Is Drapion or Spritomb better for a B2W2 playthrough?

I’m currently playing White 2, and I am confused to pick either to pick Spiritomb or Drapion.Thanks in advance.

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Drapion is better than Spiritomb, but as a Dark-type Scrafty is your best option.

Firstly, Spiritomb isn’t available that early or without much effort. You have to be in the post-game to trade one with Curtis/Yancy, or it requires transferring from Dream Radar. Meanwhile, Skorupi can easily be obtained in the late game at Reversal Mountain and it evolves quickly into a Drapion. Note that it’s only really useful verus Shauntal, Caitlin and Marlon’s Jellicent and not that great rest of the game.

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Scraftyis notably the best Dark-type option you can go for. It gets the elemental punches via the tutor, good moves like Hi Jump Kick and Crunch as early as before evolving into Scrafty. Solo-ing Caitlin, Shauntal and Grimsley of the Elite Four, even not including Ghetsis, Colress, Zinzolin, etc. combined with early availability makes it better than the above two.

Here’s a moveset for both Drapion and Scrafty if you wished to use the former as well:

Drapion @ Black GlassesAbility: Sniper- Cross Poison- Crunch- Dig / Earthquake- False Swipe / Strength / Cut (filler)

Scrafty @ Black GlassesAbility: Moxie- High Jump Kick- Crunch- Dig (for Elesa) –> Ice Punch- Rock Tomb / Strength (filler / HM / coverage)

Hope this helps.