Mega Dragonite or Mega Salamence for Ranked Battles?

Question

So I'm trying to get into Ranked Battles in Pokemon: Legends Z-A, but I've hit a fork in the road. Mega Dragonite has more Special Attack and Special Defense, but Mega Salamence is stronger on the physical side, as well as being faster. That would be enough for me to use Mega Salamence, except Speed doesn't matter as much in Z-A, where there's cooldowns and real-time combat, compared to most other, turn-based mainline games. On top of that, Dragonite gets Extreme Speed, which has decent power for its ridiculously low cooldown, and I already have a good physical attacker in Mega Excadrill. Do you have any advice on which pseudo I should use?

Answer 1

Samence is, without a doubt In my mind, better. At least in my experience.
Salamence is bulkier, a MUST in my opinion for ranked battles.
It's also faster than Mega Dragonite, which means easier sweeps.
Salamence is also way earlier, with Salamencite only being 360 Mega Shards. While Dragoninite is VERY late game, which probably doesn't matter because you are asking about both, which likely means you have both, but it still stands for playing in general.
Dragon Dance boosting until you can clean sweep anyone is also just insanely fun. (But that's besides the point)

And for a bit of speculation,
If and when they put it into a game with abilities, unless Mega Dragonite gets Huge Power or Speed Boost or something (which to be honest, isn't too far-fetched), Mega Salamence's ability is better. Aerilate is a busted ability. But again, it's when and if, if being the key word. We might never see Mega Dragonite again (Doubtful, tho)

Hope this is helpful. Also hopefully you get Greninjite if you haven't already.