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Dragonite, a Dragon and Flying type Pokémon, official artwork

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Dragonite: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Dragonite is a bulky attacker, led by its Attack (134) and Sp. Atk (100), with a base stat total of 600. Competitively it is a staple of OverUsed, the main competitive singles tier. It currently appears on 19.5% of OU teams. In the VGC ladder it sits at 2.5% usage.

Build a team with Dragonite

What is Dragonite weak to?

How much damage Dragonite takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toIce
2×Weak toDragonFairyRock
0.5×ResistsBugFightingFireWater
0.25×ResistsGrass
0×Immune toGround

Dragonite takes super-effective damage from Ice, Dragon, Fairy, Rock (Ice hit it for 4x damage). It resists Bug, Fighting, Fire, Water, Grass and is immune to Ground.

Best moveset for Dragonite

The most-used moves on Dragonite in OU (Smogon singles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • Dragon DanceDragon-20.8%
  • Extreme SpeedNormal8020.3%
  • EarthquakeGround10020.3%
  • RoostFlying-11.6%
  • Ice SpinnerIce808.3%
  • Fire PunchFire757.3%

Best nature for Dragonite

Adamant. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Adamant with 0/252/0/0/4/252 EVs (43% of sets).

Abilities

  • Inner FocusThis Pokemon cannot be made to flinch. Immune to Intimidate.
  • MultiscaleIf this Pokemon is at full HP, damage taken from attacks is halved.

Evolution line

Dratini
Dragonair
Dragonite

Best counters for Dragonite

Based on OU (Smogon singles) battle statistics, these Pokémon most reliably beat or force out Dragonite:

Best teammates for Dragonite

Pokémon most often paired with Dragonite on successful OU (Smogon singles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (82 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Draco MeteorDragon13090%Special
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
HurricaneFlying11070%Special
Hydro PumpWater11080%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
Dragon RushDragon10075%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Heat WaveFire9590%Special
Aqua TailWater9090%Physical
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
FlyFlying9095%Physical
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
SurfWater90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dragon PulseDragon85100%Special
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
Dragon ClawDragon80100%Physical
Extreme SpeedNormal80100%Physical
Ice SpinnerIce80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
SlamNormal8075%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
WaterfallWater80100%Physical
Air SlashFlying7595%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Ice PunchIce75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Air CutterFlying6095%Special
Breaking SwipeDragon60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Dragon TailDragon6090%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
Water PulseWater60100%Special
Wing AttackFlying60100%Physical
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Chilling WaterWater50100%Special
Weather BallNormal50100%Special
TwisterDragon40100%Special
Fire SpinFire3585%Special
Scale ShotDragon2590%Physical
WrapNormal1590%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
AgilityPsychic--Status
Dragon CheerDragon--Status
Dragon DanceDragon--Status
EncoreNormal-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
HazeIce--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
MetronomeNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
RoostFlying--Status
SafeguardNormal--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SnowscapeIce--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
TailwindFlying--Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status