Dragon Pulse (move)

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Dragon Pulse redirects here. For the energy from White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram known as "Dragon Pulse" in Japan, see Dragon Force.

Dragon Pulse
りゅうのはどう Dragon Pulse

Battles

Type	Dragon
Category	Special
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	90
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make 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 but the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation IV
TM59 in Generation IV

Super Contests

Category	Smart
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Judge's Voltage goes up.

Dragon Pulse (Japanese: りゅうのはどう Dragon Pulse) is a damage-dealing Dragon-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Dragon Pulse inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Generation V

Dragon Pulse can hit non-adjacent opponents in triple battles.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
#	Pokémon		Type		I		II		III		IV	V
116		Horsea	Water		Water	42				42
117		Seadra	Water		Water	57				57
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	57				57
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying	45				50
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	54				62
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	70				80
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	70				80
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	75	90		90
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel	47				60
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon	no				41
611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon	no				42
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon	no				42
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon	no				32
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon	no				32
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon	no				32
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire	no				54
646		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice	no				57
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
#	Pokémon		Type		I --		II --	III --	IV TM59	V --
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	✔
031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground	✔
034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground	✔
059		Arcanine	Fire		Fire	✔
095		Onix	Rock	Ground	✔
111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock	✔
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock	✔
116		Horsea	Water		Water	✔
117		Seadra	Water		Water	✔
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying	✔
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	✔
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	✔
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon	✔
148		Dragonair	Dragon		Dragon	✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	✔
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground	✔
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	✔
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying	✔
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass	✔
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock	✔
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon	✔
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon	✔
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying	✔
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	✔
350		Milotic	Water		Water	✔
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	✔
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock	✔
409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock	✔
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground	✔
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground	✔
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground	✔
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel	✔
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock	✔
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon	✔
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon	✔
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel	✔
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon	✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal	✔
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
#	Pokémon		Type		I	II	III	IV	V
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire
131		Lapras	Water	Ice
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon
349		Feebas	Water		Water
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon
566		Archen	Rock	Flying
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon
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

Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Dragon Pulse is one of the attacks Rayquaza can use when it is fought.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method

Gible	Dragonite	Salamence	Latias
The user fires a green ball of light at the opponent.
User	First Used In		Notes
Milotic	Milotic's body becomes outlined in light green and it releases a pulse off its body that pushes back anything around it.
Wallace's Milotic	Our Cup Runneth Over!		Debut
Dragonite	Dragonite opens its mouth and a turquiose energy ball appears in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Provo's Dragonite	Pursuing a Lofty Goal!		None
Salamence	Salamence opens its mouth and a turquiose ball appears in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
J's Salamence	Pillars of Friendship!		None
Gible	Gible opens its mouth and a turquiose ball of energy appears in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Ash's Gible	A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!		None
Latias	Latias puts its hands together and a turquiose ball of energy appears between them. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Nurse Joy's Latias	SS025		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)	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

In the anime, Dragon Pulse looks similar to Aura Sphere.
Lucario is the only Pokémon who can learn this by leveling up that is not part of a Dragon evolutionary line.
Although in the games the move is described as being "generated by the user's gaping mouth", this is not always true in the anime.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		龍波動 Lóng Bōdòng
Dutch		Draken Puls
French		Dracochoc
German		Drachenpuls
Greek		Σφυγμός Δράκου
Indonesian		Detak Naga
Italian		Dragopulsar
Korean		용의파동 Yong-yi Padong
Norwegian		Dragetrykk
Polish		Smoczy Puls
Portuguese		Pulso do Dragão
Spanish		Pulso Dragón

Variations of the move Sludge Bomb

Sludge Bomb • Hyper Voice • Dragon Pulse

Generation IV TMs
01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 \| 06 \| 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 \| 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25
26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29 \| 30 \| 31 \| 32 \| 33 \| 34 \| 35 \| 36 \| 37 \| 38 \| 39 \| 40 \| 41 \| 42 \| 43 \| 44 \| 45 \| 46 \| 47 \| 48 \| 49 \| 50
51 \| 52 \| 53 \| 54 \| 55 \| 56 \| 57 \| 58 \| 59 \| 60 \| 61 \| 62 \| 63 \| 64 \| 65 \| 66 \| 67 \| 68 \| 69 \| 70 \| 71 \| 72 \| 73 \| 74 \| 75
76 \| 77 \| 78 \| 79 \| 80 \| 81 \| 82 \| 83 \| 84 \| 85 \| 86 \| 87 \| 88 \| 89 \| 90 \| 91 \| 92
Generation IV HMs
01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 (DPPt \| HGSS) \| 06 \| 07 \| 08

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.

Generation IV TMs
01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 \| 06 \| 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 \| 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25
26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29 \| 30 \| 31 \| 32 \| 33 \| 34 \| 35 \| 36 \| 37 \| 38 \| 39 \| 40 \| 41 \| 42 \| 43 \| 44 \| 45 \| 46 \| 47 \| 48 \| 49 \| 50
51 \| 52 \| 53 \| 54 \| 55 \| 56 \| 57 \| 58 \| 59 \| 60 \| 61 \| 62 \| 63 \| 64 \| 65 \| 66 \| 67 \| 68 \| 69 \| 70 \| 71 \| 72 \| 73 \| 74 \| 75
76 \| 77 \| 78 \| 79 \| 80 \| 81 \| 82 \| 83 \| 84 \| 85 \| 86 \| 87 \| 88 \| 89 \| 90 \| 91 \| 92
Generation IV HMs
01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 (DPPt \| HGSS) \| 06 \| 07 \| 08

Dragon Pulse (move)

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Effect

Generation IV

Generation V

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

By breeding

In other games

In the anime

In other generations

Trivia

In other languages

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