Project SV OU - Victim of the Week (Week 66: Bulky DD Roaring Moon)

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:SV/Cinderace:
Cinderace @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Libero
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Pyro Ball
- U-turn
- Sucker Punch
- Court Change

You outspeed and OHKO unless they Tera. You tank a hit and 2HKO if they Tera. If they haven't Terastallized yet, you better pray they haven't stocked any Nasty Plots yet if they're at over half their HP.

252 Atk Cinderace Pyro Ball vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Gholdengo: 378-446 (120 - 141.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 Atk Cinderace Pyro Ball vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Tera Fairy Gholdengo: 189-223 (60 - 70.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 SpA Gholdengo Shadow Ball vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Cinderace: 169-199 (56.1 - 66.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 SpA Gholdengo Make It Rain vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Cinderace: 126-148 (41.8 - 49.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
 
So, the cheese stick thought it could disrupt the natural order of hazards with its stupid ability?
Well, the next 2 mons have something to say about that.

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:sv/darkrai:

"No sleep move ban will send ME to UU!"
Darkrai @ Expert Belt
Ability: Bad Dreams
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dark Pulse
- Sludge Bomb
- Ice Beam
- Psychic

So Gholdengo's first instinct is to terastilize to prevent would be KOs from Dark Pulse.
252 SpA Expert Belt Darkrai Dark Pulse vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Gholdengo: 348-413 (110.4 - 131.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 SpA Darkrai Dark Pulse vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Tera Fairy Gholdengo: 72-86 (22.8 - 27.3%) -- 57.3% chance to 4HKO

Gholdengo will then proceed to throw gold at Darkrai.
252 SpA Gholdengo Make It Rain vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Darkrai: 217-256 (77.2 - 91.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Darkrai can then proceed to finish Ghold off with a final Sludge Bomb
252 SpA Expert Belt Darkrai Sludge Bomb vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Tera Fairy Gholdengo: 262-310 (83.1 - 98.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Counter:
:sv/ting-lu:

*Ting-Lu slams through the ceiling and leaves a comically large hole there in the process*
Ting-Lu @ Assault Vest
Ability: Vessel of Ruin
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Heavy Slam
- Throat Chop
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge

Ting-Lu proceeds to Chop Gholdengo's Throat.
252+ Atk Ting-Lu Throat Chop vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Gholdengo: 270-318 (85.7 - 100.9%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Ting-Lu Throat Chop vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Tera Fairy Gholdengo: 67-79 (21.2 - 25%) -- 0.1% chance to 4HKO

Gholdengo's only real option is Make It Rain.
+2 252 SpA Gholdengo Make It Rain over 3 turns vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Assault Vest Vessel of Ruin Ting-Lu: 538-637 (104.6 - 123.9%) -- guaranteed KO in 3 turns
(Note that Ting-Lu can terastilize to avoid a 3HKO)

A Heavy Slam should finish Gholdengo off.
252+ Atk Ting-Lu Heavy Slam (120 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Tera Fairy Gholdengo: 268-316 (85 - 100.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
 
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:sv/torracat:>:sv/incineroar:
NFE (Torracat) @ Choice Band
Ability: Intimidate
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 180 Atk / 76 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Shadow Claw
- Crunch
- Parting Shot
hahaha DIE
252 SpA Tera Fairy Gholdengo Shadow Ball vs. 0 HP / 76 SpD Tera Fire Torracat: 204-240 (75.2 - 88.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
180+ Atk Choice Band Tera Fire Torracat Flare Blitz vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Tera Fairy Gholdengo: 316-372 (100.3 - 118%) -- guaranteed OHKO
just imagine. Money burns.

