>>26618096>>26618134You don't switch in and neither Lum Berry nor Band would help.
But vp-fags act like Dragonite takes any ice-move like a champ, when in reality it still gets shat on by many ice-moves.
Just to give you some context, this is what a defensive Donphan does with Ice Shard:
4 Atk Donphan Ice Shard vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Multiscale Dragonite: 72-86 (22.2 - 26.6%) -- 14.8% chance to 4HKO
4 Atk Donphan Ice Shard vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Dragonite: 144-172 (44.5 - 53.2%) -- 26.2% chance to 2HKO
It's not enough to beat it if Dragonite uses Outrage, but it will be weakened and locked into Outrage. At that point you should have something to outspeed and defeat that Dragonite, that has at best 33% health left and sits at base 80 speed.
Extremespeed won't help Dragonite either, because it's too weak to beat Donphan.
+2 252+ Atk Dragonite Outrage vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Donphan: 280-330 (72.9 - 85.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
+2 252+ Atk Dragonite Extreme Speed vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Donphan: 124-147 (32.2 - 38.2%) -- 1.6% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
I don't think it's a good idea to bank on the Weakness Policy. At this point, everyone knows about that set and probably won't use a super effective move to break the Multiscale. And if you switch in on an Ice-move (Or most super effective moves, for that matter), your sweet Dragonite sweep probably won't happen because it can be picked off by anything that survives an Extreme Speed and KOs it back, or you're forced to go for Outrage so you're not KO'd by the Pokemon that activated the Weakness Policy and get revenge killed by anything that is faster than your Dragonite.
I think it's the least useful set, because of the huge opportunity cost.
