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Reserving Unaware Quagsire as a counter
Quagsire @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Waterfall
- Curse
- Recover
Quagsire acts as a counter to Musharna. Unaware lets it ignore Musharna's boosts from Calm Mind. And it just naturally...
Reserving defensive Mawile
Mawile @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Play Rough
- Super Fang
- Toxic
- Stealth Rock
Mawile is a great Kangaskhan counter. There's not much to explain. Intimidate allows it to stonewall every Kangaskhan...
Basculin @ Choice Band
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 24 HP / 252 Atk / 232 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Waterfall
- Aqua Jet
- Crunch
- Final Gambit
Basculin checks the fiery ape nicely. It's Banded Adaptability boosted Aqua Jet is a guaranteed OHKO on Simisear. Basculin is also a very light fish...
Reserving Eelektross
Eelektross @ Assault Vest
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Acid Spray
- Giga Drain
- Volt Switch
Assault Vest Eelektross is a great pom-pom Oricorio counter. The key to this is the fact that it takes all of the...
On your set with sun up Flamethrower is just as effective as Fire Blast, as it always KOs Vitreebel and has the benefit of not missing. Fire Blast' extra power only matters when sun's not up.
252+ SpA Guzzlord Flamethrower vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Victreebel in Sun: 352-416 (116.9 - 138.2%) --...
Shiftry @ Flyinium Z
Ability: Chlorophyll
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dark Pulse
- Giga Drain/Energy Ball/Substitute
- Hurricane
- Nasty Plot
Besides being a pretty decent choice in the meta right now it also checks Victreebel nicely. Thanks to it's higher...