Which is the better non-legendary dragon?

I like dragon types becuase they tend to have high stats so I want to know which is the better non-legendary dragon: dragonite, flygon, salamence, or garchomp

ps. I can probably teach them every egg move

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Out of these Pokemon,DragoniteandGarchompare the strongest and most versatile by far. Flygon is a worse Garchomp in every regard except for Dragon Dance, but other Pokemon do it better. Salamence, while strong, lacks the ability to set up Dragon Dance safely in today’s generation.

DRAGONITE:

Dragonite has a whole host of advantages including Multiscale from Gen 5 onwards, Roost to complement Multiscale, base 134 Attack, and specific coverage options lacking from Salamence, like Ice coverage from Ice Spinner. Multiscale is a huge advantage, as it is able to set up safely in front of a plethora of Pokemon, even those who threaten super effective damage against it. Additionally, Dragonite has Extreme Speed, allowing it to also be an effective revenge killer for its teammates.

Dragonite mainly suffers from a few issues. First, to fully utilize Multiscale, it has to hold Heavy Duty Boots, meaning it is unable to hold something like Lum Berry for burns of Yache Berry to reduce the power of Ice-type moves. Secondly, Dragon-Flying isn’t the best defensively, and with the plethora of faster Dragons and Choice Scarf Pokemon that outspeed even +1 Dragonite, like Scarf Lele, Dragonite may struggle to sweep even in the most ideal of situations.

GARCHOMP:

Of course, both of Garchomp’s sets have flaws. Bulky Chomp suffers from a lack of reliable recovery and is unable to hit back against Fairy types, with its only options being Roar, Toxic, and potentiall Earthquake if that is used. Dragon/Ground is also not the greatest defensive typing, with Ice coverage and Fairy Pokemon around every corner. Offensive Garchomp suffers from requring Scale Shot to pull off its speed boost, meaning that any Fairy can effectively invalidate it from gaining one. The Defense drop also makes it susceptible to be revenge killed by the likes of Rillaboom’s Grassy Glide, Scizor’s Bullet Punch, and various Sucker Punches.

Overall, I thinkDragoniteis the better out of the two purely because of Multiscale. Yes, Garchomp can fill some roles that Dragonite cannot, like bulky hazards, but Multiscale allows Dragonite to play defense while posing a significant offensive threat. This is unlike both of Garchomp’s sets: the defensive set cannot threaten much damage, while the offensive set cannot live big hits. Dragonite at full HP can do both, and because of this, it is an extremely splashable Dragon Dance Pokemon on many teams.

Flygon is definetly a no because his stats don’t quite compete with the other 3. I would have to say Dragonite because he has a bigger variety of moves he can learn. When i say variety, I mean types of moves (Electric, Fire, Water, etc.). Thus, giving it a greater edge on versatility. Plus he’s my favorite! Gotta have the originals.

Garchomp!! He is super Fast with Huge attack!! He would rock with an attack or speed nature and stone edge, Dragon claw or Dragon Rush, Crunch and Earthquake!!