Dragon Darts (move)

Dragon Darts ドラゴンアロー Dragon Arrow

Battles Type  Dragon Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  50 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

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

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

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Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VIII Generation IX

Dragon Darts (Japanese: ドラゴンアロー Dragon Arrow) is a damage-dealing Dragon-type move introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature move of Dragapult.

Effect

This move effect may be in need of research. Reason: If both Pokémon are immune, does it still try to hit both Pokémon? How does it interact with Ally Switch when targeting an ally? Does substitute or Ice Face cause Dragon Darts to be redirected away from the Pokémon? Is it affected by Wide Guard? Does Follow Me still redirect the attack if the user would take no damage? If the user has Mold Breaker, will Dragon Darts take that into account when determining its targets? How does it targeting work if a raid max battle uses it? You can discuss this on the talk page.

Dragon Darts is a multi-strike move that deals damage twice.

If targeting an opponent when there are multiple opponents, Dragon Darts' first strike targets the original target and its second strike targets the other opponent. If either the original target or its ally would take no damage from Dragon Darts, both strikes are directed at the other Pokémon instead. If Dragon Darts targets an ally, both hits will hit that ally.

The following reasons for taking no damage from Dragon Darts will cause it to target the other Pokémon:

• Type immunity
• Ability-based immunity
• Being protected by a protection move
• Being in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move
• If Dragon Darts would miss due to the user's accuracy or the target's evasion

If one of Dragon Darts' strikes is redirected in order to avert a miss due to accuracy and evasion, this will activate the user's Blunder Policy (even if both strikes successfully hit the other Pokémon).

If an opponent is the center of attention (such as due to Follow Me), both strikes will target that Pokémon.

If Dragon Darts targets a Pokémon that has Pressure, even if it was not the original target of the move, it still causes the move's user to lose additional PP.

Description

Games Description SwSh The user attacks twice using Dreepy. If there are two targets, this move hits each target once.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0887		Dragapult		Amorphous	Dragon	1, Evo.
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Trivia

• Dragon Darts is one of only two moves whose animation differs depending on if the Pokémon is Shiny or not, the other being Mind Blown.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 龍箭 Lùhng Jin Mandarin 龍箭 / 龙箭 Lóng Jiàn French Draco-Flèches German Drachenpfeile Italian Dragofrecce Korean 드래곤애로 Deuraegon Aero Spanish Dracoflechas

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.