Dragon Ascent (move)
Dragon Ascent ガリョウテンセイ Dragon Ascension | ||||||||||||
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Dragon Ascent (Japanese: ガリョウテンセイ Dragon Ascension) is a damage-dealing Flying-type move introduced in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. It is the signature move of Rayquaza.
Effect
Dragon Ascent inflicts damage and then lowers the user's Defense stat and Special Defense stat by one stage each.
If known by Rayquaza, Dragon Ascent gives Rayquaza the ability to Mega Evolve.
Dragon Ascent does not exist in the coding of Pokémon X and Y. As a result, a Pokémon knowing Dragon Ascent cannot be traded from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire to X and Y, and if a Pokémon in Pokémon Bank knows the move it cannot be withdrawn in Pokémon X and Y. In order to be transferred to Pokémon X and Y, the Pokémon must forget Dragon Ascent.
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Learnset
In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Zinnia's grandmother in Meteor Falls can teach Rayquaza this move.
By Move Tutor
# | Pokémon | Type | Game | ||
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384 | Rayquaza | Dragon | Flying | ✔ | |
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
Special moves
Generation VI
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In the anime
The user descends from the sky and strikes the opponent with a green outline. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Mega Rayquaza flies high into the air. Its body then becomes outlined in a green aura, and it dives into the opponent with great speed. | |||
A wild Rayquaza | Mega Evolution Special II | Debut |
Trivia
- The Japanese name of this move literally means "to paint a dragon and dot its eyes" and serves as a metaphor for the finishing touch in a piece of work that give it "the spark of life". The idiom originated from a legend where Zhang Sengyou, a Chinese painter, completes the dragons on a mural by dotting their eyes and thus literally bringing them to life; they spring out of the temple wall and fly off. The completed dragons immediately ascended to the heavens after the work was done.
- Dragon Ascent is the only move with the word "dragon" in its English name that is not Dragon-type.
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Variations of the move Superpower | ||||
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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. |