Dragon (type)
Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Notable trainers of the Dragon-type include Lance and Drake of the Elite Four and Clair, the Gym Leader of Blackthorn City.
Statistical averages
| Stat | Range | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 73
|
133 - 180 | 256 - 350 | |
96
|
90 - 162 | 177 - 320 | |
78
|
74 - 143 | 144 - 280 | |
86
|
81 - 151 | 159 - 298 | |
80
|
76 - 145 | 148 - 284 | |
81
|
77 - 146 | 150 - 287 | |
Total: 494
|
Other Pokémon with this total | ||
Battle properties
Dragon-type moves:
- Are super effective against: Dragon
- Are not very effective against: Steel
- Have no effect against: None
Dragon-type Pokémon:
Characteristics
The Dragon-type has been commonly thought of as a legendary or near-legendary type. Because of the minimal amount of weaknesses that they have, they often find a way onto trainers' teams. The downside to the supposed power that they have is that they are slightly harder to raise, with many of them not evolving from their first stage to their second until a level at which many Pokémon are near their final evolutions, and their final evolution near level 50. Most Dragon-type Pokémon have high Attack and Special Attack.
The Dragon-type is good offensively. Steel is the only type which is resistant to Dragon-type moves. Dragon Dance is also a very common move for physical sweepers.
Defensively, they don't have many resistances in battle, but they can hold off enough attacks to do some damage of their own. Most fully-evolved Dragon-types have a double weakness to Template:Type2 moves, due to their secondary types.
As of Generation IV, all fully-evolved Dragon-types also have a secondary type.
Pokémon
Pure Dragon-type Pokémon
| # | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 147 | File:147MS.gif | Dratini |
| 148 | File:148MS.gif | Dragonair |
| 371 | File:371MS.gif | Bagon |
| 372 | File:372MS.gif | Shelgon |
Half Dragon-type Pokémon
Primary Dragon-type Pokémon
Secondary Dragon-type Pokémon
Moves
Damage-dealing moves
| Name | Category | Contest | Power | Accuracy | PP | Target | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draco Meteor | 
|
Smart | 140 | 90% | 5 | One foe | Sharply reduces the user's Special Attack stat. |
| DragonBreath |
|
Cool | 60 | 100% | 20 | One foe | Has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target. |
| Dragon Claw | 
|
Cool | 80 | 100% | 15 | One foe | |
| Dragon Pulse |
|
Smart | 90 | 100% | 10 | One foe | |
| Dragon Rage |
|
Cool | —% | 100% | 10 | One foe | Always inflicts 40 HP damage. |
| Dragon Rush |
|
Cool | 100 | 75% | 10 | One foe | Has a 20% chance of making the target flinch. |
| Outrage |
|
Cool | 120 | 100% | 15 | Random | User attacks for two to three turns. Afterwards, the user becomes confused. |
| Roar of Time |
|
Cool | 150 | 90% | 5 | One foe | The user must rest on the next turn. |
| Spacial Rend |
|
Tough | 100 | 95% | 5 | One foe | Has a high critical hit ratio. |
| Twister |
|
Cool | 40 | 100% | 20 | One foe | Has a 20% chance of making the target flinch. Capable of hitting opponents while they are using Fly. |
Non-damaging moves
| Name | Category | Contest | Power | Accuracy | PP | Target | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Dance | 
|
Cool | — | —% | 20 | User | Raises Attack and Speed by one stage. |
Trivia
- In Generation I, there was only one Dragon-type attack, Dragon Rage; but because it only deals 40 HP of damage, there was no way to do variable Dragon-type damage.
- It has been speculated that if Eevee receives another evolution in a future game, it would be Dragon, being the only special type left that Eevee has yet to evolve into.
- There are only 11 Dragon-type moves, the least of any type.
- None of the main characters of the anime own a Dragon-type Pokémon. However, Misty currently owns a Pokémon that can evolve into a Dragon-type: Horsea.
In other languages
- French: Dragon
- German: Drache
- Italian: Drago
- Spanish: Dragón
- Korean: 드래곤 dragon
