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Old February 4th, 2005 (12:41 AM). Edited February 4th, 2005 by Lion Heart.
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Okay, this thread is here so we can show our ways of countering the common techniques.

Boahtar

Standard set is:

Tyranitar (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 1 Def / 48 Spd / 208 SAtk
Rash Nature (+SAtk, -SDef)
- Substitute
- Focus Punch
- Thunderbolt
- Crunch

-Counters: Hitmontop, Swampert, Heracross, Suicune, Hariyama, Jirachi, Zapdos (w/Light Screen).

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***For you who want to know what Hitmontop does to him***

Here is MACH PUNCH'S damage:

Without CHOICE BAND:

Minimum Damage 54%
Average Damage 59%
Maximum Damage 64%

With CHOICE BAND:

Minimum Damage 81%
Average Damage 88%
Maximum Damage 95%

Both can cripple him, and he can't sub after getting CB Mach Punched either.

Here's what he does to him with Triple Kick:

Without CHOICE BAND:

1st Hit: Average Damage 16%
2nd Hit: Average Damage 31%
3rd Hit: Average Damage 45%

It breaks sub on 2nd hit then takes a chunk of his HP.

With CHOICE BAND:

1st Hit: Average Damage 24%
2nd Hit: Average Damage 45%
3rd Hit: Average Damage 66%

Note that the 1st hit CAN break the sub if you get lucky.

Needless to say, it'll still hurt him alot even if he has sub up.
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The other pokemons uses as a counter are obvious enough, Swampert Surf/Quakes him, and he recieves little damage in return.
Breloom and Heracross just beat into him, and Suicune can Surf him or CM up, as he can't do a whole lot to him.
Hariyama can take anything thrown at him, and Cross Chop back, like this:

-This is from a Hariyama with NO attack EV's, but Adamant personality (303 atk)

Minimum Damage 127%
Average Damage 139%
Maximum Damage 150%


That's a OHKO with ease.


Jirachi is able to outtank Boahtar, and Thunder/bolt it back to eventually kill it.

Light Screen Zapdos sets up a Light Screen (obviously) and halves what Boahtar can do to him, as Focus Punch is Not Very Effective against him.


To come:
Curselax, CMCune, CMKou, SkarmBliss, Gengar, Celebi, CMCelebi, Jumpluff

Any help will be appreciated.
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Old February 4th, 2005 (6:51 AM).
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Quite nice Lion Heart, i notice that you really want to become good at Pokemon Battles :)
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Old February 4th, 2005 (11:58 AM).
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Add Jumpluff to the list of stuff to counter.

I've done some decent damage to a CMcune with Boahtar by using:
First T-bolt
Then FP without the sub since he CM'ed
and then run.
You do about 80% tho
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Old February 4th, 2005 (1:07 PM).
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Breloom surely isn't a Boah counter, and you forgot Jirachi, Light Screen Zapdos, Hariyama
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Old February 5th, 2005 (7:24 AM).
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whoamg. machamp is good I hear. provided cc doesnt miss. you can use brick break if your that paranoid about it of course.
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wut about linoone? once he belly drums, u can only really surive with foretress or steelix. maybe to counter bd u can use steelix to take the first hit, then roar.
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OR you can have a Jolteon, or Aero, or anything faster than linoone with a good atk or special atk
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hello Marowak?

Marowak used Bonemerang!
(average 128 damage)

and maro can take atleast 2 crunches which is enough to KO t tar =]
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OR you can have a Jolteon, or Aero, or anything faster than linoone with a good atk or special atk
Linoone used extremespeed!
gg Jolteon :(
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Linoone used Belly Drum!
Linoone reduced HP and raised its attack!
XXX used XXX
Linoone fainted!

Linoone is not a counter.
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Your so called "counter" for bd linoone is only applicable when you leave a tank out against it and allow it to belly drum, while you can't do much except toxic or something. The smart thing to do would be to change to something with
a) Uber defense and/or resistance, kill it
b) Fast ghost type so shadow ball doesn't KO.
c) Uber defense and/or resistance, roar/haze it.

Otherwise, when I see Linoone, I just attack.
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hello Marowak?

Marowak used Bonemerang!
(average 128 damage)

and maro can take atleast 2 crunches which is enough to KO t tar =]
I was gonna say that ;-;
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This counter is a common technique on it's own.

McGengar
-Item: Lefties
-Nature: Hasty
-Trait: Levitate
-EVs: 0 / 136 / 0 / 252 / 122 / 0

~ Substitute
~ Focus Punch
~ Thunderbolt
~ Firepunch/Ice Punch/Giga Drain/Shadow Ball/Explosion/Sludge Bomb

Not McGengars original EVs, but my EVs...Works fine.

