aah that's true, as long as you switch in on the SD.
Let's not forget a rare Taunt onto the switching in Gyarandos preventing DD from being used or a possible Pain Split to make M-Gyarados an easier target if it decides to stay in. Rare Will-O-Wisp or T-Wave being used on Gyarados on the switch in also makes the opposing Pokemon easier to cope with (the Burn halves M-Gyarados from doing too much harm while Paralysis makes it dead slow against it). Let's also not get started on the sole fact that Mimikyu naturally learns Mimic AND Copycat, Opposing Mimikyu used Copycat! The Opposing Mimikyu used Dragon Dance! Do the damage specs that a +1 252+ LO Mimikyu Play Rough does against 0 HP/4 Def M-Gyarados...actually here are the specs:
+1 is taking into account Intimidate Gyarados
Ah, good point, I was assuming M-Gyarados was already Mega before Mimikyu came in.
Still, Gyarados shouldn't come in directly on Mimikyu until that things move pool is scouted out rather well. If Gyarados came in and Mimikyu Taunt'd it, it can't use DD so it can't OHKO it even with Mold Breaker and Mimikyu could status Gyarados before going down or hit it with a Will-O-Wisp so it can't KO it that fast, Gyarados would also hate T-Wave. I should also try to re-mention that since Mimikyu naturally learns Mimic and Copycat, it's somewhat risky to try to buff up when that thing could spam Copycat and get the same buffs if you were somehow faster than it, that's pretty scary since a +2~4 Atk and +2~4 Spd Mimikyu is not something you want to be on the receiving end of if it's either running Adamant or Jolly Nature. Since it learns Will-O-Wisp, T-Wave and Taunt by TM... Will-O-Wisp cripples opponents who would try to ram it with their superior Attack stat while T-Wave makes Mimikyu faster than just about any threat to it once they get paralyzed, either option isn't funny new if the switch-in isn't immune or doesn't care about those status ailments. Lastly Taunt prevents the opponents from Taunt'ing it if they think it will SD, switch-in and get Taunt'd and watch the thing get up a SD and start slamming you with Play Rough or Shadow Claw, your day gets ugly pretty quickly.
To be perfectly frank, if you try to buff up while Mimikyu and its Disguise are up, you deserve for it to sweep you. Also I would not take the risk with Mimic/Copycat since there aren't many buffers that are faster than Mimikyu and would choose to not attack Mimikyu before it buffed itself up. Giving Mimikyu any sort of time to buff up is bad. Mimikyu works fine with just Swords Dance, Shadow Sneak, Shadow Claw, and Play Rough. I wouldn't run Taunt since that's counter-productive to keeping Mimikyu alive. If status is an issue, just Lum Berry. Otherwise, majority of people are going to be attacking Mimikyu even without buffing first because it's a very bad idea not to. If Mimikyu pulls off Swords Dance and its Disguise is still up, you've either got a Toxapex to deal with it or you're about to have a very bad day. As for the whole Taunting Taunters point, it is a good point, except Mimikyu can OHKO a popular fast Taunter even without Swords Dance.
Possible Gengar (Base Speed of 110) but that's just one of the possible Taunt'ers, resists Play Rough but gets killed by an unboosted Shadow Claw. I said Taunt because if Mimikyu gets hit by a stray Will-O-Wisp or T-Wave from a very bulky wall, you lose that Lum Berry and if you have it carry it, your opponent might try to repeat that move again knowing that you can't remove that status ailment once it gets hit again. True, not many are going to even think about buffing up when Mimikyu running SD is a very bad day for anyone who can't accurately take it out before losing their own team to it alone. I can just see somehow someone bringing in a RCurseEon (Flareon + Curse/Rest) at some point and making Mimikyu spam Shadow Claw in hopes for a crit or else it'll lose. Ghost/Fairy is a powerful dual-STAB combo as just two Pokemon (one Pokemon and its evolution) are safe from it (immune to Ghost-Type attacks and resistant to Fairy-Type blows) but risk being knocked out by a Rock-Type blow. It's just that...this thing alone plays such a mind game that the moment it pops up on your screen as an opponent you just want it dead as you know it desires your demise.
But running Taunt is still counter-productive. I can't think of any Sub runner who uses Taunt, and Mimikyu is basically a free Sub runner. Both Burn and Paralyze were nerfed anyway, so a +2 Mimikyu is still going to hurt and still has priority with Shadow Sneak. At that point, you're just banking on the random paralyze chance or for Burn to slow knock it out. Lum Berry still works fabulously because if someone thinks you're using Life Orb, they're about to be hit by a SD'd priority move or a very big nuke.
The damage form Burns is lowered but the Burn Debuff halves the victim's Atk stat, Paralysis as you mentioned isn't that big of a deal thanks to SN. You could also say trying to 'fake-out' the opponent by spamming one move in particular making them think that you are running a C-Scarf if the opponent's team is running 'Mons with high Speed stats then possibly using Grudge, Curse or Destiny Bond when you know your Mimikyu is about to do its' final task for you.
Ahh, okay it was just a damage nerf. Well, let's see, Burned Mimikyu...
Bows to the new Ghost 'Ruler' of Pokemon.
252 Atk Life Orb Mimikyu Play Rough vs. 248 HP / 48 Def Crobat: 84-100 (22.5 - 26.8%) -- possible 5HKO after Black Sludge recovery
Hmm, good options. Neither are really common anymore, though people still love trying to use Whimsicott. Only problem they would have is they can't do much back to Mimikyu. Crobat could, but it'd take three turns to do so (one to break Disguise and then 2 Brave Birds). Which give the opponent time to figure out what to do and probably switch out to a Steel or Rock type. Still, good to keep those two in mind.
Maybe A-Persian? It's a lot faster with taunt, furcoat makes play rough essentially a neutral hit, foul play is SE, and it can parting shot out.
Fairy resists Dark so Foul Play is neutral, but let's see.
Wouldn't 252 HP/4 Spd/ 252 Spe A- Persian be the standard? I typically see it run Foul Play, Taunt, Parting Shot, Toxic(Roar) sets so having SpA investment seems pointless.
I do weird things at times, like seeing if Nature did affect Foul Play. Anyway, yeah. A-Persian seems to be the answer to beating Mimikyu.
i thought you would post something productive on these pokemon threads by now other than asking for locks.
Nah. While it's still a niche pick, it works like wonders on Hyper Offense, and with the proper support (SR and maybe Sticky Web) it can easily take out more than one mon, specially in a meta where the only ghost resist are both Tyranitar and Chansey.
