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This is a thread where people can post counters to a certain pokemon, so that people can easily check here to see how to stop that pokemon.
If you are posting here, try to include a damage calculation to prove tha the pokemon you suggested can counter the pokemon in question.
If there are multiple sets (such as mixmence and DDmence) say what set it counters.
Example, The standard Gliscor only has Earthquake, and Ice Fang for coverage. Rotom-W can usually swap in and OHKO with Hydro Pump. With 252 special attack EVs and a neutral nature, Hydro Pump is a guaranteed OHKO on max HP/minimum special defense Gliscor(120-144%). Though Gliscor's Facade will do 42-49% to 0/0 Rotom-W from a minimum attack set, they rarely ever carry that. A flight Gem +2 Acrobatics will OHKO, you will usually just see the poison heal set, and Rotom-W can still swap in on Earthquake. If it's timid, it will always outrun the acrobatics set anyway. Zachmac
Credit to Smogon for the OU tier list
Credit will be given at the end of the pokemon counters in italic and underlined and bold.
Alakazam
Blissey: Breloom, Conkeludurr, Espeon(with Psyshock), Gliscor(with Sword Dance), Infernape(expect nasty plot), Jirachi(even special calm mind, it can use it as set up bait), Lucario, Metagross, calcs,Metagross's Meteor Mash is a 2HKO or 3HKO on Blissy, always a 2HKO if adamant(42-50% of it's health is lost).
Blissy's Flamethrower is only a 3HKO with 37-44% of it's health on Agiligross(52 HP EVs). If it has 252 HP EVs, it's just 32-38% of it's health is lost. It'll still have to watch out for that, but if Blissy is running Seismic Toss, it's safe to call Metagross a complete Blissy counter. (banded), Mienshao, Calm Mind Reuniclus (Magic Guard to stop toxic), Scizor, Scrafty(with Lum Berry or Shed Skin to prevent toxic), Terrakion, Toxicroak, Tyranitar(with super power), and Virizion(Physical.) Zachmac toxic can force blissey out if it does not run aromatherapy, but most blissey have natural cure, which will cure the status. Ice Blue DragonSubsplit Gengar as a counter to Blissey and the newcomer Eviolite Chansey, with Substitue it block the possible T-wave and then hits a good amount of damage with Focus Blast, thanks to life orb and the Substitute you will wear you already low HP to steal a huge amount from blissey, also Softboiled and wish only have 16 PP while Pain split has over 30 easily stalling both Blissey and Chansey out of recovery even assuming they carry both at the same time. pkmnswampmaster
Breloom: Celebi(resist both moves, ability cures sleep), Cloyster(can only come in while it uses Substitute, though, needs to watch out for both STABs), Dragonite(especially with lum berry), Espeon(only if you predict spore), Gengar(especially with Substitute), Gliscor(with Ice Fang/Acrobatics), Gyarados(Sleep Talk, I don't know about others), Haxorus(especially with Lum Berry and Dual Chop), Latios and Latias, Salamence, Skarmory(watch out for focus punch,It can deal a lot of damage), Venasaur(In sun), Volcarona Zachmac
Bronzong
Celebi
Chansey: Subsplit Gengar is a counter to Blissey and the newcomer Eviolite Chansey, with Substitue it block the possible T-wave and then hits a good amount of damage with Focus Blast, thanks to life orb and the Substitute you will wear you already low HP to steal a huge amount from blissey, also Softboiled and wish only have 16 PP while Pain split has over 30 easily stalling both Blissey and Chansey out of recovery even assuming they carry both at the same time. Pkmnswampmaster
Cloyster
Conkeldurr
