Why Dragonite is FINALLY Good

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  • @the_one_gio
    @the_one_gio 4 місяці тому +547

    You had me at Dragonite.

    • @MarcosLCoco
      @MarcosLCoco 4 місяці тому +9

      Bro, congrats on the SA regional win! It was awesome to see it in person!

    • @mengchen1759
      @mengchen1759 4 місяці тому +3

      Me too😊

    • @TyEats0031
      @TyEats0031 4 місяці тому

      He had me at Dragon- because I am dragon my balls across your forehead 😊.

  • @YoJoRockThaBeat
    @YoJoRockThaBeat 4 місяці тому +380

    No Special Z Move, No Mega, No Dynamax Form, yet Dragonite is out here thriving.

    • @TheUnique69able
      @TheUnique69able 4 місяці тому +65

      No good stab options for 30 years but it’s still good.

    • @enoyna1001
      @enoyna1001 4 місяці тому +17

      ​@@TheUnique69able Almost 28 years, but I'll let it slide.

    • @daffi32
      @daffi32 4 місяці тому +7

      @@enoyna1001he rounded up…it’s been about 30 years 😂

    • @phyllotaxis
      @phyllotaxis 4 місяці тому +7

      All of those got removed, but Dragonite gets to keep multiscale and extremespeed ☺

    • @clutchpedro208
      @clutchpedro208 4 місяці тому +1

      Lance dragonite literally has a dynamax form

  • @EnbyNomad
    @EnbyNomad 4 місяці тому +80

    Dragonite has always been a statement to me. It doesnt get most of what the other psuedo legend dragon mons get, but that has never stopped it from competing.

  • @crushingon
    @crushingon 4 місяці тому +26

    I hadn't noticed how hard Gen 6 dogpiled on Dragonite. Pretty much every pseudolegendary bar Hydreigon (who hardly needed one) got a Mega. *Audino* Got a mega.
    And then they added a type totally immune to him to top it off

  • @TsuchiGamer06
    @TsuchiGamer06 4 місяці тому +55

    He's my favorite Pseudo bc of his duality: adorable and always powerful at least for a time in any generation

  • @Picollo860847
    @Picollo860847 4 місяці тому +36

    5:55 hiii thats me! Ironically i used Dragonite on the special side with Hurricane, Draco Meteor and Flamethrower @Habanberry as a somewhat reliable Anti-weather mon. At this timeframe,many rain dance teams where roaming around with Ludicolo (and Kingdra) as its main Attackers and i needed something which can One- shot Ludicolo/Kingdra. Flamethrower also helped against the rare Abomasnow and did nice damage against Metagross and Scizor.
    Lets just say it worked quite nice atleast for that time.

    • @pokezach494_
      @pokezach494_ 4 місяці тому +7

      Woah, that’s so cool! Those moves were definitely better STAB moves than the Physical ones it got at the time, so that was a good call!
      Glad you found the video!

  • @karlwyborski3644
    @karlwyborski3644 4 місяці тому +30

    I know the editing doesn't affect the quality of the ideas shared, but they make it very enjoyable to watch as a background to the video essay.

    • @pokezach494_
      @pokezach494_ 4 місяці тому +8

      I’m glad you enjoyed it! I had a lot of fun with this one 🙃

    • @wentoneisendon6502
      @wentoneisendon6502 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@pokezach494_ it was damn good!

  • @dereksimmons5877
    @dereksimmons5877 4 місяці тому +6

    My favorite Pokemon. I'm glad Extreme Speed gave D its flowers..I hadn't realized how fitting that was

  • @Matthias-pj6th
    @Matthias-pj6th 4 місяці тому +10

    How to make an overshadowed Pokemon good: Turn it into a Non-Restricted E-Killer Arceus

  • @nogai2296
    @nogai2296 4 місяці тому +12

    Everyone knows this but I will bring it up again the only reason dragonite didn’t get a mega was because the Pokémon company was not going tot add a “Dragoniteite” to the game

    • @pokezach494_
      @pokezach494_ 4 місяці тому

      It would have been way too silly of a name… 😆

    • @GameZone-ib7eu
      @GameZone-ib7eu 4 місяці тому +6

      Yet they added “duduncsparce” in the game

  • @michaelm9211
    @michaelm9211 4 місяці тому +9

    Dragonite has been my favorite Pokémon since I first beat red version back in 2000 and seeing it in the first movie. I’m glad to see it getting some love.

