National Dex Dragapult [Done]

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[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Dragon Darts
move 3: Phantom Force
move 4: Substitute
item: Ghostium Z
ability: Clear Body / Infiltrator
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult serves as one of the most threatening wincons and late-game sweepers in the entire metagame due to its access to Dragon Dance, a great offensive typing, and blistering Speed. Dragapult is able to outspeed and put pressure on threatening wallbreakers such as Garchomp, Kyurem, Hydreigon, and Mega Medicham. When paired with Ghostium Z, Phantom Force is able to break through Pokemon that resist or are immune to Dragon Darts such as Tapu Fini, Heatran, Clefable, Corviknight, Mega Scizor, and Magearna. A boosted Never-Ending Nightmare also allows Dragapult to break through physically bulky Pokemon such as Tangrowth and Hippowdon. Substitute allows it to take advantage of Pokemon that don't do significant damage to it, such as Zapdos lacking Hidden Power Ice, Toxapex lacking Haze, Corviknight lacking Brave Bird and Iron Head, and specially defensive Heatran lacking Earth Power. It can also force mind games against Sucker Punch users such as Mega Mawile and Cinderace. It also protects Dragapult from Weavile, the only in the metagame that is capable of revenge killing Dragapult. Substitute can be replaced with Sucker Punch when running Dragapult on hyper offense teams, which allows it to outprioritize Pokemon such as Cinderace, Mega Scizor, and Mega Mawile to revenge kill them when they are weakened or, in Mega Mawile's case, dodge its own Sucker Punch. Clear Body is mostly used to block Intimidate from the likes of Landorus-T and Mawile; however, it can be replaced with Infiltrator to allow Dragapult to bypass dual screens as well as Kyurem's Substitute.

Dragapult fits on a wide variety of archetypes ranging from bulky offense, balance, and hyper offense. Entry hazard leads such as Mew and Excadrill are crucial partners for Dragapult, (AC) as the hazards they provide facilitate late-game sweeps on hyper offensive teams. Grimmsnarl can provide dual screens support to further help Dragapult sweep. Mega Tyranitar and Weavile are some of the biggest threats to Dragapult. As such, Pokemon that can take advantage of them and function on hyper offense teams, such as Magearna and Bisharp, are good teammates. On balance and bulky offense teams, Stealth Rock and Spikes support from the likes of Clefable, Heatran, and Ferrothorn is important to wear down Weavile and Mega Tyranitar through double switches. Pokemon that can directly check Weavile, such as Corviknight and Toxapex, Pokemon that can pressure Mega Tyranitar, such as Mega Latios and Heatran, and Pokemon that can take advantage of both, such as Mega Mawile and Mega Scizor, are all great options. Due to its frailty, Dragapult highly appreciates pivot support, so Pokemon such as Mega Lopunny, Slowbro, Cinderace, (AC) and Corviknight are recommended teammates. Teammates that can put immediate pressure on prominent defensive Pokemon like Toxapex, Clefable, and Tangrowth are necessary in order to give Dragapult the opportunity to sweep late-game. Cinderace and Mega Mawile on bulky offense teams and Bisharp and Rillaboom on hyper offense teams are examples of such teammates.

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- Written by: [[Zneon, 487629]]
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Zneon said:
[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Dragon Darts
move 3: Phantom Force
move 4: Substitute
item: Ghostium Z
ability: Clear Body / Infiltrator
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult serves as one of the most threatening wincons and late-game sweepers in the entire metagame. It's access to Dragon Dance, a great offensive typing as well as blistering Speed allows it to break through and sweep against most teams with ease, only being hard stopped by Unaware users and Mandibuzz. I'm not a fan of the assertion that its only hard stopped by these things since there are arguments for more offensive and defensive answers, and you can break Unaware Clef and Mandi after some chip. Just rephrase this to talk about how common defensive pokemon such as Slowbro, Heatran, and standard Clefable are not safe while also talking about a good offense matchup. Phantom Force is able to break through Pokemon who resist or are immune to Dragon Darts when paired with Ghostium Z such as Tapu Fini, Heatran, Specially Defensive Clefable, and Magearna. Substitute allows it to take advantage of Pokemon that don't do significant damage such as Zapdos and Heatran and use them to setup multiple times. Talk about forcing 50/50s with Sucker Punch users as well. However, Substitute can be replaced with Sucker Punch, which allows it to outprioritize Pokemon such as Cinderace, Mega Mawile and Mega Lopunny and revenge kill them when weakened. Use this space to discuss the abilities and what advantages they serve; Clear Body is good for intimidate Lando while Infiltrator can mess with Sub Kyurem, etc.

