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@ Leftovers
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248hp/252def/8spd
IVs: 30atk/30spa/30spe
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Giga Drain
- Sleep Powder
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Leech Seed

Hard countered basically, even with Stone Edge's crit chance (I'm factoring that in due its better chance of landing one) Hippo only 6hko's, normal hits are 8hko's. Tangrowth can safely come in, put it to sleep, set up a Leech Seed and/or 2hko with Giga Drain.
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-Magmortar w/Life Orb
Nature: Mild
Ability: Vital Spirit
EVs: 252 Sp.Attack, 252 Speed, 4 Attack
Moves: Fire Blast, Thunderbolt, Earthquake, Hidden Power Grass

Giga Drain and HP Fire do pitiful damage to Magmortar, and Vital Spirit prevents it from being put to sleep by Sleep Powder. Fire Blast hits Tangrowth like an artillery blast.
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Zweilous @ Eviolite
Ability: Hustle
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Crunch
- Dragon Tail
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

4 Atk Life Orb Magmortar Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Eviolite Zweilous: 81-96 (23.2 - 27.5%) -- 72.6% chance to 4HKO

0 Atk Hustle Zweilous Crunch vs. 0 HP / 0- Def Magmortar: 174-205 (59.7 - 70.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
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Radiant's base
Seen June 2nd, 2019
Posted November 25th, 2018
417 posts
8.3 Years
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Slurpuff @ Sitrus Berry
Nature - Adamant
Ability - Unburden
EV's - 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
- Belly Drum
- Play Rough
- Return
- Substitute

Can come in and set up a substitute or start off with a Belly Drum right away. I know it doesn't matter but an Unburden +6 Slurpuff is scary.

4 Atk Hustle Zweilous Crunch vs. 52 HP / 0 Def Slurpuff: 64-76 (20.1 - 23.8%) -- guaranteed 5HKO
Zweilous Dragon Tail vs. Slurpuff: 0-0 (0 - 0%) -- aim for the horn next time

+6 252+ Atk Slurpuff Play Rough vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Eviolite Zweilous: 1660-1960 (477 - 563.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
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Mega Scizor @Scizorite
Ability: Technician
Impish Nature
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 Atk
-Bullet Punch
-U-Turn
-Swords Dance
-Knock Off

This is basically the best that can be done for switching into a +6 Slurpuff:

+6 252+ Atk Slurpuff Drain Punch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Mega Scizor: 147-174 (42.7 - 50.5%) -- 2.3% chance to 2HKO

4 Atk Technician Mega Scizor Bullet Punch vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Slurpuff: 210-248 (68.6 - 81%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

And honestly Slurpuff's chance to 2HKO is so low that we'll call that good enough. It's probably not getting back enough HP from Drain Punch to survive 2 Bullet Punches anyway (though since it's likely to be at 75% HP it could be OHKO'd if the rolls go in Scizor's favor).
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Arcanine @ Helix Fossil
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Overheat
- Morning Sun
- Solar Beam
- Sunny Day

Switches in, setting Scizor's attack back by one. Neither setting up swords dance nor attacking right away allows it to even 2 hit Ko Arcanine, letting the dog launch an overheat to knock it out.
+1 4 Atk Mega Scizor Knock Off vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Arcanine: 136-160 (35.4 - 41.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

4 SpA Helix Fossil Arcanine Overheat vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Mega Scizor: 564-664 (163.9 - 193%) -- guaranteed OHKO
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Altaria @ Altarianite
Ability: Cloud Nine
Happiness: 0
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Cotton Guard
- Roost
- Frustration
- Dragon Dance

4 SpA Arcanine Overheat vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Mega Altaria: 49-58 (13.8 - 16.4%) -- possible 7HKO
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4 SpA Arcanine Solar Beam vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Mega Altaria: 30-36 (8.4 - 10.1%) -- possibly the worst move ever
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Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 248 HP / 192 Def / 68 Spe
Bold Nature
- Lava Plume
- Toxic
- Taunt
- Protect

Yay for physically defensive Heatran
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I'll just assume the normal max attack and speed with jolly.


