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Draco Meteor

Dragon · Special · 14 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Dragon
Draco Meteor
TypeDragon
CategorySpecial
Base power130
Accuracy90%
PP5
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Archaludon 10.1% 13.3% Mega Dragonite 4.9% 8.5% Kommo-o 4.3% 4.4% Hydreigon 1.9% 91.6% Mega Garchomp 1.8% 42.7% Dragapult 1.2% 19.6% Altaria 0.82% 8.5% Drampa 0.65% 46.9% Mega Dragalge 0.34% 77.1% Goodra-Hisui 0.20% 46% Hydrapple 0.14% 9.2% Noivern 0.10% 92.5% Goodra 0.05% 11% Appletun 0.01% 32.3%

What it does

Lowers the user's Special Attack by 2 stages.

At 130 base power it is the 4th strongest of the 39 damaging special moves that appear in this format.

Who carrys it

14 of the 277 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Draco Meteor. The one that matters most is Archaludon, which is on 10.1% of teams and carrys it on 13.3% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Dragon move it is super effective against Dragon, resisted by Steel, and does nothing at all to Fairy. 3 other Dragon moves appear in this format: Dragon Claw, Dragon Pulse, Dragon Dance.

Who could and does not

16 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Draco Meteor at all, against the 14 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it. The most-played of those are Tyrantrum and Flapple — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Draco Meteor accounts for an expected 0.06 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 73rd most-brought of the 121 moves this format runs. 24% of that comes from Archaludon alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its carriers are mostly Dragon (14), Flying (3) and Steel (2).

Where these numbers come from

Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.

Where this goes next

Build

Open the builder with Archaludon seated — Archaludon brings Draco Meteor to more teams than any of the other 13 Pokémon that carry it.

More

All 121 moves the format runs, ordered by how many copies an average team carries.