Dragonite counters

Gen 9 VGC 2026 Reg I · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Dragonite
#0149 Dragonite
DragonFlying
USAGE 9.1% #24
ABILITYInner Focus
BASE STATS
HP 91
ATK 134
DEF 95
SPA 100
SPD 100
SPE 80
BST600
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Ice
2×
RockDragonFairy
½×
FireWaterFightingBug
¼×
Grass
0×
Ground
Moves
Extreme Speed 97.6% Low Kick 89.5% Aqua Jet 87.8% Outrage 84.1% Rock Slide 6.2% Protect 4.8% Dragon Claw 4.6% Scale Shot 4.0%
Items
Choice Band 89.4% Life Orb 5.6% Loaded Dice 3.2% Assault Vest 1.1% Weakness Policy 0.2% Clear Amulet 0.2% Lum Berry 0.1% Sitrus Berry 0.1%
Abilities
Inner Focus96.2%Multiscale3.8%
Tera Types
Normal 96.3% Poison 0.9% Ground 0.7% Dragon 0.5% Water 0.5% Steel 0.4% Fairy 0.3% Fighting 0.2%
Common Teammates
Chien-Pao94.2%Zamazenta-Crowned93.6%Calyrex-Shadow88.5%Amoonguss76.2%Raging Bolt43.4%Ogerpon-Cornerstone30.1%Incineroar7.7%Chi-Yu7.2%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #24 with 9.06% usage. Sorted by reliability score.