Monotype Dragapult (Revamp - Dragon) (QC 1/1) (GP 1/1)

[CaptainDaimyo]

[SET]
Dragapult @ Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Hex (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 108 Atk / 148 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Naive / Timid Nature
- Will-O-Wisp
- Hex
- Dragon Darts / Draco Meteor
- Substitute / Thunder Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult provides great offensive support for Dragon teams, being an effective form of status spreading thanks to its great Speed and ability, Infiltrator. This allows it to bypass Substitute to inflict status on foes hiding behind them, enabling it to effectively check Iron Defense Zamazenta. Furthermore, Infiltrator allows Dragapult to render dual screens useless, thus improving the Fairy matchup. Will-O-Wisp weakens common switch-ins to Dragapult like Iron Hands, Alolan Muk, and Hisuian Goodra, reducing their offensive capabilities. Hex takes advantage of Dragapult's great status spreading to deal high damage to afflicted foes. Draco Meteor can be run over Dragon Darts, both when Substitute is not being used and if it needs to handle Archaludon and Gouging Fire in a better way. However, Dragon Darts is preferred, since the Special Attack drop from Draco Meteor is undesirable when run alongside Substitute. Substitute allows Dragapult to take advantage of passive walls such as Toxapex and Clodsire to spread status more safely. Alternatively, Thunder Wave can be used to target faster threats such as +1 Volcarona and Choice Scarf Sneasler. However, Substitute is the preferred option, since most foes that outspeed Dragapult can OHKO it outright, but Substitute must only be run with Leftovers as an item. 148 Special Attack EVs allow Dragapult to OHKO Flutter Mane with Hex after it is statused, while 108 Attack EVs further improve the power of Dragon Darts.

Early-game wallbreakers such as Choice Band Dragonite and Choice Specs Latios appreciate Dragapult's status spreading, with Latios fearing less from Iron Hands's Ice Punch. Dragonite threatens Corviknight, Alolan Muk, Hisuian Goodra, and Heatran, while Latios targets Toxapex and Iron Hands. Steel-type partners such as Archaludon and Hisuian Goodra can take hits from offensive threats to Dragapult, with Archaludon taking hits from Kingambit and Meowscarada and threatening back with Body Press, further helped by Stamina, as well as setting up Stealth Rock. Hisuian Goodra threatens a multitude of Fairy-types including Iron Valiant, Flutter Mane, and Enamorus. Raging Bolt handles Water-types that can cause Dragapult trouble such as Azumarill and Empoleon. Lastly, Dragapult's ability to stallbreak and weaken walls with status opens the door for setup sweepers like Roaring Moon, Garchomp, and Gouging Fire to sweep late-game.

[SET]
Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt / U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult makes for a great special wallbreaker and late-game cleaner on Dragon teams by virtue of its great coverage and high Speed, making it the fastest unboosted Pokemon in the metagame. Furthermore, a great ability in Infiltrator allows it to be effective against types that commonly run dual screens like Fairy and Ice, and it can bypass Substitute from setup sweepers such as Spectrier. Draco Meteor and Shadow Ball form an incredible STAB move combination that targets a great number of threats and is only resisted by a few. Flamethrower targets Ice-types like Alolan Sandslash, Frosmoth, and Alolan Ninetales, as well as Steel-types like Corviknight, Scizor, and Klefki. Thunderbolt threatens bulky Water- and Flying-types such as Toxapex, Primarina, and Mandibuzz. U-turn allows Dragapult to bring in one of its teammates safely into foes that check it like Swampert, Alolan Muk, and Ting-Lu. However, Thunderbolt is preferred, since it doesn't render Dragapult entirely helpless against Primarina and Azumarill.

Archaludon provides Stealth Rock support and grants defensive coverage against Kingambit. Early-game wallbreakers such as Nasty Plot Hydreigon, Choice Specs Latios, and Choice Specs Kyurem make for excellent partners, as they remove Dragapult's checks so that it can easily clean up late-game. Hydreigon handles bulky Gouging Fire and Articuno, Latios threatens bulky Poison-types like Galarian Weezing and Clodsire, and Kyurem targets bulky Ground-types like Clodsire, Gliscor, and Ting-Lu, as well as Heatran. Gouging Fire's part-Fire typing allows it to matchup well against Fairy-types such as Flutter Mane, Iron Valiant, and Clefable. Garchomp is a great partner, as it sets up Spikes to aid Dragapult's wallbreaking and cleaning, and it can potentially sweep late-game with Swords Dance and Scale Shot. Dragapult appreciates speed control from Choice Scarf users like Roaring Moon and Latias, as Roaring Moon threatens Choice Scarf Iron Valiant, Latias, and Gholdengo, while Latias not only outspeeds and threatens Choice Scarf Great Tusk and boosted Gouging Fire, but it can also give its Choice Scarf to a wall with Trick. In addition, it provides Healing Wish support for Dragapult. Dragapult's role as a wallbreaker is appreciated by setup sweepers like Raging Bolt and Dragonite, which benefit from the removal of Alolan Ninetales and Sableye so they can safely sweep late-game.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
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[CaptainDaimyo]

QC ready

 

[Neko]

Pult-chan

[SET]
Dragapult @ Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Hex (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 108 Atk / 148 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Naive / Timid Nature
- Will-O-Wisp
- Hex
- Dragon Darts / Draco Meteor
- Substitute / Thunder Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult provides great offensive support for Dragon teams, being an effective form of status spreading thanks to its great Speed and Infiltrator bypassing Substitute to inflict status on foes hiding behind them. Furthermore, Infiltrator allows Dragapult to render dual screens useless, improving the Grass and Fairy matchups. Will-o-Wisp weakens common switch-ins to Dragapult like Iron Hands, Alolan Muk, and (Hisuian Goodra/Clodsire/Articuno) Kingambit (Kingambit should rarely come into pult unless they know its not specs or wisp), weakening them and reducing their offensive capabilities. Hex takes advantage of Dragapult's great status spreading to afflict great damage on afflicted foes. Substitute allows Dragapult to take advantage of passive walls such as Toxapex and Clodsire to spread status more safely. Alternatively, Thunder Wave can be used to target faster threats such as +1 Volcarona and Choice Scarf Sneasler. However, Substitute is the preferred option since most foes that outspeed Dragapult can OHKO it outright (note that Sub is likely only used on Leftos tho. Boots are also pretty cool since Dragon has no removal). 148 Special Attack EVs allow Dragapult to OHKO Flutter Mane with Hex after it is statused, while 108 Attack EVs further improve the power of Dragon Darts.
*Mention Draco Meteor as an option if you're subless
*mention Dragapult thwarting ID Zama outright, something only he can do

