Project AG Victim of the Week! Week 14: Calm Mind Kyogre [On Hiatus]

[Guard]

Sorry for taking this long, my school decided to still complete all exams for some reason so I had to cram multiple books within the past few days. Anyway...
Arceus takes the victory, congrats ice-master-523!
Moving on:



Zacian-Crowned @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Behemoth Blade
- Close Combat
- Wild Charge
- Crunch

As soon as this metagame kicked off, Zacian-C instantly established itself as one of the faces due to its immense wallbreaking and cleaning prowess. The amount of influence Zacian-C has continues to be extremely notable, with Pokemon such as Ditto and defensive Necrozma-DM having much higher usage than in past generations, and Mega Rayquaza and Marshadow being less prominent.

[Submission phase ends Monday 13th April 3 PM GMT] ​

 

[Rup❤Ainu]

Check

Groudon-Primal @ Red Orb
Ability: Desolate Land
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Relaxed Nature
- Earthquake
- Rest
- Stone Edge
- Overheat

Here Is The Set,It can switch in freely and revenge kill it freey with earthquake or overheat & Also it checks ho-oh and ferrothorn.Stealth rock or Rest depending upon the other mons present in the team.Due to max hp & max def it has bad spdef. Yes i am aware of it.Chansey Will be a good partner for it.

I can see Ndm & Zygarde Post incoming. Feeling Psychic

Calcs

+1 252+ Atk Zacian-Crowned Behemoth Blade (100 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Groudon-Primal: 84-100 (20.7 - 24.7%) -- guaranteed 5HKO
+1 252+ Atk Zacian-Crowned Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Groudon-Primal: 136-160 (33.6 - 39.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
+1 252+ Atk Zacian-Crowned Crunch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Groudon-Primal: 90-107 (22.2 - 26.4%) -- 16.8% chance to 4HKO

 

[Rose]

Edit: Here it is. Honestly why did I reserve it when I write the submission ten minutes later.


Necrozma-Dusk-Mane @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Prism Armour
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Sunsteel Strike
- Moonlight
- Toxic
- Knock Off / Earthquake

Calcs

+1 252+ Atk Zacian-Crowned Behemoth Blade (100 BP) vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Necrozma-Dusk-Mane: 100-118 (25.1 - 29.7%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
+1 252+ Atk Zacian-Crowned Close Combat vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Necrozma-Dusk-Mane: 160-189 (40.3 - 47.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
+1 252+ Atk Zacian-Crowned Crunch vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Prism Armor Necrozma-Dusk-Mane: 160-190 (40.3 - 47.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

8 Atk Necrozma-Dusk-Mane Earthquake vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Zacian-Crowned: 192-226 (58.8 - 69.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
8 Atk Necrozma-Dusk-Mane Sunsteel Strike vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Zacian-Crowned: 144-169 (44.1 - 51.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Submitting as a counter.
Necrozma dusk mane resists zacian’s dual stabs, while not being weak to close combat at the same time. Its ability prism armour also allows it to take minimal damage from crunch. Rocky helmet allows dusk mane to freely click recover while all zacian does is have a bad time and lose 1/6 of its health if it tries to use the usually free move vs dusk mane, crunch.
In this theoretical void of dusk mane vs zacian, earthquake is the best move for dusk mane to hit back with.
In a very tight spot, dusk mane could always dynamax and use max steel spike to its advantage, gaining +1 defense.

+1 252+ Atk Zacian-Crowned Crunch vs. +1 248 HP / 252+ Def Prism Armor Dynamax Necrozma-Dusk-Mane: 108-127 (13.6 - 15.9%) -- possible 7HKO

 

[Negative Charge]

Ditto @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Imposter
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Def
IVs: 0 Spe
Relaxed Nature
- Transform

Submititng Ditto as a check. Our blob encourages use of Sub/Protect ZaCian and discourages use of SD. Intrepid Sword Activates again and you're scarfed so you can zoot ZaCian (i'm gonna force this abbreviation into existence like Lati@s) with Behomoth Blade or CC (with some chip). You're like a Scarfed Double Banded ZaCian, truly terrifying stuff.

