Project PU Victim of the Week! Finished

[Darkinium]

Aurorus @ Choice Specs
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Blizzard
- Freeze-Dry
- Earth Power
- Hidden Power Rock

Check, nice and simple. Blizzard rips it apart with a 2HKO, but lack of recovery amplified by an SR weakness stops this from being a counter.

Checks:

pilz0311's Togedemaru

Amphareixon's Haunter

Akir's Oricorio-Sensu

Kilima's Silvally-Ghost

Darkinium's Aurorus

Counters:

HydraOfLight1255's Skuntank

Mango Smoothie's Spiritomb

uhuhuhu7's Metang

Jmash324's Ferroseed

yogi's Clefairy

fanyfan's Type: Null

TJ's Munchlax

Ktütverde's Pawniard

New week starts Friday!

Checks: Oricorio-Sensu, Togedemaru
Counters: Skuntank, Ferroseed

 

[Aaronboyer]

Toge and FatSensu
Spiritomb and Skuntank

 

[Jmash]

Checks: Akir’s Sensu and Darkinium’s Aurorus
Counters: HydraOfLight1255’s Skuntank and Ktutverde’s Pawniard

 

[Kilima]

Checks : Togedemaru and Oricorio-S
Counters : Type-Null and Munchlax

 

[Ktütverde]

Checks: Toge and Aurorus
Counters: Skuntank and Metang

 

[Oathkeeper]

Checks:

Counters

 

[Mango Smoothie]

Checks:

(sensu, togedemaru)
Counters:

(type:null, metang)

 

[Ampha]

Checks: Sensu,Aurorus
Counter: Clef and Munchy

 

[Darkinium]

Winners:

Checks:

pilz0311's Togedemaru /

Akir's Oricorio-Sensu,

Darkinium's Aurorus

Counters:

HydraOfLight1255's Skuntank,

TJ's Munchlax,

Mango Smoothie's Spiritomb /

uhuhuhu7's Metang /

fanyfan's Type: Null

Archive and leaderboard will be updated soon.

Clefairy @ Eviolite
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Sassy Nature
- Soft-Boiled
- Seismic Toss / Moonblast
- Stealth Rock / Knock Off
- Toxic

Voting starts Tuesday.

 

[tondas]

Skuntank @ Choice Band
Ability: Aftermath
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Poison Jab
- Crunch
- Pursuit / Sucker Punch
- Defog

hardest of counters. just clicks poison jab for an ohko or possibly chip with pursuit. regular sets also work but I'm a wallbreaker spamming kind of guy.

 

[Oathkeeper]

Aggron @ Choice Band
Ability: Rock Head
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Def
Adamant Nature
- Heavy Slam
- Head Smash
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch

Aggron easily serves as a counter to Clefairy. Clefairy can literally do nothing to Aggron in return; whether it be Moonblast or Seismic Toss. Aggron outspeeds every time and hits Clefairy hard. The nice thing is not just STAB Heavy Slam OHKOs it:

252+ Atk Choice Band Aggron Heavy Slam (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Eviolite Clefairy: 678-800 (197 - 232.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO

So does Head Smash:

252+ Atk Choice Band Aggron Head Smash vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Eviolite Clefairy: 424-501 (123.2 - 145.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO

In Clefairy's case, Seismic Toss is ideal for Aggron but won't have a chance to use it given a 1v1 situation. Aggron wins 100% of the time!

 

[Ampha]

Dugtrio-Alola @ Leftovers
Ability: Tangling Hair
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Substitute
- Toxic
A check, Alola Duggy's Iron head has a safe chance of 2 OHKOing clef,while it can also sub and beat it,Duggy also is annoying to clef's teammates to deal because of toxic and duggy's great speed,while Switching in is not always safe because of seismic,Duggy makes a great check to it

 

[PILZ]

Haunter @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Sludge Wave
- Hidden Power Ground
- Destiny Bond

A good offensive check, immune to toxic and seismic toss, resists moonblast, just need be worry with knock off, also 2hitKO in return.

