Dragon Breath (move)

DragonBreath りゅうのいぶき Dragon Breath

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Battles Type  Dragon Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  60 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 II TM24 in Generation II

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

DragonBreath (Japanese: りゅうのいぶき Dragon Breath) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

DragonBreath inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target.

Learnset

Generation II

By TM24

#   Pokémon Type 0004 Charmander Fire 0005 Charmeleon Fire 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 0058 Growlithe Fire 0059 Arcanine Fire 0116 Horsea Water 0117 Seadra Water 0130 Gyarados Water Flying 0131 Lapras Water 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 0147 Dratini Dragon 0148 Dragonair Dragon 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 0151 Mew Psychic 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 0250 Ho-Oh Fire 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0095 Onix Rock Ground 30 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 30 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 35 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon 35 0334 Altaria Dragon Flying 35 0371 Bagon Dragon 33 0372 Shelgon Dragon 38 0373 Salamence Dragon Flying 38 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic 20 0381 Latios Dragon Psychic 20 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" | 0116 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Horsea
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0142 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aerodactyl
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0147 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini
| colspan="2" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0252 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Treecko
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0349 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Feebas
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence

|- | 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0095 Onix Rock Ground 33 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 33 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 35 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon 35 0334 Altaria Dragon Flying 35 0371 Bagon Dragon 31 0372 Shelgon Dragon 32 0373 Salamence Dragon Flying 32 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic 20 0381 Latios Dragon Psychic 20 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon -- 0484 Palkia Water Dragon -- 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon -- 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon -- 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" | 0116 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Horsea
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0142 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aerodactyl
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0147 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini
| colspan="2" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0252 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Treecko
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0349 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Feebas
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0443 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gible
| colspan="1" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence

|- | 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 0095 Onix Rock Ground 41 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 41 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 35 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon 35 0334 Altaria Dragon Flying 35 0371 Bagon Dragon 31 0372 Shelgon Dragon 32 0373 Salamence Dragon Flying 32 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic 20 0381 Latios Dragon Psychic 20 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon -- 0484 Palkia Water Dragon -- 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon -- 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon -- 0566 Archen Rock Flying 31 0567 Archeops Rock Flying 31 0633 Deino Dark Dragon 17 0634 Zweilous Dark Dragon 17 0635 Hydreigon Dark Dragon 17 0643 Reshiram Dragon Fire 29 0644 Zekrom Dragon Electric 29 0646 Kyurem Dragon Ice 29 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" | 0116 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Horsea
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence
Deino, Zweilous, Hydreigon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0142 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aerodactyl
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Archen, Archeops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0147 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini
| colspan="2" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence
Deino, Zweilous, Hydreigon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0252 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Treecko
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence
Deino, Zweilous, Hydreigon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0349 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Feebas
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence
Deino, Zweilous, Hydreigon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0443 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gible
| colspan="1" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence
Deino, Zweilous, Hydreigon

|- | 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:Altaria DragonBreath.png Altaria File:Steelix DragonBreath.png Steelix File:Vibrava DragonBreath.png Vibrava Charizard
The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Gyarados releases a thick green beam of air at the opponent. The attack can paralyze the opponent.
Clair's Gyarados	Better Eight Than Never		Debut
	Altaria fires a thick, green air beam at the opponent from its mouth.
Winona's Altaria	Sky High Gym Battle!		None
Drake's Altaria	Vanity Affair		None
	Steelix fires a green, yellow, or blue beam of air from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Steelix	All Torkoal, No Play		None
Morrison's Steelix	Choose it or Lose it!		None
Brock's Steelix	Grating Spaces!		None
	Salamence fires a large fireball at the opponent from its mouth.
Silver's Salamence	The Search for the Legend		None
	Shelgon releases a thick, green beam of air from its face at the opponent.
Drake's Shelgon	Vanity Affair		None
	Charizard opens its mouth and releases a green and yellow or light blue beam of air at the opponent.
Ash's Charizard	The Symbol of Life		None
	Vibrava opens its mouth and releases a green and yellow beam of air at the opponent.
Brianna's Vibrava	Spontaneous Combusken!		None
	Flygon releases a light blue beam of air at the opponent.
Drew's Flygon	Channeling the Battle Zone!		None
	Bagon opens its mouth and releases a white beam of air from its mouth at the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Bagon	Tag! We're It...!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Gyarados DragonBreath Adventures.png Gyarados
The user releases a cyclone from its mouth at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Dragonair rears its head forward and it releases a cyclone of energy from its mouth at the opponent.
Clair's Dragonair	Debonaire Dragonair		Debut
	Gyarados fires a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. Sometimes, the beam has a spiral of energy around it when fired.
Silver's Gyarados	Flames from Entei		None
Red's Gyara	Flames from Entei		None
	Altaria opens its beak and fires a beam of energy from it at the opponent.
Winona's Altaria	VS. Altaria		None
	Steelix releases a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent.
Carr's Steelix	Attacking the Entire Island		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

• Chinese: 龍吸 Lóngxī
• Finnish: Lohikäärmeenhenkäys
• French: Dracosouffle
• German: Feuerodem
• Greek: Ανάσα Δράκου
• Hindi: Dragon Ki Saans
• Italian: Dragospiro
• Korean: 용의숨결 Yong-yi Sumgyeol
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Bafo do Dragão, Sopro do Dragão
• Spanish: Dragoaliento
• Serbian: Zmajev Dah

Variations of the move Bite
Bite • Heart Stamp

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