Dragon Claw (move)

Dragon Claw
ドラゴンクロー Dragon Claw

Battles

Type	Dragon
Category	Physical
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	80
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Makes 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 III
TM02 in Generation III TM02 in Generation IV TM02 in Generation V

Contests

Condition	Cool
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	1 ♥
Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.

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:

Dragon Claw (Japanese: ドラゴンクロー Dragon Claw) is a damage-dealing Dragon-type move introduced in Generation III. It has been TM02 since Generation III.

Effect

Dragon Claw inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Description

Games	Description
RS E	Slashes the foe with sharp claws.* Hooks and slashes the foe with long, sharp claws.*
FRLG	Sharp, huge claws hook and slash the foe quickly and with great power.
	Scratches the target with sharp claws.
	The user slashes the foe with huge, sharp claws.* Sharp, huge claws hook and slash the foe quickly and with great power.*
Conq	The user slashes the target with huge, sharp claws.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
#	Pokémon		Type		I		II		III	IV		V		VI
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying				--			--			'
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon				45			45	55	''''
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon	49			45			50			''''
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon	69			50			55			''''
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying	79			55			61			''''
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	20			20					''''
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground				27			27			''''
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground				33			33			''''
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground				33			33			''''
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon				30	28	28			''''
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon				30	28	28			''''
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon				30	28	28			''''
566		Archen	Rock	Flying							48			'
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying							56			'
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon							28			''''
611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon							28			''''
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon							28			''''
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon							27			''''
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric							54			''''
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
#	Pokémon		Type	II	III	IV	V	VI
158		Totodile	Water	Water
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
#	Pokémon		Type		I --		II --		III TM02	IV TM02		V TM02		VI TM08
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔
005		Charmeleon	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	✔			✔			✔		✔
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	✔			✔			✔		✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	✔			✔			✔		✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔			✔		✔
158		Totodile	Water		Water							✔		✔
159		Croconaw	Water		Water							✔		✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔		✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	✔			✔			✔		✔
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass	✔			✔			✔		✔
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock	✔			✔			✔		✔
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon	✔			✔			✔		✔
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	✔			✔			✔		✔
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon	✔			✔			✔		✔
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon	✔			✔			✔		✔
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying	✔			✔			✔		✔
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	✔			✔			✔		✔
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	✔			✔			✔		✔
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground	✔			✔			✔		✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	✔			✔			✔		✔
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground				✔			✔		✔
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground				✔			✔		✔
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground				✔			✔		✔
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon				✔			✔		✔
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon				✔			✔		✔
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon				✔			✔		✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal				✔			✔		✔
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark							✔		✔
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting							✔		✔
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting							✔		✔
566		Archen	Rock	Flying							✔		✔
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying							✔		✔
604		Eelektross	Electric		Electric							✔		✔
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon							✔		✔
611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon							✔		✔
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon							✔		✔
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon							✔		✔
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire							✔		✔
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric							✔		✔
646		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice							✔		✔
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.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method
Krookodile Garchomp Druddigon Shelgon
The user slashes the foe with huge, sharp claws.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Salamence's claws glow white or bright green and its slashes the opponent with them.
Silver's Salamence	The Search for the Legend	Debut
Drake's Salamence	Vanity Affair	None
	Dragonite's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent.
Lance's Dragonite	The Scuffle of Legends	None
	The tips of Shelgon's front legs glow bright green and it slashes the opponent with them.
Drake's Shelgon	Vanity Affair	None
	The gold part of Giratina's upper spikes glows magenta and it hits the opponent with it.
Giratina (movie)	Giratina and the Sky Warrior	None
	Garchomp's hand claws glow light green and it slashes the opponent repeatedly.
Cynthia's Garchomp	Double Team Turnover!	None
	One or both of Gabite's claws glow light blue or light green and it slashes the opponent with it. Sometimes, when it slashes, it leaves behind a trail of energy the same color as the glow of its claws.
A wild Gabite	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness	None
Ursula's Gabite	Another One Gabites the Dust!	None
	Both of the claws on Druddigon's hands glow light blue and it slashes the opponent once with each hand, or the claws on one of Druddigon's hands glow light blue and it slashes the opponent with it.
Emmy's Druddigon	The Dragon Master's Path!	None
Gail's Druddigon	Search for the Clubultimate!	None
Drayden's Druddigon	BW101	None
	The claws on one of Reshiram's wings glow bright pink and Reshiram slashes the opponent with it. As it does, it leaves behind a bright pink trail of energy where it slashed.
Reshiram (M14)	White—Victini and Zekrom	None
	The claws on one of Krookodile's hands glow light blue and it slashes the opponent with them.
Ash's Krookodile	Ash, Iris and Trip: Then There Were Three!	None
	The claws on one of Fraxure's hands glow light blue and it slashes the opponent with them.
A Fraxure Iris borrowed from the Opelucid Trainers' School	BW101	None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Pokémon	Method
File:Salamence Dragon Claw Adventures.png Salamence Aerodactyl
The user slashes the opponent with one of its claws.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Salamence slashes the opponent with one of its claws.
A wild Salamence	VS. Kyogre & Groudon XIV	Debut
Tucker's Salamence	VS. Smeargle	None
	Aerodactyl wraps one of its feet around the opponent's neck.
Red's Aero	Activate: The Ultimate Move	None

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Pokémon	Method
Dialga
The user slashes the opponent with its claws.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Dialga slahses the opponent with its claws.
A wild Dialga	The Advent of Legendary Pokémon!!	Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	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

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		龍爪 Lóngzhuǎ
Dutch		Drakenklauw
Finnish		Lohikäärmeenkynsi
French		Dracogriffe
German		Drachenklaue
Greek		Δρακόνυχες
Hindi		द्रगों का पंजा Dragon ka panja
Indonesian		Cakar Naga Kuku Naga
Italian		Dragartigli
Korean		드래곤크루 Dragon Claw
Polish		Pazur Smoka
Portuguese		Garra do Dragão
Romanian		Gheara Dragon
Serbian		Zmajeva Kandža
Spanish		Garra Dragón

Variations of the move Drill Peck

	Drill Peck • Strength • Dragon Claw • Seed Bomb • X-Scissor
	Power Gem

Generation III TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50
Generation III HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08^RSE

Generation IV TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92
Generation IV HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08

Generation V TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95
Generation V HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06

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