252 SpA Life Orb Haunter Sludge Wave vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Clefairy: 234-276 (68 - 80.2%)
0 SpA Clefairy Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Haunter: 54-64 (23.3 - 27.7%)
0- Atk Clefairy Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Haunter: 126-150 (54.5 - 64.9%)

 

[Jmash]

Victreebel @ Life Orb
Ability: Chlorophyll
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Sludge Bomb
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Strength Sap

Victreebel serves as a counter to Clefairy, using it as an opportunity to come in and starting breaking, as it absorbs Moonblast and takes Seismic Toss’s, being most annoyed by a stray Knock Off and is immune to Toxic. It can heal off residual damage with Strength Sap and always threatens Clef with Sludge Bomb.

 

[Mango Smoothie]

Togedemaru @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Iron Head
- Zing Zap
- Toxic
- Encore

Good counter to Clefairy, Iron Head does ~80%, and minus Seismic Toss its other attacks don't do enough damage to matter.

Calcs

252 Atk Togedemaru Iron Head vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Eviolite Clefairy: 254-302 (73.8 - 87.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

0 SpA Clefairy Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Togedemaru: 44-52 (16.2 - 19.1%) -- possible 8HKO after Leftovers recovery
Clefairy Seismic Toss vs. 0 HP Togedemaru: 100-100 (36.9 - 36.9%) -- guaranteed 4HKO after Leftovers recovery

someone nominate BU Throh moonblast only does 25% max

 

[Darkinium]

Kingler @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Agility
- Liquidation
- Knock Off
- Swords Dance / Superpower

Nice check, Clef gets ripped apart by Liquidation but Kingler hates switching into a Moonblast or Toxic. I've been an advocate in the past for never dropping Superpower, but the shifts screwed us over; Ferroseed and Gastrodon aren't relevant targets anymore, and Water + Fighting coverage is walled by Qwilfish and Altaria, making Knock Off a great candidate. This is especially true alongside Swords Dance, helping you blast through said two Pokemon.

Checks:

Amphareixon's Alolan Dugtrio

pilz0311's Haunter

Darkinium's Kingler

Counters:

tondas's Skuntank

HydraOfLight1255's Aggron

Jmash324's Victreebel

Mango Smoothie's Togedemaru

New round Friday!

Checks: Alolan Dugtrio, Haunter
Counters: Skuntank, Aggron

(Please include the names of the Pokemon that you're voting for in your post. You can list the user who posted said Pokemon if you want, but knowing which Pokemon you voted for helps me when counting votes.)

 

[Jmash]

Checks: Alolan Dugtrio and Kingler
Counters: Skuntank and Aggron

 

[tondas]

Checks: Haunter, Kingler
Counters: Aggron, Togedemaru

 

[TJ]

Checks: Alolan Dugtrio, Haunter
Counters: Aggron, Togedemaru

 

[Oathkeeper]

Checks:

Counters:

 

[Kilima]

Checks : Haunter and Alolan Dugtrio
Counters : Togedemaru and Aggron

 

[JustoonSmitts]

Checks: Haunter and Alolan Dugtrio
Counters: Skuntank and Aggron

 

[Darkfire47]

Checks: Alolan Dugtrio + Kingler
Counters: Skuntank +Victreebel

 

[Mango Smoothie]

Checks:

+

(alolan dugtrio & haunter)
Counters:

+

(victreebel & aggron)

 

[Darkinium]

Winners:

Checks:

Amphareixon's Alolan Dugtrio /

pilz0311's Haunter,

Darkinium's Kingler

Counters:

HydraOfLight1255's Aggron,

tondas's Skuntank,

Mango Smoothie's Togedemaru /

Jmash324's Victreebel

Leaderboard and archive update soon.

Scyther @ Eviolite
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Aerial Ace
- U-turn
- Roost

See you guys Tuesday!