  • @KyletheCuber18
    @KyletheCuber18 4 місяці тому +8

    Dragonite is my favorite Pokémon, and seeing this video made my day honestly

  • @Reginald_Ritmo
    @Reginald_Ritmo 4 місяці тому +29

    Pokemon team making HGSS: What if the Dragon's Den gave the player a Dratini with Extreme Speed? That would be a fun reward for the quiz!
    Dragonite in SV: "I AM THE FASTEST! ME! ME!"

    • @enoyna1001
      @enoyna1001 4 місяці тому +2

      It was already implemented in GSC and 'only' remade in HGSS

  • @irvan8099
    @irvan8099 4 місяці тому +6

    16:26 Still proud of having this plushie

    • @pokezach494_
      @pokezach494_ 4 місяці тому +3

      IT’S SO GOOD he’s just a little guy

  • @JJ-kc2nx
    @JJ-kc2nx 4 місяці тому +54

    loving the long form content, especially considering how fun the editing is :)

    • @pokezach494_
      @pokezach494_ 4 місяці тому +9

      Thank you for that! I had a lot of fun making it :)

  • @Mr.Sax.
    @Mr.Sax. 4 місяці тому +34

    This is a great video format, Ray. Very enjoyable. I hope you make more "History of Pokemon" videos.

  • @thefinalskarm1754
    @thefinalskarm1754 4 місяці тому +12

    A key thing not mentioned is that Multiscale and Extreme Speed were illegal together in generation 5 and 6, with it becoming possible in generation 7 due to becoming an egg move.

    • @pokemonftw3652
      @pokemonftw3652 Місяць тому

      What? Extremespeed was an egg move since Gen 4. Whatcha talking bout lol
      Check serebii

  • @Peckingbird
    @Peckingbird 4 місяці тому +5

    A lot of work seemingly went into the editing of this video, it really paid off! 😸

  • @vyktorehon5995
    @vyktorehon5995 4 місяці тому +7

    Overtime ive started to love dragonite alot
    Great movepool, great abilities for both smogon and vgc, looks cool as hell, weirdly balanced defensive type

  • @Tom-xt1jn
    @Tom-xt1jn 4 місяці тому +4

    Favourite Pokemon ever - I used to use him in showdown allll the time in gen 6 and 7 and adored him

  • @wispyone3702
    @wispyone3702 4 місяці тому +4

    Dragonite is my favorite pokemon! I've always loved his niches in every metagame, singles included. But normal has always been my favorite type though, so I was so happy when Normal Type Dragonite was very powerful and pretty fun to use, especially in formats as fun as the early gen 9 regs.

  • @d_wavey8103
    @d_wavey8103 4 місяці тому +8

    I saw what you did with the Vaporeon cameo, Ray or Ray's editor. I don't like it, but I saw that.

  • @alexanderraymond3661
    @alexanderraymond3661 4 місяці тому +6

    In the battle stadium 3v3 singles format, Dragonite is a centralizing force in the meta. It’s on everyone’s team, and you don’t know whether it’ll be Extreme killer or a bulky support mon.

  • @KingRumar
    @KingRumar 2 місяці тому +2

    I love Dragonite, his design is amazing and simple. What bothers me the most is that in every interpretation of Dragonite by lore and media exposure - he is super fast. So why TF is his base speed so slow for such a speedy dragon?! His base speed is tied with Venusaur

  • @Darkwater2013
    @Darkwater2013 4 місяці тому +5

    Another great video, I feel like this format should become a regular thing. On the topic of Dragonite, it was my favorite Pokemon as a kid, that sort of changed after I got back into Pokemon and discovered VGC, but now I am just glad that I can use it in a productive way. I remember when the first D-Nite Extreme Speed stuff came up and some people were not convinced at first, but it truely did stick around.

  • @Lilskeevs
    @Lilskeevs 2 місяці тому +1

    7:24 “like moonblast…” hahaha majors mask moon comes barging in 😂😂❤

  • @Matt_A11
    @Matt_A11 4 місяці тому +1

    Excellent video, excellent editing. Great topic choice too. I love VGC history. Can't wait to see more of this kind of content. Keep it up Ray.