Dragonite: Stealth Rock is it's biggest weakness as it ruins Multiscale. Starmie can outspeed and KO it (with rocks), even after one Dragon Dance. Cloyster is a great counter to Dragonite, because of its giant defence and it's ability. Cloyster can outspeed, break through Multiscale with Icicle Spear, and KO in one move ( watch out for extreme Speed). Status also really hurts Dragonite and will ruin it if its is not carrying a Lum Berry. If it outspeeds (scarf), Haxorus can take it out even with Multiscale intact because of Mold Breaker. After Stealth Rock, many users of Ice Shard can take it out including Mamoswine, Weavile, and Donphan. Dr. Chaos
Dugtrio: Dugtrio fears priority pokemon users. Any sweeper with priority like tech scizor wit bullet punch, Pure power Azumarill with Aqua jet, Mamoswine with Ice shard (same with Donphan), tech breloom mach punch (hates Aerial ace though) , Conkeldurr with mach punch (But taking the EQ or Aerial damage can piss him off though), Abomasnow too. jireh the provider
Espeon
Ferrothorn: Most Fire type moves will OHKO so pokemon like Salamence, Heatran, Lati-twins (With HP fire) Hydreigon, Dragonite, Infernape, etc. will be enough to beat it, laso strong Fighting moves like Close Combat from a Terrakion wil take it out, other fighting type worhty of mentioning is Conkeldur which can set up Bulk Up and finish it with a Drain Punch to restore any damage, Magnezo is by far the best counter as the typical Steel Killer, but also it can trap Ferrothorn and use a Substitute + charge Beam to set up freely then KO it with HP fire to finish the job and also get ready to sweep Pkmnswampmaster
Forretress
Gastrodon: Go Grass. Most Grass type attacks will 1HKO it without any trouble, just be careful of support, and also make sure Grass moves don't hinder you. Tank Vaporeon with Hidden Power [Grass] is good, because it can be bait then 2HKO, and wall Gastrodon. Ferrothorn is the best counter to the standard set, and if you're careful it can also take Specs. Toxic is a pain for Gastrodon, just make sure it doesn't Toxic you in the process, this makes the job good for Natural Curers. Any Guts pokemon will just laugh in Gastrodon's face then retaliate with a boosted attack. A Jellicent with Taunt can wall it, as long as you have made sure not to boost it's Sp. Atk so it can hit hard with Earth Power. Anything with Taunt works if you can wear it down, because then it can't recover. Special walls that can take toxic (blissey and chansey namely, ferrothorn is an attacking pokemon against it mainly) are annoying, and will eventually kill it. Barbeller
Gengar
Gliscor
Gyarados
Haxorus
Heatran
Hydreigon
Infernape
Jellicent
Jolteon
Jirachi
Landours
Latias: Tyranitar (crunch) is pretty much the go-to Pokémon when you want to get rid of Latias. Chansey/Blissey take hits all day and have T-Wave/Toxic to cripple Lati for the rest of the match. so can Ferrothorn thanks to being a Steel type and often carries T-Wave. Mamoswine's Neutral Natured LO Ice Shard does 51.1-61.1% to 252 HP/0 Spdef Neutral Latias. In return Latias' Dragon Pulse does 44.2% - 52.5% to 0/0 Mamoswine, so Mamoswine won't be switching in if entry hazards are on the field. 76 HP EVs are enough to prevent the 2KO (as long as SR isn't on the field) but Mamo will be left with about 8% health. Mamo can ko with icical crash if latias is paralizied But then again, Mamo's presence on the field could be enough to scare Latias off. AuraWarrior8 But in most cases, the best way to kill it is to status it. (anything but burn) BarBeller Weavile can also work with Swords Dance and Ice Punch.Uberssuck20
Latios
Lucario
Magnezone
Metagross
Mienshao
Ninetales
