Dragon Pulse (move)

Dragon Pulse りゅうのはどう Dragon Pulse

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Battles Type  Dragon Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  90 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV TM59 in Generation IV

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Increases judge's voltage by 2

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Judge's Voltage goes up.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Dragon Pulse (Japanese: りゅうのはどう Dragon Pulse) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Dragon Pulse inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Generation V

Dragon Pulse can hit non-adjacent opponents in triple battles.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0116 Horsea Water 42 0117 Seadra Water 57 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon 57 0333 Swablu Normal Flying 45 0334 Altaria Dragon Flying 54 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic 70 0381 Latios Dragon Psychic 70 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 75 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 90 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 47 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM59

#   Pokémon Type 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 0059 Arcanine Fire 0095 Onix Rock Ground 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 0116 Horsea Water 0117 Seadra Water 0130 Gyarados Water Flying 0131 Lapras Water Ice 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 0147 Dratini Dragon 0148 Dragonair Dragon 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 0151 Mew Psychic 0160 Feraligatr Water 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 0254 Sceptile Grass 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon 0333 Swablu Normal Flying 0334 Altaria Dragon Flying 0350 Milotic Water 0371 Bagon Dragon 0372 Shelgon Dragon 0373 Salamence Dragon Flying 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic 0381 Latios Dragon Psychic 0383 Groudon Ground 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 0408 Cranidos Rock 0409 Rampardos Rock 0443 Gible Dragon Ground 0444 Gabite Dragon Ground 0445 Garchomp Dragon Ground 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon 0484 Palkia Water Dragon 0485 Heatran Fire Steel 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 0493 Arceus Flying Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0116 Horsea Water 42 0117 Seadra Water 57 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon 57 0333 Swablu Normal Flying 50 0334 Altaria Dragon Flying 62 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic 80 0381 Latios Dragon Psychic 80 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 90 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 60 0610 Axew Dragon 41 0611 Fraxure Dragon 42 0612 Haxorus Dragon 42 0633 Monozu Monozu Dark Dragon 32 0634 Jiheddo Jiheddo Dark Dragon 32 0635 Sazandora Sazandora Dark Dragon 32 0643 Reshiram Dragon Fire 54 0646 Kyurem Dragon Ice 57 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other games

Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Dragon Pulse is one of the attacks Rayquaza can use when it is fought.

In the anime

File:Gible Dragon Pulse.png Gible File:Dragonite dragon pulse.png Dragonite File:Salamence Dragon Pulse.png Salamence File:Latias Dragon Pulse.png Latias
The user fires a green ball of light at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Milotic's body becomes outlined in light green and it releases a pulse off its body that pushes back anything around it.
Wallace's Milotic	Our Cup Runneth Over!		Debut
	Dragonite opens its mouth and a turquiose energy ball appears in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Provo's Dragonite	Pursuing a Lofty Goal!		None
	Salamence opens its mouth and a turquiose ball appears in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
J's Salamence	Pillars of Friendship!		None
	Gible opens its mouth and a turquiose ball of energy appears in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Ash's Gible	A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!		None
	Latias puts its hands together and a turquiose ball of energy appears between them. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Nurse Joy's Latias	SS025		None

Trivia

• In the anime, Dragon Pulse looks similar to Aura Sphere.
• Lucario is the only Pokémon who can learn this by leveling up that is not part of a Dragon evolutionary line.

In other languages

• Chinese: 龍波動 Lóng Bō​dòng​
• Dutch: Draken Puls
• French: Dracochoc
• German: Drachenpuls
• Greek: Σφυγμός Δράκου
• Italian: Dragopulsar
• Korean: 용의파동 Yong-yi Padong
• Norwegian: Dragetrykk
• Polish: Smoczy Puls
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Pulso do Dragão
• Spanish: Pulso Dragón

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