How Dragonite ROSE to OU in Gen 1 | RBY Bytes
An untold story of inter-site conflicts and one man's mission to re-tier RBY culimates into Dragonite's journey to the OU stage.
Thanks to Hipmonlee for letting me ask so many questions. Without him, this story wouldn't be retold again! With that, I've covered all the ex-OU Pokemon in Gen 1 so far.
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It was originally commissioned for this article, which is also a neat glimpse into RBY Wrap as a whole;
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