How to counter sashed-Urshifu in VGC 2021?

What are strategies, mons or ways to counter sashed Urshifu? Please try and list rational and viable mons and make sure you list calcs.

Talonflame would almost be useless aside from being able to counter Urshifu.

In other words, how can you defeat sashed Urshifu in a 1v1 situation but still take into consideration that it is a doubles match where your Pokemon still have purposes aside from being able to K.O Urshifu?

e.g. Fini has a good matchup against both Ursifus, allowing it to tank both of their hits nicely.

We’ll use the following Sashed Urshifu set to answer the question which is probably most common in the current Meta:

Urshifu-Single/Rapid @ Focus SashAbility: Unseen FistLevel: 50EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Detect- Wicked Blow/Surging Strikes- Close Combat- Sucker Punch/Aqua Jet

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Thundurus-I and Togekiss could counter it well. Get the Togekiss to use Follow Me, and it will take any Wicked Blows aimed at Thundurus-I. Thundurus-I then uses Max Airstream on Urshifu, boosting your speed. The Togekiss Topekass then outspeeds Urshifu and goes for Dazzling Gleam. Although I do know that Togekiss is meh in the format due to Regieleki, Glastrier, Metagross and Thundurus-I, it can reliably check non-Poison Jab Urshifu.

Using a sand team with special Salamence can really help. I’ve used a team with Tyranitar and Salamence and they go together well. Protect on Tyranitar and Air Slash from Salamence on Urshifu. It’ll take it down to the sash, and then be KOed by the sand.

Hope I helped!