Dragon Claw (move)

Dragon Claw ドラゴンクロー Dragon Claw

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Battles Type  Dragon Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

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

Availability Introduced  Generation III TM02 in Generation III TM02 in Generation IV TM02 in Generation V

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Dragon Claw on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Dragon Claw on Eevee's Movedex

Dragon Claw (Japanese: ドラゴンクロー Dragon Claw) is a damage-dealing Dragon-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Dragon Claw inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	no			--				--
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon	no			45				45
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon	49			45				50
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon	69			50				55
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying	79			55				61
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	20			20			no
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground	no			27				27
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground	no			33				33
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground	no			33				33
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon	no			30	28		28
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon	no			30	28		28
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon	no			30	28		28
566		Archen	Rock	Flying	no			no				38
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying	no			no				56
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon	no			no				28
611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon	no			no				28
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon	no			no				28
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon	no			no				27
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric	no			no				54
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II --		III TM02		IV TM02		V TM02
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire	✔			✔				✔
005		Charmeleon	Fire		Fire	✔			✔				✔
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	✔			✔				✔
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	✔			✔				✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	✔			✔				✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔				✔
158		Totodile	Water		Water								✔
159		Croconaw	Water		Water								✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	✔			✔				✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	✔			✔				✔
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass	✔			✔				✔
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock	✔			✔				✔
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon	✔			✔				✔
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	✔			✔				✔
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon	✔			✔				✔
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon	✔			✔				✔
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying	✔			✔				✔
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	✔			✔				✔
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	✔			✔				✔
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground	✔			✔				✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	✔			✔				✔
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground				✔				✔
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground				✔				✔
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground				✔				✔
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon				✔				✔
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon				✔				✔
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon				✔				✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal				✔				✔
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark								✔
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting								✔
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting								✔
566		Archen	Rock	Flying								✔
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying								✔
604		Eelektross	Electric		Electric								✔
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon								✔
611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon								✔
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon								✔
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon								✔
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire								✔
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric								✔
646		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice								✔
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		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
158		Totodile*	Water		Water
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

Dragonite	Garchomp	Druddigon	Shelgon
The user slashes the foe with huge, sharp claws.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Salamence	Salamence's claws glow white or bright green and its slashes the opponent with them.
Silver's Salamence	The Search for the Legend		Debut
Drake's Salamence	Vanity Affair		None
Dragonite	Dragonite's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent.
Lance's Dragonite	The Scuffle of Legends		None
Shelgon	The tips of Shelgon's front legs glow bright green and it slashes the opponent with them.
Drake's Shelgon	Vanity Affair		None
Giratina	The gold part of Giratina's upper spikes glows magenta and it hits the opponent with it.
Giratina (anime)	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		None
Garchomp	Garchomp's hand claws glow light green and it slashes the opponent repeatedly.
Cynthia's Garchomp	Double Team Turnover!		None
Gabite	One or both of Gabite's claws glow light blue or light green and it slashes the opponent with it. Sometimes, when it slashes, it leaves behind a trail of energy the same color as the glow of its claws.
A wild Gabite	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness		None
Ursula's Gabite	Another One Gabites the Dust!		None
Druddigon	Both of the claws on Druddigon's hands glow light blue and it slashes the opponent once with each hand, or the claws on one of Druddigon's hands glow light blue and it slashes the opponent with it.
Emmy's Druddigon	The Dragon Master's Path!		None
Reshiram	One of the claws on Reshiram's wings glows bright pink and Reshiram slashes the opponent with it. As it does, it leaves behind a bright pink trail of energy where it slashed.
Reshiram (movie 14)	White—Victini and Zekrom		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Salamence
The user slashes the opponent with one of its claws.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Salamence	Salamence slashes the oppoenent with one of its claws.
A wild Salamence	VS. Kyogre & Groudon XIV		Debut
Tucker's Salamence	VS. Smeargle		None
Aerodactyl	Aerodactyl wraps one of its feet around the opponent's neck.
Red's Aero	Activate: The Ultimate Move		None

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

	Dialga
The user slashes the opponent with its claws.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Dialga	Dialga slahses the opponent with its claws.
A wild Dialga	The Advent of Legendary Pokémon!!		Debut

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)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Dragon Claw's description in-Bag, in Generation IV as a TM, differs from its descriptions on its user's attack listing, saying "Sharp, huge claws hook and slash the foe quickly and with great power." instead of "The user slashes the foe with huge, sharp claws."

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 龍爪 Lóngzhuǎ Dutch Drakenklauw Finnish Lohikäärmeenkynsi French Dracogriffe German Drachenklaue Greek Δρακόνυχες Hindi द्रगों का पंजा Dragon ka panja Italian Dragartigli Korean 드래곤크루 Dragon Claw Polish Pazur Smoka Portuguese Garra do Dragão Serbian Zmajeva Kandža Spanish Garra Dragón

Variations of the move Strength
Strength • Drill Peck • Dragon Claw • Seed Bomb • X-Scissor

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