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Dragonite Power up - Advice Needed

Yet another Dragonite question:

I am at Level 30, and finally got enough Dratini candy to evolve my first Dragonite after the Halloween event because I used Dratini as my buddy. I chose to evolve my highest IV Dratini at 91% 15/14/12 but its CP was low. I ended up with a 1435 CP Dragonite with Dragon Breath / Hyper Beam. So, I was going to power him up as much as I could, but was wondering if I should wait for another Dragonite in hopes of a better moveset (i.e. DB/DC or DB/DP). I currently have 75 Dratini candies, so I guess I could patiently walk more and try to get a second Dragonite with possibly better IV and moveset... but really what are the chances? I really want an ATT Dragonite. The benefit is I can get a second Dragonite in my line up, but the risk is that it may be a suboptimal moveset or a DEF moveset and I just blew all my candy that I could have used to power-up my current Dragonite. Let me know if I should power up my current Dragonite blowing all candy and likely most of my stardust... or get that second Dragonite. I know is comes down to personal preference at the end, but just curious what others would do. Thanks for any replies.

Asked by cjv12258 years 2 months ago

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i'm lvl 30 aswell and i only have 1 dragonite 86%IV same moveset. And its awesome to attack gyms... that moveset isnt bad at all.

Thanks. Yah, I tried him out at the gym and enjoyed... I could only imagine how he would perform if I powered him up because he is really low CP right now compared to the mons in gyms in my area. How are others experiences with the other charge moves DC/DP?

Ok first of all, please put in some paragraphs that was annoying to read through.

Dude what do you mean with "I want an ATT Dragonite". You have an attacking monster in your box, man. Yours has Dragon Breath and Hyper Beam which is only slightly worse than DB/DC. Power it up!

Haha.. Thanks for the reply. I was leaning towards power up and needed someone to say it. I'll keep the paragraph suggestion in mind for my next post.

Power it up to maybe 2-2.5K CP depending on your area's level of defenders then start saving up for the next one.

There is no such thing as bad Dragonite. Its a Dragonite you should power it up =))

SW=awesome defender
DB=awesome attacker
Secondary moves are all good on dragonite.

Thanks everyone. I guess what I am debating is whether it's better to try to get 2 dragonites now, or screw it and just blow the candy/startdust now power up the one I have now. Not really saying that my current Dragonite sucks. Anyway, seems like consensus is to power up now instead of working on getting 2nd Dragonite.

Props man!

I am actually not sure if I would power it up all the way or kinda do 50/50. Really depends how many Dratini you find usually. If there are many you can power it up and collect quickly, but I you needed 3-4 months for one like I did I do not want to wait so long again but rather have a monster now.

If you want a Dragonite to play with right now, power up your current one. Hyper Beam is not a bad move, it's just not as good as Dragon Claw or Pulse. Twister on Gyarados, that's a bad move.

IVs are less useful the higher a pokemon's base stats are. Dragonite has one of the best base stats in the game, that even a 0% IV Dragonite with Steel Wing + Hyper Beam will still be more useful as an attacker than most of the pokemon in the game.

Assuming Dratinis/Dragonairs in the wild don't have sufficient IVs to be worth evolving and are only there to save you 15/20 km of walking (if you transfer them or not) then you need to hatch a Dratini from a 10k egg and even then, >90% IVs are still rare.

On top of that, you need to get enough candies to evolve it, and then when you evolve it, you still only have a 1/3 chance of getting the moveset you want (DB + DC/DP).

If you don't get it, then you've wasted all that time and candy trying to get a Dragonite that would have been barely better than the one that you currently have if you powered it up.

Power it up untill 30.5 so you will have a 3000+ beast. Thats all.

Power it up! At least when you get a DEF moveset on the other Dragonite you won't be that much disappointed.

Hyperbeam is not a bad move and the difference between DC and DP is not noticeable. And in the event that the other one turns to be good at least you have two attacking behemoths.

POWERED UP with all remaining candies I had. Can't wait to try him in gym! Likely won't see/have another Dragonite in a long time. So might as well enjoy this one. Thx again everyone!