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New best moveset for Dragonite

What is the best moveset for Dragonite now after the changes to STAB?
Heard that it's now Steel Wing/Hyperbeam!

Asked by DragoniteSlayer7 years 9 months ago
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by razvan 7 years 9 months ago

What is the use of Dragonite now? He does not seam top for neither of the raid bosses.
Sw? Vs what will be super effective?
Hyper beam? Normal attack as best one? I don't think so.
From my point if view at this very moment Dragonite, Snorlax, Blissey are useless. My dear Vapes have a niche vs. arca/flareon if you solo or you and your fellow attackers don't have maxed rock/ground attackers. And vs. Rhydon if you don't have grass eggy and venu.
Same for gya, maybe HP ones can be used just as Vapes.
We are in the age of super effective DPSers, no efficiency in generalists and tanks.

Btw, from my point of view only raids matters, and from them lvl 3 and 4.
Attacking gyms: every big mon will work.
Defending: every mon will work, probably mid rage are better than strong ones, you want you gyms taken down.
Lvl 1 and 2 raids: easy with whatever you had attacking old gyms, no need to power up mons for them. If you attack with 1-2 more ttainers even lvl 2 ones will not make it to 3rd or even 2nd mon from your lineup.

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You can still use them in gyms, if anyone does them now. What I think you mean is that they don't serve a purpose in raids.

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Edited with more perspective my first comment :).
And yes, in gyms are as ok as other mons. No big pokemon is now best in gyms :)

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Yeah, no...STAB is less, but it is still there. Steel or normal is not going to be SE against anything you are attacking with Dragonite. If it were, there might be an argument to be made...

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Wouldn't DT/Hurricane be good for boss Machamp? Will get normal STAB for quick move, and SE STAB from Hurricane, from PKM with top base attack stat in the game.... I was thinking about SW/H dragonite into DT/H when I get a quick TM, unless I am missing something?

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I tried soloing Machamp boss with all dragonites today and almost beat it. Time ran out. But I noticed that my three nites with DT/H did better than my DT/Os and DB/DC. If all my nites were DT/H I think I may have beaten the Champ

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SW/H and DT/H are almost the same. SW has higher DPS, DT has higher EPS. Don't waste yout TMs.

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Defensive: Dragon Tail/Dragon Claw is strictly the best set IMO.

Offensive is more complicated. There are now a handful of killer movesets with Dragon Breath AND Dragon Tail, so it really depends on your playstyle/personal preference. I think Gamepress will eventually rank all of the following as A-rated movesets.

Dragon Breath/Dragon Claw - best for dodge all
Dragon Breath/Outrage
Dragon Breath/Hurricane

Dragon Tail/Dragon Claw
Dragon Tail/Outrage - highest pure DPS
Dragon Tail/Hurricane

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Steel Wing/Dragon Claw or Outrage is definitely better than Dragon Breath/Hurricane or Dragon Tail/Hurricane

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Steel wing is now higher DPS than Dragon Tail.

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