Cryogonal @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SDef / 4 Spe
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Ice Beam
- Rapid Spin
- Recover
- Haze
Cryogonal can come in on any attack the aforementioned Gliscor has to offer and then handle accordingly. The easiest way is to just Ice Beam it to oblivion, it is however possible to gain even more out of this exchange, since with the help of Haze Gliscor cannot set up all the way to +6 (+6 Ice Fang is a 2HKO, Levitate means Earthquake won't hit) and Recover helps to regain enough health to not only kill Gliscor but to also succesfully get a Rapid Spin off if the opponent has laid down entry hazards. This makes Cryogonal one of the best counters to this Gliscor set.
Also, there are plenty of options to counter a Pokemon like Throh with without having to resort to the Uber tier, which I thought was really dumb since we agreed on not using Uber Pokemon for this thread. Crobat for example does an amazing job in countering Throh:
Crobat @ Leftovers
Trait: Inner Focus
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature (+Spe, -SAtk)
- Brave Bird
- Roost
- Taunt
- Haze
Crobat can come in on any move but Circle Throw easily and the only reason it can't come in on Circle Throw is because that just forces Crobat out again. However, since Circle Throw has a whopping max damage of 6,17% this means that Throh has to not only hit 17 Circle Throws in a row, he also needs to get max damage on all of them to obtain this much sought after 17HKO. If Throh were to go for a different move or miss once Crobat can kill it with Brave Bird and if Throh wants to set up Bulk Ups Crobat can Haze the stat boosts away and Taunt to prevent it from happening again. Also, if Throh misses Circle Throw, Crobat recovers more with Leftovers than Circle Throw does when hitting max damage, not to mention that Crobat could potentially Roost. Throh does not stand a chance against Crobat.
I think we need to figure out a system that prevents the use of Pokemon that have been used before and that also prevents the use of Ubers, any ideas?