Physical or special Dragapult for gen 8 OU singles?

I’m going to use a Dragapult on my competitive gen 8 OU single battles in Showdown and Sword. I do not know if I should use a physical or special attacking moveset for it, however. Dragapult has a higher physical attack stat, but a better special moveset. Here are the other two Pokémon that I will for sure use on my team (I do not know the other 3 Pokémon I will use)

Please let me know whether I should use Dragapult as a physical or special sweeper as well as what nature and item it should have. (Also if you have any suggestions for Pokémon to use on my team please share them with me) Thank you :)

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In the team you mention, I will suggest aSpecialone.Why? Here’s the reason:

-Firstly, as you say, it’s Special moveset was better.-It’s Special Atk. stat was very good although it’s Atk was higher-There’s more Psychical wall in the OU, and less Special onesHere’s the moveset:-The common staller in OU was Slowbro, toxapex, and Tangrowth, which both three of them has a lower special defenceMoveset:

Dragapult @ Choice SpecsAbility: Clear Body / InflitratorEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeTimid NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Fire Blast / Flamethower (Hi pow coverage ice)- Draco Meteor (High pow stab)- Thunderbolt (Good power, good acc)- Shadow Ball (Ghost type stab and coverage ghost type)Simple set i’ve use, wish you like it!

I’m not good at Teamate, but hope this answer helps!

Dragapult is great on both sides but I recommend special because it gets good special ghost moves but physical can work too, heck I sometimes use mixed.

Dragapult @ Life Orb(It’ll die soon anyway)Infiltrator(Its better than clear body)252 speed/252 sp.atk/4 hp igTimid/Modest(Their both good natures, I prefer modest cuz its already insanely fast)Drago Pulse/Draco Meteor(Dragon Pulse is more spammable while Draco Meteor is insanely powerful but not as spammable)Shadow Ball(STAB with Sp.Def drops)Flamethrower/Fire Blast(Flamethrower has accuracy while Fire Blast has Power, you decide)Thunderbolt/Scald(Tbolt and Scald have high base power and can stop quite a few threats plus Para/Burn are nice)I’m no competitive expert but did this help.