Early game wallbreakers such as Choice Band Dragonite and Choice Specs Latios are appreciated by Dragapult, as they take off pressure from Dragapult in weakening walls with status (it feels like the other way around. Iron Hands is a less of a threat to Latios if its burnt for instance, allowing latios to be cocky and just purge twice over worrying about how hard Ice Punch would hit. Articuno needs to manage its roost when it's also bleeding HP for instance). Dragonite threatens Corviknight with Fire Punch and Alolan Muk, Hisuian Goodra, and Heatran with Earthquake (dont need to mention the literal move now), while Latios targets Toxapex, Iron Defense Zamazenta (not really that great since you might need to eat two Hslams or worse, Crunch which makes the whole interaction not great), and Iron Hands. Steel-type partners such as Archaludon amd Hisuian Goodra make for great defensive partners, as they can take hits from offensive threats to Dragapult, with Archaludon taking hits from Kingambit and Meowscarada and threaten back with Body Press further helped by Stamina or Heavy Slam, as well as set up Stealth Rock, while Hisuian Goodra threatens a multitude of Fairy-types including Iron Valiant, Flutter Mane, and Enamorus. Lastly, Dragapult's stallbreaking and weakening of walls with status opens the door for setup sweepers like Roaring Moon, Garchomp, and Gouging Fire to sweep late-game.
*Add Raging Bolt, which deals with Prim which just sort of makes this Dragapult sad.

[SET]
Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt / U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult makes for a great special wallbreaker and late-game cleaner on Dragon teams by virtue of its great coverage and its Speed making it the fastest in the unboosted metagame. Furthermore, a great ability in Infiltrator allows it to be effective against types that commonly run dual screens like Grass, Fairy, and Ice, as well as bypass the Substitute set by setup sweepers such as Spectrier. Draco Meteor and Shadow Ball is an incredible STAB combination that targets a great amount of threats and is only resisted by few. Flamethrower targets Ice-types like Alolan Sandslash, Frosmoth, and Alolan Ninetales, as well as Steel-types like Corviknight, Scizor, and Klefki. Thunderbolt threatens bulky Water- and Flying-types such as Toxapex, Primarina, and Mandibuzz. U-turn allows Dragapult to bring in one of its teammates safely into foes that check it like Swampert, (Alolan Muk) Kingambit, and Ting-Lu. However, Thunderbolt is preferred since it doesn't let it be entirely helpless against Primarina Toxapex and (safely revenge-kill BD Azumarill)Mandibuzz.

Garchomp is a great partner, as it both sets up Stealth Rock and Spikes to aid Dragapult's wallbreaking and cleaning, phaze out potential setup sweepers with Dragon Tail, and take hits from Kingambit thanks to its physical bulk and threaten back with Earthquake. (Mainly Archaludon's job now, Garchomp is more of a offensive spiker/SD'er rn. Mention Archa too btw) Early-game wallbreakers such as Nasty Plot Hydreigon, Choice Specs Latios, and Choice Specs Kyurem make for great partners, as they remove Dragapult's checks so it can easily clean up late-game. Hydreigon handles bulky Gholdengo and Clefable with Dark Pulse and Flash Cannon respectively, (? Mention Articuno/Clodsire perhaps? Mention Gouger as early as here too) Latios threatens bulky Poison-types like Galarian Weezing and Clodsire, and Kyurem targets bulky Ground-types like Clodsire, Gliscor, and Ting-Lu, as well as Hisuian Goodra with its access to Focus Blast (heatran if you want, dont need to mention the move). Dragapult appreciates speed control from Choice Scarf users like Roaring Moon and Latias, with Roaring Moon threatening Choice Scarf Iron Valiant, Latias, and Gholdengo, while Latias not only outspeeds and threatens Choice Scarf Great Tusk (boosted Gougers?) and speed ties with Choice Scarf Iron Moth (dont need to mention that flaw reow), but it can also Trick Choice Scarf and give it to walls and provide Healing Wish support for Dragapult. Dragapult's role as a wallbreaker is appreciated by setup sweepers like Gouging Fire and Dragonite who appreciate the removal of Toxapex and Sableye so they can safely sweep lategame (move gouger higher, replace the gouger here with Raging Bolt [appropriate the examples too]).

[CREDITS]
Written by:
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Will recheck after these edits, thankie Captain

 

[CaptainDaimyo]

Pult-chan

[SET]
Dragapult @ Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Hex (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 108 Atk / 148 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Naive / Timid Nature
- Will-O-Wisp
- Hex
- Dragon Darts / Draco Meteor
- Substitute / Thunder Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult provides great offensive support for Dragon teams, being an effective form of status spreading thanks to its great Speed and Infiltrator bypassing Substitute to inflict status on foes hiding behind them. Furthermore, Infiltrator allows Dragapult to render dual screens useless, improving the Grass and Fairy matchups. Will-o-Wisp weakens common switch-ins to Dragapult like Iron Hands, Alolan Muk, and (Hisuian Goodra/Clodsire/Articuno) Kingambit (Kingambit should rarely come into pult unless they know its not specs or wisp), weakening them and reducing their offensive capabilities. Hex takes advantage of Dragapult's great status spreading to afflict great damage on afflicted foes. Substitute allows Dragapult to take advantage of passive walls such as Toxapex and Clodsire to spread status more safely. Alternatively, Thunder Wave can be used to target faster threats such as +1 Volcarona and Choice Scarf Sneasler. However, Substitute is the preferred option since most foes that outspeed Dragapult can OHKO it outright (note that Sub is likely only used on Leftos tho. Boots are also pretty cool since Dragon has no removal). 148 Special Attack EVs allow Dragapult to OHKO Flutter Mane with Hex after it is statused, while 108 Attack EVs further improve the power of Dragon Darts.
*Mention Draco Meteor as an option if you're subless
*mention Dragapult thwarting ID Zama outright, something only he can do

