[SET]
name: Tank
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Fire Blast / Flamethrower
move 3: Thunder Wave
move 4: Roost
item: Life Orb / Leftovers
ability: Multiscale
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 248 SpA / 12 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>This Dragonite can take on a variety of roles on the team, including paralysis spreader, sweeper, lure and even all-around wall. Thunder Wave allows Dragonite to support not just slower teammates, but itself as well, because being able to outspeed most paralyzed foes means it can use Roost, possibly reactivating Multiscale, allowing it to survive an otherwise fatal hit. With Thunder Wave slowing opponents down, Dragonite can now invest all its EVs in bulk and power, making it an excellent tank. This set can also make use of Thunder Wave to become a self-sufficient sweeper. Similarly to Tinkerbell Celebi, Dragonite should aim to spread paralysis early-game and fire off strong attacks later. While Dragonite's base 100 Special Attack doesn't seem like much, it can still hit a majority of the metagame hard thanks to its powerful attacks in Draco Meteor and Fire Blast.</p>
<p>Due to the threat of the omnipresent Dragon Dance and Choice Band variants of Dragonite, this set can also act as an effective lure, dealing heavy damage to physical walls such as Slowbro, Gliscor and Skarmory expecting an Outrage, paving the way for your physical sweepers, such as Terrakion and Scizor. Luring in physical walls is something rain variants of Dragonite cannot do, as special attacks such as Hurricane and Thunder will be expected. If Dragonite is using Leftovers and Thunder Wave happens to be revealed first, it can also effectively feign the parashuffler set and hit foes surprisingly hard—parashuffler Dragonite does not typically invest in Attack. Draco Meteor is Dragonite's strongest attack, and thanks to the STAB boost it receives, only a handful of non-Steel-types are able to safely switch into it. Fire Blast provides excellent coverage alongside Draco Meteor; the combination of attacks is only resisted by Heatran. Flamethrower is a viable alternative to Fire Blast, but the drop in power is noticeable. However, if given sun support, Flamethrower is generally the better option, as with the sun boost, Flamethrower gets all the KOs Fire Blast would, in addition to perfect accuracy.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>To get a sense of this Dragonite's effectiveness as a lure, here are some damage calculations against its common switch-ins.</p>
<ul class="damage_calculations">
<li>Life Orb Draco Meteor vs 252/0 Gliscor 97% - 114%</li>
<li>Life Orb Draco Meteor vs 252/0 Slowbro 82% - 97%/li>
<li>Life Orb Draco Meteor vs 252/0 Hippowdon 84% - 100%</li>
<li>Life Orb Fire Blast vs 252/0 Cloyster 95% - 112%</li>
<li>Life Orb Fire Blast vs 252/252+ Skarmory 83% - 99%</li>
<li>Life Orb Fire Blast vs 252/216+ Ferrothorn 118% - 139%</li>
<li>Life Orb Fire Blast vs 252/92+ Bronzong 68% - 80%</li>
</ul>
<p>Life Orb is the primary item of choice to obtain the damage above. Leftovers is an option to increase Dragonite's survivability, but without Life Orb, Dragonite misses out on a significant amount of OHKOs and 2HKOs, and becomes less effective as a lure. However, if this Dragonite is used on a sandstorm or hail team, Leftovers will be necessary to mitigate the residual damage. The EV spread enables Dragonite to outspeed uninvested Gyarados. It also gives Dragonite an odd amount of HP, guaranteeing that at full HP, it can switch in on Stealth Rock four times as opposed to three without fainting. The rest are put into Special Attack, and a Modest nature is used so that Dragonite can hit as hard as possible.</p>
<p>If the Special Attack drops from Draco Meteor become an issue, Dragon Pulse can take its place. Dragon Pulse allows Dragonite to stay in longer, thus alleviating its need to switch into Stealth Rock. However, the drop in power is noticeable, and Dragonite loses out on a number of surprise KOs. Dragonite has access to some useful support options, such as Heal Bell and Light Screen, but they have trouble finding room on the set. Additionally, Heal Bell is incompatible with Multiscale, but giving up Multiscale is not recommended. Draco Plate or Flame Plate can be used to power up one of Dragonite's attacks while maintaining Multiscale, but Dragonite is usually better off boosting both attacks with Life Orb or healing with Leftovers.</p>