  • @jplopez253
    @jplopez253 4 місяці тому +2

    Fantastic vod from the 🐐

  • @lukelandrunner7915
    @lukelandrunner7915 4 місяці тому +3

    I used dragonite during reg b and had a lot of success. The newly found inspiration has led to building 4-5 different build dragonites and having a lot of fun with them.

  • @nicholaskubas839
    @nicholaskubas839 4 місяці тому +5

    We love you @Ray Rizzo

  • @justinwiebe8327
    @justinwiebe8327 2 місяці тому +1

    You should cover the Gen 4 starters next. Empoleon and Infernape were the first ever starters to succeed in doubles, and at the time, this was extremely rare due to a lack of hidden abilities.

  • @jacobcross9415
    @jacobcross9415 4 місяці тому +2

    Great video! Love the editing!

  • @tlb31m
    @tlb31m 4 місяці тому +2

    Not only has it dominated in VGC it’s also got a fashion collab with fashion brand Fendi

  • @PokeMaineEvent
    @PokeMaineEvent 4 місяці тому +3

    14:46 ayo thts me? Ray Rizzo knows I exist ? thats crazy

    • @pokezach494_
      @pokezach494_ 4 місяці тому

      Your footage was very helpful in the making of this video, thank you sir 🫡

  • @alexo5577
    @alexo5577 4 місяці тому +3

    Great video! Love to see Dragonite doing well now

  • @godaelite
    @godaelite 4 місяці тому +3

    This pokemon is special to people that have been playing since gen 1 like me. So great to see it winning.

  • @PandamaticBreakcore
    @PandamaticBreakcore 4 місяці тому +4

    Perfect timing, given d-nite was on half the top 8 in Portland and on both #1 and #2. Dragonpao is definitely a thing to be prepared for

  • @aureliamastergoomba1278
    @aureliamastergoomba1278 4 місяці тому +12

    Dragonite in the thumbnail: I finally found it, now who’s gonna stop me?!

  • @djmalic3
    @djmalic3 4 місяці тому +1

    Amazing video! Loved it 🎉

  • @pacoramon9468
    @pacoramon9468 3 місяці тому +2

    The real normal type dragon.

  • @SKdawg94
    @SKdawg94 4 місяці тому +1

    Great video!! I would love to see more content like this from you 😁

  • @flossdaily9
    @flossdaily9 4 місяці тому +1

    Dragonite getting no mega never made sense to me, but now i dont mind and am almost glad he didnt

  • @ProfDragonite
    @ProfDragonite 4 місяці тому +2

    Been waiting for a video like this! I cannot tell you how happy I was when SV VGC gave mah boi it's time to shine!

  • @TheCrankyTechnician
    @TheCrankyTechnician 4 місяці тому +1

    Glad to hear and see that the 1st ever pseudo legendary finally gets the treatment it deserves.
    Loved it ever since the Orange Islands finale when it swept through Ash's team.
    I'll never forget the moment when it launched at ultra high speed after Charizard; you knew that it was an absolute unit

  • @gthedon__
    @gthedon__ 4 місяці тому +4

    The vgc king is back

  • @andrewkatz6649
    @andrewkatz6649 4 місяці тому +1

    16:22 Guess Arcanine is now a distant relative of Donphan😆

  • @ElJubranco
    @ElJubranco 4 місяці тому +2

    Shiny Dragonite is my all time favorite Pokémon.

  • @waitingforthursday
    @waitingforthursday 4 місяці тому +2

    yeah not gonna lie i was moved at that moment when BB champion sent out dragonite

  • @Saku2897
    @Saku2897 4 місяці тому +4

    Ah man this video was so well made I love the no heatran zone reference!

  • @tstrashychannel7115
    @tstrashychannel7115 4 місяці тому +6

    if tera types are gonna leave next gen (which they probally will), i hope that they mayve give dragonite some regional form that is maybe normal dragon so it can atleast still use stab extreme speed

  • @Ashgrey0
    @Ashgrey0 4 місяці тому +2

    The editing is great in this one👍

    • @pokezach494_
      @pokezach494_ 4 місяці тому +3

      I appreciate that! Thanks!