Politoed: Although most Politoed that I've seen run Focus Blast, Ferrothorn 0HKOs with Power Whip almost all the time even with 0 Atk EVs and Neutral nature. Standard Smogon Ferro takes usually 70% damage from Focus Blast. However, I'm assuming this is the first round of battle. SoMaPoKiTo Politoed is worthless without its Rain, even with Specs or Scarf, 90 Special Attack and 70 speed won't cut it offensively in other weathers, while defensive sets suffer from a mediocre Defense stat. If you change the weather, Politoed is nigh worthless, meaning that many things can check it once it's Rain has been removed. Most things with STAB super effective attacks counter Specs and Scarf, so Galvantula, Ferrothorn, Breloom, and so on can beat it if they come in on the switch, as they will take massive damage from the appropriate attack. Defensive sets are slightly harder to counter, as they can cripple boosting sweepers with Encore or Perish Song, and walls with Toxic. Your best bet is to hit it with powerful STAB attacks that hit its average Defense, Choice Band Dragonite and the aforementioned Breloom are good choices. In the Sun, most Chlorophyllers counter it with ease, outspeeding even the fastest Scarf sets and hammering down with powerful STAB attacks like Solarbeam and Horn Leech. MagikarpRules
Reuniclus: Reuniclus may seem incredibly threatening to a standard team, excellent bulk, immunity to passive damage, sky-high Special Attack, and Recover, but it has two or three hard counters. Scizor and Tyranitar both can inflict massive damage with their STAB Attacks, and can play deadly mind-games with their Pursuits. However, TrickOrb Reuniclus variants can cripple them, and neither can switch into a boosted Focus Blast. SubDisable Gengar beats any Reuniclusw without Shadow Ball, Disabling their Psychic move, forcing them to switch out losing all of their accumulated boosts. Spiritomb, although rare, is a complete stop to Reuniclus, packing Choice Banded Pursuit to blast it away as it switches out. With TrickOrb, Reuniclus's set of counters greatly changes. If it runs Calm Mind, it is susceptible to Dark-types such as Shed Skin Scrafty, as it can set up on it with impunity and shrug off the status thanks to Shed Skin, while if it runs Focus Blast it lacks the boosting capabilities of the Calm Mind set and as such much of its power, meaning it can be beaten easily by Psychic types such as Victini or other fairly bulky things that can tank Psychic/Focus Blast, like specially defensive Jirachi. Magikarprules
Rotom-W
Salamence
Scizor: Scizor, although it has powerful sweeping abilites, is easily countered. It is stopped in the tracks by many common F/W/G cores as they often carry Jellicent and/or Heatran. Heatran is sit hard by superpower or brick break though, which makes a switch in risky, but most varities odf Heatran can outspeed and OHKO Scizor with [insert fire attack here] even, in some cases, in rain. Jellicent however, counters Scizor completely, resisting both its STABs and being immune to the ever common Superpower. Although some scizors carry pursuit, Jellicent has little to worry about this as it will not be switching out but instead staying in to burn Scizor, possibly crippling it for the remainder of the match. There's also Gliscor who resists all of Scizor's common attacks. Although Gliscor can't directly theaten Scizor, its high defence and Poison Heal usually allow it to get in a SD and KO with Earthquake. And who can forget steel-trapper Magnezone, who can switch into either of Scizor STABs and OHKO with HP Fire, the Scizor unable to escape. Against Scizor's who don't carry a fighting type move, Magnezone can sub, boost its SAtk with Charge Beam and usually take down another pokemon. However, one can argue that CB Scizor with U-turn isn't countered by these as it simply U-turns out on the switch and inflicts some damage in the process. Bearing this in mind, I'd say that PhsyicallySkarmory is arguably the most effective counter to Scizor as it resists its STABs, shakes of Superpower and can phaze it out if it tries to boost. Furthermore, it can lay down spikes, meaning that Scizor's repeated switching from U-turn will instead be its undoing. Triple Z Water types such as rotom-w 4x bullet punch, and takes large parts of its heath with hydro pump. kaiser soze Gyarados resists fighting, bug, and steel, so Scizor's only means of hitting it is the rare quick attack. Zachmac
