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[Dr Ya Yeet]

Buff mosquito go brrr​

I enter buzzwole as a counter to Urshifu Rapid.
Buzzwole @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Drain Punch
- Ice Punch
- Roost
- Toxic

If urshifu does anything but surging strikes, it does no damage. Even if it surging strikes, it takes a lot from helmet, and buzzwole can just roost it off. Sure, it gets picked apart by future sight, but let's be real, what doesn't lol

252 Atk Choice Band Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Surging Strikes (3 hits) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Buzzwole on a critical hit: 162-192 (38.7 - 45.9%) -- approx. 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

(Ps- #BellBongTheBronzong for vr)

 

[TailGlowVM]

Tornadus-Therian @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Nasty Plot
- Hurricane
- Focus Blast
- Knock Off

Tornadus-T is a great check to Urshifu that can also be an emergency switch-in to Close Combat or Aqua Jet. It outspeeds and easily OHKOes with Hurricane, forcing Urshifu out (and thus Torn can set up) or the opponent to sacrifice it.

 

[Sagdiyev]

there is no dragapult in aegi slash se.

(check btw)

@ /
Ability: Stance Change
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Substitute
- Toxic
- King’s Shield
- Shadow Ball

takes 0 from cc, cripples with toxic, switches into ferrothorn, or does half with shadow ball. helmet is nice w/ wish support, but if not, use leftovers.

 

[Katy]

Let's get the Voting Stage rolling and going!
This time around we have 16 submissions in total!
VOTW:
Choice Band (Rapid-Strike)

Counters:
by SLDR
by Tysonslayer
defensive dragon dance by me
by TURBODERP
by airfare

Checks:
by Abhisdn417
by Monky25
by Chazm
by HydreigonTheChild
by ViZar
by JTD783
offensive dragon dance by Yourwelcomthank
by JBone832
by Dr Ya Yeet
by TailGlowVM
by Sagdiyev V2

Vote for 2 Counters and 2 Checks!
Voting Stage ends in 48 hours!​

 

[Yourwelcomethanku]

sus's amogus
defensive Dragonite

Tapu Fini
Rillaboom

 

[SLDR]

Counters: and
Out of the 4 that I can choose from, these two don't depend on having HDB and have better overall longevity.

Checks: and
Fini can comfortably switch in a couple times and is also a great win condition on its own. Kartana over Rilla because its naturally faster so it doesn't have to be predictable. can threaten an SD as shifu switches. It's also an emergency one-time switchin into water stab and U-turn. As mentioned, CB kart also eases prediction if shifu is below 55% via threatening a ko with sacred sword.

 

[Abhi]

Counters:
Checks:

 

[Rae]

Katy wanted more votes so here we are!

Counters: Slowbro and Dragonite
Checks: Tapu Koko and Rillaboom

 

[Dr Ya Yeet]

Checks - tang and bulu
Counters- dnite and amoongus

 

[Katy]

Closing the Voting tage, as a reminder the Pokemon to Check/Counter was Choice Band Rapid-Strike

Counters Winner:
by me
by Tysonslayer

Checks Winner:
by Chazm
by JTD783

WEEK18!
Up to the next week this time around we have our beloved Ground/Dragon:

Garchomp @ Leftovers
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Fire Fang / Stone Edge
- Scale Shot​

Garchomp is a great Pokemon in the metagame with tearing most of its checks apart with a devestating combination of Swords Dance and Scale Shot and its great EdgeQuake coverage, which grants it terrifying wallbreaking potential throughout the game. Most notably, on hyper offensive team structures it can execute its role perfectly as a setup sweeper and is able to clean very easily in the late game, if not kept in check accordingly.
What are some Pokemon which can counter / check this scary Ground and Dragon Landshark? Let's get things rolling with submissions!

