Alakazam w/ Psycho Cut & Future Sight
He's 100% IV and I found out he is really good against Dragonites, so I was wondering if someone else use Alakazam as an attacker and could share their experiences too! ⏳
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To put it simply, if you are going to dodge like crazy Alakazam probably isn't top 15 as a counter versus a good Dragon moves Dragonite. Even with all of that dodging he barely skates by. Although not many mons are great counters to Dragonite with Dragon moves ones that will outperform an Alakazam in leftover health with reasonable speed are ones like Lapras, DB/DC Dragonite, Cloyster, Jynx, Tyranitar Cleftable, Gyrados....it's a long list.
As a side note to those that think that a Dragonite is a bad defender just because of his double weakness, he performs on defense possibly the best overall besides Blissey and Snorlax. His best counter (Lapras) cannot make it through two of him in perfect dodging sims....and that is a rare mon. Others top out around 1 1/4 Dragonites taken down at the same level. Some faster (Jynx) with less health etc. By any metrics DT/OR Dragonite is an elite defender as the game stands now. Double weakness and all.
There are better mons for Dragonite and like JHVS said, Dragonite still hits very hard.
Dodge bug with DT/O kills my Lapras EVERY fricking time...Usually, this is the 2nd Dnite in a gym though and I can usually clear out 2 Dnites with 1 Lapras if I don't get dodge bugged...(Level 30+ Lapras).
Gyarados with DT/HP also kills me all the time now (with dodge bug) and I need a better counter than Jolteon...
I love using Alakazam to attack. I have the pc/fs moveset. Out of all of the attackers i use, he seems by far the smoothest when attacking. His effortless dodging and quick attacks makes it a joy to use. Yes, he can be knocked quickly if you don't dodge the charge moves, but against certain pokemon such as blissey and snorlax, i don't care that he's not my strongest, he's just so much fun to use and can usually get the job done.
