Perfect dragonite with perfect moveset (gen 2)... Max out it or not?
I got a perfect dragonite with DT/Outrage but L2. Considering more dragons available in gen 3, should I max it out now or wait?
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It will only take 41,5000 dust and 56 candies to take it to level 20, so that is the extra cost to power this one up over a lesser level 20 Dragonite. There is absolutely nothing better to spend dust and Dratini candies on, and you'd be crazy not to power this one up. It is still the best pokemon in the game.
And it's not as though you're likely to find a lot more wild Dragonites. Even if you hatch or catch a high-IV level 20-30 Dratini, you will still have to spend 124 candies just to evolve it.
My perfect Dragonite was stuck at level 10 for the longest time because it had SW/Hu. I maxed it out pretty much as soon as I got a fast TM to use on it.
Consider this: It takes 44600 dust and 54 candy to take your Dragonite to level 20. From there it takes 225000 dust and 212 candy to max it out. The cost to get it to the same level as a hatch is relatively low considering how much maxing takes.