Submissions will end in a Week from now on!​

 

[Tysonslayer]

Buzzwole @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 HP / 144 Def / 112 Spe
Impish Nature
- Close Combat
- Ice Punch
- Leech Life
- Roost

Either Garchomp has Life Orb or it doesn't, even then if it was Buzzwole is still an amazing counter to Garchomp in this case Buzzwole is able to stomach Swords Dance boosted Fire Fang and any other move from Garchomp does pitiful damage against Buzzwole. With Rocky Helmet chip damage for making contact with Fire Fang and followed up by an Ice Punch Buzzwole is able to remove Garchomp with ease and has Roost to keep itself healthy to switch into it at all times. If Garchomp was running Stone Edge it will require another boost of Garchomp to potentially threaten Buzzwole with Scale Shot and Stone Edge, though it makes it more vulnerable with the defense drop and relying on Stone Edge to hit, and even then Buzzwole still stomachs all of that only fearing Scale Shot hitting all five times.

 

[ViZar]

Hippowdon

Hippowdon @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Slack Off
- Stealth Rock
- Whirlwind/Ice Fang

Hippowdon is a check to Garchomp. Garchomp fails to 3HKO Hippowdon without any set-up and while a +2 Earthquake can 2HKO Hippowdon, Hippowdon can still tank a hit and phaze it out after the set-up. Ice Fang only 2HKOs Garchomp, so it is a bit more tricky. Whirlwind is a better move to use here. The rest is self-explainatory. EQ is your STAB, Stealth Rock is Stealth Rock and Slack Off is your recovery move.​

 

[SLDR]

Weavile


Weavile @ Choice Band
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Icicle Crash
- Knock Off
- Ice Shard
- Low Kick

Of course as a check.
Naturally faster, threatens clean ohko without even making contact and has x4 effective priority to keep it in check if it gets a scale shot speed boost. It can't switch in, but as long as Weavile is capable of entering the field, Garchomp isn't sweeping your team anytime soon.

 

[JTD783]

as a check

Rillaboom @ Choice Band
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Grassy Glide
- Wood Hammer
- Knock Off
- U-Turn / Superpower

Banded Rillaboom shrugs off Earthquake easily and is not 2HKOd by unboosted Scale Shot (assuming 3 hits each). In return, Rillaboom deals approximately 70-80% with Grassy Glide. If Garchomp is at -1 defense from Scale Shot then Grassy Glide always OHKO.

 

[Windingsss]

Ah yes, old classic

Slowbro @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Level: 100
Relaxed Nature
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
IVs: 0 Spe
- Scald
- Slack Off
- Ice Beam
- Teleport​

Ice Beam Slowbro (Because, lets be honest, if you want FuturePort just go Slowking) is a check to SD Garchomp. It can always switch in (Unboosted EQ is always a 4HKO; not even with 5 hits twice Scale Shot can 2HKO; SD does nothing) and after Garchomp boosts with SD it can Ice Beam the crap out of it with minimal chip damage (You can invest a bit more in SpA for better OHKO chances). This gets even better as Slowbro can switch out after killing Garchomp, thus recovering HP, and allowing it to check other wallbreakers like Urshifu-Rapid-Strike.

Quick calcs:

252 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro: 111-132 (28.1 - 33.5%) -- 0.1% chance to 3HKO

+2 252 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro: 220-261 (55.8 - 66.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

4 SpA Slowbro Ice Beam vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Garchomp: 296-352 (82.9 - 98.5%) -- 31.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

 

[TailGlowVM]

Skarmory @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 236 SpD / 20 Spe
Bold Nature
- Spikes
- Body Press
- Iron Defense
- Roost

This Skarmory checks Garchomp with Fire Fang, and counters with Stone Edge. I submit check as the former is much more common at the moment, but it can switch into anything except Fire Fang or Swords Dance from sets that carry that. Every move except Fire Fang does nothing, and with Iron Defense you can get around Swords Dance. Body Press KOes at +4 after some Rocky Helmet damage, which isn't needed from Stone Edge sets as they do nothing to it.

 

[HydreigonTheChild]

@ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Soft-Boiled
- Stealth Rock
- Heal Bell

Garchomp's eq gets outhealed by soft boil and unaware makes sure that garchomp cannot break through it even with a boost. and cannot scale shot rng through it due to clefable being fairy type.

0 SpA Clefable Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Garchomp: 224-266 (62.7 - 74.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
+2 252 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Unaware Clefable: 144-171 (36.5 - 43.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

 

[Sagdiyev]

edit: my brain had an ice shard put through it, and I forgot to say it is a check.


haha mamo goes brrrrrrrrrrr
ice shard. DO NOT CLICK ANY OTHER MOVE, OR YOU WILL DIE.

