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Ho-Oh @ Life Orb
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Sacred Fire
- Brave Bird
- Earthquake
- Sleep Talk
Deoxys-Attack @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Psycho Boost
- Superpower
- Extreme Speed
- Pursuit
Neither of these sets are originally mine the first has been used sporadically in the past while Sweep posted about Pursuit Deo-A in SPL discussion last year but this is something I've been using to counteract Gengar which I think is a dumb piece of shit honestly. There's probably more optimal spreads for both but this works ok. Nothing on my team lets Gengar sub initially so I go to Ho-oh on the Hypnosis as it mega evolves and do my utmost to prevent it retaining a sub assuming it beats Ho-oh. Life Orb is used over Choice Band because locking into Sleep Talk is detrimental if you wake up early or Gengar misses a load of Hypnos. Once it beats Ho-oh if it doesn't have a sub Deo comes in and Pursuits to get it out of the game. If Gar stays in Pursuit OHKOes after SR and 1 sub worth of damage, obviously it OHKOes if gar switches out. This obviously relies on SR not being up cos if it is the strategy becomes moot so maybe using Stalk Yvel is better or smth idk. I honestly think Gengar is absolutely absurd this generation thanks to it's initial speed and much less reliance on Protect so I've been trying to think outside the box for creative ways to counteract it, particularly the SubHypno set. Pursuit still has a niche in that it removes Lunala from the game which can be useful I guess, altho watch for Scarf. Does anyone else have anything they use in this fashion?
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Sacred Fire
- Brave Bird
- Earthquake
- Sleep Talk
Deoxys-Attack @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Psycho Boost
- Superpower
- Extreme Speed
- Pursuit
Neither of these sets are originally mine the first has been used sporadically in the past while Sweep posted about Pursuit Deo-A in SPL discussion last year but this is something I've been using to counteract Gengar which I think is a dumb piece of shit honestly. There's probably more optimal spreads for both but this works ok. Nothing on my team lets Gengar sub initially so I go to Ho-oh on the Hypnosis as it mega evolves and do my utmost to prevent it retaining a sub assuming it beats Ho-oh. Life Orb is used over Choice Band because locking into Sleep Talk is detrimental if you wake up early or Gengar misses a load of Hypnos. Once it beats Ho-oh if it doesn't have a sub Deo comes in and Pursuits to get it out of the game. If Gar stays in Pursuit OHKOes after SR and 1 sub worth of damage, obviously it OHKOes if gar switches out. This obviously relies on SR not being up cos if it is the strategy becomes moot so maybe using Stalk Yvel is better or smth idk. I honestly think Gengar is absolutely absurd this generation thanks to it's initial speed and much less reliance on Protect so I've been trying to think outside the box for creative ways to counteract it, particularly the SubHypno set. Pursuit still has a niche in that it removes Lunala from the game which can be useful I guess, altho watch for Scarf. Does anyone else have anything they use in this fashion?