (49.5 - 58.4%) -- 98.8% chance to 2HKO

IMo can be a check, maybe..

 

[Froggyboy]

Check

Steelix @ Steelixite
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 8 Atk / 248 Def
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Heavy Slam
- Stealth Rock
- Dragon Tail


Mega Steelix is a pretty decent check to Mega Lopunny, as the one listed is all attacking and not SD. And M-Steelix has a niche over Mega Aggron, because of both a better typing, and better defensive stats before mega evolving, allowing it to take hits much better. The reason why Mega Steelix is a check is because if it is hit with anything but High Jump Kick on the switch, it wins.

Calcs:
252 Atk Lopunny High Jump Kick vs. 252 HP / 248+ Def Steelix: 170-204 (48 - 57.6%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 Atk Lopunny Return vs. 252 HP / 248+ Def Steelix: 33-39 (9.3 - 11%) -- possible 9HKO after Stealth Rock
252 Atk Lopunny Fake Out vs. 252 HP / 248+ Def Steelix: 13-16 (3.6 - 4.5%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252 Atk Lopunny Ice Punch vs. 252 HP / 248+ Def Steelix: 34-40 (9.6 - 11.2%) -- possible 9HKO after Stealth Rock

8 Atk Steelix Heavy Slam (120 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Lopunny: 277-327 (102.2 - 120.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO

 

[linkinparkrules]

already reserved sorry (not by me)

sr i didn't notice that. Reserving Scarf Lando-t instead

 

[NotACoolName]

Check

Diancie @ Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpA
Mild Nature
- Calm Mind
- Diamond Storm
- Moonblast
- Hidden Power [Fire] / Earth Power

Diancie can come in any attacks (even HJK is a 2HKO) and proceed to retaliate with Moonblast. Calm Mind to boost it's already high Special Attack if possible, Diamond Storm & Moonblast is for STAB and Hidden Power Fire for rounding up the coverage and to damage Steel-types like Ferrothorn and Scizor or Earth Power for Heatran.

252 Atk Lopunny High Jump Kick vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Diancie: 154-183 (50.6 - 60.1%) -- 85.9% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Lopunny Frustration vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Diancie: 60-72 (19.7 - 23.6%) -- possible 6HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Lopunny Fake Out vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Diancie: 24-29 (7.8 - 9.5%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252 Atk Lopunny Ice Punch vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Diancie: 60-71 (19.7 - 23.3%) -- possible 6HKO after Leftovers recovery

252+ SpA Diancie Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Lopunny: 294-348 (108.4 - 128.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

 

[FullLifeGames]

Check

Diancie @ Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpA
Mild Nature
- Calm Mind
- Diamond Storm
- Moonblast
- Hidden Power [Fire] / Earth Power

Diancie can come in any attacks (even HJK is a 2HKO) and proceed to retaliate with Moonblast. Calm Mind to boost it's already high Special Attack if possible, Diamond Storm & Moonblast is for STAB and Hidden Power Fire for rounding up the coverage and to damage Steel-types like Ferrothorn and Scizor or Earth Power for Heatran.

252+ Atk Lopunny High Jump Kick vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Diancie: 169-201 (55.5 - 66.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Lopunny Return vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Diancie: 67-79 (22 - 25.9%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Lopunny Ice Punch vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Diancie: 66-78 (21.7 - 25.6%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Lopunny Fake Out vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Diancie: 26-31 (8.5 - 10.1%) -- possibly the worst move ever

252+ SpA Diancie Moonblast vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Lopunny: 290-344 (87 - 103.3%) -- 18.8% chance to OHKO

Lopunny is Jolly, so use these calcs (and change your Nature, because Mild isn't helping you here):

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252 Atk Lopunny High Jump Kick vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Diancie: 154-183 (50.6 - 60.1%) -- 85.9% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Lopunny Frustration vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Diancie: 60-72 (19.7 - 23.6%) -- possible 6HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Lopunny Fake Out vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Diancie: 24-29 (7.8 - 9.5%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252 Atk Lopunny Ice Punch vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Diancie: 60-71 (19.7 - 23.3%) -- possible 6HKO after Leftovers recovery

Also Lopunny doesn't have max HP:
252+ SpA Diancie Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Lopunny: 294-348 (108.4 - 128.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

 

[Puralux]

Check:

Metagross-Mega @ Metagrossite
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 252 Def / 252 Spe / 4 Atk or 96 Atk / 160 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Hone Claws / Agility
- Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash
- Earthquake
- Zen Headbutt

Metagross Mega resists to most of Mega Lopunny's Attacks , and counters him with Zen Headbutt , always as OHKO. With agility outspeeds Mega Lopunny in critical situations and then ends lopunny with Zen Headbutt. He is 2HKOed by High Jump Kick rarely in the first evs set , and almost always in the second , that's mainly why he is a check.

