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Is altaria still a great league god? I found a swablu that should evolve around 1400 cp and the second move is cheap.
Would I want the fairy type move with the dragon or should I favor dragon and flying?
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Asked by Elcholorodrigo5 years ago
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Dragon Breath + Sky attack is a must. Dazzling gleam or dragon pulse is up to preference. Dragon pulse is arguably better as it cost less to charge up and has stab. I can't really think of a situation where you would want dazzling gleam over dragon pulse unless your team needs the fairy damage. You mainly want to be spamming sky attacks. Dragon pulse is just there in case sky attack is resisted and you need a decent neutral hit.

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Altaria is a very strong contender in the GL. It does exceptionally well in just about any neutral matchup. There's arguably a lot of Mons with ice moves that are used in the league though, which will chew Altaria up, so be ready to swap if your dragon bird ends up facing off against one.

As for the second attack, you can arguably go with either dragon pulse or dazzling gleam. The advantage of DG is that it hits more targets for SE damage than DP does, but it also costs 10 more energy, so you run a greater risk of your Altaria fainting before you can use it.

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DG is basically always more useful than DPulse. Fairy not only is good against dragon (like DPulse) but also covers fighting and dark types for faster KO's. But still keep in mind the time to charge is different

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I'd say the exact opposite. SA already covers fighting, DP is a much better move against other dragons and most importantly, it's a much better second move against rock and electric which resist SA.

Pvpoke's rankings agree, giving DP a 6,2% matchup usage and DG only 0,4%.

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Altaria is still a great league god and I'd recommend Dragon Pulse as the secondary charge move because DG is lackluster and it doesn't help Altaria as much in matchups where SA is resisted. Altaria mirrors are also relatively common and DP is much better for them. In an unshielded mirror, you'll KO the opposing Altaria with SA faster than with DG.

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