The Counter Game

[CZ]

@ace15's Swampert

Tangrowth @ Lefties
Bold@ 52/0/200/56/0/0
Energy Ball
Focus Blast
Sleep Powder
Leech Seed

Resists Waterfall, shrugs off all other damage and hits back with Energy Ball, which will OHKO.

Articuno @ Leftovers
Calm Nature
252HP/96Def/64SpA/96SpD
~Ice Beam
~Substitute
~Roost
~Reflect

This can come in on either of your attacks as they both hit NVE. Outspeeds Tangrowth by plenty and sets up a Substitute and fires off Super Effective STAB Ice Beams.

 

[GonE]

Won't like begin asleep and/or leeched. Focus Blast is also Neutral on Articuno.

 

[cookie]

@Articuno
Heatran
@Leftovers
Flamthrower
Sleep Talk
Rest
Lava Plume
try PP wasting that, bitch.

 

[CZ]

@ GonE: Articuno is faster. Throw up a sub and watch seed/sleep fail to hell. It wont take much damage from a neutral Focus Blast anyway.

I cant outstall that. Good Work.

Oh, A Counter:

Heartan @ Expert Belt
Rash Nature
252 Special Attack, 252 Speed
~Earth Power
~Lava Plume
~Hidden Power: Ice
~Explosion

Immune to both your fire attacks, and EP you to death

 

[Eridor]

@Articuno
Heatran
@Leftovers
Flamthrower
Sleep Talk
Rest
Lava Plume
try PP wasting that, bitch.

Arcanine @ Choice Specs
-HP (ground)
-ExtremeSpeed
-Overheat
-Dragon Pulse

Absorbs the fire atacks of heatran and kills with HP ground

 

[Lady_Lyndis]

Arcanine @ Choice Specs
-HP (ground)
-ExtremeSpeed
-Overheat
-Dragon Pulse

Absorbs the fire atacks of heatran and kills with HP ground

You locked onto ground now sucka

Starapter@ LifeOrb
252 atk / 252 hp
Adamant
-
Agility
Brave Bird
Return
Close Combat

I use the turn to agility up then kill you with return. Now the counter must assume I am agility'd up right?

 

[rbygsc kid 251]

@Arcanine

Tyranitar@Leftovers

Careful 252hp/252sp.def/4att

EQ
Stone Edge
Rest
Curse

Thanks to Tyranitar's massive 492 sp. def in sand, arcanines special attacks are garbage. Tyranitar can easily handle Arcanine with a Stone Edge.

 

[GonE]

You locked onto ground now sucka

Starapter@ LifeOrb
252 atk / 252 hp
Adamant
-
Agility
Brave Bird
Return
Close Combat

I use the turn to agility up then kill you with return. Now the counter must assume I am agility'd up right?

You must assume the worst case scenario, so it would use his STAB Fire move, so that is not a counter. You can't say "it just use his move on the previous pokemon", because that is not what this game is about.

Same with the Articuno. It has to SWITCH IN so it can't sub before sleep powder/leech seed.

 

[ace15]

@Arcanine

Tyranitar@Leftovers

Careful 252hp/252sp.def/4att

EQ
Stone Edge
Rest
Curse

Thanks to Tyranitar's massive 492 sp. def in sand, arcanines special attacks are garbage. Tyranitar can easily handle Arcanine with a Stone Edge.

Swampert@leftovers
252 Def/252 HP/6 Atk
Impish
-Hammer Arm
-Waterfall
-Avalanche
-Roar

Takes little damage from your attacks and 2HKOs with Hammer Arm.EQ after curse is a best a 3HKO.

 

[rbygsc kid 251]

Tangrowth@Leftovers

Impish 252def/252hp/4att

Knock Off
Sleep Powder
Power Whip
Grass Knot

Can safely switch in on any of those attacks and do some dirty work, mainly the use of sleep powder. Once your asleep, can Power Whip of Grass Knot you into your grave.

 

[ace15]

Tangrowth@Leftovers

Impish 252def/252hp/4att

Knock Off
Sleep Powder
Power Whip
Grass Knot

Can safely switch in on any of those attacks and do some dirty work, mainly the use of sleep powder. Once your asleep, can Power Whip of Grass Knot you into your grave.

Salamence @ Leftovers
252 HP/252 Satk/6Def
Modest
-Sleep Talk
-Fire Blast
-Dragon Pulse
-HP Ground

4X resist to grass, can come in on Sleep Power and use Sleep Talk and doesn't mind Knock Off much.Fire Blast is a 1HKO.

 

[Pneuma]

Venusaur @ Lum
-Sludge Bomb
-Grass Knot
-Synthesis
-Growth

Growthsaur OHKOs with Sludge Bomb before the Growth.
Also, base 80 speed is surprisingly fast!


EDIT: Ohshi.
Gyarados @ Lefties
-Ddance
-Taunt
-Waterfall
-Stone Edge

Your Fire blast and Dpulse don't do enough to me.
Stone Edge hits hard.

