I’m going to go over what makes Dragonite so great, and list the moves available as well. Check out my other Super Effective Files for plenty of other Pokemon.
King of the Skies
Dragonite is the 3rd Pokemon in the Dratini family. You must first evolve Dratini into Dragonair with 25 Candy, or catch a Dragonair in the wild. Then, you must evolve Dragonair into Dragonite by using 100 candy. You can also catch Dragonite in the wild, but that is extremely rare.
Dragonite is weak to Rock, Fairy, Dragon, and has a double weakness to Ice. It is resistant to Fire, Water, Ground, Fighting, Bug, has a double resistance to Grass.
The resistances, high CP and base stats, and great moves makes this one of the best Pokemon in the game.
Stats
Max CP - 3500 Base Attack - 250 Base Defense - 212 Base Stamina - 182
This massive CP and attack makes it tough to beat, especially with the right moveset.
The Power of the Dragon
Dragonite has mostly Dragon moves, but can also have Steel and Normal moves.
Primary
Dragon Breath (Dragon) - 6 damage/20 DPS (Damage Per Second)
Steel Wing (Steel) - 15 damage/14 DPS
Secondary
Dragon Claw (Dragon) - 35 damage/34 DPS
Dragon Pulse (Dragon) - 65 damage/28 DPS
Hyper Beam (Normal) - 120 damage/30 DPS
The best movesets change depending on if you are attacking a gym, or defending it.
Offensively, Dragon Breath is the superior primary move because of the higher DPS and type bonus you get from using it. Dragon Claw is the secondary move you want for the bonus and highest DPS.
For defending gyms, Steel Wing is superior because of the high damage it does and the ability to do extra damage to many of Dragonite’s weaknesses.
Dragon Pulse is also a better move to have since it does more STAB damage at once and the defense A.I. makes use of secondary moves really well.
That wraps up this week of Pokemon GO Super Effective Files. Let me know of any you would like to see in the future!