(going to leave this here for a bit to ask if it is allowed, 'cause it takes itself out but eh)

Counter
:Sv/blissey:
annoying blaub (Blissey) (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Natural Cure
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Soft-Boiled
- Seismic Toss
- Shadow Ball
- Calm Mind
+6 252 SpA Gholdengo Make It Rain vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Blissey: 465-547 (65.1 - 76.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
With 2 CMs up, Blissey outheals it. +6 252 SpA Gholdengo Make It Rain vs. +2 252 HP / 252+ SpD Blissey: 232-274 (32.4 - 38.3%) -- 98.2% chance to 3HKO
+5 0 SpA Blissey Shadow Ball vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Gholdengo: 340-402 (107.9 - 127.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
but +2 can outdamage healing: +6 252 SpA Gholdengo Make It Rain vs. +2 252 HP / 252+ SpD Blissey: 232-274 (32.4 - 38.3%) -- 98.2% chance to 3HKO
 
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Demon Queen said:
Counter
:sv/hoopa-unbound:
Hoopa-Unbound @ Assault Vest
Ability: Magician
EVs: 248 HP / 44 Atk / 40 Def / 84 SpA / 92 Spe
Tera Type: Poison
Lonely Nature
- Knock Off
- Psychic
- Drain Punch
- Gunk Shot

These are weird pre-DLC1 EVs that can probably be improved, but this is what moderate special bulk does to an mf.

252 SpA Gholdengo Make It Rain vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Hoopa-Unbound: 106-126 (29.2 - 34.7%) -- 6.8% chance to 3HKO
+2 252 SpA Gholdengo Make It Rain vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Hoopa-Unbound: 211-250 (58.1 - 68.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
44+ Atk Hoopa-Unbound Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Gholdengo: 372-440 (118 - 139.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
44+ Atk Hoopa-Unbound Gunk Shot vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Tera Fairy Gholdengo: 306-362 (97.1 - 114.9%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO
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With the given EV spread, this is a check not a counter. Gholdengo can Nasty Plot as you switch in, and the combination of a +2 Make It Rain and a +1 Make It Rain will finish you off before you can use a second attack.
To make it just barely count as a counter, you need 252 HP / 252 SpD; in the scenario above with two max rolls on Make It Rain, you would survive with 1 HP remaining.
 
chartung17 said:
With the given EV spread, this is a check not a counter. Gholdengo can Nasty Plot as you switch in, and the combination of a +2 Make It Rain and a +1 Make It Rain will finish you off before you can use a second attack.
To make it just barely count as a counter, you need 252 HP / 252 SpD; in the scenario above with two max rolls on Make It Rain, you would survive with 1 HP remaining.
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uhhhh okay swap them
 
:sv/skeledirge:

Skeledirge @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Tera Type: Water
Calm Nature
- Torch Song
- Will-O-Wisp
- Slack Off
- Hex / Earth Power

Skeledirge is a check. It needs to Tera to avoid the 2HKO from Shadow Ball, but once that particular hurdle is cleared, you don't have much to worry about aside from lucky Sp. Def drops or the rare Thunderbolt, since Unaware ignores any Nasty Plot boosts. In return, Skeledirge can begin snowballing with Torch Song. If Gholdengo doesn't end up Terastalizing itself, even an unboosted Torch Song will 2HKO.
 
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Counter
:sv/Goodra-Hisui:
Goodra-Hisui @ Assault Vest
Ability: Shell Armor
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 248 HP / 52 Atk / 40 SpA / 168 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Heavy Slam
- Fire Blast
- Earthquake
- Draco Meteor

Even a +4 Shadow Ball fails to 2HKO this snail
+4 252 SpA Gholdengo Shadow Ball vs. 248 HP / 168+ SpD Assault Vest Goodra-Hisui: 153-180 (42.1 - 49.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

Switching in on Nasty Plot gives you 3 turns baring Shadow Ball spdef drops
+2 252 SpA Gholdengo Shadow Ball vs. 248 HP / 168+ SpD Assault Vest Goodra-Hisui: 102-120 (28 - 33%) -- guaranteed 4HKO

