Dragon (type)

Revision as of 05:28, 1 January 2008 by Szayel Aporro (talk | contribs) (→‎Trivia: rephrase)

Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Notable trainers of the Dragon-type include Lance and Drake of the Elite Four and Clair, the Gym Leader of Blackthorn City.

Statistical averages

Stat Range
At Lv. 50 At Lv. 100
73
133 - 180 256 - 350
96
90 - 162 177 - 320
78
74 - 143 144 - 280
86
81 - 151 159 - 298
80
76 - 145 148 - 284
81
77 - 146 150 - 287
Total:
494
Other Pokémon with this total
  • Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
  • Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Battle properties

Dragon-type moves:

  • Are super effective against: Dragon
  • Are not very effective against: Steel
  • Have no effect against: None

Dragon-type Pokémon:

Characteristics

The Dragon-type has been commonly thought of as a legendary or near-legendary type. Because of the minimal amount of weaknesses that they have, they often find a way onto trainers' teams. The downside to the supposed power that they have is that they are slightly harder to raise, with many of them not evolving 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. Most Dragon-type Pokémon have high Attack and Special Attack.

The Dragon-type is good offensively. Steel is the only type which is resistant to Dragon-type moves. Dragon Dance is also a very common move for physical sweepers.

Defensively, they don't have many resistances in battle, but they can hold off enough attacks to do some damage of their own. Many fully-evolved Dragon-types also have a double weakness to Template:Type2 moves, due to their secondary types; Kingdra, whose primary type of Water causes them to lose all weaknesses besides that to Dragon itself, is the only fully evolved Dragon not to have such a weakness. The only other Dragon-types without a double weakness to Ice-types are legendary Pokémon.

As of Generation IV, all fully-evolved Dragon-types also have a secondary type, except Arceus when holding the Draco Plate.

Pokémon

Pure Dragon-type Pokémon

# Name
147 File:147MS.gif Dratini
148 File:148MS.gif Dragonair
371 File:371MS.gif Bagon
372 File:372MS.gif Shelgon

Half Dragon-type Pokémon

Primary Dragon-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2
149 File:149MS.gif Dragonite File:DragonIC.gif File:FlyingIC.gif
334 File:334MS.gif Altaria File:DragonIC.gif File:FlyingIC.gif
373 File:373MS.gif Salamence File:DragonIC.gif File:FlyingIC.gif
380 File:380MS.gif Latias File:DragonIC.gif File:PsychicIC.gif
381 File:381MS.gif Latios File:DragonIC.gif File:PsychicIC.gif
384 File:384MS.gif Rayquaza File:DragonIC.gif File:FlyingIC.gif
443 443MS.png Gible File:DragonIC.gif File:GroundIC.gif
444 444MS.png Gabite File:DragonIC.gif File:GroundIC.gif
445 445MS.png Garchomp File:DragonIC.gif File:GroundIC.gif

Secondary Dragon-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2
230 File:230MS.gif Kingdra File:WaterIC.gif File:DragonIC.gif
329 File:329MS.gif Vibrava File:GroundIC.gif File:DragonIC.gif
330 File:330MS.gif Flygon File:GroundIC.gif File:DragonIC.gif
483 483MS.png Dialga File:SteelIC.gif File:DragonIC.gif
484 484MS.png Palkia File:WaterIC.gif File:DragonIC.gif
487 487MS.png Giratina File:GhostIC.gif File:DragonIC.gif

Moves

Damage-dealing moves

Name Category Contest Power Accuracy PP Target Notes
Draco Meteor File:SpecialIC.gif File:SmartIC.gif 140 90% 5 One foe Sharply reduces the user's Special Attack stat.
DragonBreath File:SpecialIC.gif File:CoolIC.gif 60 100% 20 One foe May also paralyze the target.
Dragon Claw File:PhysicalIC.gif File:CoolIC.gif 80 100% 15 One foe
Dragon Pulse File:SpecialIC.gif File:SmartIC.gif 90 100% 10 One foe
Dragon Rage File:SpecialIC.gif File:CoolIC.gif —% 100% 10 One foe This attack always inflicts 40 HP damage.
Dragon Rush File:PhysicalIC.gif File:CoolIC.gif 100 75% 10 One foe May also make the target flinch.
Outrage File:PhysicalIC.gif File:CoolIC.gif 120 100% 15 Random The user rampages and attacks for two to three turns. However, it then becomes confused.
Roar of Time File:SpecialIC.gif File:CoolIC.gif 150 90% 5 One foe The user must rest on the next turn.
Spacial Rend File:SpecialIC.gif File:ToughIC.gif 100 95% 5 One foe Has a high critical-hit ratio.
Twister File:SpecialIC.gif File:CoolIC.gif 40 100% 20 One foe May also make the foe flinch.

Non-damaging moves

Name Category Contest Power Accuracy PP Target Notes
Dragon Dance File:StatusIC.gif File:CoolIC.gif —% 20 User Boosts Attack and Speed by one stage

Trivia

  • In Generation I, there was only one Dragon-type attack, Dragon Rage; but because it only deals 40 HP of damage, there was no way to do variable Dragon-type damage.
  • It has been heavily speculated that if Eevee receives another evolution in a future game, it would be Dragon.

In other languages

  • French: Dragon
  • German: Drache
  • Italian: Drago
  • Spanish: Dragón
  • Portuguese: Dragão
  • Korean: 드래곤 dragon