Scrafty
Skarmory
Starmie
Swampert
Tentacruel
Terrakion: Gliscor and Slowbro are your best bets for countering this miniature behemoth, though repeated Stone Edges (or X-Scissors for Slowbro) will wear them down. Both can survive a +2 Stone Edge, however, even from Life Orb variants ( 77.4% - 90.96% on Gliscor and 72.59% - 85.28% for Slowbro, so both need to look out if Stealth Rock is on the field), and retaliate with their powerful STAB attacks (Scald deals 58.33% - 69.44%. while Earthquake deals 69.44% - 82.41%, so if Terrakion's taken a little prior damage, they will KO). Down in UU, we have things that could counter Terrakion better than pretty much anything in OU. The Nidos and Golurk both resist the combination of Fighting/Rock/Bug, and retaliate with their powerful STAB Earthquake. Claydol is in a similar boat, but gets hit hard by X-Scissor. Durant may not take a hit well at all, but it outspeeds all non-Scarfed Terrakion, resists Quick Attack, and retaliates with a OHKO Iron Head. Latios can come in on a Close Combat and slam it, while Specs variants can Trick it, to lock it into a boosting move. Beware of Tricking it a Choice Scarf, it is now primed to ravage your team. Swampert can't take a boosted Close Combat well at all, but it can come in on Choice-locked Stone Edge and use its STAB attacks to cripple it. Defensive Rotom-W can survive a Close Combat and retaliate with either of Hydro Pump or a crippling Will-o-Wisp. Though rare, Prankster Sableye can Burn it, weakening it, while Taunting it to prevent it from Swords Dancing back to normal, and Recover stall until Burn takes its toll. Magikarprules
Toxicroak
Tyranitar
Vaporeon
Venusaur: You will rarely see him used out of sun, due to chorrphyill. Becuase it's speed it doubled, you wil need a scarfer to take it down. Ice Blue Dragon Most venusaurs actually run: Energy ball, sleep powder,growth and HP fire or HP ice (mostly HP fire). Heatran might be a decent counter though he still can be put on sleep and then be killed by another member of the team...
Mamoswine's ice shard can be useful dealing some nice damage, weavile is similar in this, chansey can switch to any move and it doesn't care much about sleep powder, paralyze ruins venusaur, dragonite is a great counter against those sets which lack HP ice and ferrothorn is great against those without HP fire. IIan
Virizion
Volcarona
Note, If any pokemon not here are viable in the meta-game, please say so.
If you are posting here, try to include a damage calculation to prove tha the pokemon you suggested can counter the pokemon in question.
If there are multiple sets (such as mixmence and DDmence) say what set it counters.
Example, The standard Gliscor only has Earthquake, and Ice Fang for coverage. Rotom-W can usually swap in and OHKO with Hydro Pump. With 252 special attack EVs and a neutral nature, Hydro Pump is a guaranteed OHKO on max HP/minimum special defense Gliscor(120-144%). Though Gliscor's Facade will do 42-49% to 0/0 Rotom-W from a minimum attack set, they rarely ever carry that. A flight Gem +2 Acrobatics will OHKO, you will usually just see the poison heal set, and Rotom-W can still swap in on Earthquake. If it's timid, it will always outrun the acrobatics set anyway. Zachmac
Credit to Smogon for the OU tier list
Credit will be given at the end of the pokemon counters in italic and underlined and bold.
Alakazam
Blissey: Breloom, Conkeludurr, Espeon(with Psyshock), Gliscor(with Sword Dance), Infernape(expect nasty plot), Jirachi(even special calm mind, it can use it as set up bait), Lucario, Metagross, calcs,Metagross's Meteor Mash is a 2HKO or 3HKO on Blissy, always a 2HKO if adamant(42-50% of it's health is lost).
