Dragon Rush (move)

Dragon Rush ドラゴンダイブ Dragon Dive

Battles Type  Dragon Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  100 Accuracy  75% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Dragon Rush (Japanese: ドラゴンダイブ Dragon Dive) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Dragon Rush inflicts damage and has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0147 Dratini Dragon 35 0148 Dragonair Dragon 39 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 39 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 15 0443 Gible Dragon Ground 37 0444 Gabite Dragon Ground 49 0445 Garchomp Dragon Ground 55 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 breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0004 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Charmander
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Gible, Gabite, Garchomp |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0111 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Gible, Gabite, Garchomp |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0304 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aron
| colspan="1" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Gible, Gabite, Garchomp |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0333 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Swablu
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Gible, Gabite, Garchomp |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0371 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Bagon
| colspan="2" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
Altaria
Gible, Gabite, Garchomp

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0147 Dratini Dragon 41 0148 Dragonair Dragon 47 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 47 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 15 0443 Gible Dragon Ground 37 0444 Gabite Dragon Ground 49 0445 Garchomp Dragon Ground 55 0633 Deino Dark Dragon 42 0634 Zweilous Dark Dragon 42 0635 Hydreigon Dark Dragon 42 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 breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0004 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Charmander
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0111 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0304 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aron
| colspan="1" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0333 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Swablu
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0371 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Bagon
| colspan="2" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:Garchomp Dragon Rush.png Garchomp File:Dragonite Dragon Rush.png Dragonite
The user's head glows blue and its body is enveloped in a blue light. It then charges at the foe at great speed.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Garchomp flies at the opponent and the two appendages on its head glow light blue. Then, its body becomes enveloped in a light blue aura with the same color streaks and it slams into the opponent.
Cynthia's Garchomp	Top-Down Training!		Debut
	Dragonite's body becomes surrounded in a light blue orb with white streaks. It then slams into the opponent with full force.
Provo's Dragonite	Pursuing a Lofty Goal!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Garchomp
The user tackles the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Gible charges and slams the top of its head into the opponent with great force.
The Cloaked Grunt's Gible	VS. Staravia and Skuntank I		Debut
	Garchomp rams into the opponent with great force.
Cynthia's Garchomp	VS. Probopass and Magnezone I		None

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 龍神俯衝 Lóng​shén​ Fǔ​chōng​ Dutch Draken Storm French Dracocharge German Drachenstoß Greek Ορμή Δράκου Italian Dragofuria Korean 드래곤다이브 Dragon Dive Portuguese Investida do Dragão Spanish Carga Dragón

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