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Gen 6 XY Ubers Teambuilding Compendium
- Thread starter Edgar
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What checks/counters Mewtwo X/Y? Just no list is up and I was looking for a few answers (I'm new to Ubers so pls dont hate)
I think arceus fairy, arceus ghost, and xerneas with defense investment are your best bet at countering any mewtwo. Yveltal, Arceus ghost, groudon, landorus t, gliscor, giratina, aegislash, scarf zekrom, and lugia they all can be considered checks to certain mewtwo sets.
As mentioned above, Physically Defensive Xerneas is hands down the absolute best check to both of them, seeing as it can fulfill purposes outside of solely checking them, unlike say, Arceus-Psychic (who would be, whilst unconventional, the single best check to all Mewtwo formes).
no ferro either
On the "Defensive Pokemon" list, I see Salamence. What exactly can it do defensively when things like GeoXern are running around? I know it's the only Dragon type with Wish, but I'm curious to know what the standard Uber defensive Salamence is.
With intimidate, it's incredibly physically bulky, walls blaziken and I think it even avoids 2hko from banded Ho-Oh which is pretty impressive. It just functions as a really cool physical wall in general.
That's actually pretty cool, considering it also has reliable recovery with Roost, unlike Lando.
Why is Sablye not listed as a Mewtwo check? Its actually one of the better ways to deal with stall2, as you can use its own strategy against it. Hit it with faster taunt, then wisp+recover it to death. And even though offensive mmy does a fuckton with its coverage (ice beam 62.1 - 73.3%, fire blast 76.3 - 89.8%, ouch) it can still emergency check it because 0 Atk Sableye Foul Play vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Mega Mewtwo Y: 320-378 (90.3 - 106.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock. It also hard counters mmx lol.
Being the third best answers to stall2 (behind darkceus and ghosteus) justifies a spot on the list imo.
Being the third best answers to stall2 (behind darkceus and ghosteus) justifies a spot on the list imo.
I don't know, even if you try to pivot switch in into Psystrike, Sableye loses to Offensive CM or it's just something that someone feels meh about switching into Mewtwo lol, I know I wouldn't do it. And you forgot about Heatran being the 3rd best answer to stalltwo, Sableye gets Taunted on the switch and you can call it a snackwrap.
Victini not listed under mewtwo checks?
Dont try to be pretentious to me boi. Ask nicely.
Oh I wasn't trying to sound like "ey yo wtf vic missing ?!!!" but just "Why is victini not listed under mewtwo checks? It's one of the better ones, and I feel like it deserves a spot. :]"
Looking at the Compendium, I couldn't help but wonder why are there no Arceus formes on the "Defoggers" list. You could put formes like Arceus-Water, Fairy, etc., since they work so well with Defog.
From the op "Arceus sprite indicates that any Arceus form can carry Defog."
Well, maybe it'd be helpful for a newcomer to know which formes work the best. I don't know if it's mentioned in the comments, but it'd be helpful indeed. That's what I meant. :)