DP Tropius

[Colonel M]

http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/tropius

The "Counters" section needs fixing. Just look:

Without sun, Tropius is fairly mediocre, so Tyranitar, Hippowdon, and Abomasnow, as well as Rain Dance, are good ways to put a shade over Tropius' hopes. The other way to kill Tropius is with a fast Ice user—Weavile, for instance. Also, Stealth Rock will do a good 25% to Tropius.

Obviously all of these are OU. And Tropius is an UU Pokemon. I guess for now they can be kept (though when Tropius sees a shed of hope in OU I don't know). So this obviously needs to be re-worded and refreshed. I'll keep the "OU" counters out of this since he's not even used there.

[Counters]
<p>The Swords Dancer is a difficult set to counter primarily because it has decent coverage. Flying-types such as Altaria, Articuno, Weezing, and Drifblim are the most suitable counters as they can survive boosted Leaf Blades and only really fear Aerial Ace if it's used at all. If Aerial Ace is absent it makes Grass and Bug-types also safe counters as long as they can pack a super effective move.</p>

<p>The Specs set is best countered by Pokemon that have good Special Defense. Think Hypno, Grumpig, Altaria, Articuno, and Noctowl. All five of these have the best chance of receiving most of Tropius's attacks. Beware of Solar Power as the boost can put Articuno, Hypno, and Grumpig into a little more trouble with either the boosted Hidden Power Fire (Articuno) or Energy Ball / Leaf Storm (Hypno and Grumpig). Fire-types can also take advantage of the sun at times and also recieve at least everything but Air Slash.</p>

<p>The Tropic Roost set is more difficult to counter; however, Steel-types have the best advantage here barring Aggron who is still vulnerable to Energy Ball and has a low Special Defense. Clefable is best in this situation as it is completely immune to Leech Seed and doesn't fare badly against Energy Ball and Air Slash. Swalot takes neutral damage from Air Slash but can easily abuse its Liquid Ooze ability and at least shut it down with STAB Sludge Bomb or Gunk Shot if needed.</p>

<p>Tropius is extremely slow so anything that has decent Speed can scare off Tropius easily as he also has an abundance of weaknesses. Finally Stealth Rock takes a toll on the leafy dinosaur.</p>

Obviously I need help from more experienced UU players so I would greatly appreciate it if I could get some help to adding some more.

 

[Havak]

<p>The Specs set is best countered by Pokemon that have good Special Defense. Think Hypno, Grumpig, Altaria, Articuno, and Noctowl. All four of these have the best chance of receiving most of Tropius's attacks. Beware of Solar Power as the boost can put Articuno, Hypno, and Grumpig into a little more trouble with either the boosted Hidden Power Fire (Articuno) or Energy Ball / Leaf Storm (Hypno and Grumpig). Fire-types can also take advantage of the sun at times and also recieve at least everything but Air Slash.</p>

Should be "five".

 

[Colonel M]

Nabbed it. Thanks.

 

[ODDish]

The Swords Dancer is a difficult set to counter primarily because it has decent coverage. Flying-types such as Altaria, Articuno, Noctowl, and Drifblim are the most suitable counters as they can survive boosted Leaf Blades and only really fear Aerial Ace if it's used at all.

Not convinced about Noctowl, as its not naturally sturdy on the physical side and its rare to find anyone investing in Defence EVs.

Weezing would seem like an obvious choice resisting Leaf Blade, immunity to Earthquake, the potential to cripple Tropius with Will-O-Wisp.

p>The Tropic Roost set is more difficult to counter; however, Steel-types have the best advantage here barring Pokemon like Aggron and Probopass who are still vulnerable to Energy Ball. If you at least have decent Special Defense and aren't weak to Flying and Grass consider yourself a counter to the set.</p>

Clefable, particularly calm mind variants would seem like a solid choice here, being immune to Leech Seed and having respectable SpD.

 

[Metric]

<p>The Tropic Roost set is more difficult to counter; however, Steel-types have the best advantage here barring Pokemon like Aggron and Probopass who are still vulnerable to Energy Ball. If you at least have decent Special Defense and aren't weak to Flying and Grass consider yourself a counter to the set.</p>

I don't think I would write Probopass off here seeing as it actually has good special defence and is hit neutrally by Energy Ball.

 

[Colonel M]

Took both suggestions and re-did it. Noctowl was removed for physical variants and also added Clefable and Swalot as possible counters to the Tropic Roost set.

 

[Aldaron]

this post is for jrrrrrrr's and Aldaron's purposes...

don't delete site doesn't represent

 

[gengod]

Added this to the SCMS.