How do you counter mega staraptor?

Question

Mega staraptor is currently the Pokemon to beat in Pokemon champions. Contrary, close combat and roost allow it to become almost invincible. You also cant intimidate it to death because of contrary and thats not even including the fact that it’s Teamates can use moves like charm on it to increase its attack. It’s very fast so you can’t really out speed and kill it with something like Floette. The only way I’ve found to kill it so far is perish trap but even that doesn't work every time.

Answer 1

I think finding a way to punish it for staying on the field to long might work, something like Poison, Leech Seed, especially Burn may help you chip it down. Also strong Electric, Psychic, Flying and Fairy type moves would be useful, maybe something like a Talonflame 32+ Sharp Beak Brave Bird? Or Mega Floette, it resists Close Combat and can probably OHKO it with Light Of Ruin or something, and Mega Gardevoir 4x resists Close Combat so it could probably deal with it okay. Also, Grimmsnarl could use Swagger to give the Staraptor -2 and confuse it? I think a Zap Cannon from Raichu-Y would probably OHKO it? I'm not entirely sure, because the Regulation is so new, so this is a bit like a braindump XD. Hope this helped

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Bro just get a critical hit it's that easy HAHAHA.

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Frost Breath unironically would work, though I imagine it'd hamper your moveset.

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Swagger can work as well plus confusion

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Wow it's almost as if the answer said that.

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If you're just "brain dumping", it's probably better to post a comment than an answer. Also some of these things are useful only against Staraptor and would be dead weight against opponents that don't use a Staraptor.

Answer 2

Mega Raichu Y, mega Aerodactyl, mega Froslass, mega Delphox, and Talonflame can all outspeed and OHKO mega Staraptor (assuming 32 Atk/32 Spe jolly). Pelipper and mega Metagross can tank any of Staraptor's attacks and then OHKO. Aegislash is a good defensive check as it prevents Staraptor from using close combat, although Staraptor can raise its physical attack by using brave bird against king's shield. Some support moves, like reflect, trick room, tailwind, and maybe also encore, make it easier for other Pokemon to check Staraptor.
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Note that the metagame is less than a week old and this answer might become outdated later.

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Another good answer. Froslass in particular seems really good because it’s immune to fake out so you can’t really stop it from killing Staraptor unless you switch out staraptor

Answer 3

Really, have none of you tried Raichu Y?
Zap Cannon ohkos, can never miss because No Guard, and its naturally faster.
Its the perfect counter! You don't need to stall it, just become Ash if he evolved Pikachu!

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Truth ⬆️

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Other answer already mentions mega Raichu but still a good answer.