Early game wallbreakers such as Choice Band Dragonite and Choice Specs Latios are appreciated by Dragapult, as they take off pressure from Dragapult in weakening walls with status (it feels like the other way around. Iron Hands is a less of a threat to Latios if its burnt for instance, allowing latios to be cocky and just purge twice over worrying about how hard Ice Punch would hit. Articuno needs to manage its roost when it's also bleeding HP for instance). Dragonite threatens Corviknight with Fire Punch and Alolan Muk, Hisuian Goodra, and Heatran with Earthquake (dont need to mention the literal move now), while Latios targets Toxapex, Iron Defense Zamazenta (not really that great since you might need to eat two Hslams or worse, Crunch which makes the whole interaction not great), and Iron Hands. Steel-type partners such as Archaludon amd Hisuian Goodra make for great defensive partners, as they can take hits from offensive threats to Dragapult, with Archaludon taking hits from Kingambit and Meowscarada and threaten back with Body Press further helped by Stamina or Heavy Slam, as well as set up Stealth Rock, while Hisuian Goodra threatens a multitude of Fairy-types including Iron Valiant, Flutter Mane, and Enamorus. Lastly, Dragapult's stallbreaking and weakening of walls with status opens the door for setup sweepers like Roaring Moon, Garchomp, and Gouging Fire to sweep late-game.
*Add Raging Bolt, which deals with Prim which just sort of makes this Dragapult sad.

[SET]
Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt / U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult makes for a great special wallbreaker and late-game cleaner on Dragon teams by virtue of its great coverage and its Speed making it the fastest in the unboosted metagame. Furthermore, a great ability in Infiltrator allows it to be effective against types that commonly run dual screens like Grass, Fairy, and Ice, as well as bypass the Substitute set by setup sweepers such as Spectrier. Draco Meteor and Shadow Ball is an incredible STAB combination that targets a great amount of threats and is only resisted by few. Flamethrower targets Ice-types like Alolan Sandslash, Frosmoth, and Alolan Ninetales, as well as Steel-types like Corviknight, Scizor, and Klefki. Thunderbolt threatens bulky Water- and Flying-types such as Toxapex, Primarina, and Mandibuzz. U-turn allows Dragapult to bring in one of its teammates safely into foes that check it like Swampert, (Alolan Muk) Kingambit, and Ting-Lu. However, Thunderbolt is preferred since it doesn't let it be entirely helpless against Primarina Toxapex and (safely revenge-kill BD Azumarill)Mandibuzz.

Garchomp is a great partner, as it both sets up Stealth Rock and Spikes to aid Dragapult's wallbreaking and cleaning, phaze out potential setup sweepers with Dragon Tail, and take hits from Kingambit thanks to its physical bulk and threaten back with Earthquake. (Mainly Archaludon's job now, Garchomp is more of a offensive spiker/SD'er rn. Mention Archa too btw) Early-game wallbreakers such as Nasty Plot Hydreigon, Choice Specs Latios, and Choice Specs Kyurem make for great partners, as they remove Dragapult's checks so it can easily clean up late-game. Hydreigon handles bulky Gholdengo and Clefable with Dark Pulse and Flash Cannon respectively, (? Mention Articuno/Clodsire perhaps? Mention Gouger as early as here too) Latios threatens bulky Poison-types like Galarian Weezing and Clodsire, and Kyurem targets bulky Ground-types like Clodsire, Gliscor, and Ting-Lu, as well as Hisuian Goodra with its access to Focus Blast (heatran if you want, dont need to mention the move). Dragapult appreciates speed control from Choice Scarf users like Roaring Moon and Latias, with Roaring Moon threatening Choice Scarf Iron Valiant, Latias, and Gholdengo, while Latias not only outspeeds and threatens Choice Scarf Great Tusk (boosted Gougers?) and speed ties with Choice Scarf Iron Moth (dont need to mention that flaw reow), but it can also Trick Choice Scarf and give it to walls and provide Healing Wish support for Dragapult. Dragapult's role as a wallbreaker is appreciated by setup sweepers like Gouging Fire and Dragonite who appreciate the removal of Toxapex and Sableye so they can safely sweep lategame (move gouger higher, replace the gouger here with Raging Bolt [appropriate the examples too]).

[CREDITS]
Written by:
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Will recheck after these edits, thankie Captain

Implemented

 

[Neko]

cat jetto

[SET]
Dragapult @ Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Hex (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 108 Atk / 148 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Naive / Timid Nature
- Will-O-Wisp
- Hex
- Dragon Darts / Draco Meteor
- Substitute / Thunder Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult provides great offensive support for Dragon teams, being an effective form of status spreading thanks to its great Speed and Infiltrator bypassing Substitute to inflict status on foes hiding behind them, allowing it to effectively check Iron Defense Zamazenta. Furthermore, Infiltrator allows Dragapult to render dual screens useless, improving the Fairy matchup. Will-o-Wisp weakens common switch-ins to Dragapult like Iron Hands, Alolan Muk, and Hisuian Goodra, weakening them and reducing their offensive capabilities. Hex takes advantage of Dragapult's great status spreading to afflict great damage on afflicted foes. Draco Meteor can be run over Dragon Darts both when Substitute is not being used as well as better handle Archaludon (and the gouger). Substitute allows Dragapult to take advantage of passive walls such as Toxapex and Clodsire to spread status more safely. Alternatively, Thunder Wave can be used to target faster threats such as +1 Volcarona and Choice Scarf Sneasler. However, Substitute is the preferred option since most foes that outspeed Dragapult can OHKO it outright, but Substitute must only be run with Leftovers as an item. 148 Special Attack EVs allow Dragapult to OHKO Flutter Mane with Hex after it is statused, while 108 Attack EVs further improve the power of Dragon Darts (maybe mention that DM isnt really run with Substitute?).

Early game wallbreakers such as Choice Band Dragonite and Choice Specs Latios appreciate Dragapult's status spreading, with Latios fearing less from Iron Hands's Ice Punch. Dragonite threatens Corviknight with Fire Punch and Alolan Muk, Hisuian Goodra, and Heatran, while Latios targets Toxapex and Iron Hands. Steel-type partners such as Archaludon amd Hisuian Goodra make for great defensive partners, as they can take hits from offensive threats to Dragapult, with Archaludon taking hits from Kingambit and Meowscarada and threaten back with Body Press further helped by Stamina or Heavy Slam (unused move on Archa), as well as set up Stealth Rock, while Hisuian Goodra threatens a multitude of Fairy-types including Iron Valiant, Flutter Mane, and Enamorus. Raging Bolt handles Water-types that can cause Dragapult trouble such as Azumarill and Empoleon. Lastly, Dragapult's stallbreaking and weakening of walls with status opens the door for setup sweepers like Roaring Moon, Garchomp, and Gouging Fire to sweep late-game.

