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Dragonite Movesets and Best Builds
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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Dragonite in competitive play for Pokemon Champions. Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, and Held Items to use with Dragonite, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.
 Dragonite Pokedex |
 Mega Dragonite |
 Dragonite Build |
List of Contents
Dragonite Base Stats, Type, Ability and Weakness
Dragonite Stats, Info, and Abilities
Dragonite
Mega Dragonite
 Dragonite  | |||||||||
| Stat | Value | ||||||||
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| HP | 91 | ||||||||
| Atk | 134 | ||||||||
| Def | 95 | ||||||||
| SpA | 100 | ||||||||
| SpD | 100 | ||||||||
| Spe | 80 | ||||||||
| Total | 600 | ||||||||
| Ability | Effect | ||||||||
| Inner Focus | The Pokémon never flinches when attacked and is unaffected by Intimidate. | ||||||||
| Multiscale | Halves the damage the Pokémon takes while its HP is full. | ||||||||
 Mega Dragonite | |||||||||
| Stat | Value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 91 | ||||||||
| Atk | 124 | ||||||||
| Def | 115 | ||||||||
| SpA | 145 | ||||||||
| SpD | 125 | ||||||||
| Spe | 100 | ||||||||
| Total | 700 | ||||||||
| Ability | Effect | ||||||||
| Multiscale | Halves the damage the Pokémon takes while its HP is full. | ||||||||
Type Matchups
| Weak to: | ★ (4x) |
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| ⦿ (2x) |
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| Damaged Normally By: | (1x) | 
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| Resists: | △ (0.5x) |
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| ▼ (0.25x) |
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| Immune to: | × (0x) |
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Type Chart:
Strengths and Weakness Matchups
Dragonite Strengths and Evaluation
| Tier | Singles |  |
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| Doubles |  |
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| Dragonite Strengths and Weaknesses | ||
 Difficult to take down thanks to Multiscale | ||
| Doesn't need gimmicks to be a strong Pokemon | ||
| Has access to Extreme Speed | ||
| Very customizable thanks to wide movepool | ||
 Effective builds are limited without Terastallization and Loaded Dice | ||
| Reliant on weather if using a special build | ||
Highly Customizable Attacker
Dragonite has a wide movepool that allows it to be a physical attacker, a special attacker, or even an offensive support. It's also an incredibly hard threat to deal with since Multiscale reduces the damage it takes while at full HP.
Multiscale Effect and Pokemon With This Ability
Missing Items and Gimmicks Limit Builds
The only downside at the moment is that Dragonite is a lot more limited in the builds that it can effectively use. For example, Scale Shot is a lot more random without Loaded Dice, and it doesn't have access to its very powerful Tera Normal Choice Band set from Scarlet and Violet.
Best Builds for Dragonite
| Build | Rating |
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| ★★★★ | |
| ★★★★ |
Bulky Mega Dragonite
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Mega Dragonite
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Nature | Modest (SpA▲, Atk▼) |
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| Ability |
Multiscale Multiscale Halves the damage the Pokémon takes while its HP is full.
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| Held Item |
 Dragoninite Dragoninite A held item that allows Dragonite to Mega Evolve.
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| HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 198 | 129 | 135 | 216 | 145 | 121 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | - | - | 32 | - | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Draco Meteor Draco Meteor
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Hurricane Hurricane
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Tailwind Tailwind
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Protect Protect
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This build aims to use weather conditions to enable Mega Dragonite to attack with its strongest special moves. It can also use supportive moves like Tailwind to help enable other powerful weather attackers, like Archaludon or Tyranitar.
