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Constantinipple · Jan 3rd, 2013, 11:37:35 AM

first analysis ever, be gentle :<

Dragonair

skelly

[Overview]

The first impression you get when looking at Dragonair's stats is most likely that she's a very mediocre pokemon. Not surprising, base 61/65/70 defenses, base 84/70 and base 70 speed considered mediocre or even lower in NU. However, with Eviolite patching up her defenses and two abilities in Shed Skin and Marvel Scale that can be used to utilize rest better, she can act as a defensive ResTalking pivot or wall with her defensively great Dragon typing, being only weak to Ice and Dragon. Although offensively mostly outclassed by Fraxure, she can also use bulky offensive Dragon Dance sets to decent effects and set up on particular attackers.

[SET]
name: Bulky Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Rest
move 3: Outrage
move 4: Waterfall / Extremespeed / Sleep Talk
item: Eviolite
ability: Shed Skin / Marvel Scale
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

While an all-out offensive Dragon Dance set is mostly outclassed by Fraxure, Dragonair can function with a bulky offensive set. She can set up Dragon Dances on special attackers or walls such as Alomomola by using her good bulk, in contrast to other, rather frail Dragon Dance sweepers such as offensive Fraxure. Her lack of reliable recovery bothers her, but with two helpful abilities which she can use to utilize Rest, Rest becomes a viable option for Dragonair. Due to Shed Skin, the sleep has a 33% chance to be cured, and she can therefore also be used as a semi status absorber. One can choose to use Marvel Scale, which is also a viable option in combination with Rest. It gives Dragonair a 50% defense boost which can make her last longer throughout the match against physical attackers. This set isn't meant to set up on powerhouses and bulky set up sweepers like Sawk and Carracosta, but it is meant to set up on special attackers and walls, and potentially physical attackers when using Marvel Scale with Rest. If she finds place to set up, Dragonair can punch big holes in opposing teams with her 180 base power STAB, Outrage. It gives neutral coverage against the majority of the tier, with rather uncommon Steel types being the only that can resist it. With some boosts in her pocket, Dragonair is sure to cause damage to the opponent. Of course, one shouldn't try to use unboosted Outrage against defensive behemoths like Regirock and Alomomola, but instead try to set up. With 4 Dragon Dance boosts, both of these pokemon are 2HKO'd, assuming that they are the standard sets. Waterfall is used for extra coverage against Fire-, Rock-, and Ground types, but you should keep in mind that Outrage is still stronger than super effective Waterfall and not very effective Outrage is still stronger than Waterfall against steel types. Because of this you should only use Waterfall if you can secure a KO and don't want to get locked into Outrage. You can choose to use Extremespeed over Waterfall, trading coverage for priority. It is mostly redundant when Dragonair finds place to set up Dragon Dances, and thus should only be used if you are sure that Dragonair is going to be killed first on that turn, or again, if you can secure a KO if you don't want Dragonair being locked into Outrage.

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

As mentioned before, this set is meant to set up on special attackers and walls. This is why the chosen spread is 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD. With a special defense and awesome typing together, her special bulk can be considered great, and she is likely to set up on the likes of Alomomola, Rotom-A and Charizard. One can choose to go with a full physical defensive set in order to not rely on Rest as much when facing physical hitters like Golurk and Tauros, but maximized special defense works better with Dragon typing. As many type attacks including Fire, Grass, and Water are mostly special attacks, a maximized special defense is more efficient so she can set up easier on those types. A physical defensive set accomplishes less, but it does have some merit, namely granting Dragonair more longevity in a match against physical hitters. Dragonair can act as an emergency check against Golurk, Tauros and Choice Scarf or Choice Band Braviary, and more fairly hard hitters. Since Dragonair's attacks are underwhelming at most times, hazard setters, most notably Spikes Scolipede are recommended as teammates. Prior damage helps Dragonair out a lot and makes it easier for her to KO opposing pokemon. Piloswine is also a notable teammate, as he takes ice hits nicely and can hit steel types hard. Heal Bell support can be useful in certain situations; namely when Dragonair is asleep and you really need her to use a certain move instead of gambling with Sleep Talk. However, using Heal Bell also means that when using Marvel Scale, her defense is lowered again, which can be harmful in other situations. If you do not want such scenarios, then using Heal Bell is and is not recommended for the scenarios respectively. If you do however choose for Heal Bell support, Lickilicky is a decent partner; along with Heal Bell, Lickilicky can also pass rather large wishes to Dragonair, something that Dragonair appreciates very much. 