<p>This set has severe difficultly breaking through Heatran and Blissey, who can poison and stall out Dragonite. Thanks to the boost in Special Defense it receives from the sand, Tyranitar can also wall Dragonite, break its Multiscale with sandstorm residual damage, and threaten Dragonite with its Rock-type STAB. Tyranitar would also gladly take a Thunder Wave as opposed to being crippled by a burn. Terrakion makes an excellent partner as it and Dragonite share decent type synergy, and it can scare off or set up on all three of the aforementioned threats. Dragonite can also eliminate some of Terrakion's checks while providing paralysis support for it. Drought Ninetales is also a fine partner to consider. Ninetales eliminates residual damage caused by opposing hail and sandstorm while boosting Dragonite's Fire-type attack. Dragonite must be cautious of opposing Ground-types as they can switch into Thunder Wave. Two Ground-types in particular that give Dragonite problems are Gastrodon and Landorus, who can both retaliate with 4x super effective Ice-type attacks. However, Landorus can't take a hit from Dragonite while Gastrodon will fall to two consecutive Draco Meteors if it takes a little prior damage.</p>
<p>As Dragonite is weak to Stealth Rock, Rapid Spin support is obviously greatly appreciated, especially for Life Orb variants, which can be worn down quickly. Based on the damage calculations above, entry hazards of your own can help Dragonite net more KOs. Forretress can provide both and its Fire weakness may grant Dragonite more opportunities to switch in. Jirachi makes an excellent partner to this set. The two resist all of each others weaknesses and Jirachi can provide Wish support. Cleric support can prove useful for healing Dragonite of status, but is not a necessity as Dragonite is immune to Toxic Spikes. Furthermore, the only Pokemon in OU that can safely status Dragonite without being KOed by Draco Meteor or Fire Blast are Blissey, Heatran, and specially defensive Jellicent.</p>
name: Tank
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Fire Blast / Flamethrower
move 3: Thunder Wave
move 4: Roost
item: Life Orb / Leftovers
ability: Multiscale
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 248 SpA / 12 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>This Dragonite can take on a variety of roles on the team, including paralysis spreader, sweeper, lure and even all-around wall. Thunder Wave allows Dragonite to support not just slower teammates, but itself as well, because being able to outspeed most paralyzed foes means it can use Roost, possibly reactivating Multiscale, allowing it to survive an otherwise fatal hit. With Thunder Wave slowing opponents down, Dragonite can now invest all its EVs in bulk and power, making it an excellent tank. This set can also make use of Thunder Wave to become a self-sufficient sweeper. Similarly to Tinkerbell Celebi, Dragonite should aim to spread paralysis early-game and fire off strong attacks later. While Dragonite's base 100 Special Attack doesn't seem like much, it can still hit a majority of the metagame hard thanks to its powerful attacks in Draco Meteor and Fire Blast.</p>
<p>Due to the threat of the omnipresent Dragon Dance and Choice Band variants of Dragonite, this set can also act as an effective lure, dealing heavy damage to physical walls such as Slowbro, Gliscor and Skarmory expecting an Outrage, paving the way for your physical sweepers, such as Terrakion and Scizor. Luring in physical walls is something rain variants of Dragonite cannot do, as special attacks such as Hurricane and Thunder will be expected. If Dragonite is using Leftovers and Thunder Wave happens to be revealed first, it can also effectively feign the parashuffler set and hit foes surprisingly hard—parashuffler Dragonite does not typically invest in Attack. Draco Meteor is Dragonite's strongest attack, and thanks to the STAB boost it receives, only a handful of non-Steel-types are able to safely switch into it. Fire Blast provides excellent coverage alongside Draco Meteor; the combination of attacks is only resisted by Heatran. Flamethrower is a viable alternative to Fire Blast, but the drop in power is noticeable. However, if given sun support, Flamethrower is generally the better option, as with the sun boost, Flamethrower gets all the KOs Fire Blast would, in addition to perfect accuracy.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>To get a sense of this Dragonite's effectiveness as a lure, here are some damage calculations against its common switch-ins.</p>