[SET]
Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt / U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult makes for a great special wallbreaker and late-game cleaner on Dragon teams by virtue of its great coverage and its Speed making it the fastest in the unboosted metagame. Furthermore, a great ability in Infiltrator allows it to be effective against types that commonly run dual screens like Fairy and Ice, as well as bypass the Substitute set by setup sweepers such as Spectrier. Draco Meteor and Shadow Ball is an incredible STAB combination that targets a great amount of threats and is only resisted by few. Flamethrower targets Ice-types like Alolan Sandslash, Frosmoth, and Alolan Ninetales, as well as Steel-types like Corviknight, Scizor, and Klefki. Thunderbolt threatens bulky Water- and Flying-types such as Toxapex, Primarina, and Mandibuzz. U-turn allows Dragapult to bring in one of its teammates safely into foes that check it like Swampert, Alolan Muk, and Ting-Lu. However, Thunderbolt is preferred since it doesn't let it be entirely helpless against Primarina and Azumarill.

Garchomp is a great partner, as it both sets up Stealth Rock and Spikes to aid Dragapult's wallbreaking and cleaning, phaze out potential setup sweepers with Dragon Tail, and can potentially sweep late-game with Swords Dance and Scale Shot. (move to after gouger, remove SR mention + phazing [Archa is preferred, keep Spikes/SD tho) Archaludon also provides Stealth Rock support and grants defensive coverage against Kingambit. Early-game wallbreakers such as Nasty Plot Hydreigon, Choice Specs Latios, and Choice Specs Kyurem make for great partners, as they remove Dragapult's checks so it can easily clean up late-game. Hydreigon handles bulky Gouging Fire and Articuno, Latios threatens bulky Poison-types like Galarian Weezing and Clodsire, and Kyurem targets bulky Ground-types like Clodsire, Gliscor, and Ting-Lu, as well as Heatran. Gouging Fire's part Fire-typing allows it to matchup well against Fairy-types such as Flutter Mane, Iron Valiant, and Clefable. Dragapult appreciates speed control from Choice Scarf users like Roaring Moon and Latias, with Roaring Moon threatening Choice Scarf Iron Valiant, Latias, and Gholdengo, while Latias not only outspeeds and threatens Choice Scarf Great Tusk and boosted Gouging Fire, but it can also Trick Choice Scarf and give it to walls and provide Healing Wish support for Dragapult. Dragapult's role as a wallbreaker is appreciated by setup sweepers like Raging Bolt and Dragonite who appreciate the removal of Alolan Ninetales and Sableye so they can safely sweep lategame.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
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QC 1/1, thankie Captain

 

[CaptainDaimyo]

cat jetto

[SET]
Dragapult @ Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Hex (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 108 Atk / 148 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Naive / Timid Nature
- Will-O-Wisp
- Hex
- Dragon Darts / Draco Meteor
- Substitute / Thunder Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult provides great offensive support for Dragon teams, being an effective form of status spreading thanks to its great Speed and Infiltrator bypassing Substitute to inflict status on foes hiding behind them, allowing it to effectively check Iron Defense Zamazenta. Furthermore, Infiltrator allows Dragapult to render dual screens useless, improving the Fairy matchup. Will-o-Wisp weakens common switch-ins to Dragapult like Iron Hands, Alolan Muk, and Hisuian Goodra, weakening them and reducing their offensive capabilities. Hex takes advantage of Dragapult's great status spreading to afflict great damage on afflicted foes. Draco Meteor can be run over Dragon Darts both when Substitute is not being used as well as better handle Archaludon (and the gouger). Substitute allows Dragapult to take advantage of passive walls such as Toxapex and Clodsire to spread status more safely. Alternatively, Thunder Wave can be used to target faster threats such as +1 Volcarona and Choice Scarf Sneasler. However, Substitute is the preferred option since most foes that outspeed Dragapult can OHKO it outright, but Substitute must only be run with Leftovers as an item. 148 Special Attack EVs allow Dragapult to OHKO Flutter Mane with Hex after it is statused, while 108 Attack EVs further improve the power of Dragon Darts (maybe mention that DM isnt really run with Substitute?).

Early game wallbreakers such as Choice Band Dragonite and Choice Specs Latios appreciate Dragapult's status spreading, with Latios fearing less from Iron Hands's Ice Punch. Dragonite threatens Corviknight with Fire Punch and Alolan Muk, Hisuian Goodra, and Heatran, while Latios targets Toxapex and Iron Hands. Steel-type partners such as Archaludon amd Hisuian Goodra make for great defensive partners, as they can take hits from offensive threats to Dragapult, with Archaludon taking hits from Kingambit and Meowscarada and threaten back with Body Press further helped by Stamina or Heavy Slam (unused move on Archa), as well as set up Stealth Rock, while Hisuian Goodra threatens a multitude of Fairy-types including Iron Valiant, Flutter Mane, and Enamorus. Raging Bolt handles Water-types that can cause Dragapult trouble such as Azumarill and Empoleon. Lastly, Dragapult's stallbreaking and weakening of walls with status opens the door for setup sweepers like Roaring Moon, Garchomp, and Gouging Fire to sweep late-game.

[SET]
Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt / U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult makes for a great special wallbreaker and late-game cleaner on Dragon teams by virtue of its great coverage and its Speed making it the fastest in the unboosted metagame. Furthermore, a great ability in Infiltrator allows it to be effective against types that commonly run dual screens like Fairy and Ice, as well as bypass the Substitute set by setup sweepers such as Spectrier. Draco Meteor and Shadow Ball is an incredible STAB combination that targets a great amount of threats and is only resisted by few. Flamethrower targets Ice-types like Alolan Sandslash, Frosmoth, and Alolan Ninetales, as well as Steel-types like Corviknight, Scizor, and Klefki. Thunderbolt threatens bulky Water- and Flying-types such as Toxapex, Primarina, and Mandibuzz. U-turn allows Dragapult to bring in one of its teammates safely into foes that check it like Swampert, Alolan Muk, and Ting-Lu. However, Thunderbolt is preferred since it doesn't let it be entirely helpless against Primarina and Azumarill.