Blissy's Flamethrower is only a 3HKO with 37-44% of it's health on Agiligross(52 HP EVs). If it has 252 HP EVs, it's just 32-38% of it's health is lost. It'll still have to watch out for that, but if Blissy is running Seismic Toss, it's safe to call Metagross a complete Blissy counter. (banded), Mienshao, Calm Mind Reuniclus (Magic Guard to stop toxic), Scizor, Scrafty(with Lum Berry or Shed Skin to prevent toxic), Terrakion, Toxicroak, Tyranitar(with super power), and Virizion(Physical.) Zachmac toxic can force blissey out if it does not run aromatherapy, but most blissey have natural cure, which will cure the status. Ice Blue DragonSubsplit Gengar as a counter to Blissey and the newcomer Eviolite Chansey, with Substitue it block the possible T-wave and then hits a good amount of damage with Focus Blast, thanks to life orb and the Substitute you will wear you already low HP to steal a huge amount from blissey, also Softboiled and wish only have 16 PP while Pain split has over 30 easily stalling both Blissey and Chansey out of recovery even assuming they carry both at the same time. pkmnswampmaster
Breloom: Celebi(resist both moves, ability cures sleep), Cloyster(can only come in while it uses Substitute, though, needs to watch out for both STABs), Dragonite(especially with lum berry), Espeon(only if you predict spore), Gengar(especially with Substitute), Gliscor(with Ice Fang/Acrobatics), Gyarados(Sleep Talk, I don't know about others), Haxorus(especially with Lum Berry and Dual Chop), Latios and Latias, Salamence, Skarmory(watch out for focus punch,It can deal a lot of damage), Venasaur(In sun), Volcarona Zachmac
Bronzong
Celebi
Chansey: Subsplit Gengar is a counter to Blissey and the newcomer Eviolite Chansey, with Substitue it block the possible T-wave and then hits a good amount of damage with Focus Blast, thanks to life orb and the Substitute you will wear you already low HP to steal a huge amount from blissey, also Softboiled and wish only have 16 PP while Pain split has over 30 easily stalling both Blissey and Chansey out of recovery even assuming they carry both at the same time. Pkmnswampmaster
Cloyster
Conkeldurr
Dragonite: Stealth Rock is it's biggest weakness as it ruins Multiscale. Starmie can outspeed and KO it (with rocks), even after one Dragon Dance. Cloyster is a great counter to Dragonite, because of its giant defence and it's ability. Cloyster can outspeed, break through Multiscale with Icicle Spear, and KO in one move ( watch out for extreme Speed). Status also really hurts Dragonite and will ruin it if its is not carrying a Lum Berry. If it outspeeds (scarf), Haxorus can take it out even with Multiscale intact because of Mold Breaker. After Stealth Rock, many users of Ice Shard can take it out including Mamoswine, Weavile, and Donphan. Dr. Chaos
Dugtrio: Dugtrio fears priority pokemon users. Any sweeper with priority like tech scizor wit bullet punch, Pure power Azumarill with Aqua jet, Mamoswine with Ice shard (same with Donphan), tech breloom mach punch (hates Aerial ace though) , Conkeldurr with mach punch (But taking the EQ or Aerial damage can piss him off though), Abomasnow too. jireh the provider
Espeon
Ferrothorn: Most Fire type moves will OHKO so pokemon like Salamence, Heatran, Lati-twins (With HP fire) Hydreigon, Dragonite, Infernape, etc. will be enough to beat it, laso strong Fighting moves like Close Combat from a Terrakion wil take it out, other fighting type worhty of mentioning is Conkeldur which can set up Bulk Up and finish it with a Drain Punch to restore any damage, Magnezo is by far the best counter as the typical Steel Killer, but also it can trap Ferrothorn and use a Substitute + charge Beam to set up freely then KO it with HP fire to finish the job and also get ready to sweep Pkmnswampmaster
Forretress
