How do you kill this? Rhyperior Discussion.

[dak]

Pinsir doesn't resist Rock, since Bug is weak to Rock.

 

[davewaver]

Mold Breaker does not eliminate solid rock. And yes im sure most pokemon will be killed very fast by rhyperior with a cb but he has to have perfect prediction, you could even switch in a Lucario if you think he is going to megahorn, and it would work. He also has weaknesses, even with solid rock grass and water and any special attack is going to hurt. He is good but not above the current level, he can be sleeped, burned, or anything.

 

[CPU]

Er
Mold Breaker does indeed eliminate Solid Rock.
574 Attack Pinsir using Close Combat against 434 HP/394 Def (Max/Max) Rhyperior: 58%-68%

 

[Unownasofyet]

Er
Mold Breaker does indeed eliminate Solid Rock.
574 Attack Pinsir using Close Combat against 434 HP/394 Def (Max/Max) Rhyperior: 58%-68%

Stone Edge equals Bye Bye pinsir :D. (Acid Armor/Charm Vaporeon can annoy the poor old pile of rubble to no end. come in from Salamence for more fun :D)

 

[Megaa]

Er
Mold Breaker does indeed eliminate Solid Rock.
574 Attack Pinsir using Close Combat against 434 HP/394 Def (Max/Max) Rhyperior: 58%-68%

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Mold Breaker only allow moves that couldn't hit to now hit (Negating Volt Absorb, Levitate, etc)?

Reading this thread made me imagine a Ninjask with a Leichi alternating Protect/Substitute Passing onto a Rhyperior.

The horror...

 

[AJC]

it negates all defensive traits

 

[Haku16]

doesn't Rhyperior have bad SP.def so a good surf should kill it right?

 

[Lord Alchemy]

doesn't Rhyperior have crappy SP.def so a good surf should kill it right?

With sandstream up he can push 340 special defense which is actually pretty good. Then you need to factor in the fact he has Solid Rock (which reduces damage of Super Effective moves), and he actually stands a chance of surviving and returning the damage with his massive attack.

 

[Haku16]

With sandstream up he can push 340 special defense which is actually pretty good. Then you need to factor in the fact he has Solid Rock (which reduces damage of Super Effective moves), and he actually stands a chance of surviving and returning the damage with his massive attack.

Hmmm wow thats pretty cool,this pokemon would be fun to defeat.LOL

 

[SNX7]

After reading this topic, I have to say I'm proud of actually taking down my friends Rhyperior now. It was tough, but man, I'm gonna have to breed me one of these. Good thing he didn't set up sandstorm first.

 

[TempestJG]

So there's nothing to absolutely guarantee taking it down. Oh no.

So here's what you do.

Rhyperior comes in on whatever the hell it is you have out.

YOU HIT IT.

Is Rhyperior still alive? Yes? Are you alive? HIT IT AGAIN.

Are you dead? Probably. Is it swords danced up? Doesn't matter because Rhyperior is weakened and will now die to any sort of special attack and you don't have to worry about the attack coming on a switch-in because you're coming in off of a KO'd Pokemon.

Did they switch out? Okay, Rhyperior is now coming in next time with lower HP. YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING.

Yes, it was a sacrifice, but the point is that even though Rhyperior may not have a COMPREHENSIVE counter, it's not unstoppable because it is still slow as ass, is good at taking physical but not special hits, and Stone Edge is still an 80% accurate move. If you thought people got angry at Rock Slide, just wait till you see bitching about Stone Edge.

In conclusion, there's nothing that will absolutely scare off Rhyperior and take its hits like a man and have sex with tons of cheerleaders, but you can easily, EASILY plan a team so that Rhyperior doesn't have a pleasant time against the majority of your team.

so you plan a whole team designed to take out Rhyperior but now you have to worry about the other 5 Pokemon in your opponent's team you didn't prepare for since you were to scared of Rhyperior.

there's also the chance that your opponent won't even have a Rhyperior on their team. then you're screwed. Anti-Rhyperior Team vs. Team with no Rhyperior but with 6 other deadly threats. I wonder who would win?

 

[TVboyCanti]

CSpecs mence counters it if you can predict earthquake,megahorn. Gengar counters with hypnosis/energy ball. Bronzong switches in on EQ/StE and OHKO with grass rope. Cresselia kills it with ice beam or grass rope. It can always be revenge killed which is how a lot of pokemon have to be killed no (specsmence). These are all sure fire counters. Sandstorm 2.0 makes rhyperior pretty out of control, but it made a lot of stuff out of control so that's moot. Rhyperior is top tier. But, it is nothing more than an improved rhydon. Every rhyperior I have faced I have been able to outpredict and kill the way I killed rhydons in ADV. This may be empty boasting though, as I'm sure vets like Iceman3k and FliesOnToast would probably rape me with it.