Togekiss @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 148 HP / 252 SpA / 108 Spe
Modest Nature
- Dazzling Gleam
- Trick
- Air Slash
- Soft-Boiled

If Garchomp uses swords dance when Togekiss switches in, I'm pretty sure Togekiss can trick it's choice scarf onto the chomp to force it to keep using SD. But even if it can't, Togekiss still wins.

Togekiss is immune to earthquake and dragon claw, forcing Chomp to use fire fang, which is a 3-4HKO at +0 and 2HKO at +1. Togekiss has minimum speed to go before max speed garchomp with choice scarf and enough power to 2hko, and occasionally 1hko's it, further increased in likelyhood by the fact that chomp uses life orb.

252+ SpA Togekiss Dazzling Gleam vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Garchomp: 312-368 (87.1 - 102.7%) -- 18.8% chance to OHKO

252 Atk Life Orb Garchomp Fire Fang vs. 148 HP / 0 Def Togekiss: 96-114 (27.5 - 32.7%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
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Manectric @Manectricite
136 HP / 252 SpDef/ 120 Speed
Calm nature

-Thunderbolt
-Literally whatever for the rest three moves

Worst case scenario it'll eat a Dazzling Gleam in the switch in and lose 50%
252+ SpA Togekiss Dazzling Gleam vs. 136 HP / 252+ SpD Manectric: 135-159 (42.8 - 50.4%) -- 1.2% chance to 2HKO

Next turn it mega evolves and takes some more damage because it's mega speed hasn't taken effect yet, attacks with T-bolt
252+ SpA Togekiss Dazzling Gleam vs. 136 HP / 252+ SpD Mega Manectric: 114-135 (36.1 - 42.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
0 SpA Mega Manectric Thunderbolt vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Togekiss: 222-264 (59.5 - 70.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

Next turn Mega Manetric kills it with T-bolt because it hits 336 with 120 EVs, whereas Togekiss sits at 334 after the scarf with 108 EVs.

If it were to switch into Air slash, it might flinch on the second turn due to Serene Grace, but Manectric can eat those all day long so it's no problem because from that turn on it will be faster and flinching will be a non issue. If Togekiss gets trapped into Trick or Softboiled it's as good as gone already.

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14.2 Years
Swampert @ levtovers
Evs Attk 252 HP 252 6 sp.def
Nature Lonely
surf
earthquake
mirror coat
yawn
with swamperts ground typing no effect to thunder bolt and earthquake 1 hitko
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Cacturne @Air Ballon
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Speed
Adamant nature

Seed bomb
Sucker Punch
Drain Punch
Destiny Bond

Immune to both attacks and has no moves mirror coat can work on, can OHKO with seed bomb even if it gets yawned.

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Fletchinder
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 160 HP / 4 Def / 252 Atk / 92 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Acrobatics
- Will-O-Wisp
- Swords Dance
- Roost

self-explanatory
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Tyrantrum @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Rock Head
EVs: 252 Atk/4 HP/252 Spe
Jolly Nature
-Head Smash
-Earthquake
-Dragon Claw
-Superpower

+2 252+ Atk Fletchinder Acrobatics (110 BP) vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Tyrantrum: 116-137 (37.9 - 44.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

252 Atk burned Tyrantrum Head Smash vs. 160 HP / 4 Def Fletchinder: 746-882 (244.5 - 289.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO

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Excadrill @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Iron Head
- Rapid Spin

252 Atk Tyrantrum Head Smash vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Excadrill: 87-103 (24 - 28.5%) -- 97.2% chance to 4HKO

Even without sand up, Excadrill can take 2 of these and hit back with:

252+ Atk Life Orb Excadrill Iron Head vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Tyrantrum: 330-393 (107.8 - 128.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

or

252+ Atk Life Orb Excadrill Earthquake vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Tyrantrum: 416-491 (135.9 - 160.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