Dragapult fits on a wide variety of archetypes, ranging from bulky offense, to balance, to hyper offense. Hazard leads such as Mew and Excadrill are crucial partners for Dragapult as the hazards they provide allows it to late-game sweep more effectively on hyper offensive teams. On bulky offensive and balance teams. I think you dropped a sentence here...either finish the thought or just get rid of it. It would be good to mention spikers in particular that fit on these builds though because DD pult really likes spikes. Talk about how spikes help pressure and wear down Pokemon that annoy you like Ttar and Tangrowth. Due to its frailty, Dragapult highly appreciates pivoting support and being brought in safely, therefore Pokemon such as Mega Lopunny, Slowbro, Cinderace and Clefable are recommended teammates. Pokemon that can put immediate pressure on prominent defensive Pokemon such as Toxapex and Tangrowth are necessary teammates in order to enable it the opportunity to sweep teams late-game. Cinderace and Mega Mawile on bulky offense teams and Bisharp on hyper offense teams are examples of this. On hyper offensive teams, Dragapult appreciates screens support from Grimmsnarl in order to set up multiple times against the opposing team.
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[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Dragon Darts
move 3: Phantom Force
move 4: Substitute
item: Ghostium Z
ability: Clear Body / Infiltrator
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult serves as one of the most threatening wincons and late-game sweepers in the entire metagame. It's due to its access to Dragon Dance, a great offensive typing as well as blistering Speed. allows it to sweep against most teams with ease, as prominent defensive Pokemon such as Slowbro, Clefable, and Heatran are not safe against it, and it has an amazing matchup against offense. -Both sentences are trying to convey more or less the same message, this cuts down the clutter- Due to its Speed, Dragapult is also a good form of Speed control against threatening wallbreakers such as Garchomp, Kyurem, Hydreigon, and Mega Medicham. When paired with Ghostium Z, Phantom Force is able to break through Pokemon who resist or are immune to Dragon Darts when paired with Ghostium Z such as Tapu Fini, Heatran, Specially Defensive Clefable, Corviknight, Mega Scizor, and Magearna. A boosted Never-Ending Nightmare also allows Dragapult to break through physically bulky Pokemon such as Tangrowth and Hippowdon. -Stressing the Z-Move is particularly important so moved that to the front; you have a good chance to break through physically defensive Clefable with +1 Never-Ending Nightmare as well, so no need to specify specially defensive; Curse Mega Scizor and Corviknight are annoying obstacles that should definitely be mentioned here- Substitute allows it to take advantage of Pokemon that don't do significant damage such as Zapdos lacking Hidden Power Ice, Toxapex lacking Haze, Corviknight lacking Brave Bird and Iron Head, and specially defensive Heatran lacking Earth Power and use them to setup multiple times -fluff- and force a 50/50 mindgames against Sucker Punch users such as Mega Mawile and Cinderace. It also proofs Dragapult against Weavile, the only Speed control in the metagame that is capable of revenge killing Dragapult. However, Substitute can be replaced with Sucker Punch on hyper offensive teams, which allows it to outprioritize Pokemon such as Cinderace, Mega Scizor, and Mega Mawile and Mega Lopunny -you don't outprioritize Mega Lopunny, Fake Out goes over Sucker Punch and it doesn't run Quick Attack anymore- and revenge kill them when weakened, or, in Mega Mawile's case, dodge its Sucker Punch. Clear Body is mostly used from getting its stats lowered to prevent Intimidate from the likes of Landorus-T and Mawile by Landorus-T, however, this can be replaced with Infiltrator, which allows it to bypass screens as well as Substitute from Kyurem.

