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Draco Meteor has more BP, but lowers the SP. ATK of Miraidon. Dragon Pulse has less BP, and has no effect. Both are STAB Dragon moves, but I want to know which is better for Miraidon.

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Good question, this is no answer but I’m gonna say Draco Meteor but I guess it depends on how you’re gonna use him, like if you switch out and stuff like that.
It honestly depends on the set.  HDB typically runs Draco Meteor to pivot while Calm Mind may run Dragon Pulse
From what I’ve seen, Mirai almost never runs Dragon Pulse apart from Calm Mind, like J said. Sometimes a low ladder player will do it though.
Well, I AM a low ladder player...

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As always, depends on the set and situation, but usually Draco Meteor is better.

Miraidon usually runs Draco Meteor on Choiced sets, in order to do as much damage as possible, Specs specifically 2HKOing the best checks to Miraidon, namely Clodsire and Ting-Lu, while Pulse can only hope to 3HKO.

  • 252 SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Draco Meteor over 2 turns vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Clodsire: 470-556 (101.2 - 119.8%) -- guaranteed KO in 2 turns after Leftovers recovery
  • 252 SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Tera Dragon Miraidon Draco Meteor over 2 turns vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Vessel of Ruin Ting-Lu: 544-644 (105.8 - 125.2%) -- guaranteed KO in 2 turns after Leftovers recovery
  • 252 SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Dragon Pulse vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Clodsire: 205-243 (44.1 - 52.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
  • 252 SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Tera Dragon Miraidon Dragon Pulse vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Vessel of Ruin Ting-Lu: 238-282 (46.3 - 54.8%) -- 9.8% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

All in all, Draco Meteor is used on pretty much every viable Miraidon set except most Calm Mind + Life Orb sets and sometimes Double Dance sets (but those usually only attack with Parabolic Charge and Tera Fairy Dazzling Gleam). Dragon Pulse tends to miss out on these notable threats, which is why Draco is still much more widely used, even with that SpA drop. Home connectivity hasn't changed much with Miraidon, other than the prevalence of HDB sets over Choiced, which also sometimes run Pulse, but Draco is just better.

Hope I helped!

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IT DEPENDS ON MOVESET AND ROLE.

If you want a hit and run miraidon use Draco meteor and u-turn. if not use, dragon pulse and electro drift

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Have you considered some damage calcs that show Draco being much better in more situations than Pulse? For example;

252 SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Draco Meteor over 2 turns vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Clodsire: 470-556 (101.2 - 119.8%) -- guaranteed KO in 2 turns after Leftovers recovery
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