I was just pointing that out that the majority of players (both good and bad) prefer Dragonite in almost all instances. Just trying to prove a point heh...
Saying Dragonite "does it better" isn't a bold statement, its a an undeniable fact. Ask pretty much anyone invested in BW OU metagame and they'll tell you that Dragonite is a better Dragon Dancer not just bulky, offensive dancer too. Dragonite's nomination seals the deal, its good enough to be considered Uber by a few users whereas people just ignore Salamence. Much, better (in general) on rain and sun team, a MUCH better Choice Bander, slightly worse at going mixed/equal to Mence(Metagross66 can attest to this with his amazing weatherless team team) a better defensive mon, better at sub DDing, can run a mixed rain set, can run a parashuffling test.
TL;DR Dragonite is the best, Salamence is for bitches just can't compare.
I fail to see how ANY Dragonite set lacking Roost can be called superior to Salamence, as any form of residual damage turns Roostless Dragonites into Gen 4 Dragonites, who ARE inferior to Salamence.
That would be CB Nite, by the way, who can only really boast about Extremespeed, while Mence has a slightly higher attack, and far superior speed.
Also, calling Mence frail is outright foolish. 95/80/80 IS NOT FRAIL. In comparison to Dragonite it might be, but if 95/80/80 is frail, Haxorus' 76/90/70 defenses, without Intimidate as well, might I add, must make him die to a Luvdisc. Hell,
Latias is more physically frail than Salamence. Salamence only seems frail because it's SR weak, and Life Orb recoil.
Running MixNite is also inferior to Mixmence, unless it's on a Rain team, and even then, you could run HydroPump Mence [Latios runs Surf on Rain teams, after all]
The only sets Dragonite outright outclasses Salamence in are Bulky DD+Roost and stall-based sets utiliseing Dragon Tail. Likewise, Mence outclasses Dragonite with DD+3 attacks, and as a mixed attacker, as well as, in my opinion, a Choice Bander [Due to higher speed and an ability which supports the hit and run nature of a Choice Bander, not one that's utterly useless on a CB set]
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Anyway, the Dragonite v Salamence is going off-topic, so going back on topic...
Personally, I think in it's current state, weather is detremental to the metagame. Personally, I think having things like Gastrodon, as I've said MANY times before, is more than enough evidence of that, especially when you look at Porygon 2 failing to make OU in Gen 4, despite countering Gyarados, Heatran, Jolteon, some Vaporeon and checking Salamence
with the same set.
However, unlike many other people who are unhappy with weather, I do see it staying in the metagame. Except rain. Rain really needs to get the hell out of OU. Water's already argueably the best type in the game, vying with Dragon, and giving Water attacks a x1.5 boost, when most Water types are fairly powerful already, bulky, and Water makes such a good coverage type, in my opinion, is overkill.
Especially when the 100% accurate Thunder takes out opposing Waters, and Ice beam takes out Dragons and any grass not called Ferrothorn...
My personal solution would be to ban Drizzle, unban Manaphy, and then see where the meta develops from there. Drizzle is still incredibly powerful, even after three bans made to nerf it [Manaphy, SS+Drizzle, and
argueably Thunderus would not have been Uber without 100% accurate Thunders ruining some things that COULD check him, like Sp.Def Jirachi]
Especially when Rain teams wise up and start runing Grass Knnot/HP Grass to take out opposing Rotom-W and Gastrodons. I'm shocked Ludicolo isn't on most rain teams already, considering his movepool, Rain Dish and Giga Drain helping to offset Life Orb, and decent stats. Not to mention him giving Rotom-W and Gastrodon the middle finger.
I think the other weathers can be benificial and aid diversity in the metagame, although Sun might need a ban on Volcarona without Rain around.