+2 252+ Atk Zacian-Crowned Behemoth Blade (100 BP) vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Zacian-Crowned: 388-457 (119.3 - 140.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+2 252+ Atk Zacian-Crowned Close Combat vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Zacian-Crowned: 310-365 (95.3 - 112.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock

Ditto makes the listed ZaCian a big liability on its face, I can't count the number of games I've won where I clean up with an imposter ZaCian. Having ditto in the back makes it very tricky for the ZaCian user to actually use ZaCian. You can blow up ZaCian's other checks and can force DM to Dynamax if you catch it on the switch.

+2 252+ Atk Zacian-Crowned Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Necrozma-Dusk-Mane: 214-252 (53.7 - 63.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
+2 252+ Atk Zacian-Crowned Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Groudon-Primal: 181-213 (44.8 - 52.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock

 

[Geysers]

reserving volcanion


Volcanion @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Overheat
- Steam Eruption
- Rest
- Defog

Volcanion is an interesting zacian check, capable of switching into behemoth blade, then living a wild charge, and ohkoing back with Overheat. Volcanion is also capable of serving as a status absorber using rest, and supporting its team with defog.

calcs

+1 252+ Atk Zacian-Crowned Behemoth Blade (100 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Volcanion: 52-61 (14.2 - 16.7%) -- possible 6HKO
+1 252+ Atk Zacian-Crowned Wild Charge vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Volcanion: 250-296 (68.6 - 81.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
(19.1 - 22.6% recoil damage)

16.7 + 81.3 = 98

4 SpA Volcanion Overheat vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Zacian-Crowned: 312-368 (95.7 - 112.8%) -- 75% chance to OHKO — chance increases to 100% after recoil damage!

As the above calcs show, Volcanion is easily capable of beating Zacian in the 1v1, and also of switching into to behemoth blade, which is quite impressive, as not even Ho-oh can live behemoth into wild charge. In addition, Steam Eruption allows Volcanion to threaten burns, making it relatively difficult to switch into.
e: swapped fblast to overheat

 

[Ainzcrad]

Arceus-Fire @ Flame Plate
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def/ 4 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Recover
- Judgment
- Ice Beam
- Toxic

Submitting this as an Counter. After calcing some things vs different mons bold max def is the way it also makes cc a two hit ko vs arc fire and u kill afterwards with judgement tnx to the cc drop.

Some people yelled at me for this so s/o to them

Calcs:
+1 252+ Atk Zacian-Crowned Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Arceus-Fire: 167-197 (37.6 - 44.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
0 SpA Flame Plate Arceus-Fire Judgment vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Zacian-Crowned: 270-318 (82.8 - 97.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

 

[Guard]

Cool innovation once again! Submissions are now closed! There are to be no edits of your own Pokemon, nor are there to be any new submissions. As usual:

• Voting will close on 15/4 3 PM GMT 0
• You can't vote for your own submission
• You can vote even if you haven't made a submission.

Options

Primal Groudon by Rup❤Ainu
Necrozma-DM by WrathoftheLeopard
Ditto by Negative Charge
Volcanion by BananaLaddersPS
Arceus-Fire by boyn

You are to vote for 3 options, in an order from best to worst.

1. WrathoftheLeopard
2. boyn
3. Negative Charge

 

[Geysers]

Leopard
Rup
Boyn

 

[Ainzcrad]

1.Negative charge
2. Leopard
3. Cant vote for myself but for real now prob rup

 

[Rup❤Ainu]

Leopard
Banana
Boyn

 

[Rup❤Ainu]

wait who's robyn?? Her acc is game moderator, and she didn't sub anything for this.