Garchomp is a great partner, as it both sets up Stealth Rock and Spikes to aid Dragapult's wallbreaking and cleaning, phaze out potential setup sweepers with Dragon Tail, and can potentially sweep late-game with Swords Dance and Scale Shot. (move to after gouger, remove SR mention + phazing [Archa is preferred, keep Spikes/SD tho) Archaludon also provides Stealth Rock support and grants defensive coverage against Kingambit. Early-game wallbreakers such as Nasty Plot Hydreigon, Choice Specs Latios, and Choice Specs Kyurem make for great partners, as they remove Dragapult's checks so it can easily clean up late-game. Hydreigon handles bulky Gouging Fire and Articuno, Latios threatens bulky Poison-types like Galarian Weezing and Clodsire, and Kyurem targets bulky Ground-types like Clodsire, Gliscor, and Ting-Lu, as well as Heatran. Gouging Fire's part Fire-typing allows it to matchup well against Fairy-types such as Flutter Mane, Iron Valiant, and Clefable. Dragapult appreciates speed control from Choice Scarf users like Roaring Moon and Latias, with Roaring Moon threatening Choice Scarf Iron Valiant, Latias, and Gholdengo, while Latias not only outspeeds and threatens Choice Scarf Great Tusk and boosted Gouging Fire, but it can also Trick Choice Scarf and give it to walls and provide Healing Wish support for Dragapult. Dragapult's role as a wallbreaker is appreciated by setup sweepers like Raging Bolt and Dragonite who appreciate the removal of Alolan Ninetales and Sableye so they can safely sweep lategame.

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[SET]
Dragapult @ Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Hex (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 108 Atk / 148 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Naive / Timid Nature
- Will-O-Wisp
- Hex
- Dragon Darts / Draco Meteor
- Substitute / Thunder Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult provides great offensive support for Dragon teams, being an effective form of status spreading thanks to its great Speed and ability, Infiltrator, (AC) which allows it to bypass bypassing (sentence sounded a bit awkward so i fixed the tenses. "Speed and Infilitrator" together just made it sound like Infiltrator is a stat.) Substitute to inflict status on foes hiding behind them, allowing it to effectively check Iron Defense Zamazenta. Furthermore, Infiltrator allows Dragapult to render dual screens useless, thus improving the Fairy matchup. Will-o-Wisp Will-O-Wisp weakens common switch-ins to Dragapult like Iron Hands, Alolan Muk, and Hisuian Goodra, weakening them and reducing their offensive capabilities. Hex takes advantage of Dragapult's great status spreading to afflict great considerable (overused "great") damage on afflicted foes. Draco Meteor can be run over Dragon Darts, (AC) both when Substitute is not being used as well as and to better handle Archaludon and Gouging Fire in a better way. However, Dragon Darts is preferred since the Special Attack drop from Draco Meteor is undesirable when run alongside Substitute. Substitute allows Dragapult to take advantage of passive walls such as Toxapex and Clodsire to spread status more safely. Alternatively, Thunder Wave can be used to target faster threats such as +1 Volcarona and Choice Scarf Sneasler. However, Substitute is the preferred option since most foes that outspeed Dragapult can OHKO it outright, but Substitute must only be run with Leftovers as an item. 148 Special Attack EVs allow Dragapult to OHKO Flutter Mane with Hex after it is statused, while 108 Attack EVs further improve the power of Dragon Darts.

Early game wallbreakers such as Choice Band Dragonite and Choice Specs Latios appreciate Dragapult's status spreading, with Latios fearing less from Iron Hands's Ice Punch. Dragonite threatens Corviknight, Alolan Muk, Hisuian Goodra, and Heatran, while Latios targets Toxapex and Iron Hands. Steel-type partners such as Archaludon amd Hisuian Goodra make for great defensive partners, as they can take hits from offensive threats to Dragapult, with Archaludon taking hits from Kingambit and Meowscarada and threaten threatening back with Body Press, (AC) further helped by Stamina, as well as set setting up Stealth Rock, while Hisuian Goodra threatens a multitude of Fairy-types including Iron Valiant, Flutter Mane, and Enamorus. Raging Bolt handles Water-types that can cause Dragapult trouble such as Azumarill and Empoleon. Lastly, Dragapult's ability to stallbreak and weaken walls stallbreaking and weakening of walls with status opens the door for setup sweepers like Roaring Moon, Garchomp, and Gouging Fire to sweep late-game.

[SET]
Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt / U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult makes for a great special wallbreaker and late-game cleaner on Dragon teams by virtue of its great coverage and its Speed, (AC) making it the fastest Pokemon (while "Pokemon" is implied, since ur using a superlative, the lack of a noun here felt off) in the unboosted metagame. Furthermore, a great ability in Infiltrator allows it to be effective against types that commonly run dual screens like Fairy and Ice, as well as bypass bypassing the Substitute set sets (earlier implication was there's only one single, definitive sub set) by setup sweepers such as Spectrier. Draco Meteor and Shadow Ball is form (plural subject but i replaced the be-verb with another) an incredible STAB move combination that targets target a great amount of threats and is are only resisted by a few. Flamethrower targets Ice-types like Alolan Sandslash, Frosmoth, and Alolan Ninetales, as well as Steel-types like Corviknight, Scizor, and Klefki. Thunderbolt threatens bulky Water- and Flying-types such as Toxapex, Primarina, and Mandibuzz. U-turn allows Dragapult to bring in one of its teammates safely into foes that check it like Swampert, Alolan Muk, and Ting-Lu. However, Thunderbolt is preferred since it doesn't let it be render it (better phrasing could be warranted here) entirely helpless against Primarina and Azumarill.

