Hydreigon's typing gives it almost perfect neutral coverage with its STAB moves; the only type that resists both is Fairy. It is most commonly used on balance and bulky offensive teams looking to blow holes in opposing balance teams. Hydreigon is a powerful special attacker for Dragon teams thanks to its solid offensive typing, extensive movepool, and versatility, being to utillze various items such as Choice Specs to act as a powerful wallbreaker and Choice Scarf to act as a potent revenge killer. Hydreigon is a premier special attacker in UU thanks to its exceptional power and respectable Speed tier. Defensively, Hydreigon's typing has some great resistances and, taking Levitate into consideration, two immunities. View strategies and more for Hydreigon on the Smogon Strategy Pokedex. It also carries some defensive utility with it, most notably being a solid check to Hydreigon's movepool is simply fantastic, which makes it a really versatile threat. Its spammable STAB combination, great coverage, and access to a few different utility options allow it to viably run a plethora of sets, including Choice Scarf, utility sets with Defog… Hydreigon is one of the scariest wallbreakers out there, as after a Nasty Plot boost, there are only a handful of Pokemon that can withstand its attacks. Hydreigon belongs to the special group of Pokemon that can boast they possess no true counters: they potentially carry a move that can OHKO or 2HKO any Pokemon in the game, and as such are virtually impossible to switch into.