Bulky Mega Dragonite Alternate Builds
| Stats | Explanation | |||||||||||||
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| Adamant Nature 32 HP / 17 Def / 17 SpA |
Can invest more into Dragonite's physical bulk to help it survive attacks it normally wouldn't be able to. | |||||||||||||
| Moves | Explanation | |||||||||||||
Thunder Thunder
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A coverage move used on Rain teams to help deal with Steel-types that resist Dragon and Flying. | |||||||||||||
Haze Haze
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An alternate supporting move to help deal with opponents that increase their stats or allies that drop theirs. | |||||||||||||
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Weather Ball Weather Ball
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Adapts its damage type to the current weather, and it becomes a powerful 100 BP single target attack. | |||||||||||||
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Dragon Pulse Dragon Pulse
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Alternate option for Draco Meteor if you don't want to deal with the stat drops that you get. | |||||||||||||
Key Damage Calculations
 Damage Dealt by Dragonite |
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|---|---|
199 HP｜132 Sp. DefDefensive EV Investment: 29 HP / 10 SpD (Careful) |
Hurricane 102 ~ 121 (51.2 ~ 60.8%) Guaranteed 3HKO w/ Berry |
 Damage Received by Dragonite |
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192 SpAOffensive EV Investment: 32 SpA (Timid) |
Blizzard 168 ~ 198 (84.8 ~ 100%) 6.3% Chance to OHKO through Multiscale |
Bulky Mega Dragonite Weaknesses
| Counter | Pokemon | Info |
|---|---|
| Change the Weather | 
Generally, Mega Dragonite will want to utilize weather to access some of the strongest Special attacking options that it has. If you want to counter Mega Dragonite specifically, then you will want to make sure you have your own form of weather control. |
| Look to Apply Status Effects | 
Since Mega Dragonite is forced to hold its Mega Stone, you're free to hit it with Status Effects like Paralysis and Sleep to slow it down. Just make sure to do it after it Mega Evolves since you'll risk wasting a turn into a Lum Berry if you're not careful. |
Standard Physical Dragonite
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Dragonite
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Nature | Adamant (Atk▲, SpA▼) |
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| Ability |
Multiscale Multiscale Halves the damage the Pokémon takes while its HP is full.
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| Held Item |
 Lum Berry Lum Berry Cures any status condition or confusion. Disappears for the duration of the battle after a single use.
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| HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 198 | 204 | 115 | 108 | 120 | 101 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | 32 | - | - | - | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moves | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scale Shot Scale Shot
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Extreme Speed Extreme Speed
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Haze Haze
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Protect Protect
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This is a standard Dragonite set that utilizes physical attacks instead of special. As a note, this build is best used on a regular Dragonite, since Mega Evolving lowers its Attack stat.
Standard Physical Dragonite Alternate Builds
| Stats | Explanation | |||||||||||||
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| Jolly Nature 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe |
A max speed spread to help with quickly KO'ing opponents. | |||||||||||||
| Ability | Explanation | |||||||||||||
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Inner Focus Inner Focus The Pokémon never flinches when attacked and is unaffected by Intimidate.
