Saturday, April 19, 2008

Dragonite: Special Sweeper

This may sound strange at first, but I say why not. Dragonite's base Sp. Atk is far from "bad" coming in at 100. To put that in perspective Infernape has 104 and Lucario has 115 with Milotic,Mew and Starmie also at 100. The place where this set really shines is the amazing coverage this Dragonite has. This also raises the possibility of a mix sweeper so possibly look for that in the future. Just the suprise of the whole thing could be a huge advantage as with many of the sets you will find on this site.


Evs:
252 Sp Atk/252 Spd
Item:
Life Orb/Choice Specs/Wise Glasses

Moves:
Flamethrower
Ice Beam
Thunder Bolt
Surf

Options:
Like I said before this could be changed a bit to make a mix sweep just by changing the Evs a bit etc. The one downfall to this whole thing is that Dragonite cannot learn a Sp Atk boosting move. A baton pass to this set after a nasty plot or 2 could be devestating to the opponent.
As for Life Orb vs Choice Specs it's more of a decision of if you want to sweep one by one or just kinda switch in and out here or there. I wouldn't reccomend Wise Glasses but it is still an option.

Counters: Special Walls and anything that might be faster and hit with an ice, rock or dragon move. If they're not faster they're covered.

Verdict:
Great coverage, decent stats, the suprise is wonderful. A baton pass could make this amazing.

~Blah

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