Mistake

 

[Rose]

1. Rup❤Ainu
2. boyn
3. Negative Charge

 

[Guard]

Necrozma-DM takes the victory, congrats WrathoftheLeopard!
Moving on:



Eternatus @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Dynamax Cannon
- Sludge Bomb
- Flamethrower
-Recover

Eternatus is a respected Pokemon in the metagame, sporting the deadly combination of both great offensive ánd defensive prowess due to its potent Special Attack and Speed paired with strong STAB and coverage moves, a free item slot, amazing natural bulk, Pressure and access to reliable recovery. This makes it so that very few Pokemon can simultaneously check it and force it out, with Eternatus winning the 1v1 against most would-be checks such as Necrozma-DM.

[Submission phase ends Monday 20th April 3 PM GMT]​

 

[Kate]

Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
Calm Nature
- Magma Storm / Lava Plume
- Stealth Rock
- Earth Power / Taunt
- Toxic

Heatran was easily the best defensive answer to Naganadel last generation, and with Eternatus sporting the exact same potent coverage, it would make sense for both to be COUNTERed by the Heat.

252 SpA Life Orb Eternatus Dynamax Cannon vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Heatran: 79-94 (20.4 - 24.3%) -- possible 6HKO after Leftovers recovery

Eternatus fails to garner even a guaranteed 6HKO, and with Heatran pressuring with Earth Power:
0 SpA Heatran Earth Power vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Eternatus: 170-202 (40.3 - 47.9%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

Plus potential Magma Storm chip or Lava Plume burn(whichever you opt for), Heatran is quite easily able to waste Recovers and put itself out of range of 8 Dynamax Cannons. Once Eternatus is out of this move, it is essentially useless vs many teams, easily kept in check by Primal Groudon, Arceus Ground, and even your own Eternatus. Even if the Etern player tries to conserve PP, there is simply no way that they will be able to deal with Heatran.

 

[Geysers]

Reserving... CHANSEY!
Reserving Spdef Pogre

Kyogre-Primal @ Blue Orb
Ability: Primordial Sea
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Rest
- Calm Mind
- Ice Beam
- Origin Pulse

This ogre set switches in with nigh-impunity, boosts up, and rests when its health gets low, then proceeds to eat more hits and eventually kill with ice beam. Fairly straightforward, and I'm submitting it as a counter.
252 SpA Life Orb Eternatus Dynamax Cannon (100 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Kyogre-Primal: 121-142 (29.9 - 35.1%) -- 15.4% chance to 3HKO
ogre switches in to that, uses cm, and is safe.
252 SpA Life Orb Eternatus Dynamax Cannon (100 BP) vs. +1 252 HP / 252+ SpD Kyogre-Primal: 79-95 (19.5 - 23.5%) -- possible 5HKO
Ogre can cm once more, then rest, absorb the hits, do more cming, and eventually kill etern with IB. If the opponent no longer has strong physical attackers, this now has reasonable sweeping potential.
+2 0 SpA Kyogre-Primal Ice Beam vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Eternatus: 452-532 (107.3 - 126.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
RIP

 

[Ainzcrad]

Tyranitar @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Pursuit
- Earthquake
- Rest

Submitting this as an Counter. Reason being eternal doesnt hurt u enough to come close to 2 hit ko u while u can just rest backup to annoy it more. Also the fact that u two hit ko it with eq is a pretty nice for ttar to.

Calcs: 252 SpA Life Orb Eternatus Dynamax Cannon (100 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252 SpD Tyranitar in Sand: 121-144 (29.9 - 35.6%) -- guaranteed 4HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 Atk Tyranitar Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Eternatus: 192-228 (45.6 - 54.1%) -- 95.3% chance to 2HKO after sandstorm damage

 

[Rose]

You took Tyranitar.
So I’m reserving Mega Tyranitar


Ok seriously i’ll think of another counter.
Hopefully.