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If you're playing Doubles, you can opt to use Inner Focus instead to surprise opponents by negating flinches and Intimidate. Unfortunately, this isn't as useful in Singles since the power of Multiscale is a lot more powerful in that format. |
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| Moves | Explanation | |||||||||||||
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Roost Roost
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An amazing move in Singles since it makes Dragonite very difficult to kill, and it will reactivate Multiscale if it heals Dragonite back to full. | |||||||||||||
Earthquake Earthquake
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A coverage move used to help deal with Steel-types that resist Dragon and Normal. | |||||||||||||
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Tailwind Tailwind
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If you don't need Haze as much, then you can opt for Tailwind instead for Speed control. | |||||||||||||
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Air Slash Air Slash
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Dragonite's strongest physical Flying attack without other gimmicks. | |||||||||||||
Low Kick Low Kick
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Coverage move to help deal with Steel-types. | |||||||||||||
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Dragon Claw Dragon Claw
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A more consistent option over Scale Shot while Loaded Dice isn't in the game. When compared to Scale Shot, it's slightly stronger than 3-hits, but weaker than 4-hits. |
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Key Damage Calculations
| Damage Dealt by Dragonite |
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166 HP｜150 DefDefensive EV Investment: 2 HP (Timid) |
Scale Shot 159 ~ 190 (95.7 ~ 114.4%) 91.7% Chance to OHKO Doesn't account for Stamina Defense boosts |
| Damage Received by Dragonite |
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229 AtkOffensive EV Investment: 32 Atk (Brave) |
Iron First Boosted Ice Hammer 270 ~ 320 (136.3 ~ 161.6%) Guaranteed OHKO through Multiscale |
Standard Physical Dragonite Weaknesses
| Counter | Pokemon | Info |
|---|---|
| Counter with a Fast Physical Attacker |
The scary thing about a physical Dragonite is that it will continously boost its Speed whenever it uses Scale Shot. Thankfully, it also drops its Defense when doing this, so it's highly recommended to counter them with a physical attacking Ice, Rock, Dragon, or Fairy-type. |
| Set Up Stealth Rocks | 
For Single Battles, it's very important to set up Stealth Rocks to counter Pokemon like Dragonite. This way, Multiscale is broken as soon as it switches in, allowing you to outright KO it with a faster Pokemon. |
Dragonite Checks and Counters
| Counter | Pokemon | Info |
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| Break Multiscale with Fake Out or Multi-Hit Moves |
Dragonites most common ability will be Multiscale, since it makes them extremely difficult to one-shot. If you want to get rid of them quickly, then you can break Multiscale with Fake Out or multi-hit moves, like Triple Axel. |
| Target Its 4x Ice Weakness | 
Dragonite has a crippling weakness to Ice, but Multiscale generally allows it to live through a 4x weak Ice attack. Even though, it's still recommended to use Ice moves since it will deal a ton of damage, and other Pokemon can kill it with a follow up attack. |
Look to Break Multiscale
The ability Multiscale is what makes Dragonite really hard to remove from battle, so it's paramount to land some damage early to KO it with a follow-up attack afterwards. In Doubles, moves like Fake Out are amazing for this, but in Singles, you will need to use multi-hit moves if you want to knock it out in one turn.
Multiscale Effect and Pokemon With This Ability
Exploit It's 4x Weakness to Ice
Since there's no Terastallization yet, Dragonite cannot escape its 4x weakness to Ice. Ideally, you will want to use multi-hit moves like Icicle Spear or Triple Axel so that you're guaranteed to take it down in one hit.
Also, as a note, most Ice attacks deal a ton of damage through Multiscale, but they generally don't manage to OHKO Dragonite. However, Mega Crabominable can OHKO it with a max Attack Ice Hammer, even through Multiscale!
Dragonite Teambuilding Guide
Singles Team Synergy
| Rapid Spinner | Bulky Attacker | Bulky Attacker |
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 Mega Starmie
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 Kingambit
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Dragonite
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This sample team uses a combination of Mega Starmie, Kingambit, and Dragonite to cover for each other's weaknesses. It's very important that you have a Pokemon with a move the clears hazards; otherwise, Dragonite might get one-shot if Multiscale is broken by Stealth Rocks.
Stealth Rock Effect and Pokemon That Learn It
Doubles Team Synergy
| Role1 | Role2 |
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Mega Dragonite
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 Politoed
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| Role3 | Role4 |
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Archaludon
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 Basculegion (Male)
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This sample team uses Rain to enable Mega Dragonite to use 100% accurate Hurricanes and Thunders, if it's used as a coverage move. Aside from that, Politoed is the Rain setter of choice due to its supportive options, while Archaludon and Basculegion provide extra offensive pressure under the Rain.
Rain Dance Effect and Pokemon That Learn It
Pokemon Champions Related Guides
Best Builds for Season M-1
| Best Builds for Pokemon that Can Mega Evolve |
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| Best Builds for Regular Pokemon |
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