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Originally Posted by ShadowAzelf
1. You use Ice Beam and a Yache Berry activates- SD Garchomp- You can counter with anything with a faster speed and an offense powerful enough to take Chomp out (EX: Weavile), something that can cripple it (EX: SashGar/Dusknoir) or, something that takes away its attack or Taunt it. (EX: Gyarados).
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Yache Berry activates, Garchomp uses SD. Now you have a decision. Leave your current pokemon in and sacrifice it, or switch to another pokemon and sacrifice it. Either way, something is going to get KO'd, as the only things capable of taking hits from Garchomp after a SD are much, much slower and get 2HKO'd.
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Originally Posted by ShadowAzelf
2. It gets sent out in a Sandstorm and uses Substitute.- That's an obvious sign of a SSSD set, not hard to counter, in fact, all you need is Taunt and something to break its subs.
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Garchomp uses Substitute. Even if you break it on the same turn, he'll keep using it until you miss due to Sand Veil. Or, you switch to your Taunter. You'd better hope your Taunt is faster than his SD, and even if it is, he can still KO you because he now has a sub up, along with Sand Veil the whole time, causing you to miss. Plus, a good battler will know you're going to Taunt if you come in with a common taunter like Gyara.
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Originally Posted by ShadowAzelf
3. Garchomp uses Draco Meteor.- ChainChomp <.<. Anything that avoids/resists/take Earthquake and can hit back with a SE attack beats it.
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If your pokemon survives Draco Meteor, which is unlikely, you're definitely slower than him. He can now KO you unless you switch. Who are you going to switch to? List the pokemon that can do the following: A flying/levitator that is faster than Garchomp and can OHKO him, OR a flying/levitator that can take one of Chainchomp's other moves and 2HKO him, OR a pokemon that can take an earthquake, be faster than him, and OHKO him, OR a pokemon that can take 2 earthquakes and 2HKO him. Plus, having used his Draco Meteor, as soon as he sees a counter, he's going to be wanting to switch back out and do it again.