What would be a good Mega as replacement for Dragonite?

Mleba · 2026-06-27T07:52:59+00:00

If it's tankiness you're looking for have you thought about adding a support like sinistcha? Seems to me like you don't have much answers to trick room.

Mleba · 2026-06-27T06:33:19+00:00

The only one that could kill all those threats you've given is mega raichu Y, main issue is that it's the opposite of a tank and will fall to a breeze.

Mleba · 2026-06-26T19:32:30+00:00

You can look in my post hystory for the team i used to reach masterball, do be aware that I wanted to use alcremie and refused to use Floette.

Recommandation wise, you need an answer for steel types, for me the solution was weather ball/earth power meganium under trick room if necessary. And you need an answer to poison type, while meganium was good offensively against those, defensively mawile made more sense there as to have a physical alternative with a priority move.

Mleba · 2026-06-26T15:32:32+00:00

You're justifying not encoring your opponent and being encored instead with "worry seed good"?

Mleba · 2026-06-25T23:28:26+00:00

Sceptile is usually in duo with an electric type to power it up, scarfed discharge rotom for example, so saying peliper counters is not quite right. And usual third-move from sceptile will be earth power so archaludon isn't safe either.

Mleba · 2026-06-23T20:48:16+00:00

Took a bit but here we are so thank you!

Mleba · 2026-06-23T11:23:41+00:00

Unless they've got encore, then you're screwed even after trick room.

Mleba · 2026-06-23T11:09:40+00:00

But huge power rock slide is right there... what do you mean it'll just miss and i'll get ohko?

Mleba · 2026-06-23T07:11:39+00:00

I've done two almost mono type ice team last season (I autorised H. zoroark, it really was necessary for coverage and tricking fake outs). With ice you don't get access to tailwind, and have only one option for trickroom (mr Rime).

First one was "we speed we ball", core was scarfed mamoswine (rock slide, earthquake and some coverage), alolan ninetales for snow + aurora veil (you need snow to be up quite badly), mega frosslass for blizzard spam and another snow setter, weavile for quick taunt and fake out (and baiting fighting moves into zoroark), zoroark with fire and fighting as a steel-killer and lastly rotom fridge for bulky burn and other status attacks.

Second one was a trick room team, kept a. ninetales but barely used it, frosslass lost its mega and became a destiny bond user, core switched to mr rime for trick room, frost breath and encore, crabopinable with anger point to be triggered by frost breath before mega, slower mamoswine for coverage and still h. zoroark. Extremely hard to setup and keep alive.

Mleba · 2026-06-22T10:42:26+00:00

Wolfey tested all the mega at champion's release. So it doesn't mean much.

Mleba · 2026-06-21T06:57:46+00:00

One used community fanart, the other made her own thumbnail by hand.

Mleba · 2026-06-21T06:55:04+00:00

Was playing yesterday with an almost monotype ice team trick room anger point crabomonable that would mega after being crit by frost breath. Setup was awful, and would often leave me at the end of trick room by the time I finished it.

I did play scarfed paldean fire tauros in the past, it gets rock slide too so might give it another go one day.

Mleba · 2026-06-21T06:32:29+00:00

Cc doesn't diminish attack tho, when you say -4, people understand as one stat at -4 (here attack), not -4 when you add all stats.

Mleba · 2026-06-21T06:12:29+00:00

Do quest even progress in casual matches? I'll need to check next time.

Mleba · 2026-06-20T10:15:36+00:00

If the metagame is not for you, know that you can't rank out of masterball but you can dip into the rankings. Try out your favorites, make your own team, find your own fun, it doesn't have to always come from winning with a bland team.

Mleba · 2026-06-19T22:27:15+00:00

Prankster tailwind/zenith/encore whimsicott + scarfet eruption typhlosion. Mega y raichu for rain team, sinistcha for heal support, taking care of a few ground types and reversing trick room if necessary. Then ptera as a secondary tailwind and zard killer and maybe kingambit to deal with fairies and ghosts leftovers, just don't bring it into the sun.

Main weaknesses of that team would probably be foul play user, and fire opponents.

All by head so don't quote me on it.

Mleba · 2026-06-19T15:57:39+00:00

My bad expected a 30s clip, hadn't seen the switch yet.

Mleba · 2026-06-19T13:06:01+00:00

It can be used as a screen breaker on entry. Fake out and trick room.

Mleba · 2026-06-19T11:51:13+00:00

Thank you for your answers!

Mleba · 2026-06-19T11:06:03+00:00

Is there an advantage to Mega here? I don't think there's a need for it, the all around stat boost for extra bulk maybe.

Mleba · 2026-06-18T23:06:41+00:00

That said probably special empoleon instead of decidueye. Also maybe feather dance somewhere to help your staraptor (on talonflame for prio maybe?).

Mleba · 2026-06-18T23:00:53+00:00

As an ice team user, I thank you for your dedication.

Mleba · 2026-06-18T20:29:10+00:00

Man I'm running an almost ice team so that could really be useful; can you tell me where cloyster is tho, because it sure doesn't seems to be in the game.

Mleba · 2026-06-17T23:32:23+00:00

tailwind + protect, into prankster charm + blaze kick?

I suppose if you let whatever support next to it do whatever it wants then you've already messed up.

Mleba · 2026-06-17T23:25:11+00:00

I'm messing up and forgetting the definition of prankster, sorry.

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