Dragapult fits on a wide variety of archetypes, ranging from bulky offense, to balance, to hyper offense. Hazard leads such as Mew and Excadrill are crucial partners for Dragapult as the hazards they provide allows it to late-game sweep more effectively on hyper offensive teams. Furthermore, Grimmsnarl can provide dual screens support to ease Dragapult's job. Mega Tyranitar and Weavile are some of the biggest threats to Dragapult. As such, Pokemon that can take advantage of them in hyper offensive teams, such as Magearna and Bisharp, are good teammates. On balance and bulky offensive teams, Stealth Rock and Spikes support from the likes of Clefable, Heatran, and Ferrothorn is important to wear Weavile and Mega Tyranitar down through double switches. Furthermore, Pokemon that can check Weavile, such as Mega Scizor, Corviknight, and Toxapex, Pokemon that can pressure Mega Tyranitar, such as Mega Latios and Heatran, and Pokemon that can take advantage of both, such as Mega Mawile and Mega Scizor, are all great options. On bulky offensive and balance teams, Spikes support from Ferrothorn is provides great synergy as it easily wears down threats that Dragapult can struggle with, such as Tangrowth and Mega Tyranitar. -There was no stress whatsoever on how important it is to have a plan against Mega Tyranitar and Weavile other than Spikes support, which doesn't really convey the importance of it- Due to its frailty, Dragapult highly appreciates pivoting support and being brought in safely, therefore Pokemon such as Mega Lopunny, Slowbro, Cinderace and Clefable Corviknight -Teleport Clefable isn't common enough- are recommended teammates. Pokemon that can put immediate pressure on prominent defensive Pokemon such as Toxapex, Clefable, and Tangrowth are necessary teammates in order to enable it the opportunity to sweep teams late-game. Cinderace and Mega Mawile on bulky offense teams and Bisharp and Rillaboom on hyper offense teams are examples of this. On hyper offensive teams, Dragapult appreciates screens support from Grimmsnarl in order to set up multiple times against the opposing team. -brought to the front-

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Zneon, 487629]]
- Quality checked by: [[SputnikGT, 475916], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Dragon Darts
move 3: Phantom Force
move 4: Substitute
item: Ghostium Z
ability: Clear Body / Infiltrator
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult serves as one of the most threatening wincons and late-game sweepers in the entire metagame due to its access to Dragon Dance, a great offensive typing as well as (AC), and blistering Speed. Due to its Speed, Dragapult is also a good form of Speed control when against threatening wallbreakers such as Garchomp, Kyurem, Hydreigon, and Mega Medicham. When paired with Ghostium Z, Phantom Force is able to break through Pokemon who resist or are immune to Dragon Darts such as Tapu Fini, Heatran, Clefable, Corviknight, Mega Scizor, and Magearna. A boosted Never-Ending Nightmare also allows Dragapult to break through physically bulky Pokemon such as Tangrowth and Hippowdon. Substitute allows it to take advantage of Pokemon that don't do significant damage to it (AC), such as Zapdos lacking Hidden Power Ice, Toxapex lacking Haze, Corviknight lacking Brave Bird and Iron Head, and specially defensive Heatran lacking Earth Power and (AP). It can also force mindgames against Sucker Punch users such as Mega Mawile and Cinderace. It also proofs protects Dragapult against from Weavile, the only Speed control source of speed control in the metagame that is capable of revenge killing Dragapult. However, (this sentence appreciates shedding a clause) Substitute can be replaced with Sucker Punch on hyper offense teams, which allows it Dragapult to outprioritize Pokemon such as Cinderace, Mega Scizor, and Mega Mawile and to revenge kill them when they are weakened, or, in Mega Mawile's case, dodge its own Sucker Punch. Clear Body is mostly used to block Intimidate from the likes of Landorus-T and Mawile(RC), (AS); however, it can be replaced with Infiltrator, which allows it Dragapult to bypass dual screens as well as Substitute from Kyurem. Kyurem's Substitute. (awkwardness)

