Do you guys want a full-proof, 100% counter to assist pdon? If the answer is yes, then i give to you:
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SET 1:
Gengar-Mega @ Gengarite
Ability: Prankster
EVs: (252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 Def) or (252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 def)
Nature: Timid / Jolly
-Imprison
-Thousand Arrows
-Assist
-Steam Eruption / Swords Dance / Shell Smash
SET 2:
Gengar-Mega @ Gengarite
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 Def
Nature: Timid
-Taunt
-Steam Eruption
-Protect
-Perish Song / Disable
The first set is a little much. I like the inclusion of Gengarite for anti-Trick and Shadow Tag, and Imprison sounds useful as well. However, there's no reason to be going to such extreme lengths to counter
Assist teams when other sets, like Fur Coat Mega Slowbro with Slowbronite, can do so almost as well and also have a variety of other uses. The other thing is that if one Groudon falls for this trap, others aren't just going to walk into it like sheep. The opponent will likely use Dragon Tail next or bring in a Gale Wings Chatter thing.
The second one is a little bit better because of Shadow Tag + Perish Song, but it lacks Recover and Encore, two of the best moves to use on such a set, purely because it is forced to run Taunt + Steam Eruption to deal with Assist.
I like the creativity, though, and I can see how these would be extremely useful in certain situations; they just won't do much outside of those situations, unfortunately.
Also while im at it, can someone tell me about this 'entrainment + roost mray' deal? What ability does it use? And why would it be useful in the furst place? I must know plz
Entrainment can be run on Mega Rayquaza with Aerilate to help it out against some of its most common switch-ins, such as Sturdy Shedinja, Fur Coat Chansey, and Soundproof anything. I don't know where you got Roost from, though.
Anyway, the real reason for making this post was to discuss something I've had a lot of success with recently,
Choice Scarf Primal Groudon.
Groudon-Primal @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Tinted Lens / Desolate Land
EVs: 128 HP / 252 Atk / 148 Spe
Naive Nature
- V-create
- Bolt Strike
- Switcheroo
- Magma Storm / filler
Most people run Band on Groudon for sheer power. However, I've found Scarf incredibly useful so that one can outspeed a variety of Groudon's usual checks while still spamming really powerful attacks.
The moves and ability here are mostly unimportant; I started out using Desolate Land, which was pretty useful as well, but switched to Tinted Lens because Giratina always switched in. The EVs and nature, however, are the minimum required to outspeed and OHKO Mega Mewtwo Y with V-create (which I have done many times before; people never see the Scarf coming).
You all already know that Tinted Lens V-create can pretty much 2HKO the entire metagame. It's worth noting that in this case, you can outspeed and use V-create to KO important special attackers. A good example, besides the obvious, is Mega Rayquaza; after using Fake Out, it tends to go for the OHKO with Boomburst, but will find itself destroyed by V-create instead.
Also, here's why I have Bolt Strike:
252 Atk Primal Groudon Bolt Strike vs. 128 HP / 0 Def Primal Kyogre: 396-468 (106.1 - 125.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO
If PH Kyogre makes it to +1 Speed, you speed tie provided it's running Adrian's set. In this case, Desolate Land could be useful.
Switcheroo is obnoxious in general. No remotely stallish team enjoys having one of its Pokemon tricked a Choice Scarf. And since Giratina is a really common switch-in, it commonly gets crippled by this.
Magma Storm is filler; in this case, it helps to kill Shedinja, dent special attackers, and trap annoying stuff. I mostly used it because I wanted to have this Pokemon walled by Flash Fire Mega Steelix, which seemed like a good idea at the time but has proven pretty useless. Fur Coat Primal Groudon sounds like a good wall for this, especially since I chose not to run Thousand Arrows.
Since this is my thousandth post, it's time to mass tag people that I like (because that's the obvious thing to do, right?)
First of all, thanks to Adrian Marin, E4 Flint, TheCommadore, Lcass4919, Keep it Playful, Nike of Samothrace, Kl4ng, -Talent-, asterat and others for helping me improve at BH when I was terrible, and letting me follow them around.
Special thanks to PlatypusVenom for introducing me to 1v1.
Thanks to all my Mewtwo Maniacs teammates, even though I was bad.
Finally, thanks to the Other Metagames forum staff / room owners (Eevee General, Hollywood, The Immortal, at the time Arcticblast) for being really helpful and giving me a chance as a staff member.
People from Other Metas (in no order): Piccolo Daimao Kit Kasai AWailOfATail Ranger Dave imas234 manu 11 Heisenerg aesf BetaHousing Pikachuun Loyd I_Suck_At_Pokermon motherlove Peef Rimgar Werefofel unfixable Ransei regirock Rumplestiltskin w0rd Deathly ♛The King Kingslayer2779 Snaquaza TheBurgerKing99 blarghlfarghl Flying Types Rule! hexenjaeger Whatwasthatnoise gemaddog7 insanelegend NOCturnal Hunter Mamp
People not from Other Metas (there aren't many): Bean QueBien BPC
Sorry if I forgot anybody :(
I did this in a hurry
Just let me know and I'll add you in!
