Dragon Breath (move)
Dragon Breath りゅうのいぶき Dragon Breath | ||||||||||||
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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
Generation II
Dragon Breath inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target.
Generation III onwards
Dragon Breath can be used as the first move of a Pokémon Contest combination, causing Dragon Claw, Dragon Dance, and Dragon Rage to score double the normal appeal if used in the next turn. It can also be used to finish a combination, with the user gaining 1 bonus appeal point if Dragon Dance or Dragon Rage was used in the previous turn.
Dragon Breath is now affected by King's Rock.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
By TM
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Machine | |||||||||
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II TM24 |
III -- |
IV -- |
V -- |
VI -- |
VII -- |
VIII -- |
IX -- | ||||||
004 | Charmander |
Monster | Dragon | ✔ | |||||||||
005 | Charmeleon |
Monster | Dragon | ✔ | |||||||||
006 | Charizard |
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Monster | Dragon | ✔ | ||||||||
058 | Growlithe |
Field | ✔ | ||||||||||
059 | Arcanine |
Field | ✔ | ||||||||||
116 | Horsea |
Water 1 | Dragon | ✔ | |||||||||
117 | Seadra |
Water 1 | Dragon | ✔ | |||||||||
130 | Gyarados |
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Water 2 | Dragon | ✔ | ||||||||
131 | Lapras |
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Monster | Water 1 | ✔ | ||||||||
142 | Aerodactyl |
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Flying | ✔ | |||||||||
147 | Dratini |
Water 1 | Dragon | ✔ | |||||||||
148 | Dragonair |
Water 1 | Dragon | ✔ | |||||||||
149 | Dragonite |
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Water 1 | Dragon | ✔ | ||||||||
151 | Mew |
No Eggs Discovered | ✔ | ||||||||||
208 | Steelix |
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Mineral | ✔ | |||||||||
230 | Kingdra |
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Water 1 | Dragon | ✔ | ||||||||
248 | Tyranitar |
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Monster | ✔ | |||||||||
249 | Lugia |
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No Eggs Discovered | ✔ | |||||||||
250 | Ho-Oh |
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No Eggs Discovered | ✔ | |||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
By breeding
# | Pokémon | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | |||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
116 | Horsea |
Water 1 | Dragon | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
142 | Aerodactyl |
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Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
147 | Dratini |
Water 1 | Dragon | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
252 | Treecko |
Monster | Dragon | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
349 | Feebas |
Water 1 | Dragon | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
443 | Gible |
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Monster | Dragon | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
782 | Jangmo-o |
Dragon | ✔ | ✔SwSh | |||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
Special move
Generation V
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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147 | Dratini |
Water 1 | Dragon | Dream World - Sparkling Sea | ||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
Generation VII
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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116 | Horsea |
Water 1 | Dragon | Island Scan - Kala'e BaySM | ||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
Dragon Breath deals damage, and may leave the target paralyzed. This move is affected by the Muzzled status condition.
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Super Smash Bros. series
Altered Forme Giratina appears as a Poké Ball summon in both the 3DS and Wii U versions of the game. It blows opponents off of the stage with Dragon Breath.
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Giratina returns as a Pokémon summoned from the Poké Ball, retaining its behavior from the previous game.
Pokémon GO
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Pokémon Rumble Rush
Pokémon Masters EX
Category | Move Gauge | MP | Base Power | Max Power | Accuracy | Target | Effect Tag | Description | Playable Users |
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Special | 2 | — | 42 | 50 | 100% | An opponent | — | Has a chance (30%) of leaving the target paralyzed. | Clair & Kingdra Drake & Salamence Sygna Suit Cynthia & Kommo-o (Direct link) Ghetsis & Kyurem Sygna Suit Brendan & Latios (Direct link) Scottie/Bettie & Support Dratini/Dragonair/Dragonite Egg Rosa & Hydreigon (in Victory Road) Lillie & Kommo-o (in Victory Road) |
- Description prior to Version 2.10.0*: Has a moderate chance of leaving the target paralyzed.
Pokémon UNITE
In Pokémon UNITE, Dragon Breath is Dragonite's second starting move as Dratini. The user exhales a mighty gust in the designated direction. If this move hits an enemy, the user's next attack becomes a boosted attack. After evolving from Dragonair at level 8, this move is replaced by either Hyper Beam or Outrage.
