Dragon (type)
The Dragon type (Japanese: ドラゴンタイプ Dragon type) is one of the seventeen types. Notable Trainers that specialize in Dragon-type Pokémon are Lance of the Indigo Plateau Elite Four, Clair of Blackthorn City, Drake of the Hoenn Elite Four and Iris and Drayden of Opelucid City. Prior to Generation IV, where moves are designated physical or special based on the move itself rather than its type, all Dragon-type moves were special.
Statistical averages
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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 type that resists Dragon is Steel, giving them good use of their STAB. Furthermore, the combination of Dragon and Fire has almost unresisted coverage.
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.
Contest properties
When used in Contests, Dragon-type moves typically become Cool moves, but some may be Smart or Tough moves.
Pokémon
As of Generation V, there are 29 Dragon-type Pokémon or 4.47% of all Pokémon, making it the sixteenth most common type, or effectively the second least common type just ahead of the Ghost-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 | 140 | 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. | |||||||||
| 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 | 90 | 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 | 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. | ||||||||||
| II | DragonBreath | 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. | |||||||||
| V | Dual Chop | Physical | 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 | 100% | 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 | 90% | 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. | |||||||||||||||||
Trivia
- 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.
- There are only thirteen Dragon-type moves, the fewest of any type.
- In Hoenn Contests, all of the then-six Dragon-type moves were Cool moves.
- The Dragon type also has the fewest number of non-damaging moves out of all of the types, with only one, Dragon Dance.
- The Dragon type resists moves of the primary types of all main series starter Pokémon available for players, including Pikachu.
- The Dragon type is one of two types that have both never been and will never (with the current type chart) be doubly super effective against any Pokémon, as it is only super effective against one type. The other is the Normal type, which isn't super effective against anything.
- With the current type chart, Poison also cannot deal doubly super effective damage; however, in Generation I, due to Bug being weak to Poison, it was super effective against Grass/Bug-type Pokémon (Paras and Parasect).
- Similarly, the Dragon type is also the only type that will never be doubly resisted by anything, as only Steel resists it.
- The Dragon type is statistically the best type, as its average fully evolved stat never goes below base 90.
- Generation V introduced the most Dragon-type Pokémon of any generation, with 10; Generation II introduced the least Dragon-type Pokémon, with only one, Kingdra.
- Up until Pokémon Black and White Versions 2, every Dragon type specialist had been the final member of their associations, with three eighth Gym Leaders (Clair, Iris, and Drayden), two fourth Elite Four members (Lance and Drake), and two Champions (Lance and Iris). In Black 2 and White 2, Drayden was made the 7th Gym Leader, as Marlon was made 8th Gym Leader.
- Generation IV introduced the most Dragon-type moves of any Generation, with five and Generation I introduced the least Dragon-type moves, with only one.
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