Project Lure That Threat PU Edition (Voting Stage)

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Vote for your favorite Grumpig lures, can vote for two!

Alright nerds, it's been ages since my last terrible lure.
Here's a really good idea.


i don't have arms (Swoobat) @ Choice Band
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Zen Headbutt
- U-turn
- Knock Off
- Trick

Trying to thunder wave to stop the calm mind bat? Bop.

252+ Atk Choice Band Swoobat Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 80 HP / 0 Def Grumpig: 294-348 (91.5 - 108.4%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Swoobat U-turn vs. 80 HP / 0 Def Grumpig: 214-252 (66.6 - 78.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
Are you all ready for this?
Seviper

@ Payapa Berry
Ability: Shed Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Poison Jab
- X-Scissor
- Sucker Punch
- Coil

The way this set works is simple- set up a coil on the switch in, and then attack on the next turn. If you fear the Thunder Wave, you can X-Scizzor it, while knowing that you can live a Psychic, unless it crits, thanks to the Payapa Berry. You can also Sucker Punch it and do the amount of damage as X-Scizzor would, but without taking the damage. Both X-Scizzor and Sucker Punch are guaranteed to KO.

+1 252+ Atk Seviper X-Scissor vs. 80 HP / 0 Def Grumpig: 340-402 (105.9 - 125.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 SpA Grumpig Psychic vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Payapa Berry Seviper: 172-204 (59.9 - 71%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+1 252+ Atk Seviper Sucker Punch vs. 80 HP / 0 Def Grumpig: 340-402 (105.9 - 125.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252+ Atk Seviper Sucker Punch vs. 80 HP / 0 Def Colbur Berry Grumpig: 170-201 (52.9 - 62.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

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Ability: Water Veil
EVs: 80 Atk / 172 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Aqua Jet
- Crunch

One of the biggest threats to Special Attacking Floatzel is obviously a special attacking pokemon. Grumpig, who not only has a special defense stat of 120, has thick fat to further take on standard special Floatzel. This set catches unsuspecting opponents off guard, replacing the typical Hydro Pump/HP Electric/Focus Blast with Crunch. Look at this calc:

172 SpA Floatzel Surf vs. 80 HP / 0 SpD Grumpig: 94-112 (29.2 - 34.8%)
80 Atk Floatzel Crunch vs. 80 HP / 0 Def Grumpig: 184-218 (57.3 - 67.9%)

Without predicting very hard, Floatzel can pull a clean 86.5%-102.7% If Stealth Rocks are up, the chance that this Floatzel will pick up the KO is over 95%. That's huge!


Ninetales @ Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Fire Blast
- Nasty Plot
- Dark Pulse
- Energy Ball

Okay so this isn't Banded Swoobat or Papaya Berry Seviper levels of genius but Life Orb Ninetales with Dark Pulse works pretty well at luring Grumpig. Thanks to thick fat, Grumpig can take Ninetales' fire attacks really well and Energy Ball doesn't do too much either but by adding Dark Pulse it allows Ninetales to grab the 2HKO or the OHKO after a Nasty Plot and rocks.

252 SpA Life Orb Ninetales Dark Pulse vs. 80 HP / 0 SpD Grumpig: 153-182 (47.6 - 56.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

+2 252 SpA Life Orb Ninetales Dark Pulse vs. 80 HP / 0 SpD Grumpig: 307-361 (95.6 - 112.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
Reserving Avalugg


Avalugg @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Mirror Coat
- Avalanche
- Recover / Earthquake

Grumpig can easily switch in to Avalugg's Avalanche or Earthquake easily (taking a maximum of 43% with Earthquake and 16% with an unboosted Avalanche) and can retaliate with Focus Blast which hits Avalugg hard due to it's terrible SpDef stat. Since Avalugg has access to Mirror Coat, it will be able to OHKO Grumpig when it does land a successful Focus Blast.

Rapidash @ Expert Belt
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Megahorn
- Wild Charge
- Morning Sun

Ex: 252 Atk Expert Belt Rapidash Megahorn vs. 80 HP / 0 Def Grumpig: 372-439 (115.8 - 136.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Rapidash effectively lures in Grumpig; Grumpig dies to expert belt boosted Megahorn.

Mr. Mime @ Life Orb
Ability: Soundproof / Filter
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Psyshock
- Dazzling Gleam
- Shadow Ball

Simple but effective lure here. Grumpig can easily switch in on standard Scarf Mime and can switch into standard NP decently and either cripple it with Twave or 2hko with Shadow Ball. LO Shadow Ball will easily 2hko pretty much any Offensive variant of Grumpig. Filter can be used to better take Grumpig's Shadow Ball making it a 2hko only 6% of the time and will never 2hko if the Grumpig is Timid. I'd only recommend this if you have a solid Chatot check somewhere else on the team. This set of course means giving up Fighting coverage for steels, but you can still hit them all for at least neutral damage as well as hitting Metang harder.

Calcs that show Pig can switch in and beat Mime 1v1:
252 SpA Mr. Mime Dazzling Gleam vs. 80 HP / 0 SpD Grumpig: 102-120 (31.7 - 37.3%) -- guaranteed 4HKO after Leftovers recovery

252 SpA Life Orb Mr. Mime Dazzling Gleam vs. 80 HP / 0 SpD Grumpig: 133-156 (41.4 - 48.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

252 SpA Grumpig Shadow Ball vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Mr. Mime: 116-138 (52.4 - 62.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Calcs For SB Mime:
252 SpA Life Orb Mr. Mime Shadow Ball vs. 80 HP / 0 SpD Grumpig: 177-208 (55.1 - 64.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

252+ SpA Grumpig Shadow Ball vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Filter Mr. Mime: 96-114 (43.4 - 51.5%) -- 6.6% chance to 2HKO

252 SpA Grumpig Shadow Ball vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Filter Mr. Mime: 87-103 (39.3 - 46.6%) -- 28.1% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock

Bulkier Grumpig spread calc because why not:
252 SpA Life Orb Mr. Mime Shadow Ball vs. 160 HP / 0 SpD Grumpig: 177-208 (51.9 - 60.9%) -- 94.1% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
 

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