Dragon Ascent (move)

Dragon Ascent ガリョウテンセイ Dragon Ascension

Battles Type  Flying Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  120 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

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

Availability Introduced  Generation VI Move Tutor in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Move Tutor in Pokémon Sun and Moon Move Tutor in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   A very appealing move, but after using this move, the user is more easily startled.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII

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.

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Effect

Dragon Ascent inflicts damage and then lowers the user's Defense stat and Special Defense stat by one stage each.

Other effects

The player can Mega Evolve any Rayquaza that knows Dragon Ascent. Rayquaza cannot Mega Evolve if it is holding a Z-Crystal or knows the move only through Mimic. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, no Rayquaza can Mega Evolve until the Rayquaza in the Delta Episode has been caught.

Dragon Ascent does not exist in the game data of Pokémon X and Y. As a result, a Pokémon knowing Dragon Ascent cannot be traded from Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire to Pokémon X and Y, and if a Pokémon in Pokémon Bank knows the move it cannot be withdrawn in Pokémon X and Y. In order to be transferred to Pokémon X and Y, the Pokémon must forget Dragon Ascent.

Description

Games Description ORAS After soaring upward, the user attacks its target by dropping out of the sky at high speeds, although it lowers its own Defense and Sp. Def in the process. SMUSUM SwSh After soaring upward, the user attacks its target by dropping out of the sky at high speeds. But it lowers its own Defense and Sp. Def stats in the process.

Learnset

By Move Tutor

Various Move Tutors will teach Dragon Ascent to a Rayquaza. The Move Tutors are:

• ORAS: Zinnia's grandmother at Meteor Falls.
• SMUSUM: a man in a red shirt in the Pokémon Center in Seafolk Village.

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Game
						XY	ORAS	SM	USUM	PE
384		Rayquaza		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔	✔	✔
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 VI

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, while Rayquaza does not know Dragon Ascent when the player battles it at Sky Pillar, Zinnia will automatically teach it Dragon Ascent (replacing Fly) immediately after the player captures it.

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
384		Rayquaza		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	Sky Pillar RayquazaORAS
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

Description

Games Description SMD It damages enemies in a wide area in front. But it lowers your Defense and Sp. Def.* It damages enemies in a wide area in front of you. But it lowers your Defense and Sp. Def. The stats return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.*

In the anime

In the main series

	Mega Rayquaza	Shiny Mega Rayquaza
The user descends from the sky and strikes the opponent with a green outline.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Rayquaza	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.
Rayquaza (XY series)	Mega Evolution Special II		Debut
A Rayquaza summoned by Hoopa	Hoopa and the Clash of Ages		None

In Pokémon Generations

	Mega Rayquaza
The user descends from the sky and strikes the opponent with a green outline.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Rayquaza	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 Trainer's Rayquaza	The Scoop		Debut

In the manga

In the movie adaptations

	Mega Rayquaza
The user zooms quickly at the opponent from the sky.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Rayquaza	Rayquaza releases a shock wave from its body.
A wild Rayquaza	Hoopa and the Clash of Ages		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Rayquaza	Mega Rayquaza
The user rams into the opponent with great force.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Rayquaza	Rayquaza glows brightly and rams its body into the opponent.
Rayquaza (Adventures)	Omega Alpha Adventure 17		Debut
Rayquaza	Mega Rayquaza glows brightly and rams its body into the opponent.
Rayquaza (Adventures)	Omega Alpha Adventure 21		None

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	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

Smeargle's Dragon Ascent

• 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 gives 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.
• Because Zinnia teaches Dragon Ascent to the Rayquaza caught at Sky Pillar in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire to replace Fly, Dragon Ascent is the only move that can replace an HM move in a game in which the move is available as an HM.
• When used by a Rayquaza which has Mega Evolved, this move will play an additional animation before the main animation, and the main animation is also changed slightly.
• When used by a Pokémon other than Mega Rayquaza (including non-Mega-Evolved Rayquaza), Dragon Ascent will play a cyan blue animation instead of the green animation.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 畫龍點睛 Waahklùhngdímjīng Mandarin 畫龍點睛 / 画龙点睛 Huàlóngdiǎnjīng French Draco-Ascension* Draco Ascension* German Zenitstürmer Italian Ascesa del Drago Korean 화룡점정 Hwaryong Jeomjeong Portuguese Ascensão do Dragão Spanish Ascenso Draco

Variations of the move Superpower
Superpower • Close Combat • Dragon Ascent

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