  • @spencercoree
    @spencercoree 4 місяці тому +2

    dragonite is my favorite pokemon i love him so much

  • @shakeemnba4
    @shakeemnba4 4 місяці тому +4

    This my favorite Mon you the real MVP for this 💪🏾

  • @Angelite1209
    @Angelite1209 4 місяці тому +2

    I have the American and Korean version of that DP Event Dragonite.

  • @danielmaynard239
    @danielmaynard239 4 місяці тому +3

    I want to mention that Iron Thorns is one of my favorite Pokémon of gen 9

    • @pokezach494_
      @pokezach494_ 4 місяці тому

      Thank you Daniel Maynard for telling us about your favorite Pokémon of Gen 9 🫡

    • @danielmaynard239
      @danielmaynard239 4 місяці тому

      @@pokezach494_ Actually Dudunsparce is my favorite Gen 9 Pokémon, and Iron Thorns is in second place

  • @johnpaulcross424
    @johnpaulcross424 4 місяці тому +2

    Who’s your thumbnail artist? They’re amazing!

  • @eSchoolpoke
    @eSchoolpoke 4 місяці тому +2

    Amazing video!

  • @andrewb.7917
    @andrewb.7917 4 місяці тому +2

    Very cool that Dragonite got its deserved glory. Cool series. Thanks for putting in the time and effort. I eat up VGC history haha

  • @YardiChef
    @YardiChef 4 місяці тому +10

    Dragonite is a really decent mon and i think Gamefreak is waiting on the right time to give Dragonite AND Flygon some real love, I wish we'd get two forms for Dragonite, Physical and Special just like Basculegion and have them be dubbed as " Mystic Forms".

  • @TheGodJacobPicken
    @TheGodJacobPicken 4 місяці тому +3

    Since when did the goat do youtube

  • @snakexpert552
    @snakexpert552 2 місяці тому

    In gen 5 OU I had a rain team with a special attacking choice scarfed Dragonite with Thunder, Hurricane, and Draco Meteor. That thing was a monster I miss it so much.

  • @gladigatorrawr1480
    @gladigatorrawr1480 4 місяці тому +2

    A fair buff for outrage (and similar moves) would be for it to automatically target the opponent with higher hp . Still wouldn't be able to pick, but at least you'd have an idea of what would happen to plan ahead

    • @pokezach494_
      @pokezach494_ 4 місяці тому +2

      That’s an interesting idea for sure… though this might make it even weaker in competitions because your opponent would always know which of their Pokémon it would target and could easily play around it

    • @CigaretteCrayon
      @CigaretteCrayon 4 місяці тому

      It would ideally be the slot in front of the Pokémon, but it offers similar counterplay.

  • @Ironhead6340
    @Ironhead6340 4 місяці тому +1

    They really made him the favorite, great video!

  • @dantemayes1814
    @dantemayes1814 4 місяці тому +1

    finding out ray the rizz rizzo hhas a youtube channel is like finding out Michael Jordan just started as a personal trainer at my gym love it

  • @Sidorio
    @Sidorio 4 місяці тому +1

    this was super interesting!

  • @Kamishuriken
    @Kamishuriken 4 місяці тому +2

    I like Dragonite because it can be cute and cuddly but also strong and ferocious

    • @pokezach494_
      @pokezach494_ 4 місяці тому +1

      It’s everything you’d want in a Pokémon for real

  • @ericguzman1191
    @ericguzman1191 4 місяці тому +4

    Great vid, how about history of empoleon? The penguin is a former world champ

    • @arininquotes8396
      @arininquotes8396 4 місяці тому +1

      Would love to see this style of video about some unusual world champion pokemon!

  • @twobrosgamers8426
    @twobrosgamers8426 4 місяці тому +1

    Dragonite is my fav dragon ever since I picked it up during my first jotho playthrough, glad its tearing up the meta to shreds now.

  • @Cala-us1fg
    @Cala-us1fg 4 місяці тому +2

    Nice video! Dragonite won this weekend too :)

  • @lavender3084
    @lavender3084 4 місяці тому +2

    another victory for the OG

  • @pummcrisp
    @pummcrisp 4 місяці тому +3

    Dragonite the goat

  • @elijones1007
    @elijones1007 4 місяці тому +2

    One of my favorite

  • @reggz1358
    @reggz1358 4 місяці тому +1

    New king of Official Singles and has been since day 1 bss scarlet and violet

  • @jamesw2831
    @jamesw2831 4 місяці тому +2

    Shows how GameFreak just don’t care about some Pokémon. But Dragonite has still thrived in Singles for nearly 30 years. Tera and Gen 9 has helped Dragonite

  • @pokefriend123
    @pokefriend123 4 місяці тому +2

    Yeah yo Tera Normal Porygon-Z Hyper Beam will rule the world!

