

For instance, very few Dragons can learn priority moves (like Quick Attack, Aqua Jet, Mach Punch, Extreme Speed, etc.) and none of them learn it naturally, requiring breeding to access. While Dragons learn a variety of moves to deal with different typing pairs (before the introduction of Fairy types, Dragons could have perfect coverage), they lack more subtle moves to make a team flow well together. Any strong sweeper with Dragon moves can deal incredibly damage to a Dragon team. This leaves fewer options, 6 which are 4x weak to Ice, 1 which is 4x weak to Fairy, 5 which are 2x to Rock (and thus, Stealth Rock), and not to mention all which are weak to Dragon itself. There’s really only about 15-20 fully evolved Dragons that don’t contrast with the established rules of TSMs. Of course, there’s a flipside of that coin. Also, Hydreigon is immune to Psychic type attacks as well, and both Flygon and Garchomp are immune to Electric (although they were already resistant to the type). Despite the few mixtures of Dragon/something-else, there are a handful of immunities, most notably to Ground due to the large pools of Flying types and the ability Levitate. A good percentage of Dragons can also learn Roost to help heal.

However, Dragons occasionally have a secondary typing that gives STAB against Steel (Fire and Ground), and most Dragons learn moves to counter both Steel and Fairy. Dragon moves are only resisted by Steel and can’t affect Fairy. Dragons have the best stats overall compared to other types, a large percentage of pseudo-legendaries are Dragons, and have very powerful moves backed by mostly unrestricted Same Type Attack Bonus (STAB). Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.When considering having a pure typed team, Dragon is likely going to be one of the thoughts and for good reason too. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.