Archaludon provides Stealth Rock support and grants defensive coverage against Kingambit. Early-game wallbreakers such as Nasty Plot Hydreigon, Choice Specs Latios, and Choice Specs Kyurem make for great excellent (great overused) partners, as they remove Dragapult's checks so that it can easily clean up late-game. Hydreigon handles bulky Gouging Fire and Articuno, Latios threatens bulky Poison-types like Galarian Weezing and Clodsire, and Kyurem targets bulky Ground-types like Clodsire, Gliscor, and Ting-Lu, as well as Heatran. Gouging Fire's part Fire-typing part-Fire typing allows it to matchup well against Fairy-types such as Flutter Mane, Iron Valiant, and Clefable. Garchomp is a great partner, as it sets up Spikes to aid Dragapult's wallbreaking and cleaning, (AC) and it can potentially sweep late-game with Swords Dance and Scale Shot. Dragapult appreciates speed control from Choice Scarf users like Roaring Moon and Latias, with as Roaring Moon threatening threatens Choice Scarf Iron Valiant, Latias, and Gholdengo, while Latias not only outspeeds and threatens Choice Scarf Great Tusk and boosted Gouging Fire, but it can also Trick Choice Scarf and give it to walls and provide in addition to providing (this sentence has a lot of parts, i felt that the last part warranted a different connective than "and" otherwise it sounded like various stray clauses strung together with basic conjunctions (and, but, while, etc.)) Healing Wish support for Dragapult. Dragapult's role as a wallbreaker is appreciated by setup sweepers like Raging Bolt and Dragonite, (AC) who which appreciate the removal of Alolan Ninetales and Sableye so they can safely sweep lategame late-game.

[CREDITS]
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[SET]
Dragapult @ Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Hex (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 108 Atk / 148 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Naive / Timid Nature
- Will-O-Wisp
- Hex
- Dragon Darts / Draco Meteor
- Substitute / Thunder Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult provides great offensive support for Dragon teams, being an effective form of status spreading thanks to its great Speed and ability, Infiltrator, (AC) which allows it to bypass bypassing (sentence sounded a bit awkward so i fixed the tenses. "Speed and Infilitrator" together just made it sound like Infiltrator is a stat.) Substitute to inflict status on foes hiding behind them, allowing it to effectively check Iron Defense Zamazenta. Furthermore, Infiltrator allows Dragapult to render dual screens useless, thus improving the Fairy matchup. Will-o-Wisp Will-O-Wisp weakens common switch-ins to Dragapult like Iron Hands, Alolan Muk, and Hisuian Goodra, weakening them and reducing their offensive capabilities. Hex takes advantage of Dragapult's great status spreading to afflict great considerable (overused "great") damage on afflicted foes. Draco Meteor can be run over Dragon Darts, (AC) both when Substitute is not being used as well as and to better handle Archaludon and Gouging Fire in a better way. However, Dragon Darts is preferred since the Special Attack drop from Draco Meteor is undesirable when run alongside Substitute. Substitute allows Dragapult to take advantage of passive walls such as Toxapex and Clodsire to spread status more safely. Alternatively, Thunder Wave can be used to target faster threats such as +1 Volcarona and Choice Scarf Sneasler. However, Substitute is the preferred option since most foes that outspeed Dragapult can OHKO it outright, but Substitute must only be run with Leftovers as an item. 148 Special Attack EVs allow Dragapult to OHKO Flutter Mane with Hex after it is statused, while 108 Attack EVs further improve the power of Dragon Darts.

Early game wallbreakers such as Choice Band Dragonite and Choice Specs Latios appreciate Dragapult's status spreading, with Latios fearing less from Iron Hands's Ice Punch. Dragonite threatens Corviknight, Alolan Muk, Hisuian Goodra, and Heatran, while Latios targets Toxapex and Iron Hands. Steel-type partners such as Archaludon amd Hisuian Goodra make for great defensive partners, as they can take hits from offensive threats to Dragapult, with Archaludon taking hits from Kingambit and Meowscarada and threaten threatening back with Body Press, (AC) further helped by Stamina, as well as set setting up Stealth Rock, while Hisuian Goodra threatens a multitude of Fairy-types including Iron Valiant, Flutter Mane, and Enamorus. Raging Bolt handles Water-types that can cause Dragapult trouble such as Azumarill and Empoleon. Lastly, Dragapult's ability to stallbreak and weaken walls stallbreaking and weakening of walls with status opens the door for setup sweepers like Roaring Moon, Garchomp, and Gouging Fire to sweep late-game.

[SET]
Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt / U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult makes for a great special wallbreaker and late-game cleaner on Dragon teams by virtue of its great coverage and its Speed, (AC) making it the fastest Pokemon (while "Pokemon" is implied, since ur using a superlative, the lack of a noun here felt off) in the unboosted metagame. Furthermore, a great ability in Infiltrator allows it to be effective against types that commonly run dual screens like Fairy and Ice, as well as bypass bypassing the Substitute set sets (earlier implication was there's only one single, definitive sub set) by setup sweepers such as Spectrier. Draco Meteor and Shadow Ball is form (plural subject but i replaced the be-verb with another) an incredible STAB move combination that targets target a great amount of threats and is are only resisted by a few. Flamethrower targets Ice-types like Alolan Sandslash, Frosmoth, and Alolan Ninetales, as well as Steel-types like Corviknight, Scizor, and Klefki. Thunderbolt threatens bulky Water- and Flying-types such as Toxapex, Primarina, and Mandibuzz. U-turn allows Dragapult to bring in one of its teammates safely into foes that check it like Swampert, Alolan Muk, and Ting-Lu. However, Thunderbolt is preferred since it doesn't let it be render it (better phrasing could be warranted here) entirely helpless against Primarina and Azumarill.

Archaludon provides Stealth Rock support and grants defensive coverage against Kingambit. Early-game wallbreakers such as Nasty Plot Hydreigon, Choice Specs Latios, and Choice Specs Kyurem make for great excellent (great overused) partners, as they remove Dragapult's checks so that it can easily clean up late-game. Hydreigon handles bulky Gouging Fire and Articuno, Latios threatens bulky Poison-types like Galarian Weezing and Clodsire, and Kyurem targets bulky Ground-types like Clodsire, Gliscor, and Ting-Lu, as well as Heatran. Gouging Fire's part Fire-typing part-Fire typing allows it to matchup well against Fairy-types such as Flutter Mane, Iron Valiant, and Clefable. Garchomp is a great partner, as it sets up Spikes to aid Dragapult's wallbreaking and cleaning, (AC) and it can potentially sweep late-game with Swords Dance and Scale Shot. Dragapult appreciates speed control from Choice Scarf users like Roaring Moon and Latias, with as Roaring Moon threatening threatens Choice Scarf Iron Valiant, Latias, and Gholdengo, while Latias not only outspeeds and threatens Choice Scarf Great Tusk and boosted Gouging Fire, but it can also Trick Choice Scarf and give it to walls and provide in addition to providing (this sentence has a lot of parts, i felt that the last part warranted a different connective than "and" otherwise it sounded like various stray clauses strung together with basic conjunctions (and, but, while, etc.)) Healing Wish support for Dragapult. Dragapult's role as a wallbreaker is appreciated by setup sweepers like Raging Bolt and Dragonite, (AC) who which appreciate the removal of Alolan Ninetales and Sableye so they can safely sweep lategame late-game.