Gastrodon: Go Grass. Most Grass type attacks will 1HKO it without any trouble, just be careful of support, and also make sure Grass moves don't hinder you. Tank Vaporeon with Hidden Power [Grass] is good, because it can be bait then 2HKO, and wall Gastrodon. Ferrothorn is the best counter to the standard set, and if you're careful it can also take Specs. Toxic is a pain for Gastrodon, just make sure it doesn't Toxic you in the process, this makes the job good for Natural Curers. Any Guts pokemon will just laugh in Gastrodon's face then retaliate with a boosted attack. A Jellicent with Taunt can wall it, as long as you have made sure not to boost it's Sp. Atk so it can hit hard with Earth Power. Anything with Taunt works if you can wear it down, because then it can't recover. Special walls that can take toxic (blissey and chansey namely, ferrothorn is an attacking pokemon against it mainly) are annoying, and will eventually kill it. Barbeller
Gengar
Gliscor
Gyarados
Haxorus
Heatran
Hydreigon
Infernape
Jellicent
Jolteon
Jirachi
Landours
Latias: Tyranitar (crunch) is pretty much the go-to Pokémon when you want to get rid of Latias. Chansey/Blissey take hits all day and have T-Wave/Toxic to cripple Lati for the rest of the match. so can Ferrothorn thanks to being a Steel type and often carries T-Wave. Mamoswine's Neutral Natured LO Ice Shard does 51.1-61.1% to 252 HP/0 Spdef Neutral Latias. In return Latias' Dragon Pulse does 44.2% - 52.5% to 0/0 Mamoswine, so Mamoswine won't be switching in if entry hazards are on the field. 76 HP EVs are enough to prevent the 2KO (as long as SR isn't on the field) but Mamo will be left with about 8% health. Mamo can ko with icical crash if latias is paralizied But then again, Mamo's presence on the field could be enough to scare Latias off. AuraWarrior8 But in most cases, the best way to kill it is to status it. (anything but burn) BarBeller Weavile can also work with Swords Dance and Ice Punch.Uberssuck20
Latios
Lucario
Magnezone
Metagross
Mienshao
Ninetales
Politoed: Although most Politoed that I've seen run Focus Blast, Ferrothorn 0HKOs with Power Whip almost all the time even with 0 Atk EVs and Neutral nature. Standard Smogon Ferro takes usually 70% damage from Focus Blast. However, I'm assuming this is the first round of battle. SoMaPoKiTo Politoed is worthless without its Rain, even with Specs or Scarf, 90 Special Attack and 70 speed won't cut it offensively in other weathers, while defensive sets suffer from a mediocre Defense stat. If you change the weather, Politoed is nigh worthless, meaning that many things can check it once it's Rain has been removed. Most things with STAB super effective attacks counter Specs and Scarf, so Galvantula, Ferrothorn, Breloom, and so on can beat it if they come in on the switch, as they will take massive damage from the appropriate attack. Defensive sets are slightly harder to counter, as they can cripple boosting sweepers with Encore or Perish Song, and walls with Toxic. Your best bet is to hit it with powerful STAB attacks that hit its average Defense, Choice Band Dragonite and the aforementioned Breloom are good choices. In the Sun, most Chlorophyllers counter it with ease, outspeeding even the fastest Scarf sets and hammering down with powerful STAB attacks like Solarbeam and Horn Leech. MagikarpRules
Reuniclus: Reuniclus may seem incredibly threatening to a standard team, excellent bulk, immunity to passive damage, sky-high Special Attack, and Recover, but it has two or three hard counters. Scizor and Tyranitar both can inflict massive damage with their STAB Attacks, and can play deadly mind-games with their Pursuits. However, TrickOrb Reuniclus variants can cripple them, and neither can switch into a boosted Focus Blast. SubDisable Gengar beats any Reuniclusw without Shadow Ball, Disabling their Psychic move, forcing them to switch out losing all of their accumulated boosts. Spiritomb, although rare, is a complete stop to Reuniclus, packing Choice Banded Pursuit to blast it away as it switches out. With TrickOrb, Reuniclus's set of counters greatly changes. If it runs Calm Mind, it is susceptible to Dark-types such as Shed Skin Scrafty, as it can set up on it with impunity and shrug off the status thanks to Shed Skin, while if it runs Focus Blast it lacks the boosting capabilities of the Calm Mind set and as such much of its power, meaning it can be beaten easily by Psychic types such as Victini or other fairly bulky things that can tank Psychic/Focus Blast, like specially defensive Jirachi. Magikarprules
Rotom-W
Salamence
