POKÉDEX #149 · GENERATION 1

Dragonite Build Guide

DragonFlying

Physical setup attacker

Build a team with Dragonite ↓

Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMHeavy-Duty Boots

ABILITYMultiscale

NATUREAdamant

Dragon Dance

Boost Attack and Speed by one stage on a safe turn.

Extreme Speed

High-priority Normal attack; Ghost types are immune.

Earthquake

Ground coverage for many Steel targets; Flying types avoid it.

Dragon Claw

Dragon attack; Fairy types are immune.

How to play

Keep Dragonite at full HP so Multiscale halves incoming damage. Boots help preserve that protection against entry hazards. Use a safe turn for Dragon Dance, then select coverage or Extreme Speed to finish a weakened target.

Watch out for

Ice attacks deal 4× damage, and chip damage disables Multiscale until HP is fully restored. Ghost types ignore Extreme Speed and Fairy types ignore Dragon Claw. Without Normal Tera, Extreme Speed has no same-type bonus.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

Teammate ideas

Steel teammates can cover Ice, Dragon and Fairy attacks. Support that preserves full HP helps its ability work.

Scizor

Scizor resists Ice, Dragon and Fairy. Dragonite resists Fire for Scizor’s 4× Fire weakness; preserve its HP before relying on that switch.

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Gastrodon

Gastrodon resists Rock and is immune to Electric. Dragonite resists Grass 4× for Gastrodon. Gastrodon takes neutral Ice damage, so add a true Ice resistance.

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These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

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Alternative: Salamence

Salamence offers a different Dragon/Flying attacker with Intimidate, but lacks Multiscale and Extreme Speed.

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Type matchups

Weak to

Ice4×Rock2×Dragon2×Fairy2×

Resistances and immunities

Fire0.5×Water0.5×Grass0.25×Fighting0.5×Ground0×Bug0.5×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP91

Attack134

Defense95

Sp. Attack100

Sp. Defense100

Speed80

Evolution chain

Dratini#147
Level 30
Dragonair#148
Level 55
Dragonite#149

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

Build your Dragonite team

Start with Dragonite. Add teammates and compare your type-and-base-stat score.

Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

SLOT 01#149

Dragonite

DragonFlying

SLOT 02

SLOT 03

SLOT 04

SLOT 05

SLOT 06

Understand your team

Offense92

Defense63

Coverage22

Synergy17

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Ice attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Dragon attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Dragonite takes 4× damage from Ice attacks by type.
Your own types can hit 4 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.
No teammate has a base Speed of 100 or higher. Consider adding a faster option.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Dragonite	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	½×	0	1
Water	½×	0	1
Electric	1×	0	0
Grass	¼×	0	1
Ice	4×	1	0
Fighting	½×	0	1
Poison	1×	0	0
Ground	0×	0	1
Flying	1×	0	0
Psychic	1×	0	0
Bug	½×	0	1
Rock	2×	1	0
Ghost	1×	0	0
Dragon	2×	1	0
Dark	1×	0	0
Steel	1×	0	0
Fairy	2×	1	0

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

NormalNeutral

FireNeutral

WaterNeutral

ElectricNeutral

Grass✓ Super effective

IceNeutral

Fighting✓ Super effective

PoisonNeutral

GroundNeutral

FlyingNeutral

PsychicNeutral

Bug✓ Super effective

RockNeutral

GhostNeutral

Dragon✓ Super effective

DarkNeutral

SteelResisted

FairyNeutral

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.