Clair's Dragonair

Clair's Dragonair イブキの'ハクリュー Ibuki's Hakuryu

Clair and Dragonair

Debuts in Beauty is Skin Deep Caught at Johto Evolves in Beauty is Skin Deep Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location With Clair

→ This Pokémon spent 1+ episodes as Dratini.

Voice actor Japanese English As Dratini Megumi Hayashibara As Dragonair Megumi Hayashibara

Clair’s Dragonair (Japanese: イブキの'ハクリュー Ibuki’s Hakuryu) is Clair's main battling Pokémon in the anime, and Clair also has three in the Generation II games.

In the anime

Dragonair first appeared as a Dratini in the episode Beauty is Skin Deep. Its voice actress in both Japanese and English is Megumi Hayashibara.

It was shedding its skin and Clair was protecting it at that time. When Team Rocket tried to steal Dratini, Clair protected it which led it to evolve into Dragonair.

It later appeared in Fangs for Nothin' where it tried to stop Team Rocket from stealing the Dragon Fang. When the Dragon Holy Land was in flames, Dragonair helped to put out the fire. It also helped to calm the rampaging Dragonite along with Charizard and Pikachu.

Clair used it in the gym battle against Ash in Better Eight Than Never. With its speed and power, it defeated Ash's Pikachu easily. With a wide range of moves like Dragon Rage, it proved to be a tough challenge for Charizard as well. But finally it was able to defeat Dragonair with Seismic Toss earning Ash the Rising Badge.

Dragonair also appeared along with Clair in Why? Why Not! where it helped Ash find his missing gym badges which were stolen by Team Rocket.

It made a brief cameo during Kotone's introduction of Johto in DP143.

Moves used

Using Twister	Move	First used in
	Twister	Beauty is Skin Deep
	Rain Dance	Great Bowls of Fire!
	Wrap	Better Eight Than Never
	Thunder Wave	Great Bowls of Fire!
	Safeguard	Great Bowls of Fire!
	Hyper Beam	Great Bowls of Fire!
	Iron Tail	Better Eight Than Never
	Dragon Rage	Better Eight Than Never
Moves used recently are in bold and have been italicized unless all moves all fit this case.
An x shows that the move cannot be legitimately learned by this Pokémon in the games.

In the games

In the Generation II games, Clair has three Dragonair, but they are not her highest leveled Pokémon, her Kingdra is. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Clair only has two Dragonair, the third being replaced by a Gyarados.

Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Dragonair ♀ Lv.37  Dragon  Held item: None Moves Thunder Wave Electric Surf Water Slam Normal DragonBreath Dragon

Dragonair ♀ Lv.37  Dragon  Held item: None Moves Thunder Wave Electric Thunderbolt Electric Slam Normal DragonBreath Dragon

Dragonair ♀ Lv.37  Dragon  Held item: None Moves Thunder Wave Electric Slam Normal Ice Beam Ice DragonBreath Dragon

HeartGold and SoulSilver

First Battle

Dragonair ♀ Lv.38  Dragon  Held item: Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Moves Dragon Pulse Dragon Special Thunder Wave Electric Status Slam Normal Physical Fire Blast Fire Special

Dragonair ♀ Lv.38  Dragon  Held item: Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Moves Dragon Pulse Dragon Special Thunder Wave Electric Status Slam Normal Physical Aqua Tail Water Physical

Second battle (rematch)

Dragonair ♀ Lv.52	Dragon
	Held item: Unknown
	Ability: Shed Skin
Moves
Thunder Wave	Electric	Status
Thunderbolt	Electric	Special
--	--	--
--	--	--

Tag battle with Lance

Dragonair ♀ Lv.52	Dragon
	Held item: None
	Ability: Shed Skin
Moves
Thunder Wave	Electric	Status
Flamethrower	Fire	Special
--	--	--
--	--	--

Stadium 2

Round 1

Dragonair ♂ Lv.50	Dragon
	Held item: Dragon Fang
Moves
Outrage	Dragon
Surf	Water
Blizzard	Ice
Thunder	Electric

Trivia

• Dratini is the third Pokémon belonging to a Gym Leader to have evolved on-screen, excluding any of Brock's or Misty's that apply.
• In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Dragonair is the only Pokémon the player will fight at the Fighting Dojo that is not fully evolved.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Dratini and Dragonair.

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.