Counters: EQ, SubPunch, Brickbreak, Return. Allot of CB'ers. Heracross, Swampert, Ursaring(no HP:Ghost then), Hariyama. Well, it counters allot! Including SkarmBliss.
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Most people probably know about this one but its too good not to mention. So here is the Anti-Skarmory Pokemon, more commonly known as Magneton.

Magneton

Item: Lum Berry (So many ppl have tried to inflict status ailments on it, so many have failed)
Nature: The one that boost Sp Atk and lowers Atk.
Trait: Magnet Pull
EVs: 0/4/252/252/0 (I am the worlds laziest EVer)

~Thunderbolt
~Thunder Wave
~Metal Sound (Most ppl wouldnt include this but it helps, 2 metal sounds can let magneton OHKO a Snorlax with t-bolt, take that Curselax)
~HP Fire (Grass is no good because Swampy EQs it first anyway, with fire you cant take down grasses and ice where thunderbolt may not work and even kill the odd steelix or scizor.)
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Acutally HP: Fire is on magneton to take care of steel types who are stuck in against it
mainly Forry
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Yeah I mentioned that in the post i was typing but then my comp screwed up and i had to retype it and i guess i forgot.
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The thing that sucks about Magneton is that killing Skarmory and some other Steels without Earthquake is the only thing it can really do.
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Curselax

Figured it was time for the next one:

I'm on a school computer, so standard EV's and Nature will come in then.

His Set:

-Curse
-Return
-Shadow Ball/Earthquake
-Rest


Obviously, if they have Quake over Shadow Ball, Gengar can come in and ruin him.

Onto the counters:

Here's something I encountered ages ago when I was battling, also saw a quick mention in a guide somewhere:
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MILTANK
-Psych Up
-Return
-Milk Drink
-Focus Punch


The plan here, is to Psych Up Lax's Curses, and Return him until he uses Rest, then you get in a few free Focus Punches.

It's too specific, and is no use against a Ghost, so perhaps consider Shadow Ball over Focus Punch, I don't know, but it's no good against anything else.
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Another option is to simply Haze him, which is a good enough counter, and since Lax is so slow, and evenm SLOWER with the Curses, you have nothing to fear.

Could consider Hypnoperishtrapping aswell, Hypnosis + Mean Look + Perish Song would end him quite fast, especially if it's running Quake over Shadow Ball.

A pokemon with Taunt could also counter him to an extent, though I think Lax will Return it to death eventually.
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I'm kinda short on ideas here, but for some reason I overcome it in battle somehow.

Oh, and perhaps Leech Seeding it, for a HUGE HP amount coming back, and it has to Switch to get rid of it, in which case you get a free Sub or something.

Any ideas will be appreciated, and I'll add in calculations for some stuff when I gert home, like how much a SubRev from Medicham will do to Curselax with 6 Curses, and how much other specific things will do to him.
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Ok now how about Tauntrados?
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Zapdos :P

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Any non legend counters? How about Jolteon?
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if it gets a DD Jolt is done

Electrode and Gengar are better counters
as electrode outspeeds it even after a Dance
and Gengar is immune to EQ and can take a Danced HP Fly (from a Jolly Gyrados)
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That's right.

I figure we have Boahtar covered, and Curselax isn't really that much of a threat - Roar him or Haze him.

So no need to really cover them anymore.

Next ones are the Calm Mind Dogs, which I'll do when I get home.

Gotta actually think of a way to nullify Raikou first.
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That's right.

I figure we have Boahtar covered, and Curselax isn't really that much of a threat - Roar him or Haze him.

So no need to really cover them anymore.

Next ones are the Calm Mind Dogs, which I'll do when I get home.

Gotta actually think of a way to nullify Raikou first.
Wouldn't Flygon do well against Raikou?
I'm not sure about Flygon's stats, but let's say Raikou is faster than him (which I believe).
Raikou's best bet is HP Ice, but would that really KO Flygon?

The next question I'm not sure about is whether or not Flygon could KO Raikou with his EQ...

What do you guys think?
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HP: Ice is almost a definate K.O. to Flygon

Anything with a SpAtk of 290 (un STABbed) or greater will Ohko Flygon (at minimum damage) given Flygon has 6 Evs in HP and none in SpDef (which is standard for most flygon sets).


Eq from a Jolly Flygon would K.O. a Raikou


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