Dragon Breath (move)

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DragonBreath
りゅうのいぶき Dragon Breath
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Type  Dragon
Category  Special
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  60
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Cool
Appeal  1
Jam  3 ♥♥♥
Badly startles those that have made appeals.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

DragonBreath (Japanese: りゅうのいぶき Dragon Breath) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

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

Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
095 Onix Onix Rock Ground     30 33 41 '
208 Steelix Steelix Steel Ground     30 33 41 '
329 Vibrava Vibrava Ground Dragon   35 35 35 ''''
330 Flygon Flygon Ground Dragon   35 35 35 ''''
334 Altaria Altaria Dragon Flying   35 35 35 ''''
371 Bagon Bagon Dragon Dragon   33 31 31 ''''
372 Shelgon Shelgon Dragon Dragon   38 32 32 ''''
373 Salamence Salamence Dragon Flying   38 32 32 ''''
380 Latias Latias Dragon Psychic   20 20 20 ''''
381 Latios Latios Dragon Psychic   20 20 20 ''''
483 Dialga Dialga Steel Dragon     -- -- ''''
484 Palkia Palkia Water Dragon     -- -- ''''
487 Giratina Giratina Ghost Dragon     -- -- ''''
566 Archen Archen Rock Flying       31 '
567 Archeops Archeops Rock Flying       31 '
633 Deino Deino Dark Dragon       17 ''''
634 Zweilous Zweilous Dark Dragon       17 ''''
635 Hydreigon Hydreigon Dark Dragon       17 ''''
643 Reshiram Reshiram Dragon Fire       29 ''''
644 Zekrom Zekrom Dragon Electric       29 ''''
646 Kyurem Kyurem Dragon Ice       29 ''''
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
TM08
004 Charmander Charmander Fire Fire
005 Charmeleon Charmeleon Fire Fire
006 Charizard Charizard Fire Flying
058 Growlithe Growlithe Fire Fire
059 Arcanine Arcanine Fire Fire
116 Horsea Horsea Water Water
117 Seadra Seadra Water Water
130 Gyarados Gyarados Water Flying
131 Lapras Lapras Water Ice
142 Aerodactyl Aerodactyl Rock Flying
147 Dratini Dratini Dragon Dragon
148 Dragonair Dragonair Dragon Dragon
149 Dragonite Dragonite Dragon Flying
151 Mew Mew Psychic Psychic
208 Steelix Steelix Steel Ground
230 Kingdra Kingdra Water Dragon
248 Tyranitar Tyranitar Rock Dark
249 Lugia Lugia Psychic Flying
250 Ho-Oh 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.


By breeding

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

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0147 147 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

Archen DragonBreath.png
Archen
Morrison Steelix DragonBreath.png
Steelix
Brianna Vibrava DragonBreath.png
Vibrava
Archeops DragonBreath.png
Archeops
The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Gyarados Gyarados releases a thick green beam of air at the opponent. The attack can paralyze the opponent.
Clair's Gyarados Better Eight Than Never Debut
Altaria Altaria fires a thick, green air beam at the opponent from its mouth.
Winona's Altaria Sky High Gym Battle! None
Drake's Altaria Vanity Affair None
Steelix Steelix fires a green, yellow, or blue beam of air 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 at the opponent from its mouth.
Silver's Salamence The Search for the Legend None
Shelgon Shelgon releases a thick, green beam of air from its face at the opponent.
Drake's Shelgon Vanity Affair None
Charizard Charizard opens its mouth and releases a green and yellow or light blue beam of air at the opponent.
Ash's Charizard The Symbol Life None
Vibrava Vibrava opens its mouth and releases a green and yellow beam of air at the opponent.
Brianna's Vibrava Spontaneous Combusken! None
Flygon Flygon releases a light blue beam of air at the opponent.
Drew's Flygon Channeling the Battle Zone! None
Bagon Bagon opens its mouth and releases a white beam of air from its mouth at the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Bagon Tag! We're It...! None
Archen Archen opens its mouth and forms a clear orb of spiraling energy inside it. It then releases a transparent beam of energy with white rings of energy and white sparkles around it from the orb 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 Hydreigon becomes surrounded by gray rings, then it opens its mouth to fire a gray flame at an opponent.
Carlita's Hydreigon White—Victini and Zekrom
Black—Victini and Reshiram
None
Zekrom Zekrom becomes surrounded by gray rings, then it opens its mouth to fire a gray flame at an opponent.
Zekrom (movie 14) White—Victini and Zekrom
Black—Victini and Reshiram
None


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


In other generations

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 龍吸 Lóngxī
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Drakenadem
Finland Flag.png Finnish Lohikäärmeenhenkäys
France Flag.png French Dracosouffle
Germany Flag.png German Feuerodem
Greece Flag.png Greek Ανάσα Δράκου
India Flag.png Hindi Dragon Ki Saans
Indonesia Flag.png Indonesian Semburan Naga
Italy Flag.png Italian Dragospiro
South Korea Flag.png Korean 용의숨결 Yong-yi Sumgyeol
Portugal Flag.png Portuguese Bafo do Dragão
Sopro do Dragão
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Zmajev Dah
Spain Flag.png Spanish Dragoaliento



Variations of the move Bite
PhysicalIC HOME.png BiteHeart Stamp


Generation II TMs
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Generation II HMs
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