[SET]
name: ResTalk
move 1: Rest
move 2: Dragon Tail / Outrage
move 3: Thunder Wave
move 4: Sleep Talk
item: Eviolite
ability: Marvel Scale
nature: Careful
evs: 244 HP / 56 Def / 208 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

This set is meant to spread paralysis against opposing teams using her decent bulk. With Rest healing her up and granting her a 50% defense boost, her longevity in a match can be great. Eviolite is the key of this set, as it grants her amazing overall bulk, which makes her suited for a parashuffling job. This means utilizing Dragon Tail and Thunder Wave against every offensive pokemon that can be crippled by paralysis Dragonair can find, so that other teammates can continue and profit from the lowered speed and a chance of 50% full paralyzing on the opposing pokemons.

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

[Other Options]

[Checks and Counters]
suggestions and corrections are welcomed with open heart

made this pretty quick so there may be some things i oversaw. (i know the bulky DD set is almost identical to the current one, but there are almost no useful changes to be made on it.. )

Jan 3rd, 2013, 11:37:35 AM	#1
Constantinipple Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 115 SO I HERD YOU LIKE MUDKIPZ	Dragonair [QC 2/3] first analysis ever, be gentle :< Dragonair skelly [Overview] mediocre overall, but can justify its use on certain teams can run offensive as well as defensive sets is offensively somewhat outclassed by Fraxure due to low attack stat reaches decent defenses coupled with Eviolite has excellent defensive typing, being only weak to ice and dragon, of which dragon is uncommon and ice can be fixed with a teammate [SET] name: Bulky Dragon Dance move 1: Dragon Dance move 2: Rest move 3: Outrage move 4: Waterfall / Extremespeed item: Eviolite ability: Shed Skin nature: Careful evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD [SET COMMENTS] makes use of her bulk in order to set up, but succeeds most of the time when done on weaker special attackers Rest for healing up damage, the sleep has a 33% chance to be cured due to Shed Skin Outrage serves as primary attacking move and STAB, hitting the majority of the tier for neutral damage Waterfall for more coverage, and helps with Lairon and Bastiodon who resist Outrage is despite holding Eviolite still pretty vulnerable to physical attackers Extremespeed can be put over Waterfall, trading priority for coverage, and can also deal some reasonable damage to revenge killers when she has boosted up [ADDITIONAL COMMENTS] Marvel Scale over Shed Skin is an option with Sleep Talk over Waterfall or Extremespeed, which makes her rely a bit less on Shed Skin and also giving her reasonable defenses can run a more physical defensive set, but it doesnt accomplish as much as the specially defensive appreciates Heal Bell support to cure her sleep status since alot of physical attackers can force her out Musharna comes teammate, with useful Heal Bell support. she's also able to wall alot of physical attackers hazard setters, most notably Spikes Scolipede are recommended together with Dragonair as her attacks can be underwhelming sometimes, which can be somewhat helped by prior damage. evs to maximize the special bulk so she can set up on weak special attackers Piloswine as teammate, as he takes ice moves nicely and can hit steel types super effectively [SET] name: ResTalk move 1: Rest move 2: Sleep Talk move 3: Dragon Tail / Outrage move 4: Thunder Wave item: Eviolite ability: Marvel Scale nature: Careful evs: 244 HP / 56 Def / 208 SpD [SET COMMENTS] reaches above average 270/375 defenses with 324 HP gets a x1.5 Def boost when sleeping which grants her great defenses Rest and Sleep Talk for obvious reasons Dragon Tail serves as STAB to still dish out some damage while phasing out set-up sweepers at the same time is capable of crippling opposing pokemon with Thunder Wave, making it easier for the rest of the team to succeed in their jobs, also completes the parashuffling set Dragon Tail's weakness can be annoying when facing a subset pokemon, so using Outrage through Sleep Talk can be used in order to break these subs, or to just simply deal more damage Sleep Talk picking the wrong move often leads to hazard setters having an easy time doing their jobs [ADDITIONAL COMMENTS] evs