Dragapult fits on a wide variety of archetypes(RC), ranging from bulky offense, to balance, to hyper offense. Hazard leads such as Mew and Excadrill are crucial partners for Dragapult as the hazards they provide allows it to late-game sweep more effectively facilitate late-game sweeps (awkwardness) on hyper offensive teams. Furthermore, Grimmsnarl can provide dual screens support to ease Dragapult's job further help Dragapult sweep. Mega Tyranitar and Weavile are some of the biggest threats to Dragapult. As such, Pokemon that can take advantage of them in hyper offensive and function on hyper offense teams, such as Magearna and Bisharp, are good teammates. On balance and bulky offense teams, Stealth Rock and Spikes support from the likes of Clefable, Heatran, and Ferrothorn is important to wear down Weavile and Mega Tyranitar down (immediate clarity for longer sentence) through double switches. Furthermore, Pokemon that can directly (contrast between anti-weavile support and actual checks) check Weavile, such as Mega Scizor, Corviknight(RC), Corviknight (you included MScizor twice) and Toxapex, Pokemon that can pressure Mega Tyranitar, such as Mega Latios and Heatran, and Pokemon that can take advantage of both, such as Mega Mawile and Mega Scizor, are all great options. Due to its frailty, Dragapult highly appreciates pivot support and being brought in safely (redundancy. note: comma is not removed), therefore so Pokemon such as Mega Lopunny, Slowbro, Cinderace and Corviknight are recommended teammates. Pokemon Teammates (improving sentence awkwardness) that can put immediate pressure on prominent defensive Pokemon such as like (ambiguous structure) Toxapex, Clefable, and Tangrowth are necessary teammates in order to enable it give Dragapult (improving sentene awkwardness) the opportunity to sweep teams late-game. Cinderace and Mega Mawile on bulky offense teams(AC), and Bisharp and Rillaboom on hyper offense teams(AC), are examples of this. such teammates.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Zneon, 487629]]
- Quality checked by: [[SputnikGT, 475916], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
 
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[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Dragon Darts
move 3: Phantom Force
move 4: Substitute
item: Ghostium Z
ability: Clear Body / Infiltrator
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult serves as one of the most threatening wincons and late-game sweepers in the entire metagame due to its access to Dragon Dance, a great offensive typing as well as (AC), and blistering Speed. Due to its Speed, Dragapult is also a good form of Speed control when against threatening wallbreakers such as Garchomp, Kyurem, Hydreigon, and Mega Medicham. When paired with Ghostium Z, Phantom Force is able to break through Pokemon who resist or are immune to Dragon Darts such as Tapu Fini, Heatran, Clefable, Corviknight, Mega Scizor, and Magearna. A boosted Never-Ending Nightmare also allows Dragapult to break through physically bulky Pokemon such as Tangrowth and Hippowdon. Substitute allows it to take advantage of Pokemon that don't do significant damage to it (AC), such as Zapdos lacking Hidden Power Ice, Toxapex lacking Haze, Corviknight lacking Brave Bird and Iron Head, and specially defensive Heatran lacking Earth Power and (AP). It can also force mindgames against Sucker Punch users such as Mega Mawile and Cinderace. It also proofs protects Dragapult against from Weavile, the only Speed control source of speed control in the metagame that is capable of revenge killing Dragapult. However, (this sentence appreciates shedding a clause) Substitute can be replaced with Sucker Punch on hyper offense teams, which allows it Dragapult to outprioritize Pokemon such as Cinderace, Mega Scizor, and Mega Mawile and to revenge kill them when they are weakened, or, in Mega Mawile's case, dodge its own Sucker Punch. Clear Body is mostly used to block Intimidate from the likes of Landorus-T and Mawile(RC), (AS); however, it can be replaced with Infiltrator, which allows it Dragapult to bypass dual screens as well as Substitute from Kyurem. Kyurem's Substitute. (awkwardness)

Dragapult fits on a wide variety of archetypes(RC), ranging from bulky offense, to balance, to hyper offense. Hazard leads such as Mew and Excadrill are crucial partners for Dragapult as the hazards they provide allows it to late-game sweep more effectively facilitate late-game sweeps (awkwardness) on hyper offensive teams. Furthermore, Grimmsnarl can provide dual screens support to ease Dragapult's job further help Dragapult sweep. Mega Tyranitar and Weavile are some of the biggest threats to Dragapult. As such, Pokemon that can take advantage of them in hyper offensive and function on hyper offense teams, such as Magearna and Bisharp, are good teammates. On balance and bulky offense teams, Stealth Rock and Spikes support from the likes of Clefable, Heatran, and Ferrothorn is important to wear down Weavile and Mega Tyranitar down (immediate clarity for longer sentence) through double switches. Furthermore, Pokemon that can directly (contrast between anti-weavile support and actual checks) check Weavile, such as Mega Scizor, Corviknight(RC), Corviknight (you included MScizor twice) and Toxapex, Pokemon that can pressure Mega Tyranitar, such as Mega Latios and Heatran, and Pokemon that can take advantage of both, such as Mega Mawile and Mega Scizor, are all great options. Due to its frailty, Dragapult highly appreciates pivot support and being brought in safely (redundancy. note: comma is not removed), therefore so Pokemon such as Mega Lopunny, Slowbro, Cinderace and Corviknight are recommended teammates. Pokemon Teammates (improving sentence awkwardness) that can put immediate pressure on prominent defensive Pokemon such as like (ambiguous structure) Toxapex, Clefable, and Tangrowth are necessary teammates in order to enable it give Dragapult (improving sentene awkwardness) the opportunity to sweep teams late-game. Cinderace and Mega Mawile on bulky offense teams(AC), and Bisharp and Rillaboom on hyper offense teams(AC), are examples of this. such teammates.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Zneon, 487629]]
- Quality checked by: [[SputnikGT, 475916], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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For future reference, "speed control" doesn't refer to the actual Pokemon itself, but rather ways to control the opposing Pokemon's Speed like Thunder Wave and Icy Wind.
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[SET]
name: Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Dragon Darts
move 3: Phantom Force
move 4: Substitute
item: Ghostium Z
ability: Clear Body / Infiltrator
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult serves as one of the most threatening wincons and late-game sweepers in the entire metagame due to its access to Dragon Dance, a great offensive typing, and blistering Speed. Due to its Speed, Dragapult is also a good form of Speed control when against able to outspeed and put pressure on (you can replace "put pressure on" with really anything with a similar connotation, i just had to fix it because speed control is used in the wrong context here) threatening wallbreakers such as Garchomp, Kyurem, Hydreigon, and Mega Medicham. When paired with Ghostium Z, Phantom Force is able to break through Pokemon who that resist or are immune to Dragon Darts such as Tapu Fini, Heatran, Clefable, Corviknight, Mega Scizor, and Magearna. A boosted Never-Ending Nightmare also allows Dragapult to break through physically bulky Pokemon such as Tangrowth and Hippowdon. Substitute allows it to take advantage of Pokemon that don't do significant damage to it, such as Zapdos lacking Hidden Power Ice, Toxapex lacking Haze, Corviknight lacking Brave Bird and Iron Head, and specially defensive Heatran lacking Earth Power. It can also force mindgames mind games against Sucker Punch users such as Mega Mawile and Cinderace. It also protects Dragapult from Weavile, the only source of speed control (speed control is also used in the wrong context here but idk what i should replace it with, so i'll leave that up to you) in the metagame that is capable of revenge killing Dragapult. Substitute can be replaced with Sucker Punch when running Dragapult on hyper offense teams, which allows Dragapult it to outprioritize Pokemon such as Cinderace, Mega Scizor, and Mega Mawile to revenge kill them when they are weakened, (RC) or, in Mega Mawile's case, dodge its own Sucker Punch. Clear Body is mostly used to block Intimidate from the likes of Landorus-T and Mawile; however, it can be replaced with Infiltrator, (RC) which allows to allow Dragapult to bypass dual screens as well as Kyurem's Substitute.

Dragapult fits on a wide variety of archetypes ranging from bulky offense, to balance, to and hyper offense. Hazard Entry hazard leads such as Mew and Excadrill are crucial partners for Dragapult, (AC) as the hazards they provide facilitate late-game sweeps on hyper offensive teams. Grimmsnarl can provide dual screens support to further help Dragapult sweep. Mega Tyranitar and Weavile are some of the biggest threats to Dragapult. As such, Pokemon that can take advantage of them and function on hyper offense teams, such as Magearna and Bisharp, are good teammates. On balance and bulky offense teams, Stealth Rock and Spikes support from the likes of Clefable, Heatran, and Ferrothorn is important to wear down Weavile and Mega Tyranitar through double switches. Pokemon that can directly check Weavile, such as Corviknight and Toxapex, Pokemon that can pressure Mega Tyranitar, such as Mega Latios and Heatran, and Pokemon that can take advantage of both, such as Mega Mawile and Mega Scizor, are all great options. Due to its frailty, Dragapult highly appreciates pivot support, so Pokemon such as Mega Lopunny, Slowbro, Cinderace, (AC) and Corviknight are recommended teammates. Teammates (spacing) that can put immediate pressure on prominent defensive Pokemon like Toxapex, Clefable, and Tangrowth are necessary in order to give Dragapult the opportunity to sweep late-game. Cinderace and Mega Mawile on bulky offense teams, (RC) and Bisharp and Rillaboom on hyper offense teams, (RC) are examples of such teammates.

[CREDITS] (don't forget to complete this)
- Written by: [[Zneon, 487629]]
- Quality checked by: [[SputnikGT, 475916], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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