Dragonite

Dragonite is a popular pick on offensive and bulky teams due to its power and versatility. Offensively, it can run a Dragon Dance or Choice Band set on hyper offense and DragMag teams. Extreme Speed grants it offensive utility against faster threats like Volcarona and Thundurus-T, which is especially good against other hyper offense teams. It also has good bulk and a decent defensive typing, which grants it an immunity to Spikes and some good resistances. These resistances not only give it setup opportunities against Pokemon like Volcarona and Keldeo lacking Ice-type coverage, but also let it run a Substitute + Dragon Dance set that beats bulkier forms of counterplay. Multiscale further aids in this defensive utility, letting Dragonite take pretty much any one hit, which is often essential for using Dragon Dance. However, Dragonite's lackluster Speed tier leaves it outsped and revenge killed by common offensive Pokemon like Alakazam, Garchomp, Latios, Keldeo, and Mamoswine without a boost, as well as by Choice Scarf users like Latios, Keldeo, Rotom-W, and Garchomp even after a boost. Many of these Pokemon can also take +1 Extreme Speed if healthy. Dragonite is Stealth Rock-weak and thus can struggle to take advantage of its bulk and ability. It sometimes lacks the right coverage move to hit its targets and, at +1, fails to KO bulky targets like Landorus-T, Gliscor, Reuniclus, and Tyranitar.