to balance the defenses evenly when asleep, giving her very much bulk on both sides if you dont necessarily need T-Wave support and still prefer the bulk, then Dragon Dance is an option in order to deal damage against offensive mons can a physical set to wall physical hitters like Tauros, Primeape and Sawsbuck better pairs well with CB Sawk and other wallbreakers that profit from the speed drop of Thunder Wave, he can also hit ice types super effectively Musharna is also a good team option, as it counters opposing Sawk where Dragonair has problems with Rotom-F as teammate to check the likes of Braviary and Golurk, though he should watch out for their secondary STABs Toxic can be used to do something to ground types, but they can be phased out with Dragon Tail anyways can come in and take a hit from various special attackers such as Charizard, Kadabra and Haunter (especially when they are scarfed) and cripple them with thunder wave also can wall some physical attackers when asleep, like (non mold breaker) Pinsir, Rapidash and Swellow and cripple them with thunder wave [Other Options] leftovers can be held but the bulk that eviolite grants her is really useful an offensive DD set with Life Orb can be chosen for more power, but her low defenses are exaggerated even more furthermore Dragonair is really limited to other options due to her mediocre stats. she already needs pretty much support already and trying to run other sets like a special offensive one will make it so hard to pull a win off that it shouldnt be seriously considered [Checks and Counters] both sets have huge problems with Mold Breaker Sawk, as the DD set is simply too frail and the ResTalk set cant function well against him due to Mold Breaker negating Marvel Scale bulky ice types like Piloswine, Regice and Rotom-F that have an easy time coming in on Dragonair can hit her super effectively. taunt users like Skuntank can be used to cripple Dragonair, which can be annoying for both sets also has problems with popular CB pokemon, especially pokemon such as Braviary and Golurk, annoyingly 2HKOing Dragonair with the appropriate move in most occasions the DD set still struggles with common physical walls that she cant hit super-effectively, such as Musharna, Bastiodon if she runs extremespeed and soon she will struggle with Tangela, too [Overview] <p>The first impression you get when looking at Dragonair's stats is most likely that she's a very mediocre pokemon. Not surprising, base 61/65/70 defenses, base 84/70 and base 70 speed considered mediocre or even lower in NU. However, with Eviolite patching up her defenses and two abilities in Shed Skin and Marvel Scale that can be used to utilize rest better, she can act as a defensive ResTalking pivot or wall with her defensively great Dragon typing, being only weak to Ice and Dragon. Although offensively mostly outclassed by Fraxure, she can also use bulky offensive Dragon Dance sets to decent effects and set up on particular attackers.</p> [SET] name: Bulky Dragon Dance move 1: Dragon Dance move 2: Rest move 3: Outrage move 4: Waterfall / Extremespeed / Sleep Talk item: Eviolite ability: Shed Skin / Marvel Scale nature: Careful evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD [SET COMMENTS] <p>While an all-out offensive Dragon Dance set is mostly outclassed by Fraxure, Dragonair can function with a bulky offensive set. She can set up Dragon Dances on special attackers or walls such as Alomomola by using her good bulk, in contrast to other, rather frail Dragon Dance sweepers such as offensive Fraxure. Her lack of reliable recovery bothers her, but with two helpful abilities which she can use to utilize Rest, Rest becomes a viable option for Dragonair. Due to Shed Skin, the sleep has a 33% chance to be cured, and she can therefore also be used as a semi status absorber. One can choose to use Marvel Scale, which is also a viable option in combination with Rest. It gives Dragonair a 50% defense boost which can make her last longer throughout the match against physical attackers. This set isn't meant to set up on powerhouses and bulky set up sweepers like Sawk and Carracosta, but it is meant to set up on special attackers and walls, and potentially physical attackers when using Marvel Scale with Rest. If she finds place to set up, Dragonair can punch big holes in