[CREDITS]
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[SET]
Dragapult @ Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Hex (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 108 Atk / 148 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Naive / Timid Nature
- Will-O-Wisp
- Hex
- Dragon Darts / Draco Meteor
- Substitute / Thunder Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult provides great offensive support for Dragon teams, being an effective form of status spreading thanks to its great Speed and ability, Infiltrator, which Infiltrator. This allows it to bypass Substitute to inflict status on foes hiding behind them, allowing enabling it to effectively check Iron Defense Zamazenta. (there's a lot of different parts to this, so make sure there's not a lot of clauses tacked onto the end of a sentence helps with readability. if a sentence is too long or runs on, you can split it up) Furthermore, Infiltrator allows Dragapult to render dual screens useless, thus improving the Fairy matchup. Will-O-Wisp weakens common switch-ins to Dragapult like Iron Hands, Alolan Muk, and Hisuian Goodra, weakening them and reducing their offensive capabilities. (you've already said 'weakening them' - keep an eye out for repetition of phrases so a writer isn't saying the same thing twice) Hex takes advantage of Dragapult's great status spreading to afflict considerable deal high damage on to afflicted foes. (repetition of words like 'afflict' here is also something to look out for. i also changed considerable -> high bc the original used great damage, and considerable doesn't have as similar of a meaning. fi considerable is more accurate tho, feel free to keep) Draco Meteor can be run over Dragon Darts, both when Substitute is not being used and if it needs to handle Archaludon and Gouging Fire in a better way. However, Dragon Darts is preferred, (AC; commas before since follow the same rule as commas before as) since the Special Attack drop from Draco Meteor is undesirable when run alongside Substitute. Substitute allows Dragapult to take advantage of passive walls such as Toxapex and Clodsire to spread status more safely. Alternatively, Thunder Wave can be used to target faster threats such as +1 Volcarona and Choice Scarf Sneasler. However, Substitute is the preferred option, (AC) since most foes that outspeed Dragapult can OHKO it outright, but Substitute must only be run with Leftovers as an item. 148 Special Attack EVs allow Dragapult to OHKO Flutter Mane with Hex after it is statused, while 108 Attack EVs further improve the power of Dragon Darts.

Early game Early-game wallbreakers such as Choice Band Dragonite and Choice Specs Latios appreciate Dragapult's status spreading, with Latios fearing less from Iron Hands's Ice Punch. Dragonite threatens Corviknight, Alolan Muk, Hisuian Goodra, and Heatran, while Latios targets Toxapex and Iron Hands. Steel-type partners such as Archaludon amd and Hisuian Goodra make for great defensive partners, as they (steel-type partners make for good partners repetition) can take hits from offensive threats to Dragapult, with Archaludon taking hits from Kingambit and Meowscarada and threatening back with Body Press, further helped by Stamina, as well as setting up Stealth Rock, while Hisuian Rock. Hisuian (breaking up overlong sentence) Goodra threatens a multitude of Fairy-types including Iron Valiant, Flutter Mane, and Enamorus. Raging Bolt handles Water-types that can cause Dragapult trouble such as Azumarill and Empoleon. Lastly, Dragapult's ability to stallbreak and weaken walls with status opens the door for setup sweepers like Roaring Moon, Garchomp, and Gouging Fire to sweep late-game.

[SET]
Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt / U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult makes for a great special wallbreaker and late-game cleaner on Dragon teams by virtue of its great coverage and its high Speed, making it the fastest unboosted Pokemon in the unboosted metagame. (its the fastest unboosted pokemon, not the fastest unboosted metagame) Furthermore, a great ability in Infiltrator allows it to be effective against types that commonly run dual screens like Fairy and Ice, as well as bypassing Substitute sets by setup sweepers and it can bypass Substitute from setup sweepers such as Spectrier. Draco Meteor and Shadow Ball form an incredible STAB move combination that target targets a great amount number of threats and are is only resisted by a few. (referring to combination here, so that's a singular thing. also amount -> number here because 'number' is usef fro countable things like threats and amount is used for non-countable thngs) Flamethrower targets Ice-types like Alolan Sandslash, Frosmoth, and Alolan Ninetales, as well as Steel-types like Corviknight, Scizor, and Klefki. Thunderbolt threatens bulky Water- and Flying-types such as Toxapex, Primarina, and Mandibuzz. U-turn allows Dragapult to bring in one of its teammates safely into foes that check it like Swampert, Alolan Muk, and Ting-Lu. However, Thunderbolt is preferred, (AC) since it doesn't render it Dragapult entirely helpless against Primarina and Azumarill. (first 'it' here - tbolt; second 'it' here = dragapult, so i changed one of them. 'it' shouldn't be vague or hard to understand what's being referred to)

Archaludon provides Stealth Rock support and grants defensive coverage against Kingambit. Early-game wallbreakers such as Nasty Plot Hydreigon, Choice Specs Latios, and Choice Specs Kyurem make for excellent partners, as they remove Dragapult's checks so that it can easily clean up late-game. Hydreigon handles bulky Gouging Fire and Articuno, Latios threatens bulky Poison-types like Galarian Weezing and Clodsire, and Kyurem targets bulky Ground-types like Clodsire, Gliscor, and Ting-Lu, as well as Heatran. Gouging Fire's part-Fire typing allows it to matchup well against Fairy-types such as Flutter Mane, Iron Valiant, and Clefable. Garchomp is a great partner, as it sets up Spikes to aid Dragapult's wallbreaking and cleaning, and it can potentially sweep late-game with Swords Dance and Scale Shot. Dragapult appreciates speed control from Choice Scarf users like Roaring Moon and Latias, as Roaring Moon threatens Choice Scarf Iron Valiant, Latias, and Gholdengo, while Latias not only outspeeds and threatens Choice Scarf Great Tusk and boosted Gouging Fire, but it can also Trick Choice Scarf and give it to walls give its Choice Scarf to a wall with Trick. In addition, it provides (don't use moves as verbs. also breaking up another overlong sentence) in addition to providing Healing Wish support for Dragapult. Dragapult's role as a wallbreaker is appreciated by setup sweepers like Raging Bolt and Dragonite, which appreciate benefit from (repetition of appreciate) the removal of Alolan Ninetales and Sableye so they can safely sweep late-game.

