Dragon (type)
The Dragon type (Japanese: ドラゴンタイプ Dragon type) is one of the eighteen types. Notable Trainers who specialize in Dragon-type Pokémon are Lance, the current Champion of the Indigo Plateau, Clair of Blackthorn City, Drake of the Hoenn Elite Four, Drayden of Opelucid City, Iris the current Champion of the Unova, and Drasna of the Kalos Elite Four. Prior to changes in Generation IV, all Dragon-type moves were special, but they may now also be physical depending on the attack.
Statistical averages
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Battle properties
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Generations II to V
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Generation VI onwards
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Characteristics
The Dragon type is statistically the best type overall. Many of them do not evolve from their first stage to their second until a level at which many Pokémon are near their final evolutions, and their final evolution near level 50; Zweilous evolves into Hydreigon at level 64, the latest of any Pokémon.
Offense
Most Dragon-type Pokémon have high Attack and Special Attack and are further blessed with wide movepools to complement this. Even though Dragon-type moves are only super effective against Dragon-type Pokémon, the only two types that resist Dragon are Steel and Fairy, with Fairy types being completely immune to Dragon attacks. This gives Dragon-type Pokémon good use of their STAB. However, because of Dragon-type Pokémon's wide movepools, they still have some ability to counter Fairy types and also Ice types.
Defense
Defensively, they have resistances to Electric, Grass, Water and Fire. However, many fully-evolved, non-legendary Dragon-type Pokémon have a double weakness to Ice-type moves, due to their secondary types. Dragon is the only type resistant to all types of starter Pokémon, including Electric. Their weakness to themselves and Fairy is balanced by the fact that few Pokémon can learn Fairy-type moves in the first place.
Contest properties
In Contests, Dragon-type moves are typically Cool moves, but some may be Smart or Tough.
Pokémon
As of Generation VI, there are 40 Dragon-type Pokémon or 5.4% of all Pokémon (counting forms and Mega Evolutions that change typing as different Pokémon), making it the 4th rarest type.
Pure Dragon-type Pokémon
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Half Dragon-type Pokémon
Primary Dragon-type Pokémon
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Secondary Dragon-type Pokémon
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Moves
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| IV | Draco Meteor | Special | Smart | 130 | 90% | 5 (max 8) |
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Comets are summoned down from the sky onto the target. The attack's recoil harshly reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat. | |||||||||
| II | Dragon Breath | Special | Cool | 60 | 100% | 20 (max 32) |
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The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage. It may also leave the target with paralysis. | |||||||||
| III | Dragon Claw | Physical | Cool | 80 | 100% | 15 (max 24) |
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The user slashes the target with huge, sharp claws. | |||||||||
| III | Dragon Dance | Status | Cool | — | —% | 20 (max 32) |
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The user vigorously performs a mystic, powerful dance that boosts its Attack and Speed stats. | |||||||||
| IV | Dragon Pulse | Special | Smart | 85 | 100% | 10 (max 16) |
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The target is attacked with a shock wave generated by the user's gaping mouth. | |||||||||
| I | Dragon Rage | Special | Cool | — | 100% | 10 (max 16) |
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This attack hits the target with a shock wave of pure rage. This attack always inflicts 40 HP damage. | |||||||||
| IV | Dragon Rush | Physical | Cool | 100 | 75% | 10 (max 16) |
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The user tackles the target while exhibiting overwhelming menace. It may also make the target flinch. | |||||||||
| V | Dragon Tail | Physical | Tough | 60 | 90% | 10 (max 16) |
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The user knocks away the target and drags out another Pokémon in its party. In the wild, the battle ends. | |||||||||
| V | Dual Chop | Physical | Tough | 40 | 90% | 15 (max 24) |
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The user attacks its target by hitting it with brutal strikes. The target is hit twice in a row. | |||||||||
| II | Outrage | Physical | Cool | 120 | 100% | 10 (max 16) |
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The user rampages and attacks for two to three turns. It then becomes confused, however. | |||||||||
| IV | Roar of Time | Special | Cool | 150 | 90% | 5 (max 8) |
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The user blasts the target with power that distorts even time. The user must rest on the next turn. | |||||||||
| IV | Spacial Rend | Special | Tough | 100 | 95% | 5 (max 8) |
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The user tears the target along with the space around it. Critical hits land more easily. | |||||||||
| II | Twister | Special | Cool | 40 | 100% | 20 (max 32) |
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The user whips up a vicious tornado to tear at the opposing team. It may also make targets flinch. | |||||||||
| All details are accurate to Generation VII games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual move's page. Target data assumes user is in the lower left. | |||||||||||||||||
Abilities
Interacting with Dragon-type
User of Color Change will be changed into Dragon-type after it is hit with a Dragon-type move. Protean will change its user into Dragon-type when it uses a Dragon-type move. When a Pokémon with Multitype holds a Draco Plate, it will become a Dragon-type Pokémon. When a Pokémon with Imposter is sent out and its opposite opponent is Dragon-type, it will transform into that Pokémon and turn into Dragon-type.
Exclusive Abilities
Only Dragon-type Pokémon can have these Abilities. This does not include signature Abilities.
Trivia
- Generation V introduced the most Dragon-type Pokémon of any generation, with 10, and Generation II introduced the fewest Dragon-type Pokémon, with only one.
- Generation IV introduced the most Dragon-type moves of any generation, with five, and Generation VI did not introduce any Dragon-type moves.
- In Generation I, there was no way to do super-effective Dragon-type damage, since the then-only Dragon-type attack, Dragon Rage, always deals 40 HP of damage.
- Also, for the same reasons, there was no way to get STAB from a Dragon-type move in Generation I.
- Sinnoh is the only region without a notable Dragon-type specialist.
- There are only thirteen Dragon-type moves, the fewest of any type.
- The Dragon type also has the fewest number of non-damaging moves out of all of the types, with only one, Dragon Dance.
- In Generation I, no type resisted the Dragon type, making it the only type to ever have this distinction.
- However, there were no Dragon-type moves that utilized the standard damage formula in Generation I, making this a moot point.
- In Generation III, all Dragon-type moves were Cool moves.
- The average fully evolved stat of the Dragon type never goes below base 90.
- However, this can be attributed to the fact that a large portion of Dragon-type Pokémon are Legendary or Pseudo-Legendary.
- Dragon-type moves are tied with the Water type for having the most held items that boost their power: Draco Plate, Dragon Fang, Dragon Gem, and all three timespace orbs.
- The Dragon type resists all three of the traditional primary types of core series starter Pokémon: Grass, Fire and Water.
- In addition, it resists Electric, which was the type of the player's starter in Pokémon Yellow.
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