DragonBreath (move)

DragonBreath りゅうのいぶき Dragon Breath

The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage. It may also paralyze the target.

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 BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but 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.

Effect

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

Learnset

Generation II

By TM24

#   Pokémon Type 004 Charmander Fire 005 Charmeleon Fire 006 Charizard Fire Flying 058 Growlithe Fire 059 Arcanine Fire 116 Horsea Water 117 Seadra Water 130 Gyarados Water Flying 131 Lapras Water 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 147 Dratini Dragon 148 Dragonair Dragon 149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 151 Mew 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 which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 095 Onix Rock Ground 30FRLG 208 Steelix Steel Ground 30FRLG 329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 35 330 Flygon Ground Dragon 35 334 Altaria Dragon Flying 35 371 Bagon Dragon 33 372 Shelgon Dragon 38 373 Salamence Dragon Flying 38 380 Latias Dragon Psychic 20 381 Latios Dragon Psychic 20 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 116 Horsea Water Altaria Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying Altaria 147 Dratini Dragon Altaria Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence 252 Treecko Grass Altaria Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence 349 Feebas Water Altaria Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 095 Onix Rock Ground 33 208 Steelix Steel Ground 33 329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 35 330 Flygon Ground Dragon 35 334 Altaria Dragon Flying 35 371 Bagon Dragon 31 372 Shelgon Dragon 32 373 Salamence Dragon Flying 32 380 Latias Dragon Psychic 20 381 Latios Dragon Psychic 20 483 Dialga Steel Dragon -- 484 Palkia Water Dragon -- 487 Giratina Altered Forme Ghost Dragon -- 487 Giratina Origin Forme Ghost Dragon -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 116 Horsea Water Altaria Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying Altaria 147 Dratini Dragon Altaria Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence 252 Treecko Grass Altaria Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence 349 Feebas Water Altaria Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence 443 Gible Dragon Ground Altaria Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

In the anime

Altaria	Steelix	Charizard	Vibrava
The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode 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 launches a green, thick air beam created in its mouth.
Winona's Altaria	Sky High Gym Battle		None
Steelix	Steelix fires a green or blue beam of air from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Steelix	All Torkoal, No Play		None
Brock's Steelix	Grating Spaces		None
Charizard	Charizard opens its mouth and releases a green and yellow beam of air.
Ash's Charizard	The Symbol of Life		None
Vibrava	Vibrava opens its mouth and releases a green and yellow beam of air.
Brianna's Vibrava	Spontaneous Combusken!		None
Bagon	Bagon opens its mouth and releases a green and yellow beam of air.
An Unknown Trainer's Bagon	Tag! We're It...!		None

In other languages

• French: Dracosouffle
• German: Feuerodem
• Italian: Dragospiro
• Spanish: Aliento de Dragon
• Hindi: Dragon Ki Saans

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