BSS Dragonite (Defensive Dragon Dance)

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:ss/dragonite:

Damn I swear there's a new Dragonite set like every week lol

[SET]
name: Defensive Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Roost
move 3: Encore
move 4: Tera Blast / Iron Head
item: Rocky Helmet / Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
ability: Multiscale
nature: Impish / Jolly
evs: 244 HP / 108 Def / 156 Spe
tera type: Flying / Steel

[SET COMMENTS]

* Dragonite's good bulk gives it plenty of chances to set up Dragon Dance, while still providing a solid defensive backbone.

* Encore makes setting up on slower defensive foes such as Corviknight fairly easy.

Tera Types
========

* **Flying**: With Tera Blast, Tera Flying gives Dragonite a solid mono-attacking option and defensive typing in one, at the cost of always needing to Terastallize.

* **Steel**: Tera Steel covers Dragonite's former weaknesses very well, and can still work somewhat well even if not Terastallized thanks to Iron Head.

Items
========

* **Rocky Helmet**: Rocky Helmet lets Dragonite play more passively thanks to the chip damage.

* **Heavy-Duty Boots**: Preserving Multiscale even when Stealth Rock is set up can help Dragonite survive attacks in emergencies.

* **Leftovers**: Leftovers's passive healing gives Dragonite a better matchup against passive foes it can Encore.

EV Spreads
========

* **244 HP / 108 Def / 156 Spe with Impish**: This EV Spread allows Dragonite to outspeed Jolly Kingambit before boosting, and up to Timid Gengar after Dragon Dance, avoiding a potentially faster Encore. An odd HP number lets Dragonite switch into Stealth Rock four times if using Rocky Helmet.

* **244 HP / 4 Atk / 4 Def / 4 SpD / 252 Spe with Jolly**: Maximizing Speed outspeeds Jolly Dragapult after a Dragon Dance, and at least speed ties with offensive Dragonite.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Theorymon, 29010]]
- Quality checked by: [[Thick Fat Azumarill, 330577]]
- Grammar checked by: [[UT, 523866]]
 
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Nice, another week, another dnite set. This looks great, I'd point out too that 156 Speed on the Impish set outspeeds Jolly Kingambit by 2 points, putting it a bit higher but still in that crowded Speed tier of Skeledirge, Corviknight and Kingambit trying to one-up each other(before it DDs). QC Approved!
 

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[SET]
name: Defensive Dragon Dance
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Roost
move 3: Encore
move 4: Tera Blast / Iron Head
item: Rocky Helmet / Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
ability: Multiscale
nature: Impish / Jolly
evs: 244 HP / 108 Def / 156 Spe
tera type: Flying / Steel

[SET COMMENTS]

* Dragonite's good bulk gives it plenty of chances to set up Dragon Dance, comma while still providing a solid defensive backbone.

* Encore makes setting up on slower defensive foes such as Corviknight fairly easy.

Tera Types
========

* **Flying**: With Tera Blast, Tera Flying gives Dragonite a solid mono-attacking option and defensive typing in one, at the cost of always needing to Terastallize.

* **Steel**: Tera Steel covers Dragonite's former weaknesses very well, comma and can still work somewhat well even if not Terastallized thanks to Iron Head.

Items
========

* **Rocky Helmet**: Rocky Helmet lets Dragonite play more passively thanks to the chip damage.

* **Heavy-Duty Boots**: Preserving Multiscale even when Stealth Rock is set up can help Dragonite survive attacks in emergencies.

* **Leftovers**: Leftovers's passive healing gives Dragonite a better matchup against passive foes it can Encore.

EV Spreads
========

* **244 HP / 108 Def / 156 Spe with Impish**: This EV Spread allows Dragonite to outspeed Jolly Kingambit before boosting, comma and up to Timid Gengar after Dragon Dance, avoiding a potentially faster Encore. Dragonite an odd HP number to An odd HP number lets Dragonite switch into Stealth Rock 5 four times if using Rocky Helmet. four right? if you switch in five times, you die?

* **244 HP / 4 Atk / 4 Def / 4 SpD / 252 Spe with Jolly**: Maximizing Speed allows Dragonite to outspeed outspeeds Jolly Dragapult after a Dragon Dance, comma and at least speed ties two words with offensive Dragonite.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Theorymon, 29010]]
- Quality checked by: [[Thick Fat Azumarill, 330577]]
- Grammar checked by: [[UT, 523866]]

GP 1/1!



GP Team done
 

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lol I did in fact mean 4 times, this is yet another consequence of 5 being next to 4 (and another reason why I should have written it out LOL). Anyways, this stuff is now implemented, time to put this onsite!
 

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