[Overview]
- Very powerful physical attacker
- Gets Dragon Dance and even Swords Dance for boosting Attack to even greater levels
- After setup, OHKOes almost everything bar Steelix/Aggron
- Poor movepool
- Bad defenses and low Speed make it prone to revenge kill
[SET]
Dragon Dancer:
move 1: Dragon Dance
move 2: Outrage
move 3: Dragon Claw/Dig
move 4: Taunt/Swords Dance
item: Life Orb/Eviolite
nature: Adamant
ability: Mold Breaker
evs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Fraxure's signature set from UU, very effective in RU as well
- DD is to boost Attack and Speed, making Fraxure fast and even more powerful
- Outrage KOes a whole lot of Pokémon in RU after DD
- Dragon Claw is secondary, reliable STAB
- Taunt allows for easy (and more) setup, but Swords Dance raises Attack to insane amounts after a DD
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- Life Orb recommended for more attacking power, as Fraxure won't last long anyway
- Eviolite for more bulk, useful for setup
- EVs very straightforward and basic
- Fraxure loves entry hazards for netting KOs
- Due to this, Ferroseed and Drapion make good partners
- Roselia can set up both, but like Fraxure, suffers from frailty
- Bulky Pokémon like Uxie and Aggron can take priority (especially Aggron), so they make for good partners
[Other options]
- Not much else for Fraxure
- Choice Band, but Fraxure is too slow to make it work
- Choice Scarf, but Steels will wall and wreck Fraxure
[Checks and counters]
- Mainly Pokémon that either have huge defenses or high speed and attacking power can KO Fraxure easily
- Gabite outspeeds unboosted Fraxure and KOes with Outrage/Dragon Claw
- Entei heavily damages or OHKOes Fraxure with ExtremeSpeed
- Honchkrow can beat it with Sucker Punch
- Neither can safely switch into boosted Outrage/Dragon Claw
[Dream World]
- Fraxure's Hidden Ability is Unnerve
- Pretty bad in RU due to the lack of Berry holders
- Mold Breaker outclasses it anyway