 

[rbygsc kid 251]

Venusaur @ Lum
-Sludge Bomb
-Grass Knot
-Synthesis
-Growth

Growthsaur OHKOs with Sludge Bomb before the Growth.
Also, base 80 speed is surprisingly fast!


EDIT: Ohshi.
Gyarados @ Lefties
-Ddance
-Taunt
-Waterfall
-Stone Edge

Your Fire blast and Dpulse don't do enough to me.
Stone Edge hits hard.

Suicune@Leftovers- Bold
252hp/252def/4sp.att
HP Electric
Surf
Calm Mind
Rest

with Suicunes monster defense and hp, he can safely switch in to a Stone Edge and will take care of Gyarados with HP Electric.

 

[cookie]

Quagsire
@Leftovers
(Water Absorb)
Curse
Earthquake
Ice Punch
Tail Whip
Tail Whip for killing Suicune quicker.

 

[ultimifier]

@quagsire

closter@ leftovers

explosion
surf
ice beam
hidden power grass

 

[Pneuma]

Rotom @ Choice Specs
252 HP, else
-Tbolt
-Trick
-Shadow Ball
-HP Ice

Can take at least one base 85 special attack from you. Hope you don't exploded. Tbolt ruins you, Trick hurts your switch.

 

[rbygsc kid 251]

Tyranitar@Choice Specs

MOdest 252sp.att/252speed/4sp.def

Dark Pulse
Flamethrower
Thunderbolt
Focus Blast

Comes in safely on all of your attacks. Go ahead and trick me and I will use Dark Pulse and finish you. 450+ sp. att is nothing to frown at.

 

[Metalgross]

@Specs Tyranitar

Latias@Soul Dew
Calm
252hp/224spdef/34spatk
-Calm Mind
-Recover
-HP [Fighting]
-Shadow Ball

Let's play ubers for a while!

Dark Pulse is a possible 2HKO because of sandstorm, (~40-46%), but Latias will easily out speed and OHKO with HP [Fighting].

That's right, we should take a break from OU to familiarize ourselves with the ubers. After catching an excellent Rayquaza and Latios, I've become motivated to make an uber team.

 

[darkie]

@Latias

Spiritomb@Expert Belt
Calm: 252 HP, 144 Atk., rest in Sp. Def
-Taunt
-Sucker Punch
-Pain Split
-Will-O-Wisp

Lefties suck in this game. Immune to HP Fight and doesn't take too much from Shadow Ball. Taunts CM attempts and Sucker Punches to death. Physical attacking switch ins need to watch out for Wisp and switch ins with a lot of HP can get drained of their precious life.

 

[Karrot]

Houndoom @ Salac Berry
Reversal
Sub
Fire Blast
Dark Pulse

If you Sucker Punch/Will-o-Wisp on the switch I can set up easily on you, as Pain Split doesn't hit through substitute anymore iirc. Even if it does, or you otherwise Taunt, I still beat you 1on1.

 

[Metalgross]

@Houndoom

Kyogre@Choice Scarf
Timid
252SpAtk/252Spd/4SpDef
-Water Spout
-Ice Beam
-Surf
-Thunder

Will someone please play ubers with me?

Comes in taking little damage with its monstrous HP and SpDef, limiting your fire power (pardon the pun) with the rain. Starts hitting you with Water Spout (unless you really cripple me with Dark Pulse somehow) knocks out your subs to the salac, and then kills you. You didn't specify a nature, so I'll assume your Modest, so we don't tie in speed after your salac boost.

 

[rbygsc kid 251]

i will.

Blissey@Leftovers

Calm 252hp/252sp.def/4def

Softboiled
Thunder
Calm Mind
Ice Beam

Oh yeah, with 714hp/405sp.def Blissey can hang around with Kyogre. In return she Calm Minds up and uses softboiled when necessary. Finally, Thunder puts you in your place.

 

[shishioh]

Tyranitar@ Choice Band
Adamant Nature
4HP/252Atk/252Sp.Def
-Pursuit
-Crunch
-Stone Edge
-Earthquake

Tyranitar is cool in ubers.

 

[Dark Android]

Tyranitar@ Choice Band
Adamant Nature
4HP/252Atk/252Sp.Def
-Pursuit
-Crunch
-Stone Edge
-Earthquake

Tyranitar is cool in ubers.

Hitmontop @ Leftovers
Adamant@ 252/200/56/0/0/0
Hi-Jump Kick
Stone Edge
Fire Punch
Ice Punch

Walls T-Tar, and kills with Hi-Jump Kick

 

[Metalgross]

@Tyranitar

Groudon@Leftovers
Adamant
252Atk/252Spd/4Def
-Swords Dance
-EQ
-Fire Punch
-Stone Edge

See? This is helping already. I never knew Groudon had such high defense. Comes in, SDs, and EQs Tyranitar to death.

EDIT:

Hitmontop @ Leftovers
Adamant@ 252/200/56/0/0/0
Hi-Jump Kick
Stone Edge
Fire Punch
Ice Punch

Walls T-Tar, and kills with Hi-Jump Kick

NO! Let's play ubers for a little while.