opposing teams with her 180 base power STAB, Outrage. It gives neutral coverage against the majority of the tier, with rather uncommon Steel types being the only that can resist it. With some boosts in her pocket, Dragonair is sure to cause damage to the opponent. Of course, one shouldn't try to use unboosted Outrage against defensive behemoths like Regirock and Alomomola, but instead try to set up. With 4 Dragon Dance boosts, both of these pokemon are 2HKO'd, assuming that they are the standard sets. Waterfall is used for extra coverage against Fire-, Rock-, and Ground types, but you should keep in mind that Outrage is still stronger than super effective Waterfall and not very effective Outrage is still stronger than Waterfall against steel types. Because of this you should only use Waterfall if you can secure a KO and don't want to get locked into Outrage. You can choose to use Extremespeed over Waterfall, trading coverage for priority. It is mostly redundant when Dragonair finds place to set up Dragon Dances, and thus should only be used if you are sure that Dragonair is going to be killed first on that turn, or again, if you can secure a KO if you don't want Dragonair being locked into Outrage.</p> [ADDITIONAL COMMENTS] <p>As mentioned before, this set is meant to set up on special attackers and walls. This is why the chosen spread is 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD. With a special defense and awesome typing together, her special bulk can be considered great, and she is likely to set up on the likes of Alomomola, Rotom-A and Charizard. One can choose to go with a full physical defensive set in order to not rely on Rest as much when facing physical hitters like Golurk and Tauros, but maximized special defense works better with Dragon typing. As many type attacks including Fire, Grass, and Water are mostly special attacks, a maximized special defense is more efficient so she can set up easier on those types. A physical defensive set accomplishes less, but it does have some merit, namely granting Dragonair more longevity in a match against physical hitters. Dragonair can act as an emergency check against Golurk, Tauros and Choice Scarf or Choice Band Braviary, and more fairly hard hitters. Since Dragonair's attacks are underwhelming at most times, hazard setters, most notably Spikes Scolipede are recommended as teammates. Prior damage helps Dragonair out a lot and makes it easier for her to KO opposing pokemon. Piloswine is also a notable teammate, as he takes ice hits nicely and can hit steel types hard. Heal Bell support can be useful in certain situations; namely when Dragonair is asleep and you really need her to use a certain move instead of gambling with Sleep Talk. However, using Heal Bell also means that when using Marvel Scale, her defense is lowered again, which can be harmful in other situations. If you do not want such scenarios, then using Heal Bell is and is not recommended for the scenarios respectively. If you do however choose for Heal Bell support, Lickilicky is a decent partner; along with Heal Bell, Lickilicky can also pass rather large wishes to Dragonair, something that Dragonair appreciates very much. </p> [SET] name: ResTalk move 1: Rest move 2: Dragon Tail / Outrage move 3: Thunder Wave move 4: Sleep Talk item: Eviolite ability: Marvel Scale nature: Careful evs: 244 HP / 56 Def / 208 SpD [SET COMMENTS] <p>This set is meant to spread paralysis against opposing teams using her decent bulk. With Rest healing her up and granting her a 50% defense boost, her longevity in a match can be great. Eviolite is the key of this set, as it grants her amazing overall bulk, which makes her suited for a parashuffling job. This means utilizing Dragon Tail and Thunder Wave against every offensive pokemon that can be crippled by paralysis Dragonair can find, so that other teammates can continue and profit from the lowered speed and a chance of 50% full paralyzing on the opposing pokemons. [ADDITIONAL COMMENTS] [Other Options] [Checks and Counters] suggestions and corrections are welcomed with open heart made this pretty quick so there may be some things i oversaw. (i know the bulky DD set is almost identical to the current one, but there are almost no useful changes to be made on it.. ) Last edited by Constantinipple; May 1st, 2013 at 4:36:21 AM.