  • @MikeSkinnerAudio
    @MikeSkinnerAudio 4 місяці тому +1

    the video editing is top notch stuff

    • @pokezach494_
      @pokezach494_ 4 місяці тому +1

      Much appreciated! Thank you!

  • @kcbrosgamers
    @kcbrosgamers 4 місяці тому +2

    Peak Dragonite Content

  • @RoninCatholic
    @RoninCatholic 4 місяці тому +7

    Dragonite has always been one of my favorites.

  • @silverhetch3383
    @silverhetch3383 4 місяці тому +1

    love the Pokemon Shuffle Icon

  • @mattgach1779
    @mattgach1779 4 місяці тому +1

    Good thing I majored in Unknown text in college. Consider me subbed

  • @Jake-mf5sn
    @Jake-mf5sn 4 місяці тому +1

    Never stood out to me before that he should have got a mega but never did, shame.

  • @rigoFGC1
    @rigoFGC1 4 місяці тому +1

    The way you said dragonite 💧😔🎯

  • @NickKBMusic
    @NickKBMusic 4 місяці тому +1

    Love that tier list Unkown plug!!

    • @pokezach494_
      @pokezach494_ 4 місяці тому

      Hehe I got cheeky with it :)

  • @-THE-CHICKENMAN
    @-THE-CHICKENMAN 4 місяці тому +2

    10:31 garchomp becomes fnaf

    • @pokezach494_
      @pokezach494_ 4 місяці тому +1

      Hahaha yes!! You found him! I was wondering if anyone would

  • @flossdaily9
    @flossdaily9 4 місяці тому +1

    one of the most iconic pokemon

  • @lenningonzalez6611
    @lenningonzalez6611 4 місяці тому +1

    I love this type of videos. Greetings from Germany

  • @imn_fauler6098
    @imn_fauler6098 4 місяці тому +1

    One of pokemons greats

  • @JustJulyo
    @JustJulyo 4 місяці тому

    You had me at Dratini

  • @joopvanhedel1372
    @joopvanhedel1372 4 місяці тому +2

    People always say Goodra is too cute for a Pseudo legendary firstly why is that a bad thing secondly Dragonite the first pseudo legendary ever is super cute ash's especially was adorable

  • @pedrocapelas
    @pedrocapelas 4 місяці тому +2

    Algorithm food

  • @baddragonite
    @baddragonite 4 місяці тому +1

    Dragonite was always good
    People just didn't know how to appreciate it til lately
    I may be biased though

  • @randomstudios3547
    @randomstudios3547 4 місяці тому +1

    You had me at yad

  • @june9914
    @june9914 4 місяці тому +1

    I’d like two see a vid about Hydreigon; I love my dark types

  • @laravioliiii2832
    @laravioliiii2832 4 місяці тому +1

    Dragonite is perfection

  • @NotOnQ
    @NotOnQ 4 місяці тому +1

    How have I not been recommended ray's channel earlier? UA-cam is slacking; google deepmind should've been on that.

  • @kidmelo1994
    @kidmelo1994 2 місяці тому +3

    Dragonite Been good since gen 5!! Thanks to Multiscale..

  • @petrie911
    @petrie911 Місяць тому

    Despite being the first Pokemon to have it, Dragonite has been somewhat held back by its dragon type. It probably would have had more success as a Normal/Flying so it could get that juicy STAB on Extremespeed (or Hyper Beam in gen 1).

  • @nachoaguilera7081
    @nachoaguilera7081 4 місяці тому +1

    wha...what did you mean when you showed a Vaporeon as you said "breedable pokemon"???

  • @lthefifteenth661
    @lthefifteenth661 4 місяці тому +1

    Comparing the doubles history to singles is hilarious. According to FSG, Dragonite's had a long list of awards in singles.

  • @SilverHawkShiny
    @SilverHawkShiny 2 місяці тому +1

    Yup