Description
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In the anime
Main series
Sliggoo | Steelix | Flygon | Archen |
The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage. This may also leave the target with paralysis. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Gyarados | Gyarados releases a thick, green beam at the opponent. The attack can paralyze the opponent. | ||
Clair's Gyarados | Better Eight Than Never | Debut | |
Altaria | 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 | 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 | Salamence fires a large fireball or light blue beam from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Silver's Salamence | The Search for the Legend | None | |
A wild Salamence | The Clumsy Crier Quiets the Chaos! | None | |
Shelgon | Shelgon releases a thick, green beam from its face at the opponent. | ||
Drake's Shelgon | Vanity Affair | None | |
Charizard | 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 know Dragon Breath in Generation III | |
Vibrava | Vibrava releases a green and yellow beam from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Brianna's Vibrava | Spontaneous Combusken! | None | |
Flygon | Flygon releases a light blue beam from its mouth at the opponent, or light blue waves of energy start swirling around Flygon. It then fires a light blue beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Drew's Flygon | Channeling the Battle Zone! | None | |
Goh's Flygon | A Crackling Raid Battle! | None | |
A wild Flygon | Secrets of the Jungle | None | |
Alternate World Goh's Flygon | Showdown at the Gates of Warp! | None | |
Bagon | Bagon releases a white beam or a light blue fiery blast from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
A Trainer's Bagon | Tag! We're It...! | None | |
Sawyer's Bagon | A Fashionable Battle! | None | |
Archen | 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 | |
Archeops | 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 | |
Hydreigon | 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 | |
Reshiram | Multiple rings of red-yellow fire appear around Reshiram's body, and it opens its mouth, firing a stream of red-yellow fire from its mouth at the opponent. When the stream of fire hits the opponent, the flames wrap around it and trap it in an orb of flames for a few moments. | ||
Reshiram (M14) | White—Victini and Zekrom Black—Victini and Reshiram |
None | |
Sliggoo | Light blue waves of energy start swirling around Sliggoo. It then fires a light blue beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Ash's Sliggoo | An Oasis of Hope! | None | |
Dialga | Light blue waves of energy start swirling around Dialga. It then fires a light blue beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
A Dialga summoned by Hoopa | Hoopa and the Clash of Ages | None | |
Aerodactyl | Light blue waves of energy start swirling around Aerodactyl. It then fires a light blue beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Goh's Aerodactyl | Restore and Renew! | None | |
Alternate World Goh's Aerodactyl | Showdown at the Gates of Warp! | None | |
Kingdra | Light blue waves of energy start swirling around Kingdra. It then fires a light blue beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Goh's Kingdra | Looking Out for Number Two! | None | |
Swablu | Light blue waves of energy start swirling around Swablu. It then fires a light blue beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
A wild Swablu | The Good, The Bad, and The Lucky! | None |
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer
Mega Salamence | |||
The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Salamence | Mega Salamence shoots a stream of pale purple fire from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
A Trainer's Salamence | Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer | None |
In the manga
Ash & Pikachu
Shelgon | Charizard | ||
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The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Shelgon | Shelgon fires a beam of energy from its face at the opponent. | ||
Drake's Shelgon | Battle Till The End! Drake, One Of The Elite Four!! | Debut | |
Charizard | Charizard launches a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Ash's Charizard | Off To The Battle Frontier!! | Charizard cannot legally learn Dragon Breath as of Generation III |
Pokémon Adventures
Vibrava | Origin Forme Giratina | Steelix | Dragonair |
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The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Dragonair | Dragonair releases a cyclone of energy from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Clair's Dragonair | Debonaire Dragonair | Debut | |
Gyarados | Gyarados fires a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Silver's Gyarados | Entranced by Entei | None | |
Altaria | 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 | Steelix releases a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Carr's Steelix | Put Your Beast Foot Forward | None | |
Giratina | Origin Forme 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. | ||
Giratina (Adventures) | The Final Dimensional Duel VI | None | |
Vibrava | Vibrava fires a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Hugh's Vibrava | Angry Boy | None |
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
Dragonair | |||
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The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Dragonair | Dragonair fires a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
Clair's Dragonair | The Ultimate Battle...?! | Debut |
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
- Dragon Breath is the only Dragon-type move able to inflict paralysis.
In other languages
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Generation II TMs | |
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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 | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 |
Variations of the move Dragon Breath | ||||
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