<ul class="damage_calculations">
<li>Life Orb Draco Meteor vs 252/0 Gliscor 97% - 114%</li>
<li>Life Orb Draco Meteor vs 252/0 Slowbro 82% - 97%/li>
<li>Life Orb Draco Meteor vs 252/0 Hippowdon 84% - 100%</li>
<li>Life Orb Fire Blast vs 252/0 Cloyster 95% - 112%</li>
<li>Life Orb Fire Blast vs 252/252+ Skarmory 83% - 99%</li>
<li>Life Orb Fire Blast vs 252/216+ Ferrothorn 118% - 139%</li>
<li>Life Orb Fire Blast vs 252/92+ Bronzong 68% - 80%</li>
</ul>
<p>Life Orb is the primary item of choice to obtain the damage above. Leftovers is an option to increase Dragonite's survivability, but without Life Orb, Dragonite misses out on a significant amount of OHKOs and 2HKOs, and becomes less effective as a lure. However, if this Dragonite is used on a sandstorm or hail team, Leftovers will be necessary to mitigate the residual damage. The EV spread enables Dragonite to outspeed uninvested Gyarados. It also gives Dragonite an odd amount of HP, guaranteeing that at full HP, it can switch in on Stealth Rock four times as opposed to three without fainting. The rest are put into Special Attack, and a Modest nature is used so that Dragonite can hit as hard as possible.</p>
<p>If the Special Attack drops from Draco Meteor become an issue, Dragon Pulse can take its place. Dragon Pulse allows Dragonite to stay in longer, thus alleviating its need to switch into Stealth Rock. However, the drop in power is noticeable, and Dragonite loses out on a number of surprise KOs. Dragonite has access to some useful support options, such as Heal Bell and Light Screen, but they have trouble finding room on the set. Additionally, Heal Bell is incompatible with Multiscale, but giving up Multiscale is not recommended. Draco Plate or Flame Plate can be used to power up one of Dragonite's attacks while maintaining Multiscale, but Dragonite is usually better off boosting both attacks with Life Orb or healing with Leftovers.</p>
<p>This set has severe difficultly breaking through Heatran and Blissey, who can poison and stall out Dragonite. Thanks to the boost in Special Defense it receives from the sand, Tyranitar can also wall Dragonite, break its Multiscale with sandstorm residual damage, and threaten Dragonite with its Rock-type STAB. Tyranitar would also gladly take a Thunder Wave as opposed to being crippled by a burn. Terrakion makes an excellent partner as it and Dragonite share decent type synergy, and it can scare off or set up on all three of the aforementioned threats. Dragonite can also eliminate some of Terrakion's checks while providing paralysis support for it. Drought Ninetales is also a fine partner to consider. Ninetales eliminates residual damage caused by opposing hail and sandstorm while boosting Dragonite's Fire-type attack. Dragonite must be cautious of opposing Ground-types as they can switch into Thunder Wave. Two Ground-types in particular that give Dragonite problems are Gastrodon and Landorus, who can both retaliate with 4x super effective Ice-type attacks. However, Landorus can't take a hit from Dragonite while Gastrodon will fall to two consecutive Draco Meteors if it takes a little prior damage.</p>
<p>As Dragonite is weak to Stealth Rock, Rapid Spin support is obviously greatly appreciated, especially for Life Orb variants, which can be worn down quickly. Based on the damage calculations above, entry hazards of your own can help Dragonite net more KOs. Forretress can provide both and its Fire weakness may grant Dragonite more opportunities to switch in. Jirachi makes an excellent partner to this set. The two resist all of each others weaknesses and Jirachi can provide Wish support. Cleric support can prove useful for healing Dragonite of status, but is not a necessity as Dragonite is immune to Toxic Spikes. Furthermore, the only Pokemon in OU that can safely status Dragonite without being KOed by Draco Meteor or Fire Blast are Blissey, Heatran, and specially defensive Jellicent.</p>