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Nature : hasty
Surf
Power up punch
Dark pulse
Ice beam
Evs speed 252 attack 252 sp attack 6
Greninja speed will wipe it out with surf or ice beam
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Azumarill @Assault Vest

Ability: Huge Power
88 HP / 252 Atk / 164 / Speed
Adamant nature

Aqua Jet
Play Rough
Waterfall
Knock Off

Resists all possible attacks from ninja and all will do 13% or less damage before being hit and taking 96.8 - 114% from Play Rough, should it survive, Aqua jet will KO before it can attack again.

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Nature : hasty
Surf
Power up punch
Dark pulse
Ice beam
Evs speed 252 attack 252 sp attack 6
Greninja speed will wipe it out with surf or ice beam
Greninja is an Uber. And if Greninja wasn' t even an Uber in the first place, it's not a counter to Excadrill, as it can't switch into Earthquake. Even then, I hope you realize that Power-Up Punch is a bad option on it, and it gained better coverage options in OR/AS in Gunk Shot and Low Kick; even then, Hydro Pump (or Surf) still is enough to do Excadrill in.


Azumarill @Assault Vest

Ability: Huge Power
88 HP / 252 Atk / 164 / Speed
Adamant nature

Aqua Jet
Play Rough
Waterfall
Knock Off

Resists all possible attacks from ninja and all will do 13% or less damage before being hit and taking 96.8 - 114% from Play Rough, should it survive, Aqua jet will KO before it can attack again.
Azumarill runs significantly more HP investment to really make use of Assault Vest: 240 HP/252 Atk/16 SDef.

Anyway:

Mega Venusaur:

-Giga Drain
-Sludge Bomb
-Knock Off
-Synthesis
Nature: Bold
EVs: 248 HP/96 Def/144 SDef/20 Spe
Item: Venusaurite

Both of Venusaur's STABs hit Azumarill hard, and as a Mega Pokemon, doesn't care much about Knock Off.

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My counter to Mega Venosaur:

Weezing

Item: Black Sludge
Nature: Calm
Ability: Levitate
252 HP - 130 DEF - 126 Spec Def

Moves: Pain split,Sludge Bomb, Stockpile, Will-O-Wisp


Mega Venosaur:

0 SpA Mega Venusaur Giga Drain vs. 252 HP / 126+ SpD Weezing: 50-59 (14.9 - 17.6%) -- possible 9HKO after Black Sludge recovery
0 SpA Mega Venusaur Sludge Bomb vs. 252 HP / 126+ SpD Weezing: 60-71 (17.9 - 21.2%) -- possible 7HKO after Black Sludge recovery
0- Atk Mega Venusaur Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 130 Def Weezing: 49-58 (14.6 - 17.3%) -- possible 9HKO after Black Sludge recovery

After Burn:
0- Atk burned Mega Venusaur Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 126 Def Weezing: 24-29 (7.1 - 8.6%) -- possibly the worst move ever

After +1 stockpile:
0 SpA Mega Venusaur Sludge Bomb vs. +1 252 HP / 130+ SpD Weezing: 39-47 (11.6 - 14%) -- possibly the worst move ever
0 SpA Mega Venusaur Giga Drain vs. +1 252 HP / 130+ SpD Weezing: 33-39 (9.8 - 11.6%) -- possibly the worst move ever

Weezing:

0 SpA Weezing Venoshock vs. 248 HP / 144 SpD Mega Venusaur: 64-76 (17.6 - 20.9%) -- possible 5HKO
0 SpA Weezing Sludge Bomb vs. 248 HP / 144 SpD Mega Venusaur: 64-76 (17.6 - 20.9%) -- guaranteed 4HKO after burn damage

Stockpile would take venosaur even longer to do anything, plus Giga drain would become useless. Will-O-Wisp for stalling
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Heatran @Leftovers
12 HP/ 252 Sp. Atk / 244 Speed
Timid nature

Flash cannon
Lava plume
Taunt
Earth power

Taunt will lock it into Sludge bomb, taking no damage while it spams Lava plume for some sizable damage and burn chance.

