DragoniniteMega Dragonite transforms into a highly dangerous mixed attacker. With a massive increase to its Special Attack and Speed, it functions as a highly potent threat under rain or sun, using moves like Draco Meteor or Hurricane while keeping its Multiscale ability for exceptional survivability.
Mega Dragonite pairs perfectly with weather setters like Pelipper to boost its Hurricane accuracy, and Incineroar to provide Intimidate and Fake Out support.
Defeating Mega Dragonite requires exploiting its double weakness to Ice.
Weavile outspeeds it and breaks Multiscale with multi-hit Ice attacks.
Mega Gengar can trap or counter it using Shadow Tag to prevent pivoting while hitting back with super-effective Fairy attacks like Moonblast.
The best moveset for Dragonite-Mega in the current competitive meta typically features the moves Protect, Hurricane, Dragon Pulse, Draco Meteor.
In the Pokémon Champions meta, Dragonite-Mega can be countered by exploiting its weaknesses (ice 4x, dragon 2x, fairy 2x, rock 2x) and using effective check/counter teams.
The best item for Dragonite-Mega is typically Dragoninite, based on high-level tournament and ladder stats.
