Dragon (type): Difference between revisions

Defensively, Dragon type have resistances to {{t|Electric}}, {{t|Grass}}, {{t|Water}} and {{t|Fire}}. However, many fully-[[evolution|evolved]], non-{{pkmn2|legendary}} Dragon-type Pokémon have a double weakness to {{type|Ice}} moves, due to their secondary [[type]]s. Dragon is the only type resistant to all types of [[starter Pokémon]], including Electric. Their weakness to themselves and {{t|Fairy}} is balanced by the fact that few Pokémon can learn powerful Fairy-type moves in the first place.

The Dragon type is statistically the best type overall. Most Dragon-type Pokémon have high {{stat|Attack}} and {{stat|Special Attack}}. Even though Dragon-type moves are only {{DL|Damage modification|super effective}} against Dragon-type Pokémon, the only two types that resist Dragon are {{t|Steel}} and {{t|Fairy}}, with Fairy types being completely immune to Dragon attacks. This gives Dragon-type Pokémon good use of their benefited [[same-type attack bonus]]. However, because of Dragon-type Pokémon's secondary type and their wide and variety movepool, they still have some ability to counter Fairy types, Steel types, and also {{t|Ice}} types.

In {{pkmn|Contest}}s, Dragon-type moves are typically {{OBP|Cool|condition}} moves, but some may be {{OBP|Clever|condition}} or {{OBP|Tough|condition}}.

{{movelist/battle|4|Draco Meteor|Special|Clever|130|90|5|anyadjacent|Comets are summoned down from the sky onto the target. The attack's recoil harshly reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat.}}

{{movelist/battle|4|Dragon Pulse|Special|Clever|85|100|10|any|The target is attacked with a shock wave generated by the user's gaping mouth.}}

* [[Generation V]] introduced the most Dragon-type Pokémon of any generation, with 10, and [[Generation II]] introduced the fewest Dragon-type Pokémon, with only {{p|Kingdra|one}}.

* [[Generation IV]] introduced the most Dragon-type moves of any generation, with five, while [[Generation I]] introduced the fewest, with {{m|Dragon Rage|only one}}. Generation VI did not introduce any Dragon-type moves.

* In Generation I, there was no way to do super-effective Dragon-type damage, since the then-only Dragon-type attack, {{m|Dragon Rage}}, always deals 40 HP of damage.

* In Generation I, no type resisted the Dragon type, making it the only type to ever have this distinction. However, there were no Dragon-type moves that utilized the standard damage formula in Generation I, making this a moot point.

* In [[Generation III]], all Dragon-type moves were {{OBP|Cool|condition}} moves.

* The Dragon type resists all three of the traditional primary types of core series [[starter Pokémon]]: {{t|Grass}}, {{t|Fire}} and {{t|Water}}. In addition, it resists {{t|Electric}}, which was the type of the player's starter in {{game|Yellow}}.