But if you land the first Fire Blast, you can finish Dengo off next turn. If they didn't tera, a second Fire Blast can KO whether they do or not. EQ out-damages recover with perfect accuracy. If they do tera at any point, Heavy Slam will do over 90%.
40 SpA Goodra-Hisui Fire Blast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Gholdengo: 192-228 (60.9 - 72.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
40 SpA Goodra-Hisui Fire Blast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Tera Fairy Gholdengo: 96-114 (30.4 - 36.1%) -- 52% chance to 3HKO
52 Atk Goodra-Hisui Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Gholdengo: 158-188 (50.1 - 59.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
52 Atk Goodra-Hisui Heavy Slam (120 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Tera Fairy Gholdengo: 288-338 (91.4 - 107.3%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO

Worst case scenario you can tera and Fire Blast for a OHKO chance
40 SpA Tera Fire Goodra-Hisui Fire Blast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Gholdengo: 288-342 (91.4 - 108.5%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
 
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Counter
:sv/araquanid:
Araquanid @ Assault Vest
Ability: Water Bubble
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Careful Nature
- Liquidation
- Skitter Smack
- Crunch
- Mirror Coat
Assault vest araquanid is BULKY on the special side, as even at +6, ghold can't even ohko it with shadow ball.
+6 252 SpA Gholdengo Shadow Ball vs. 252 HP / 4+ SpD Assault Vest Araquanid: 253-298 (74.4 - 87.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Yeah, and araquanid can counter ghold in many ways. Liquidation just does great damage to ghold, as it outdamages recover damage by a decent amount. Skitter smack reduces the target's sp.Attack whenever it connects, so Ghold will be doing less damage and araquanid can survive some hits it usually wouldn't. Crunch just is a good move to hit ghold for super effective damage, though it actually does less than liquidation. Finally, mirror coat allows araquanid to guarentee the ko on ghold if it can't take two hits from it, as the sheer damage it does means that most likely ghold will be ko'd in return. Tera dark also allows the spider to live more shadow balls if necessary while boosting the power of crunch.
Some calcs:
252+ SpA Protosynthesis Raging Bolt Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 4+ SpD Assault Vest Araquanid: 210-248 (61.7 - 72.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Kyurem Freeze-Dry vs. 252 HP / 4+ SpD Assault Vest Araquanid: 164-194 (48.2 - 57%) -- 90.2% chance to 2HKO
252+ Atk Black Glasses Kingambit Kowtow Cleave vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Araquanid: 202-238 (59.4 - 70%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Weavile Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Araquanid: 160-190 (47 - 55.8%) -- 80.1% chance to 2HKO
 
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:Volcarona: by trainer_j0nathan

Counter
:Clodsire: by Demon Queen​

Congratulations, your sets will be added to the Hall of Fame shortly! Next, we'll be looking to answer one of the tier's newest additions, a terrifying spectre that haunts the dreams of Psychic- and Ghost-types alike; what will you choose to handle Darkrai?

:sv/Darkrai:
Darkrai @ Life Orb
Timid Nature
Tera Type: Poison
Ability: Bad Dreams
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
- Dark Pulse
- Focus Blast
- Sludge Bomb
- Nasty Plot​

Despite losing perhaps its most terrifying option in Hypnosis, Life Orb Darkrai remains a terrifying threat in the Indigo Disk metagame, with near-perfect coverage bolstering its already high power to rip apart targets unable to withstand its assault. Focus Blast hits Dark-types like Ting-Lu and Kingambit that would otherwise be able to stomach its attacks, while Sludge Bomb targets Fairy-types like Primarina and Clefable along with flipping its weaknesses to Fairy- and Fighting-type attacks. Nasty Plot can allow Darkrai to power through bulkier Pokemon that would be able to stomach a hit and threaten it back, leveraging its high Speed and ability to force switches to turn it into a terrifying sweeper. Can you save OU from this nightmare?

