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>Dragonite's impact on the metagame is unmatched. Its bulk, typing, and incredible ability make it extraordinarily easy to find setup opportunities throughout a game. It becomes impossibly hard to account for defensively due to its versatility: Lum Berry lets it set up more easily on Pokemon like Mega Slowbro and Mew while shrugging off Thundurus's and Klefki's attempts to check it, Supersonic Skystrike lets it plow through bulky Water- and Fairy-types and essentially guarantees a kill every game, and Weakness Policy deters Pokemon like Stone Edge Cobalion and weak Hidden Power Ice users from breaking its Multiscale. It also has all the moves it needs: Extreme Speed, Fire Punch, and Earthquake take out several of its would-be checks such as Weavile, Scizor, and Klefki, while Fly provides an extremely powerful STAB Z-move with excellent coverage as well as a good move for a mono-attacking set. It doesn't even necessarily need to run Dragon Dance, as Choice Band is an excellent set that can break unprepared teams with Outrage and check offensive threats like Zygarde-10% and Mega Sharpedo with ExtremeSpeed. Both in the teambuilder and during the battle, Dragonite is impossible to account for due to its unpredictability and perfect execution of its role.
>Dragonite's impact on the metagame is unmatched. Its bulk, typing, and incredible ability make it extraordinarily easy to find setup opportunities throughout a game. It becomes impossibly hard to account for defensively due to its versatility: Lum Berry lets it set up more easily on Pokemon like Mega Slowbro and Mew while shrugging off Thundurus's and Klefki's attempts to check it, Supersonic Skystrike lets it plow through bulky Water- and Fairy-types and essentially guarantees a kill every game, and Weakness Policy deters Pokemon like Stone Edge Cobalion and weak Hidden Power Ice users from breaking its Multiscale. It also has all the moves it needs: Extreme Speed, Fire Punch, and Earthquake take out several of its would-be checks such as Weavile, Scizor, and Klefki, while Fly provides an extremely powerful STAB Z-move with excellent coverage as well as a good move for a mono-attacking set. It doesn't even necessarily need to run Dragon Dance, as Choice Band is an excellent set that can break unprepared teams with Outrage and check offensive threats like Zygarde-10% and Mega Sharpedo with ExtremeSpeed. Both in the teambuilder and during the battle, Dragonite is impossible to account for due to its unpredictability and perfect execution of its role.
