IMO, droppers shine more in the climb than the down. WIth how steep seat post angles have become, raising the seat gets your weight forward enough such that you don't have to fight the front wheel lifting. You don't have to get forward really at all so you don't ever unweight your back wheel on loose/steep stuff. Sit in 1 spot and crank.
Really, the dropper is the key to the modern geometry bike. It allows a good pedalling, light weight bike to be decent going down.
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