Scizor: Scizor, although it has powerful sweeping abilites, is easily countered. It is stopped in the tracks by many common F/W/G cores as they often carry Jellicent and/or Heatran. Heatran is sit hard by superpower or brick break though, which makes a switch in risky, but most varities odf Heatran can outspeed and OHKO Scizor with [insert fire attack here] even, in some cases, in rain. Jellicent however, counters Scizor completely, resisting both its STABs and being immune to the ever common Superpower. Although some scizors carry pursuit, Jellicent has little to worry about this as it will not be switching out but instead staying in to burn Scizor, possibly crippling it for the remainder of the match. There's also Gliscor who resists all of Scizor's common attacks. Although Gliscor can't directly theaten Scizor, its high defence and Poison Heal usually allow it to get in a SD and KO with Earthquake. And who can forget steel-trapper Magnezone, who can switch into either of Scizor STABs and OHKO with HP Fire, the Scizor unable to escape. Against Scizor's who don't carry a fighting type move, Magnezone can sub, boost its SAtk with Charge Beam and usually take down another pokemon. However, one can argue that CB Scizor with U-turn isn't countered by these as it simply U-turns out on the switch and inflicts some damage in the process. Bearing this in mind, I'd say that PhsyicallySkarmory is arguably the most effective counter to Scizor as it resists its STABs, shakes of Superpower and can phaze it out if it tries to boost. Furthermore, it can lay down spikes, meaning that Scizor's repeated switching from U-turn will instead be its undoing. Triple Z Water types such as rotom-w 4x bullet punch, and takes large parts of its heath with hydro pump. kaiser soze Gyarados resists fighting, bug, and steel, so Scizor's only means of hitting it is the rare quick attack. Zachmac
Scrafty
Skarmory
Starmie
Swampert
Tentacruel
Terrakion: Gliscor and Slowbro are your best bets for countering this miniature behemoth, though repeated Stone Edges (or X-Scissors for Slowbro) will wear them down. Both can survive a +2 Stone Edge, however, even from Life Orb variants ( 77.4% - 90.96% on Gliscor and 72.59% - 85.28% for Slowbro, so both need to look out if Stealth Rock is on the field), and retaliate with their powerful STAB attacks (Scald deals 58.33% - 69.44%. while Earthquake deals 69.44% - 82.41%, so if Terrakion's taken a little prior damage, they will KO). Down in UU, we have things that could counter Terrakion better than pretty much anything in OU. The Nidos and Golurk both resist the combination of Fighting/Rock/Bug, and retaliate with their powerful STAB Earthquake. Claydol is in a similar boat, but gets hit hard by X-Scissor. Durant may not take a hit well at all, but it outspeeds all non-Scarfed Terrakion, resists Quick Attack, and retaliates with a OHKO Iron Head. Latios can come in on a Close Combat and slam it, while Specs variants can Trick it, to lock it into a boosting move. Beware of Tricking it a Choice Scarf, it is now primed to ravage your team. Swampert can't take a boosted Close Combat well at all, but it can come in on Choice-locked Stone Edge and use its STAB attacks to cripple it. Defensive Rotom-W can survive a Close Combat and retaliate with either of Hydro Pump or a crippling Will-o-Wisp. Though rare, Prankster Sableye can Burn it, weakening it, while Taunting it to prevent it from Swords Dancing back to normal, and Recover stall until Burn takes its toll. Magikarprules
Toxicroak
Tyranitar
Vaporeon
Venusaur: You will rarely see him used out of sun, due to chorrphyill. Becuase it's speed it doubled, you wil need a scarfer to take it down. Ice Blue Dragon Most venusaurs actually run: Energy ball, sleep powder,growth and HP fire or HP ice (mostly HP fire). Heatran might be a decent counter though he still can be put on sleep and then be killed by another member of the team...
Mamoswine's ice shard can be useful dealing some nice damage, weavile is similar in this, chansey can switch to any move and it doesn't care much about sleep powder, paralyze ruins venusaur, dragonite is a great counter against those sets which lack HP ice and ferrothorn is great against those without HP fire. IIan
Virizion
Volcarona
Note, If any pokemon not here are viable in the meta-game, please say so.