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[SET]
Dragapult @ Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Hex (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 108 Atk / 148 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Naive / Timid Nature
- Will-O-Wisp
- Hex
- Dragon Darts / Draco Meteor
- Substitute / Thunder Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult provides great offensive support for Dragon teams, being an effective form of status spreading thanks to its great Speed and ability, Infiltrator, which Infiltrator. This allows it to bypass Substitute to inflict status on foes hiding behind them, allowing enabling it to effectively check Iron Defense Zamazenta. (there's a lot of different parts to this, so make sure there's not a lot of clauses tacked onto the end of a sentence helps with readability. if a sentence is too long or runs on, you can split it up) Furthermore, Infiltrator allows Dragapult to render dual screens useless, thus improving the Fairy matchup. Will-O-Wisp weakens common switch-ins to Dragapult like Iron Hands, Alolan Muk, and Hisuian Goodra, weakening them and reducing their offensive capabilities. (you've already said 'weakening them' - keep an eye out for repetition of phrases so a writer isn't saying the same thing twice) Hex takes advantage of Dragapult's great status spreading to afflict considerable deal high damage on to afflicted foes. (repetition of words like 'afflict' here is also something to look out for. i also changed considerable -> high bc the original used great damage, and considerable doesn't have as similar of a meaning. fi considerable is more accurate tho, feel free to keep) Draco Meteor can be run over Dragon Darts, both when Substitute is not being used and if it needs to handle Archaludon and Gouging Fire in a better way. However, Dragon Darts is preferred, (AC; commas before since follow the same rule as commas before as) since the Special Attack drop from Draco Meteor is undesirable when run alongside Substitute. Substitute allows Dragapult to take advantage of passive walls such as Toxapex and Clodsire to spread status more safely. Alternatively, Thunder Wave can be used to target faster threats such as +1 Volcarona and Choice Scarf Sneasler. However, Substitute is the preferred option, (AC) since most foes that outspeed Dragapult can OHKO it outright, but Substitute must only be run with Leftovers as an item. 148 Special Attack EVs allow Dragapult to OHKO Flutter Mane with Hex after it is statused, while 108 Attack EVs further improve the power of Dragon Darts.

Early game Early-game wallbreakers such as Choice Band Dragonite and Choice Specs Latios appreciate Dragapult's status spreading, with Latios fearing less from Iron Hands's Ice Punch. Dragonite threatens Corviknight, Alolan Muk, Hisuian Goodra, and Heatran, while Latios targets Toxapex and Iron Hands. Steel-type partners such as Archaludon amd and Hisuian Goodra make for great defensive partners, as they (steel-type partners make for good partners repetition) can take hits from offensive threats to Dragapult, with Archaludon taking hits from Kingambit and Meowscarada and threatening back with Body Press, further helped by Stamina, as well as setting up Stealth Rock, while Hisuian Rock. Hisuian (breaking up overlong sentence) Goodra threatens a multitude of Fairy-types including Iron Valiant, Flutter Mane, and Enamorus. Raging Bolt handles Water-types that can cause Dragapult trouble such as Azumarill and Empoleon. Lastly, Dragapult's ability to stallbreak and weaken walls with status opens the door for setup sweepers like Roaring Moon, Garchomp, and Gouging Fire to sweep late-game.

[SET]
Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Name: Choice Specs (Dragon)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt / U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult makes for a great special wallbreaker and late-game cleaner on Dragon teams by virtue of its great coverage and its high Speed, making it the fastest unboosted Pokemon in the unboosted metagame. (its the fastest unboosted pokemon, not the fastest unboosted metagame) Furthermore, a great ability in Infiltrator allows it to be effective against types that commonly run dual screens like Fairy and Ice, as well as bypassing Substitute sets by setup sweepers and it can bypass Substitute from setup sweepers such as Spectrier. Draco Meteor and Shadow Ball form an incredible STAB move combination that target targets a great amount number of threats and are is only resisted by a few. (referring to combination here, so that's a singular thing. also amount -> number here because 'number' is usef fro countable things like threats and amount is used for non-countable thngs) Flamethrower targets Ice-types like Alolan Sandslash, Frosmoth, and Alolan Ninetales, as well as Steel-types like Corviknight, Scizor, and Klefki. Thunderbolt threatens bulky Water- and Flying-types such as Toxapex, Primarina, and Mandibuzz. U-turn allows Dragapult to bring in one of its teammates safely into foes that check it like Swampert, Alolan Muk, and Ting-Lu. However, Thunderbolt is preferred, (AC) since it doesn't render it Dragapult entirely helpless against Primarina and Azumarill. (first 'it' here - tbolt; second 'it' here = dragapult, so i changed one of them. 'it' shouldn't be vague or hard to understand what's being referred to)

Archaludon provides Stealth Rock support and grants defensive coverage against Kingambit. Early-game wallbreakers such as Nasty Plot Hydreigon, Choice Specs Latios, and Choice Specs Kyurem make for excellent partners, as they remove Dragapult's checks so that it can easily clean up late-game. Hydreigon handles bulky Gouging Fire and Articuno, Latios threatens bulky Poison-types like Galarian Weezing and Clodsire, and Kyurem targets bulky Ground-types like Clodsire, Gliscor, and Ting-Lu, as well as Heatran. Gouging Fire's part-Fire typing allows it to matchup well against Fairy-types such as Flutter Mane, Iron Valiant, and Clefable. Garchomp is a great partner, as it sets up Spikes to aid Dragapult's wallbreaking and cleaning, and it can potentially sweep late-game with Swords Dance and Scale Shot. Dragapult appreciates speed control from Choice Scarf users like Roaring Moon and Latias, as Roaring Moon threatens Choice Scarf Iron Valiant, Latias, and Gholdengo, while Latias not only outspeeds and threatens Choice Scarf Great Tusk and boosted Gouging Fire, but it can also Trick Choice Scarf and give it to walls give its Choice Scarf to a wall with Trick. In addition, it provides (don't use moves as verbs. also breaking up another overlong sentence) in addition to providing Healing Wish support for Dragapult. Dragapult's role as a wallbreaker is appreciated by setup sweepers like Raging Bolt and Dragonite, which appreciate benefit from (repetition of appreciate) the removal of Alolan Ninetales and Sableye so they can safely sweep late-game.

[CREDITS]
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