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252 Atk Lopunny High Jump Kick vs. 0 HP / 252 Def Metagross: 130-154 (43.1 - 51.1%) -- 4.7% chance to 2HKO

252 Atk Lopunny High Jump Kick vs. 0 HP / 160 Def Metagross: 138-163 (45.8 - 54.1%) -- 50.8% chance to 2HKO

252 Atk Lopunny Fake Out vs. 0 HP / 160 Def Metagross: 21-26 (6.9 - 8.6%) -- possibly the worst move ever

252 Atk Lopunny Ice Punch vs. 0 HP / 160 Def Metagross: 27-32 (8.9 - 10.6%) -- possibly the worst move ever

252 Atk Lopunny Frustration vs. 0 HP / 160 Def Metagross: 54-64 (17.9 - 21.2%) -- possible 5HKO

 

[AM]

Name : Cresselia
Status: Counter

Cresselia @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Bold Nature
- Reflect
- Moonlight
- Ice Beam
- Psychic

Cresselia can come in on any attack and proceed to set up a Reflect to soften physical blows for itself and its teammates. Moonlight can be used as a means of recovery all of Mega Lopunny's moves deal less damage than Moonlight heals . Cresselia can also use STAB Super Effective Psychic to hit Mega Lopunny (this will 2HKO). Ice Beam is there to hit any Dragons 4x weak to it (read: Mega Salamence).

(Note: Stats readjusted for Lopunny-M)

Calculations:
252 Atk Lopunny Return vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 109-130 (24.6 - 29.3%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Lopunny High Jump Kick vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 69-82 (15.5 - 18.5%) -- possible 8HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Lopunny Ice Punch vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 54-64 (12.1 - 14.4%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252 Atk Lopunny Fake Out vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 43-52 (9.7 - 11.7%) -- possibly the worst move ever
0 SpA Cresselia Psychic vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Lopunny: 158-188 (58.3 - 69.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Had it reserved but ok lol.

 

[ArchPhantom]

Check:


Mew @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 136 Def / 120 Spd
Impish Nature
-Will-o-Wisp
-Softboiled
-Knock Off
-Taunt

Mew can come in on anything Mega Lopunny wants to go for and threaten it with a burn.
The EVs ensure Mew is never 2hko'd by Mega Lopunny's Return after Rocks. It also potentially cripples switch-ins as an added bonus.

Calcs:

252 Atk Lopunny Return vs. 252 HP / 136+ Def Mew: 138-163 (34.1 - 40.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

252 Atk Lopunny High Jump Kick vs. 252 HP / 136+ Def Mew: 87-103 (21.5 - 25.4%) -- possible 5HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

Edit: Changed Mew's type to Impish thanks to Firehusky. Just because of Knock Off.

 

[looiiyut]

Check:

Mew @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 136 Def / 120 Spd
Bold Nature
-Will-o-Wisp
-Softboiled
-Knock Off
-Taunt

Mew can come in on anything Mega Lopunny wants to go for and threaten it with a burn.
The EVs ensure Mew is never 2hko'd by Mega Lopunny's Return after Rocks. It also shuts down stall as an added bonus, heh.

Calcs:

252 Atk Lopunny Return vs. 252 HP / 136+ Def Mew: 138-163 (34.1 - 40.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

252 Atk Lopunny High Jump Kick vs. 252 HP / 136+ Def Mew: 87-103 (21.5 - 25.4%) -- possible 5HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

Mew was my second choice for this thread :) Imo mew is a counter.

 

[Froggyboy]

Mew was my second choice for this thread :) Imo mew is a counter.

Mew can switch in only once against Mega Lopunny, so it is a check.

 

[firehusky]

Just saying, but why would you run bold with knock off? Impish is better.

 

[Clone]

Mew can switch in only once against Mega Lopunny, so it is a check.

Mew has reliable recovery and isnt 2HKOed by any combination of Lopunny's moves, so he definitely classifies as a counter

 

[Froggyboy]

Mew has reliable recovery and isnt 2HKOed by any combination of Lopunny's moves, so he definitely classifies as a counter

Still, M-Lopunny outspeeds and can kill Mew after two healthy returns even when burnt, provided it gets max damage.

 

[Clone]

Still, M-Lopunny outspeeds and has a high chance of killing Mew even while being burned after two Returns.

252 Atk burned Mega Lopunny Return vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Mew: 86-102 (21.2 - 25.2%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery

 

[Froggyboy]

252 Atk burned Mega Lopunny Return vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Mew: 86-102 (21.2 - 25.2%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery

That isn't the right set, plus provided max damage, 40+40+20=100.