252 SpA Heatran Lava Plume vs. 252 HP / 126+ SpD Weezing: 136-162 (40.7 - 48.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Black Sludge recovery

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Counter for Heatran:

Poliwrath:

Item: Sea Incense
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Swift Swim
252 Speed - 128 HP - 132 Attack

Waterfall - Earthquake - Brick Break - Rain dance

Heatran Vs Poliwrath:
252 SpA Heatran Lava Plume vs. 128 HP / 4 SpD Poliwrath in Rain: 35-42 (9.9 - 11.8%) -- possible 9HKO
252 SpA Heatran Earth Power vs. 128 HP / 4 SpD Poliwrath: 107-127 (30.3 - 35.9%) -- 44.5% chance to 3HKO
252 SpA Heatran Flash Cannon vs. 128 HP / 4 SpD Poliwrath: 72-84 (20.3 - 23.7%) -- guaranteed 5HKO

Poliwrath Vs Heatran (No Rain Dance):
132 Atk Poliwrath Earthquake vs. 12 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 300-356 (92 - 109.2%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
132 Atk Sea Incense Poliwrath Waterfall vs. 12 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 218-258 (66.8 - 79.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
132 Atk Poliwrath Brick Break vs. 12 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 168-200 (51.5 - 61.3%) -- 94.5% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

(With Rain dance):
132 Atk Sea Incense Poliwrath Waterfall vs. 12 HP / 0 Def Heatran in Rain: 326-386 (100 - 118.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO
132 Atk Poliwrath Earthquake vs. 12 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 300-356 (92 - 109.2%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
132 Atk Poliwrath Brick Break vs. 12 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 168-200 (51.5 - 61.3%) -- 94.5% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

Even on swap in and rain set up Poli will win as swift swim will make him outspeed heatram meaning he'd lose the possible 3rd hit chance to KO.

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Breloom @ Focus Sash
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
-Bullet Seed
-Rock Tomb
-Mach Punch
-Spore

132 Atk Poliwrath Brick Break vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Breloom: 106-126 (40.6 - 48.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

If Bullet Seed strikes 3+ times, Breloom KOs Poliwrath. But if it only fires off 2 rounds, Mach Punch still does enough to finish off Poliwrath first:

252 Atk Technician Breloom Bullet Seed (3 hits) vs. 128 HP / 0 Def Poliwrath: 384-456 (108.7 - 129.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 Atk Technician Breloom Bullet Seed (2 hits) vs. 128 HP / 0 Def Poliwrath: 256-304 (72.5 - 86.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Technician Breloom Mach Punch vs. 128 HP / 0 Def Poliwrath: 103-123 (29.1 - 34.8%)
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Camrupt @ camruptite
Ability : anger point
Nature : sassy
Moves earthquake, lavaplume, curse, yawn
EVs: sp.attk 252 / sp.def 252 / def 6
Anger Point is useless on Camerupt, regardless of whether it's Mega or not. Its frailty in base form means virtually every critical hit can fell it. Solid Rock is still the preferred ability to take the occasional weak super effective hit. When Camerupt Mega Evolves, it gains Sheer Force, which disables Lava Plume's burn chance. And what's the point of having Sheer Force when your moves don't really do well with it? Earthquake doesn't benefit from it at all, while Lava Plume is mainly used to burn things. Fire Blast is the stronger Fire STAB, while Earth Power is the Ground STAB that just so happens to benefit from Sheer Force.

Anyway:
Flygon

-Earthquake
-Outrage
-U-turn
-Sleep Talk
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Item: Choice Scarf

Flygon walls Camerupt completely and won't get burned by Sheer Force Lava Plume.