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features draco gem boosted draco meteor dd salamence

Not sure I. Understand why the mence is draco here when it’s DD

draco is there cuz it smashes the physical walls coming in and helps with the moxie snowball effect

What physical walls does it OHKO or 2HKO that dragon gem outrage can’t, especially after a DD

draco is there cuz it smashes the physical walls coming in and helps with the moxie snowball effect

i have a few calcs here:

so many counters get danced on then meteored into oblivion or just meteored and then outraged

4 SpA Dragon Gem Salamence Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Hippowdon: 321-378 (76.4 - 90%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

+1 252 Atk Dragon Gem Salamence Outrage vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Hippowdon: 391-462 (93 - 110%) -- 93.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
4 SpA Dragon Gem Salamence Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Slowbro: 297-349 (75.3 - 88.5%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
4 SpA Dragon Gem Salamence Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Donphan: 372-438 (96.8 - 114%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock

4 SpA Dragon Gem Salamence Draco Meteor vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Cloyster: 459-541 (189.6 - 223.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO
4 SpA Dragon Gem Salamence Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Quagsire: 348-409 (88.3 - 103.8%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
beats quag anyway cuz u can just meteor again and it'll ignore drops

4 SpA Dragon Gem Salamence Draco Meteor vs. 4 HP / 0- SpD Landorus-Therian: 330-388 (103.1 - 121.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
still nice to not lock into outrage
4 SpA Dragon Gem Salamence Draco Meteor vs. 244 HP / 0 SpD Gliscor: 312-367 (88.6 - 104.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
steels besides tran will be gone and no tran is switching into a mence that just got a free turn