 

[Sputnik]

Arceus-Ground @ Earth Plate
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 252 HP / 128 Def / 44 SpA / 64 SpD / 20 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Judgment
- Refresh
- Recover
- Ice Beam

This Arceus Ground set is an effective Check to the above Eternatus set. The SpDef EVs allow Groundceus to always avoid the 2HKO from Dynamax Cannon, and it comes in on every other move with ease if it has to.

252 SpA Life Orb Eternatus Dynamax Cannon vs. 252 HP / 64 SpD Arceus-Ground: 187-220 (42.1 - 49.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

Meanwhile, the given Special Attack EV's secure a KO with Judgement after Stealth Rock and one round of Life Orb Recoil.

44 SpA Earth Plate Arceus-Ground Judgment vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Eternatus: 330-390 (78.3 - 92.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock

As you can see, our boy Groundceus does well consistently against Eternatus, especially with Recover and Refresh to stay healthy and do this with some consistency.

 

[Negative Charge]

Zacian @ Choice Band
Ability: Intrepid Sword
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Play Rough
- Wild Charge
- Psychic Fangs
- Close Combat / Crunch

Banded Zacian outspeeds and can OHKO with Psychic Fangs so it's a decent check that really nothing enjoys switching into. Psychic Fangs is also a nice random tech to have on any team to destroy screens. You can switch into non Sludge Bomb in a pinch but be careful. The moveset is really up to you depending on how you want your team to handle Ho-Oh/Lunala/DM/Ferro. CC and Crunch do the same to DM so it's probably better not to bother with Crunch most of the time but if you really hate Lunala have at it. You'd ideally wanna pair this with sturdy Yveltal / DM checks because being locked into Psychic moves is not great in this tier. If Eternatus has been chipped you can lock into Play Rough to keep Yveltal from coming in.

+1 252 Atk Choice Band Zacian Psychic Fangs vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Eternatus: 434-512 (103 - 121.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252 Atk Choice Band Zacian Play Rough vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Eternatus: 345-406 (81.9 - 96.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

 

[E4 Raptor]

Empoleon @ Leftovers
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Scald
- Earthquake

Nomming papa penguin since it takes down both Eternatus and MDB's heatran at the same time.
Also if you want you can make it defog or set some rocks, idc
............

252 SpA Life Orb Eternatus Flamethrower vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Empoleon: 99-117 (26.6 - 31.5%) -- 21.7% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery (uh yeah that's the farthest you can go)
252 SpA Life Orb Eternatus Dynamax Cannon (100 BP) vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Empoleon: 82-97 (22.1 - 26.1%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery

 

[Kate]

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Empoleon @ Leftovers
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Scald
- Earthquake

Nomming papa penguin since it takes down both Eternatus and MDB's heatran at the same time.
Also if you want you can make it defog or set some rocks, idc
............

252 SpA Life Orb Eternatus Flamethrower vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Empoleon: 99-117 (26.6 - 31.5%) -- 21.7% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery (uh yeah that's the farthest you can go)
252 SpA Life Orb Eternatus Dynamax Cannon (100 BP) vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Empoleon: 82-97 (22.1 - 26.1%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery

Lol, what a low effort alt mate.

 

[E4 Raptor]

Lol, what a low effort alt mate.

Or maybe an unbanned alt?

 

[Guard]

Submissions are now closed! There are to be no edits of your own Pokemon, nor are there to be any new submissions. As usual:

• Voting will close on 22/4 3 PM GMT 0
• You can't vote for your own submission
• You can vote even if you haven't made a submission.

Options

Heatran by MDB
Primal Kyogre by BananaLaddersPS
Tyranitar by boyn
Arceus-Ground by SputnikGT
Empoleon by E4 Raptor

not adding zacian uwu

You are to vote for 3 options, in an order from best to worst.

1. MDB
2. Sputnik
3. boyn

 

[Ainzcrad]

1. Mixing Dat Sensei, cant go wrong with tran
2. E4 Raptor, its a meme mon so of course
3. Banana, i had to pick a third and i completely hate arc ground so this

 

[Geysers]

Boyn
Sputnik
MDB