@ /
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Ice Shard
- Earthquake
- Icicle Crash
- Knock Off

Calculations

252+ Atk Choice Band Mamoswine Ice Shard vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Garchomp: 448-532 (125.4 - 149%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Life Orb Mamoswine Ice Shard vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Garchomp: 395-468 (110.6 - 131%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Mamoswine: 196-232 (54.2 - 64.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

 

[Katy]

haha mamo goes brrrrrrrrrrr
ice shard. DO NOT CLICK ANY OTHER MOVE, OR YOU WILL DIE.

@ /
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Ice Shard
- Earthquake
- Icicle Crash
- Knock Off

Calculations

252+ Atk Choice Band Mamoswine Ice Shard vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Garchomp: 448-532 (125.4 - 149%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Life Orb Mamoswine Ice Shard vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Garchomp: 395-468 (110.6 - 131%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Mamoswine: 196-232 (54.2 - 64.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Can you pls give a description if this is a check or a counter? the ruleset says so

 

[astralydia]

Reserving Landorus-Therian

 

[Arty224]

Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Flamethrower
- U-turn
- Shadow Ball

Pult is an ok offensive check as long as chomp hasn't clicked scale shot yet. You outspeed, OHKO with draco and win.

 

[JBone832]

I enter Quagsire as a counter to Garchomp

Quagsire @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
- Scald
- Recover
- Toxic
- Earthquake

While not the most popular Pokemon in the OU meta, Quagsire can serve a nice niche as a heatran switch and most importantly as a Garchomp counter. Due to unaware, Quagsire does not fear the Swords Dance set-up by Garchomp at all, and will always be able to come in safely assuming it's not heavily chipped. Fire Fang and Stone edge will be doing a measly 10%, Earthquake only has a 17% chance to 3HKO, and a 5-hit Scale Shot still will not 2HKO Quagisre. Due to Recovery + Leftovers Quagsire can easily stayed healed up in front of and switch into Garchomp safely, as well as toxic stall it until to falls to poison damage.

252 Atk Garchomp Scale Shot (5 hits) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Quagsire: 165-200 (41.8 - 50.7%) -- approx. 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Quagsire: 132-156 (33.5 - 39.5%) -- 17.3% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Garchomp Stone Edge vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Quagsire: 44-52 (11.1 - 13.1%) -- possibly the worst move ever

 

[Plushietran]

Kartana @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Knock Off
- Sacred Sword
- Smart Strike
I submit Kartana as a check to chomper
It can come in on a Swords Dance or a scale shot while threatening it with instant death with its leaf blade, it can be a pretty risky way of dealing with it but it dies the job

 

[Dr Ya Yeet]

Latios (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Trick
- Psychic
- Aura Sphere



I submit scarf latios as a check to


It can easily come in on an eq or sd, because of levitate, and can also revenge kill boosted in speed chomp with a stab 130 spatk 130 BP super- basically it kills it. The latis also have some defensive utility like checking heatran so they aren't the hardest mons to put on a team. The moves are obvious, draco and psyshock as stabs, aura sphere is better coverage than mystical fire, and trick to cripple switch ins like clef or fini or magearna.
(You have no idea how sad I am that i cant post Bronzong here btw)
Ps - idt calcs are needed tbh

 

[Katy]

Hello, and we back in business everyone! We have 12 submissions this week to Leftovers Garchomp!
So let's dive in and get ti rollin' with everyones favorite Landshark!
VOTW:
Leftovers + Swords Dance + Scale Shot

Counters:
by Tysonslayer
by HydreigonTheChild (please explain next time, if this is a counter or check, thanks)
by JBone832


Checks:
by ViZar
by SLDR
by JTD783
by Windingsss
by TailGlowVM
by Sagdiyev V2 (same for you, explain next time, what it is, thanks)
by Arty224
by Shadesan
by Dr Ya Yeet


Vote for 2 Checks and 2 Counters!
Voting Stage ends in 48 hours!


Sorry Chazm I could not include your submission, since you didn't fill it out. However, gets a honorable mention here!

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