DragonBreath (move)

DragonBreath りゅうのいぶき Dragon Breath

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Battles Type  Dragon Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  60 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 adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II TM24 in Generation II

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

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

DragonBreath on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex DragonBreath on Eevee's Movedex

DragonBreath (Japanese: りゅうのいぶき Dragon Breath) is a damage-dealing Dragon-type move introduced in Generation II. It was TM24 in Generation II.

Effect

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

Description

Games Description Stad2 A Dragon-type attack. Has a one-in-three chance of paralyzing the target. GSC A strong breath attack. RSE Strikes the foe with an incredible blast of breath. FRLG The foe is hit with an incredible blast of breath that may also paralyze. Colo.XD Incredible blast of breath that may paralyze the target. DPPtHGSS The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage. It may also paralyze the target. BWB2W2 The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage. It may also leave the target with paralysis.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
095		Onix	Rock	Ground	no				30	33				41	25
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground	no				30	33				41	25
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon	no			35			35				35
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon	no			35			35				35
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	no			35			35				35
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon	no			33			31				31
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon	no			38			32				32
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying	no			38			32				32
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	no			20			20				20
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	no			20			20				20
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon	no			no			--				--
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon	no			no			--				--
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon	no			no			--				--
566		Archen	Rock	Flying	no			no			no				31
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying	no			no			no				31
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon	no			no			no				17
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon	no			no			no				17
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon	no			no			no				17
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire	no			no			no				29
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric	no			no			no				29
646		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice	no			no			no				29
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
116		Horsea	Water		Water	no
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	no
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon	no
252		Treecko	Grass		Grass	no
349		Feebas	Water		Water	no
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground	no			no
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 TM24		III --		IV --		V --
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire	✔												✔
005		Charmeleon	Fire		Fire	✔												✔
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	✔												✔
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire	✔												✔
059		Arcanine	Fire		Fire	✔												✔
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	✔												✔
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground	✔												✔
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	✔												✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	✔												✔
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying	✔												✔
250		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.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 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

Hydreigon	Steelix	Flygon	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, or Altaria fires a transparent beam of energy with white rings around it from its mouth at the opponent.
Winona's Altaria	Sky High Gym Battle!		None
Drake's Altaria	Vanity Affair		None
An Altaria a boy borrowed from the Opelucid Trainers' School	Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!		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		Charizard cannot legally learn DragonBreath as of Generation III
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 from its mouth 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	A cyclone of pale purple wind appears around Hydreigon's body and it releases a stream of pale purple fire from its middle head at the opponent., or Hydreigon fires a transparent beam of energy with white rings around it from its mouth at the opponent.
Carlita's Hydreigon	White—Victini and Zekrom Black—Victini and Reshiram		None
A wild Hydreigon	Iris and the Rogue Dragonite!		None
Zekrom	Zekrom opens its mouth and a pale purple flame appears inside it. Zekrom then pushes its head forward and releases a stream of pale purple fire from its mouth at the opponent.
Zekrom (M14)	Black—Victini and Reshiram White—Victini and Zekrom		None
Kyurem	Kyurem opens its mouth and releases a stream of red-orange fire from it at the opponent.
Kyurem (M15)	Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Dragonair	Giratina	Steelix	Altaria
The user releases a cyclone from its mouth at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Dragonair	Dragonair rears its head forward and it releases a cyclone of energy from its mouth at the opponent.
Clair's Dragonair	Debonaire Dragonair		Debut
Gyarados	Gyarados fires a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. Sometimes, the beam has a spiral of energy around it when fired.
Silver's Gyarados	Entranced by Entei		None
Red's Gyara	Entranced by Entei		None
Altaria	Altaria opens its beak and fires a beam of energy from it at the opponent.
Winona's Altaria	VS. Altaria		None
Steelix	Steelix releases a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent.
Carr's Steelix	Attacking the Entire Island		None
Giratina	Giratina opens its mouth and releases a huge blast of energy from it at the opponent. The attack can blow an opponent's attack right back at it, increasing the damage.
Charon's Giratina	Alternate Dimension Showdown VI		None

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

	Dragonair
The user breathes out a heavy portion of energy.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Dragonair	Dragonair breathes out a heavy portion of energy.
Clair's Dragonair	The Ultimate Battle...?!		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)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

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)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• DragonBreath is the only move of its type capable of causing paralysis.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 龍吸 Lóngxī Dutch Drakenadem Finnish Lohikäärmeenhenkäys French Dracosouffle German Feuerodem Greek Ανάσα Δράκου Hindi द्रगोंन की सांस Dragon Ki Saans Indonesian Semburan Naga Italian Dragospiro Korean 용의숨결 Yong-yi Sumgyeol Portuguese Brazil Sopro do Dragão Portugal Bafo do Dragão Sopro do Dragão Serbian Zmajev Dah Spanish Latin America Aliento de Dragón (Original Series - Diamond and Pearl) Aliento Dragón (Best Wishes! series - present) Spain Dragoaliento

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