OU SM OU - Victim of the Week (On Hiatus)

[susciety]

Winners of this round of VOTW are:

Tapu Koko by KaiserKaiba for checks

Zapdos by Captain Funk and Megatar by a salamence

The week 6 Victim Of The Week is Mega-Latios

Latios-Mega (M) @ Latiosite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Psychic
- Ice Beam
- Earthquake
- Recover​

One may ask why use Mega-Latios compared to its sister counterpart? The answer to that is thanks to its better offensive presence. Having access to a relatively strong Earthquake with complementary coverage between Psychic and Ice Beam makes Mega-Latios one of the hardest mons to switch into for many bulky offense and some balance builds. Other traits include an excellent speed tier and good overall bulk. How do you answer this mon?

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[D5405]

Scizor-Mega @ Scizorite
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 16 Def / 244 SpD
Impish Nature
- Bullet Punch
- Swords Dance
- Roost
- U-turn
Submitting mega scizor as a counter to mega latios.
Mega scizor is able to tank hits from mega latios all day long while also threataning it with U-Turn or even setting up on it outright.Mega Scizor also keeps itself healthy with roost aswell this means that it is consistently able to wall lati through out the game.
Here are some calcs
252 SpA Latios-Mega Psychic vs. 248 HP / 244 SpD Scizor-Mega: 68-81 (19.8 - 23.6%) -- possible 5HKO
4 Atk Latios-Mega Earthquake vs. 248 HP / 16+ Def Scizor-Mega: 61-72 (17.7 - 20.9%) -- possible 5HKO
252 SpA Latios-Mega Ice Beam vs. 248 HP / 244 SpD Scizor-Mega: 45-54 (13.1 - 15.7%) -- possible 7HKO
0 Atk Technician Scizor-Mega Bullet Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Latios-Mega: 93-109 (30.8 - 36.2%) -- 53% chance to 3HKO
0 Atk Scizor-Mega U-turn vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Latios-Mega: 216-254 (71.7 - 84.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

 

[TPH]

Alakazam-Mega @ Alakazite
Ability: Trace
EVs: 60 HP / 60 Def / 252 SpA / 136 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Recover

Counter? Hard Check I guess
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Definitely a weird one. Alakazam has the ability trace, which amazingly allows it to come in on Latios, and gain levitate. As a result it's immune to earthquake, which is the one thing that can hurt it, since psychic is resisted, and ice beam is a 3hko, so besides the 10% freeze, it can wall it completely. Due to its excellent speed tier, Zam can afford to drop some speed, and invest into bulk, allowing it to act as an even better check.

Calcs:
252 SpA Latios-Mega Psychic vs. 60 HP / 0 SpD Alakazam-Mega: 82-97 (30.8 - 36.4%) -- 63.9% chance to 3HKO
252 SpA Latios-Mega Ice Beam vs. 60 HP / 0 SpD Alakazam-Mega: 110-130 (41.3 - 48.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
Latios-Mega Earthquake vs. Levitate Alakazam-Mega: 0-0 (0 - 0%) -- possibly the worst move ever

252 SpA Alakazam-Mega Hidden Power Ice vs. 0 HP / 0- SpD Latios-Mega: 158-186 (52.4 - 61.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

 

[romanji]

Greninja-Ash (M) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Battle Bond
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hydro Pump / Surf
- Dark Pulse
- Water Shuriken
- Spikes​

Ash-Greninja is able to easily take out Mega Latios, due to outspeeding it letting it fire off a strong Choice Specs-boosted Dark Pulse. It also has the benefit of having a good tying and solid enough bulk to take any hit from full comfortably.

calcs

252 SpA Choice Specs Greninja Dark Pulse vs. 0 HP / 0- SpD Latios-Mega: 318-374 (105.6 - 124.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Greninja-Ash Dark Pulse vs. 0 HP / 0- SpD Latios-Mega: 422-498 (140.1 - 165.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO
4 Atk Latios-Mega Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Greninja-Ash: 124-147 (43.5 - 51.5%) -- 9.8% chance to 2HKO

 

[Saurav the great]

Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 232 Def / 24 SpD
Calm Nature
- Moonblast
- Soft-Boiled
- Stealth Rock
- Thunder Wave
It is able to take any 2 hits from mega latios and fire back with a strong moonblast or cripple mega latios with paralysis. The evs are submitted with the assumption that leftovers have been knocked off, you can change the calm nature into a bold nature if you can assume that leftovers will not be knocked off. Clefable is worried about an ice beam freeze(which is assumed to not be common) or psychic spdef drop, hence pairing with a dark type like ash-gren would be optimal to mega latios proof.
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Calcs

252 SpA Latios-Mega Psychic vs. 252 HP / 24+ SpD Clefable: 166-196 (42.1 - 49.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
0 SpA Clefable Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 0- SpD Latios-Mega: 186-222 (61.7 - 73.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Included for completeness:
252 SpA Latios-Mega Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 24+ SpD Clefable: 111-131 (28.1 - 33.2%) -- 91.7% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery

In Case the leftovers haven't been knocked off
252 SpA Latios-Mega Psychic vs. 252 HP / 56 SpD Clefable: 177-208 (44.9 - 52.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery