Champions Mega Dragonite [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

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[SET]
Special Attacker (Dragonite-Mega) @ Dragoninite
Ability: Multiscale
SPs: 32 SpA / 2 SpD / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hurricane / Thunderbolt
- Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
- Roost

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Dragonite is an uncommon special attacker that exploits defensive Pokemon expected to check a Dragon Dance set, luring physical walls such as Hippowdon and Rotom-Wash in before cleanly 2HKOing them with Draco Meteor. Compared to regular Dragonite, Mega Dragonite's improved bulk and Speed give it an edge against opposing Dragon-types such as Mega Charizard X, which it Speed ties and OHKOes with Draco Meteor while surviving even a +1 Dragon Claw from full health thanks to Multiscale. Its higher Speed also lets it threaten Pokemon with a middling Speed tier such as Hisuian Samurott, Excadrill, and Mega Meganium. Hurricane 2HKOes physically defensive Clefable and pressures Mega Meganium and Sneasler, though its imperfect accuracy makes it unreliable. Thunderbolt can be used over Hurricane to more reliably pressure Water-types such as Primarina, Toxapex, and Hisuian Samurott. Flamethrower guarantees a 2HKO on Corviknight after Leftovers recovery while also targeting Aegislash, Kingambit, and Mega Scizor. Thunderbolt can be used over Flamethrower, though dropping Flamethrower leaves Mega Dragonite less effective against the aforementioned Steel-types besides Corviknight. Roost heals off chip damage and restores Multiscale, allowing Mega Dragonite to repeatedly trade attacks against offensive teams.

Mega Dragonite pairs well with physical attackers such as Garchomp, Sneasler, and Ceruledge that appreciate it weakening Corviknight, Rotom-Wash, and Clefable. Garchomp is an especially strong partner, setting Stealth Rock and pressuring Galarian Slowking, specially defensive Toxapex, and Archaludon with Earthquake. On Garchomp, a Choice Scarf set also provides valuable speed control, outspeeding +1 Volcarona and naturally faster threats such as Dragapult and Mega Delphox when they try to exploit Draco Meteor's Special Attack drop. Hisuian Samurott is another useful partner that sets Spikes with Ceaseless Edge, pressures Galarian Slowking with its Dark-type STAB moves, and switches into Ice-type attacks aimed at Mega Dragonite. Since Garchomp and Hisuian Samurott share Mega Dragonite's weakness to Fairy, Aegislash and Excadrill are valuable for switching into attacks from Mega Floette and Clefable. Mega Dragonite cannot boost its Speed and often relies on Multiscale to survive attacks from faster foes, making entry hazard removal from Excadrill and Corviknight important. Corviknight also checks Mega Lopunny and Choice Scarf Meowscarada, whose Triple Axel can break through Multiscale, while Galarian Slowking handles Primarina and can bring Mega Dragonite in safely with Chilly Reception. Mega Dragonite is especially effective on rain teams, where Pelipper provides rain to give Hurricane perfect accuracy and allows Thunder to be used over Thunderbolt for greater power. Hydro Pump is another option on these teams, taking advantage of rain to heavily pressure targets such as Excadrill. Flamethrower variants appreciate Rotom-Wash pressuring Primarina and Toxapex with Thunderbolt, while Thunderbolt variants need Garchomp, Excadrill, or Volcarona to pressure Steel-types such as Aegislash, Kingambit, and opposing Excadrill.

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[SET]
Special Attacker (Dragonite-Mega) @ Dragoninite
Ability: Multiscale
SPs: 32 SpA / 2 SpD / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hurricane / Thunderbolt
- Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
- Roost

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Dragonite is an uncommon special attacker that exploits defensive Pokemon expecting to check a Dragon Dance set, luring physical walls such as Hippowdon and Rotom-Wash in before cleanly 2HKOing them with Draco Meteor. Compared to regular Dragonite, Mega Dragonite's improved bulk and Speed give it an edge against opposing Dragon-types such as Mega Charizard X, which it Speed ties and OHKOes with Draco Meteor while surviving even a +1 Dragon Claw from full health thanks to Multiscale. Its higher Speed also lets it threaten mid-speed Pokemon such as Hisuian Samurott, Excadrill, and Mega Meganium. Roost heals off chip damage and restores Multiscale, allowing Mega Dragonite to repeatedly trade attacks against offensive teams. Hurricane 2HKOes physically defensive Clefable and also pressures Mega Meganium and Sneasler, though its imperfect accuracy can be unreliable. Thunderbolt can be used over Hurricane to more reliably pressure Water- and Flying-types such as Primarina, Toxapex, and Hisuan Samurott. Flamethrower guarantees a 2HKO on Corviknight after Leftovers recovery and also targets Aegislash, Kingambit, and Mega Scizor. Thunderbolt can instead be used over Flamethrower, though dropping Flamethrower leaves Mega Dragonite less effective against the aforementioned Steel-types besides Corviknight.

Mega Dragonite pairs well with physical attackers such as Garchomp, Sneasler, and Ceruledge, which appreciate it weakening Corviknight, Rotom-Wash, and Clefable. Garchomp is an especially strong partner, setting Stealth Rock and pressuring Galarian Slowking, specially defensive Toxapex, and Archaludon with Earthquake. On Garchomp, a Choice Scarf variants set also provides (Seems more coherent to me.) valuable speed control, outspeeding +1 Volcarona and forcing out Kingambit, Glimmora, and Mega Glimmora (I'd mention different examples here that you specifically need Garchomp holding the Choice Scarf for as it outspeeds Kingambit, Glimmora and Mega Glimmora with any item.) when they try to exploit Draco Meteor's Special Attack drop. Hisuian Samurott is another useful partner that sets Spikes with Ceaseless Edge, pressures Galarian Slowking with its Dark-type STAB moves, and switches into Ice-type attacks aimed at Mega Dragonite. Since Garchomp and Hisuian Samurott share Mega Dragonite's weakness to Fairy-type attacks, Aegislash and Excadrill are valuable for switching into attacks from Mega Floette and Clefable. Mega Dragonite cannot boost its Speed and often relies on Multiscale to survive attacks from faster foes, making entry hazard removal from Excadrill and Corviknight important. Corviknight also checks Mega Lopunny and Choice Scarf Meowscarada, whose Triple Axel can break through Multiscale, while Galarian Slowking handles Primarina and can bring Mega Dragonite in safely with Chilly Reception. Flamethrower variants appreciate Rotom-Wash pressuring Primarina and Toxapex with Thunderbolt, while Thunderbolt variants need Garchomp, Excadrill, or Volcarona to pressure Steel-types such as Aegislash, Kingambit, and Excadrill.

(I'd like you to mention its synergy with rain for sure, while it is usable on other archetypes, Mega Dragonite's main usage is on rain where it can abuse 100% accurate Hurricanes. Due to this, you can also mention running Thunder as an option too and maybe Hydro Pump?)

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[SET]
Special Attacker (Dragonite-Mega) @ Dragoninite
Ability: Multiscale
SPs: 32 SpA / 2 SpD / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hurricane / Thunderbolt
- Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
- Roost

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Dragonite is an uncommon special attacker that exploits defensive Pokemon expecting to check a Dragon Dance set, luring physical walls such as Hippowdon and Rotom-Wash in before cleanly 2HKOing them with Draco Meteor. Compared to regular Dragonite, Mega Dragonite's improved bulk and Speed give it an edge against opposing Dragon-types such as Mega Charizard X, which it Speed ties and OHKOes with Draco Meteor while surviving even a +1 Dragon Claw from full health thanks to Multiscale. Its higher Speed also lets it threaten mid-speed Pokemon such as Hisuian Samurott, Excadrill, and Mega Meganium. Roost heals off chip damage and restores Multiscale, allowing Mega Dragonite to repeatedly trade attacks against offensive teams. Hurricane 2HKOes physically defensive Clefable and also pressures Mega Meganium and Sneasler, though its imperfect accuracy can be makes it unreliable. Thunderbolt can be used over Hurricane to more reliably pressure Water- and Flying-types such as Primarina, Toxapex, and Hisuan Hisuian Samurott. Flamethrower guarantees a 2HKO on Corviknight after Leftovers recovery and also targets Aegislash, Kingambit, and Mega Scizor. Thunderbolt can instead be used over Flamethrower, though dropping Flamethrower leaves Mega Dragonite less effective against the aforementioned Steel-types besides Corviknight.

Mega Dragonite pairs well with physical attackers such as Garchomp, Sneasler, and Ceruledge, which appreciate it weakening Corviknight, Rotom-Wash, and Clefable. Garchomp is an especially strong partner, setting Stealth Rock and pressuring Galarian Slowking, specially defensive Toxapex, and Archaludon with Earthquake. On Garchomp, a Choice Scarf set also provides valuable speed control, outspeeding +1 Volcarona and naturally faster threats such as Dragapult and Mega Delphox when they try to exploit Draco Meteor's Special Attack drop. Hisuian Samurott is another useful partner that sets Spikes with Ceaseless Edge, pressures Galarian Slowking with its Dark-type STAB moves, and switches into Ice-type attacks aimed at Mega Dragonite. Since Garchomp and Hisuian Samurott share Mega Dragonite's weaknesses to Fairy-type attacks, Aegislash and Excadrill are valuable for switching into attacks from Mega Floette and Clefable. Mega Dragonite cannot boost its Speed and often relies on Multiscale to survive attacks from faster foes, making entry hazard removal from Excadrill and Corviknight important. Corviknight also checks Mega Lopunny and Choice Scarf Meowscarada, whose Triple Axel can break through Multiscale, while Galarian Slowking handles Primarina and can bring Mega Dragonite in safely with Chilly Reception. Mega Dragonite is especially effective on rain teams, where Pelipper provides rain to give Hurricane perfect accuracy and allows Thunder to be used over Thunderbolt for greater power. Hydro Pump is another option on these teams, taking advantage of rain to heavily pressure targets such as Excadrill. Flamethrower variants appreciate Rotom-Wash pressuring Primarina and Toxapex with Thunderbolt, while Thunderbolt variants need Garchomp, Excadrill, or Volcarona to pressure Steel-types such as Aegislash, Kingambit, and opposing Excadrill.

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[SET]
Special Attacker (Dragonite-Mega) @ Dragoninite
Ability: Multiscale
SPs: 32 SpA / 2 SpD / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hurricane / Thunderbolt
- Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
- Roost

[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Dragonite is an uncommon special attacker that exploits defensive Pokemon expecting to check a Dragon Dance set, luring physical walls such as Hippowdon and Rotom-Wash in before cleanly 2HKOing them with Draco Meteor. Compared to regular Dragonite, Mega Dragonite's improved bulk and Speed give it an edge against opposing Dragon-types such as Mega Charizard X, which it Speed ties and OHKOes with Draco Meteor while surviving even a +1 Dragon Claw from full health thanks to Multiscale. Its higher Speed also lets it threaten mid-speed Pokemon such as Hisuian Samurott, Excadrill, and Mega Meganium. Roost heals off chip damage and restores Multiscale, allowing Mega Dragonite to repeatedly trade attacks against offensive teams. Hurricane 2HKOes physically defensive Clefable and also pressures Mega Meganium and Sneasler, though its imperfect accuracy can be makes it unreliable. Thunderbolt can be used over Hurricane to more reliably pressure Water- and Flying-types such as Primarina, Toxapex, and Hisuan Hisuian Samurott. Flamethrower guarantees a 2HKO on Corviknight after Leftovers recovery and also targets Aegislash, Kingambit, and Mega Scizor. Thunderbolt can instead be used over Flamethrower, though dropping Flamethrower leaves Mega Dragonite less effective against the aforementioned Steel-types besides Corviknight.

Mega Dragonite pairs well with physical attackers such as Garchomp, Sneasler, and Ceruledge, which appreciate it weakening Corviknight, Rotom-Wash, and Clefable. Garchomp is an especially strong partner, setting Stealth Rock and pressuring Galarian Slowking, specially defensive Toxapex, and Archaludon with Earthquake. On Garchomp, a Choice Scarf set also provides valuable speed control, outspeeding +1 Volcarona and naturally faster threats such as Dragapult and Mega Delphox when they try to exploit Draco Meteor's Special Attack drop. Hisuian Samurott is another useful partner that sets Spikes with Ceaseless Edge, pressures Galarian Slowking with its Dark-type STAB moves, and switches into Ice-type attacks aimed at Mega Dragonite. Since Garchomp and Hisuian Samurott share Mega Dragonite's weaknesses to Fairy-type attacks, Aegislash and Excadrill are valuable for switching into attacks from Mega Floette and Clefable. Mega Dragonite cannot boost its Speed and often relies on Multiscale to survive attacks from faster foes, making entry hazard removal from Excadrill and Corviknight important. Corviknight also checks Mega Lopunny and Choice Scarf Meowscarada, whose Triple Axel can break through Multiscale, while Galarian Slowking handles Primarina and can bring Mega Dragonite in safely with Chilly Reception. Mega Dragonite is especially effective on rain teams, where Pelipper provides rain to give Hurricane perfect accuracy and allows Thunder to be used over Thunderbolt for greater power. Hydro Pump is another option on these teams, taking advantage of rain to heavily pressure targets such as Excadrill. Flamethrower variants appreciate Rotom-Wash pressuring Primarina and Toxapex with Thunderbolt, while Thunderbolt variants need Garchomp, Excadrill, or Volcarona to pressure Steel-types such as Aegislash, Kingambit, and opposing Excadrill.

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thanks, i appreciate it! i do like the "can be" change to "makes it", since saying "can be" alongside "imperfect accuracy" feels a bit redundant. the spelling fix was good too, and the "opposing" clarification was nice as well

it's obviously pretty hard to GP check my own work, so there's definitely going to be some stuff i've missed. when i'm writing these, i'm not really consciously thinking about the GP specific rules, though i've picked up on a lot of them over time and just naturally incorporate them into my writing now. however i maybe be able to point out some stuff you missed:

Mega Dragonite is an uncommon special attacker that exploits defensive Pokemon expecting expected to check a Dragon Dance set, luring physical walls such as Hippowdon and Rotom-Wash in before cleanly 2HKOing them with Draco Meteor.

- in the original, "expecting" grammatically makes the defensive Pokemon the ones doing the expecting, which isn't what i meant. the point is that players expect those defensive Pokemon to check Dragon Dance Dragonite, so "expected to check" fixes that without changing the rest of the sentence

Since Garchomp and Hisuian Samurott share Mega Dragonite's weaknesses weakness to Fairy-type attacks, Aegislash and Excadrill are valuable for switching into attacks from Mega Floette and Clefable.

- even though the sentence lists two Pokemon (Garchomp and Hisuian Samurott) they are both sharing the same single weakness: Mega Dragonite's weakness to Fairy-type attacks. The number of Pokemon possessing the weakness does not determine whether "weakness" is singular or plural. You would only use "weaknesses" if multiple distinct weaknesses were being discussed, for example, "Kommo-o and Hydreigon share Mega Dragonite's weaknesses to Fairy- and Ice-type attacks"

 

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[SET]
Special Attacker (Dragonite-Mega) @ Dragoninite
Ability: Multiscale
SPs: 32 SpA / 2 SpD / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hurricane / Thunderbolt
- Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
- Roost


[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Dragonite is an uncommon special attacker that exploits defensive Pokemon expected to check a Dragon Dance set, luring physical walls such as Hippowdon and Rotom-Wash in before cleanly 2HKOing them with Draco Meteor. Compared to regular Dragonite, Mega Dragonite's improved bulk and Speed give it an edge against opposing Dragon-types such as Mega Charizard X, which it Speed ties and OHKOes with Draco Meteor while surviving even a +1 Dragon Claw from full health thanks to Multiscale. Its higher Speed also lets it threaten mid-speed Pokemon with a middling Speed tier such as Hisuian Samurott, Excadrill, and Mega Meganium. Roost heals off chip damage and restores Multiscale, allowing Mega Dragonite to repeatedly trade attacks against offensive teams. Hurricane 2HKOes physically defensive Clefable and also pressures Mega Meganium and Sneasler, though its imperfect accuracy makes it unreliable. Thunderbolt can be used over Hurricane to more reliably pressure Water- and Flying-types Water-types (no Flying-type examples were listed; discussed in DMs) such as Primarina, Toxapex, and Hisuian Samurott. Flamethrower guarantees a 2HKO on Corviknight after Leftovers recovery and while also targets targeting Aegislash, Kingambit, and Mega Scizor. Thunderbolt can instead be used over Flamethrower, though dropping Flamethrower leaves Mega Dragonite less effective against the aforementioned Steel-types besides Corviknight.

(reorder the above paragraph so the order of moves matches the order in the set)

Mega Dragonite pairs well with physical attackers such as Garchomp, Sneasler, and Ceruledge (RC) which that appreciate it weakening Corviknight, Rotom-Wash, and Clefable. Garchomp is an especially strong partner, setting Stealth Rock and pressuring Galarian Slowking, specially defensive Toxapex, and Archaludon with Earthquake. On Garchomp, a Choice Scarf set also provides valuable speed control, outspeeding +1 Volcarona and naturally faster threats such as Dragapult and Mega Delphox when they try to exploit Draco Meteor's Special Attack drop. Hisuian Samurott is another useful partner that sets Spikes with Ceaseless Edge, pressures Galarian Slowking with its Dark-type STAB moves, and switches into Ice-type attacks aimed at Mega Dragonite. Since Garchomp and Hisuian Samurott share Mega Dragonite's weakness to Fairy-type attacks Fairy (repetition of "attacks"), Aegislash and Excadrill are valuable for switching into attacks from Mega Floette and Clefable. Mega Dragonite cannot boost its Speed and often relies on Multiscale to survive attacks from faster foes, making entry hazard removal from Excadrill and Corviknight important. Corviknight also checks Mega Lopunny and Choice Scarf Meowscarada, whose Triple Axel can break through Multiscale, while Galarian Slowking handles Primarina and can bring Mega Dragonite in safely with Chilly Reception. Mega Dragonite is especially effective on rain teams, where Pelipper provides rain to give Hurricane perfect accuracy and allows Thunder to be used over Thunderbolt for greater power. Hydro Pump is another option on these teams, taking advantage of rain to heavily pressure targets such as Excadrill. Flamethrower variants appreciate Rotom-Wash pressuring Primarina and Toxapex with Thunderbolt, while Thunderbolt variants need Garchomp, Excadrill, or Volcarona to pressure Steel-types such as Aegislash, Kingambit, and opposing Excadrill.


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