Which is a 3HKO. Your Zong's HP Fire is a 4HKO on Magnezone. So it goes like Zone Magnet Rises, you predicted it and used HP Fire, Zone TBolts, you HP Fire, Zone TBolts, you HP Fire (and Zone survives), in which he finishes you off with a Thunderbolt.
Jibaku said:
Surprise Trap-passing Umbreon
Umbreon @ Chople Berry
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Nature: Bold
- Mean Look
- Yawn
- Protect
- Baton Pass
Obviously, the goal is to Baton Pass a Mean Look, complimented with a nifty sleep status.
Many people anticipate the Trap Pass when you switch in Umbreon, and switch in a Fighting Pokemon. This set aims to surprise them by Trap Passing anyways, by guaranteeing sleep with Yawn/Protect and weakening their first Fighting hit with the Chople Berry. Switch Umbreon in on something that can't kill it, Mean Look whatever they switch in. If it's a Fighting type, you're golden. Yawn, Protect, then Baton Pass away. Protect can also screw over attempts at exploding in your face by the likes of Bronzong or Forretress.
You can do the obvious and set up DD Gyarados after the pass, but since you're going to be putting the opponent to sleep as well, you can do something bolder and go to Smeargle if you dare. People have always needed to watch out for [Spore] / Substitute / Belly Drum / Baton Pass Smeargles, but having a trapped, sleeping opponent makes the job a heck lot easier.
This set has no way of healing itself, but the thing is that you're not supposed to need to switch in again if you successfully pull off a Trap Pass. (If your recipient can't pull off a 6-0 sweep after this kind of set up, you need to get a new one.) In any case, some Wish support does help if you can't pull off the Trap Pass right away.
The EV's are in Defense because physical attacks are more common in today's metagame, especially with Umbreon being the Fighting magnet that he is.
This set is obviously countered by anything that has Substitute or Taunt. Leech Seed isn't fun either since you pass that to your recipient as well. Status moves can screw up Yawn because of Umbreon's Synchronize (which you can't get rid of as it's its only ability). Bug moves still hit for super-effective damage, but they are considerably rarer than Fighting attacks. There are a lot of things that stop this set, but the obvious and beginner tactic (send in a fighting type, use close combat) fails and allows you to get the deadly set up going.
Possibly if you give it Calm Mind instead of Charge Beam, you'd be able to take an extra Thunderbolt and kill Zone in one fewer turn?
Yeah, although that will leave Zong with only HP Fire to use with Calm Mind, and Quake as a secondary attack. I suppose putting CM on the last slot could work, provided someone else can do whatever the last moveslot of Bronzong's intended to do, and probably Grass Knot > Charge Beam as that gets rid of water types easier, along with the added bonus of hitting Swampert and Hippowdon, both who otherwise laugh at the set.
@Leftovers
Name: Counter Destroyer Zong
Ability:Heatproof
Nature: Relaxed/Sassy
EV's: 252 HP, 70 Att, 90 SpAtt, 94 SpDef
~HP {Fire}
~Earthquake/Psychic/Calm Mind
~Grass Knot/Calm Mind
~Stealth Rock/Hypnosis/Trick Room
This set is made to eleminate Zong's counters: Bulky Waters, Magnezone, Heatran, Celebi and Infernape while somewhat keeping it's ability to set up SR or sleep. Bulky waters are taken care by Charge Beam, Magnezone and Celebi are taken care off with HP {Fire} and Heatran and Infernape are taken care with Earthquake. This Zong should mostly be used as a Special wall. Or you could move those SpDef EV's to Def and call a Physical wall. The nature depends on where you place the SpDef EV's, keep them in SpDef or move them to Def. Heatproof is the preffered option over Levitate because the oppenent would never use a Ground type attack on Zong, but they will use a Fire attack. And you could keep the facade up with a spinner to spin away Spikes. Though you shouldn't keep him in on Swampert because he walls this set. If you meet Pert with this set you should sleep him or set up SR or TR.
Moveset Name: Stealth Rocks Heatran? 0_o Plus Metal Sound or something
Move 1: Stealth Rock
Move 2: Metal Sound
Move 3: Fire Blast/Lava Plume
Move 4: HP Grass/Ice
Item: Leftovers/Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature(s): Tmid/Modest
EVs: 252 Sp Atk./128 Speed/128 HP
Some kind of insane mish-mash of Heatran's moves? I dunno, just wanted to see if peeps thought this would work... I'm terrible at EVs, so maybe someone can help meh out. Thought it would be cool to have a Timid, faster Heatran that could Metal Sound incoming counters, then throw Stealth rocks up as they run for the hills. Meh?
