Pokemon Dragonite

Poor Dragonite. So far outclassed by it's younger brother salamence, and with the 4th generation here, it's youngest brother garchomp outclasses it as well. Luckily for Dragonite, s/he packs quite the special movepool. But once again salamence STILL outlcasses it with some superior moves (Hydro Pump) and superior special attack stat. But Dragonite does have ONE saving grace that should still warrant some use out of it. (apart from the standard bulky dragon dancer) and that is the ability to break through blissey.

Dragonite @ Choice Specs
Ability: Inner Focus
Rash nature
252 Sp Atk, 56 Atk, 200 Spe
- Fire Blast
- Draco Meteor
- Thunderbolt/Dragon Pulse
- SuperPower

Hooray for surprise value in the understudy! Fire blast tears down skarmory, forretress, and the ever popularized scizor. Draco Meteor is an insanely overpowering STAB move that pulls anything unresistant to it down to it's knees. Thunderbolt lets it do damage to the likes of tentacruel and bulky waters in general, but usually a STAB Draco Meteor will finish them off. That's why Dragon Pulse is listed as an alternate option. If you use draco meteor early game, but need a STAB move late in the game but can't risk the special attack drop, then dragon pulse makes a fantastic secondary STAB. Finally SuperPower rounds out the set as dragonites way to deal with the big blubbery wall of special defense that is blissey.

EV's
Special attack was OBVIOUSLY maximized for the most hitting potential possible. Then an attack bar was set to KO Bold 252/0 Def/HP Blissey with SR in effect. Finally, a speed bar was set to outrun Jolly tyranitar, and defensive zapdos, celebi, and jirachis.

Contribution. Complete.

Dragonite @ Leftovers
Ability: Inner Focus
Calm/Careful nature
248 HP, 216 SpD, 44 Spe
-Heal Bell/Light Screen
-Roost
-Thunder Wave/Toxic
-Dragon Claw/Flamethrower

Dragonite's humongous Attack stat often undermines its above average
Special Defense. Although Latias has a much higher Special Defense
stat, Dragonite has a slightly different typing, access to Heal Bell,
and possesses Inner Focus, making this set perfectly viable. Although
Inner Focus may seem like nothing special, it makes Dragonite one of
the best counters to Togekiss.


Heal Bell is the preferred option over Light Screen simply because
Latias lacks the move. Dragonite is also one of the few viable clerics
on OU, but Light Screen is always helpful when trying to set up a sweep
or Toxic stalling. Roar is also a possibility, but better left to
Latias who can effectively Roar away Calm Minders such as Jirachi and
Suicune. Roost is necessary to keep Dragonite healthy and continue his
job. Thunder Wave is always a useful status move, slowing down many
Pokémon. Toxic however, when used in conjunction with Light Screen and
Roost, can stall out walls which use Special Attacks, such as Vaporeon
and Blissey. Dragon Claw is your generic STAB move which works well off
of your high 134 base Attack. If you are using Toxic, you are better
off with Flamethrower which hits the Steel-types immune to Toxic.
Flamethrower can also catch Skarmory, Scizor, or Forretress off guard,
expecting to wall a physical attacker. Use a Careful nature with Dragon
Claw, and a Calm nature with Flamethrower.


The 44 Speed EVs are important on this set as they put Dragonite's
speed at 207. This is usually enough to out speed Magnezone and will
get the jump on Bold Suicune, Cresselia, and Milotic. This speed is
vital because all four of these Pokémon commonly carry an Ice move to
dispose of Dragons. With the additional speed, you can set up a Light
Screen in front of them and proceed to Toxic stall or scout for a full
paralysis before switching out. The rest of the EVs give Dragonite 385
HP, which allows Stealth Rock damage to round down while giving a
favorable Leftovers threshold, and 319 Special Defense, which is the
highest possible bonus point for the remaining EVs.