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Sorry to bug you all...again.

Over the past couple of days a few threads have popped up about team help for people's mono-type teams. That gave me the idea to make a mono-type team of my favorite type, Dragon. I'd really appreciate some feedback on this. It's a PokeBank OU team, btw (so sadly, no Zekrom):


-Goodra w/Assault Vest
Nature: Modest
Ability: Gooey
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Sp.Attack, 4 Defense
Moves: Dragon Pulse, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Sludge Bomb


-Garchomp w/Yache Berry
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Attack, 252 Speed, 4 Sp.Defense
Moves: Swords Dance, Dragon Claw, Earthquake, Stone Edge



-Black Kyurem w/Lum Berry
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Teravolt
EVs: 252 Attack, 252 Speed, 4 Sp.Attack
Moves: Dragon Claw, Fusion Bolt, Hidden Power Fire, Ice Beam

I think I might have to explain this one. Black Kyurem has good bulk even without investment and enough weaknesses for it to use Weakness Policy. So it takes a SE hit, lives, and you suddenly have something with god-level power on your hands. Most walls should crumble at the mere sight of it. Or, that's what I hope, anyway.


-Dragonite w/Weakness Policy
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Multiscale
EVs: 252 Attack, 252 Speed, 4 HP
Moves: Dragon Claw, Dragon Dance, Fire Punch, Extreme Speed



-Zygarde w/Leftovers
Nature: Careful
Ability: the pretty much useless Aura Break
EVs: 252 HP, 4 Defense, 252 Sp.Defense
Moves: Coil, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Extreme Speed



-Latias w/Life Orb
Nature: Timid
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 Sp.Attack, 252 Speed, 4 Sp.Defense
Moves: Draco Meteor, Psyshock, Defog, Healing Wish


Any and all improvements, suggestions, and alternate team member ideas is appreciated. And I kinda noticed I have 3 legendaries on the team (I kinda like legendaries, but some people get upset if you use too many of them). Oh, and if an all Dragon type team is something that should never be attempted, please tell me.

EDIT: Edits to sets are in bold.
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PlatinumDude

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Even though Iron Head hits Fairies super effectively, it's only slightly outdamages a neutral STAB Earthquake. Stone Edge is the better option to let Garchomp deal with Togekiss.

Zygarde should max out its Special bulk when using Coil, as Defense will already be covered by the move. (252 HP/4 Def/252 SDef).

Latias is better off serving as an offensive Defog user. Calm Mind isn't viable now because of the Fairies running around. Ice Beam is also redundant with Dragon Pulse:
-Draco Meteor
-Surf/Psyshock
-Defog
-Healing Wish
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb

Dragons are seriously vulnerable to Fairies. Another team option to consider is Dragalge, who's neutral to them thanks to its Poison type. Take note that Adaptability isn't released yet:
-Draco Meteor
-Dragon Pulse
-Sludge Bomb
-Hidden Power (Fire/Ground)/Hydro Pump
Nature: Modest
EVs: 252 HP/252 SAtk/4 SDef
Item: Choice Specs
Ability: Poison Point

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Alright, so I made some of the minor edits to the team, but a couple questions:

-Does the team really need Defog?
-You think the Black Kyurem set will work? It sounds good, sure, but that doesn't necessarily mean it'll work.
-Why both Dragon Pulse and Draco Meteor on Dragalge?
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Alright, PlatinumDude already said what I was going to say, but I'll try to add a suggestion or two.

I'm having real concerns about the Kyurem-Black set. I think it's good, but only if you want to get rid of one or two pokemon at the most. Kyurem-Black is just too slow. I think it's much more effective using a choice scarf because it buffers it's mediocre speed. However, it is a good set if you're looking to get rid of one specific pokemon, but outside of that, not so much.

Does the team really need Defog?
You're using Dragonite, so that is a yes.

Why both Dragon Pulse and Draco Meteor on Dragalge?
I'm not sure either, I would personally go with this set:
Dragalge @ Choice Specs
Ability: Poison Point
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hydro Pump
- Sludge Bomb
- Hidden Power [Fire]

I would go with Draco Meteor over Dragon Pulse because Dragalge needs all the power it can get.
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Alright, so I made some of the minor edits to the team, but a couple questions:

-Does the team really need Defog?
-You think the Black Kyurem set will work? It sounds good, sure, but that doesn't necessarily mean it'll work.
-Why both Dragon Pulse and Draco Meteor on Dragalge?
1. Dragonite and Black Kyurem are weak to Stealth Rock and removal of the hazard is ideal. Healing Wish also comes in handy for fully healing a weakened teammate.
2. Draco Meteor lets Dragalge hit hard early-game. Dragon Pulse lets it clean up late-game.

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Thank you both for providing more suggestions for this team. I've altered the sets in the OP (edits are in bold).

Slayr, I'm glad you brought up the Black Kyurem set. I have this issue where I come up with sets that sound good on paper, but rarely work in actual battles, and was afraid that would happen again here. However, I'm not too into the idea of giving it a Choice Scarf. Would changing the nature to Hasty and giving it a different item work ok?

And if I was to put Dragalge in, who gets the boot?
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I don't think Fairies are even a problem to Dragon types, sure the weakness is there, but a lot of Dragons can just go head to head and kill them before they do. Weakness Policy Dragonite loves Fairies because of the huge boost.

I'm not even too sure about Dragalge, it seems to not have much outside of a little bit of good bulk. Goodra can probably tank a Fairy easily in it's place and hit back with some Sludge. Each of your Pokemon have moves that aren't resisted by fairies, I wouldn't be too worried at all.

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Slayr, I'm glad you brought up the Black Kyurem set. I have this issue where I come up with sets that sound good on paper, but rarely work in actual battles, and was afraid that would happen again here. However, I'm not too into the idea of giving it a Choice Scarf. Would changing the nature to Hasty and giving it a different item work ok?
I think you may be able to get away with it. Don't expect it to go outspeeding much, but it will get past pokemon with base speed stats lower than 100 and with minimal speed investment. In other words, it will work, but don't expect it to go sweeping teams.
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Still not entirely sure I want to put in Dragalge. It is nice that its neutral to Fairy attacks and has STAB on Poison, but like Brane said, the majority of the team can take on Fairies without much of a problem.

And like I said before, there's still one problem with Dragalge: IDK who to swap it with.
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I think you might be able to slide without Dragalge, at least for the moment. I've never come across a fairy team, so they're pretty rare right now. However, if you think one of your pokemon is struggling and falling behind, then I would go ahead and switch it out to see if that works better. I think this will have to be one of those things only battle experience will be able to sort out.
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