Submissions are open until Tuesday, March 19th at 11:59PM EST
You may submit up to 1 check and 1 counter!​
 
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:sv/okidogi:
Okidogi @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Toxic Chain
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 Atk / 240 SpD / 16 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Drain Punch
- High Horsepower
- Toxic
- Poison Jab
Okidogi can resist every single move that darkrai has on this set and threaten it back with a drain punch, or a high horserpower if it tera's. Toxic allows okidogi to reliably get something off on darkrai unless it tera poison's on that exact turn, while posion jab is just good stab. However, at +2, dark pulse can 2hit ko okidogi, so it does have to be careful.
+2 252 SpA Life Orb Darkrai Dark Pulse vs. 0 HP / 240 SpD Okidogi: 153-182 (48.2 - 57.4%) -- 48.8% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
The ev's are max attack to deal as much damage as possible, the jolly and speed ev's allows okidogi to outspeed jolly gambit and the rest go into special defense to live as many hits as possible. Tera ground boosts up high horsepower's damage as it sadly doesn't ko from full.
252 Atk Okidogi High Horsepower vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Tera Poison Darkrai: 226-266 (80.4 - 94.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Counter
:sv/clodsire:
Clodsire @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Unaware
Tera Type: Bug/Fairy
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Megahorn
- Amnesia
- Recover
- Earthquake
8 Atk Clodsire Megahorn vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Darkrai: 150-178 (53.3 - 63.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Yeah, clodsire gets megahorn, who would've thunk (probably due to the protuding poison spikes it has on its back when attacking in-game).
This clodsire set can deal massive damage to darkrai while not taking much in return, as dark pulse does max 32% back to it. This allows clodsire to get off an amnesia and recover almost all of the time. Then it can threaten darkrai back with a megahorn as clodsire has enough longevity and raw bulk to afford the misses from megahorn. If darkrai tries to tera poison to avoid being ko'd by megahorn, then e-quake is going to finish the job off even quicker.
Ev spread is standard and the tera types are customisable, you can choose more than the ones provided. Tera bug allows megahorn to deal even more damage, which is just funny, while tera fairy resists both dark pulse and focus blast allowing you to get off an amnesia before they can hit a sludge bomb.
Some calcs for the funnys:
8 Atk Tera Bug Clodsire Megahorn vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Rillaboom: 224-266 (65.6 - 78%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Grassy Terrain recovery
252+ Atk Choice Band Rillaboom Wood Hammer vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Tera Bug Clodsire in Grassy Terrain: 308-363 (66.5 - 78.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery and Grassy Terrain recovery
8 Atk Tera Bug Clodsire Megahorn vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Ogerpon-Wellspring: 236-282 (78.4 - 93.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
8 Atk Tera Bug Clodsire Megahorn vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Roaring Moon: 272-324 (77.4 - 92.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
8 Atk Tera Bug Clodsire Megahorn vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Weavile: 294-348 (104.6 - 123.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 Atk Weavile Triple Axel (120 BP) (3 hits) vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Tera Bug Clodsire: 283-335 (61.1 - 72.3%) -- approx. 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
8 Atk Tera Bug Clodsire Megahorn vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Samurott-Hisui: 248-294 (77.2 - 91.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
 
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Choice Spec Dragapult
:sv/dragapult:
Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- U-turn

Swaps in for free and outspeeds = 252 SpA Choice Specs Dragapult Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Darkrai: 288-340 (102.4 - 120.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
 
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:sv/barraskewda:
Barraskewda @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Liquidation
- Flip Turn
- Close Combat
- Psychic Fangs

Tera is required (unless rain is up), but it outspeeds and OHKOs with Liquidation. If you know Darkrai won't tera, you can also kill it with Close Combat.

252 Atk Choice Band Tera Water Barraskewda Liquidation vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Darkrai: 292-344 (103.9 - 122.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 Atk Choice Band Barraskewda Close Combat vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Darkrai: 412-486 (146.6 - 172.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
 
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