Dragon Breath (move)

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Dragon Breath りゅうのいぶき Dragon Breath

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Battles Type  Dragon Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II TM24 in Generation II

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Dragon Breath (Japanese: りゅうのいぶき Dragon Breath), formatted as DragonBreath prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a damage-dealing Dragon-type move introduced in Generation II. It was TM24 in Generation II.

Effect

Dragon Breath inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target.

Description

Games Description A Dragon-type attack. Has a one-in-three chance of paralyzing the target. A strong breath attack. RSE Strikes the foe with an incredible blast of breath. FRLG The foe is hit with an incredible blast of breath that may also paralyze. PMDRB Inflicts damage on the target, even at a distance. It may also cause paralysis, preventing any attacks or moves. Incredible blast of breath that may paralyze the target. The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage. It may also paralyze the target. The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage. It may also leave the target with paralysis. The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage. This may also leave the target with paralysis.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
095		Onix	Rock	Ground					30	33				41	25	25
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground					30	33				41	25	25
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon				35			35				35			35
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon				35			35				35			35
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying				35			35				35			35
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon				33			31				31			31
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon				38			32				32			32
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying				38			32				32			32
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic				20			20				20			20
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic				20			20				20			20
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon							--				--			--
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon							--				--			--
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon							--				--			--
566		Archen	Rock	Flying											31			31
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying											31			31
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon											17			17
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon											17			17
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon											17			17
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire											29			29
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric											29			29
646		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice											29			29
704		Goomy	Dragon		Dragon														18
705		Sliggoo	Dragon		Dragon														18
706		Goodra	Dragon		Dragon														18
718		Zygarde	Dragon	Ground														--
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.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
116		Horsea	Water		Water
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon
252		Treecko	Grass		Grass
349		Feebas	Water		Water
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground
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.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II TM24		III --		IV --		V --		VI --
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire	✔												✔
005		Charmeleon	Fire		Fire	✔												✔
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	✔												✔
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire	✔												✔
059		Arcanine	Fire		Fire	✔												✔
116		Horsea	Water		Water	✔												✔
117		Seadra	Water		Water	✔												✔
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying	✔												✔
131		Lapras	Water		Ice	✔												✔
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	✔												✔
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon	✔												✔
148		Dragonair	Dragon		Dragon	✔												✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	✔												✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔												✔
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground	✔												✔
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	✔												✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	✔												✔
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying	✔												✔
250		Ho-Oh	Fire	Flying	✔												✔
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.

Special move

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0147 Dratini Dragon Dream World - Sparkling Sea Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Hydreigon Steelix Flygon Archen
The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Gyarados releases a thick, green beam at the opponent. The attack can paralyze the opponent.
Clair's Gyarados	Better Eight Than Never		Debut
	Altaria fires a thick, green beam or a transparent beam of energy with white rings around it from its beak at the opponent.
Winona's Altaria	Sky High Gym Battle!		None
Drake's Altaria	Vanity Affair		None
An Altaria a boy borrowed from the Opelucid Trainers' School	Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!		None
	Steelix fires a green, yellow, or blue beam from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Steelix	All Torkoal, No Play		None
Morrison's Steelix	Choose It or Lose it!		None
Brock's Steelix	Grating Spaces!		None
	Salamence fires a large fireball from its mouth at the opponent.
Silver's Salamence	The Search for the Legend		None
	Shelgon releases a thick, green beam from its face at the opponent.
Drake's Shelgon	Vanity Affair		None
	Charizard releases a green and yellow or light blue beam from its mouth at the opponent.
Ash's Charizard	The Symbol Life		Charizard cannot legally learn DragonBreath as of Generation III
	Vibrava releases a green and yellow beam from its mouth at the opponent.
Brianna's Vibrava	Spontaneous Combusken!		None
	Flygon releases a light blue beam from its mouth at the opponent.
Drew's Flygon	Channeling the Battle Zone!		None
	Bagon releases a white beam from its mouth at the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Bagon	Tag! We're It...!		None
	Archen produces a clear orb of spiraling energy inside its mouth, then releases a transparent beam of energy with white rings of energy and white sparkles around it at the opponent.
A wild Archen	Archeops In The Modern World!		None
	Archeop's eyes glow red and it fires a transparent beam of energy with white rings around it from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Archeops	Archeops In The Modern World!		None
	A cyclone of pale purple wind appears around Hydreigon's body and it releases a stream of pale purple fire at the opponent, or Hydreigon fires a transparent beam of energy with white rings around it from its mouth at the opponent.
Carlita's Hydreigon	White—Victini and Zekrom Black—Victini and Reshiram		None
A wild Hydreigon	Iris and the Rogue Dragonite!		None
	Zekrom produces a pale purple flame in its mouth, then releases a stream of pale purple fire at the opponent.
Zekrom (M14)	Black—Victini and Reshiram White—Victini and Zekrom		None
	Kyurem releases a stream of red-orange fire from its mouth at the opponent.
Kyurem (M15)	Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice		None

In the manga

In the Ash and Pikachu manga

Shelgon Charizard
The user breathes out some energy.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Shelgon breathes out some energy from its face.
Drake's Shelgon	Battle Till The End! Drake, One Of The Elite Four!!		Debut
	Charizard breathes out some energy from its mouth.
Ash's Charizard	Off To The Battle Frontier!!		Charizard cannot legally learn DragonBreath as of Generation III

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Dragonair Giratina Steelix Altaria
The user releases a blast of energy at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Dragonair releases a cyclone of energy from its beak at the opponent.
Clair's Dragonair	Debonaire Dragonair		Debut
	Gyarados fires a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent.
Silver's Gyarados	Entranced by Entei		None
	Altaria fires a beam of energy from its beak at the opponent.
Winona's Altaria	I Dare Ya, Altaria... Knock Chic off My Shoulder		None
	Steelix releases a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent.
Carr's Steelix	Attacking the Entire Island		None
	Giratina releases a huge blast of energy from its mouth at the opponent. The attack can reflect an opponent's attack right back, increasing the damage.
Charon's Giratina	The Final Dimensional Duel VI		None

In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King manga

File:Giratina Palkia DragonBreath PBK.png Giratina and Palkia
The user breathes out a portion of energy.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Giratina breathes out a portion of energy in the form of a beam.
Unknown Trainer's Giratina	PBK5		Debut
	Palkia breathes out a portion of energy in the form of a beam.
Unknown Trainer's Palkia	PBK5		Debut

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Dragonair
The user breathes out a heavy portion of energy.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Dragonair breathes out a large portion of energy.
Clair's Dragonair	The Ultimate Battle...?!		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Dragon Breath is the only move of its type capable of causing paralysis.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 龍吸 Lóngxī Dutch Drakenadem Finnish Lohikäärmeenhenkäys French Dracosouffle German Feuerodem Greek Ανάσα Δράκου Hindi द्रगोंन की सांस Dragon Ki Saans Indonesian Semburan Naga Italian Dragospiro Korean 용의숨결 Yong-yi Sumgyeol Portuguese Brazil Sopro do Dragão Portugal Bafo do Dragão Sopro do Dragão Serbian Zmajev Dah Spanish Latin America Aliento de Dragón (OS-DP series) Aliento Dragón (BW series-present) Spain Dragoaliento

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