>>23182440Sure it has counters, but just like with every broken Mon those counters depend on its moveset. If we adopt the Smogon mentality and assume that M-Ray always carries all of its moves, then no, it doesn't have counters. However, each individual set does have counters, although some of them are absolutely retarded and have to be specifically built for this use only due to M-Ray's sheer power, while some of them are really shaky, again due to Ray's sheer power.
Examples:
>Dragon Ascent / EQ / ESpeed / DD or SDSomehow walled by Skarmory. Even if Ray uses SD on the switch it still can't 2HKO Skarmory so you can use Toxic and stall it with Roost, although it can start boosting or nail Skarmory with EQ while it uses Roost. A really shaky counter for SD set but should work better against DD.
>+2 252 Atk Mega Rayquaza Dragon Ascent vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Skarmory: 142-168 (42.5 - 50.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery>+1 252 Atk Mega Rayquaza Dragon Ascent vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Skarmory: 106-126 (31.7 - 37.7%) -- 0.2% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery...I was actually going to list more but after a bit of research I realized that M-Ray really doesn't have any proper counters. You could say that Heatran counters any set without EQ but a +2 Dragon Ascent is a clean 2HKO while Heatran can't really do anything (it fails to 2HKO with HP Ice so even Custap Berry shenanigans won't save you). I was trying to create all kinds of bizarre Custap Berry + Sturdy sets with Ice Punch but all of the Pokemon capable of running those sets just fail to get a guaranteed 2HKO.
>252+ Atk Regirock Ice Punch vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Mega Rayquaza in Strong Winds: 148-176 (42.1 - 50.1%) -- 0.4% chance to 2HKOThe best I can do is this:
>252+ Atk Tyrunt Outrage vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Mega Rayquaza: 332-392 (94.5 - 111.6%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKOCome in on any attack and survive with Sturdy. Custap Berry allows you to go first next turn and you have over 50% chance of killing.
