Drapion (Pokémon)

Drapion ドラピオン Dorapion

Artwork from D/P

Types Species  Poison  Dark  Ogre Scorp Pokémon Abilities Exp. at 100 Battle Armor or Sniper 1,250,000 Pokédex National #452 Johto #— Hoenn #— Sinnoh #128 Browser Fiore R— Almia R-174 Height Weight 4'03" 135.6 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Purple 45 Gender ratio 50% male 50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Bug, Water 3 21 (5355 steps) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 2 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 204 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex On Smogon Pokédex On Eevee's Pokédex On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex On Marriland Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Drapion (Japanese: ドラピオン Dorapion) is a dual-type Poison/Dark Pokémon.

It evolves from Skorupi starting at level 40.

Biology

Physiology

Drapion is a large, purple, somewhat scorpion-like Pokémon. Its eyes are a pointed shape, with blue-colored upper portions. Drapion has two small, pointed protrusions between its eyes, and one on the back on its head. Drapion also has protrusions on its jaws, two on the upper and three on the lower, with large, fang-like, white-colored features extending from its mouth. Its body is composed of many violet-to-lavender body segments which ends with a tail with two stingers. Drapion has four segmented legs with pointed toes. Its most distinguished feature is its huge claws, which have a blue circular marking on the undersides, a similar marking being on the tail, and the fact that it can turn its head 180º.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

This Pokémon has enough power to scrap a car. It's also encased in a tough exoskeleton and it is quite poisonous.

Behavior

Possessing a sturdy build, it takes pride in its strength, being able to take down foes without using toxins.

Habitat

It is probably native to dry desert areas, much like Skorupi. However, it is found in Pastoria City's Great Marsh.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Drapion in the anime

Drapion's first appearance was in Mutiny in the Bounty, under Pokémon Hunter J's ownership.

Paul tried to capture a Drapion in Chim - Charred!.

A Drapion is used by one of the students of Pokémon Summer Academy in the first leg of the Pokémon Triathlon in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!.

Aaron's Drapion appeared in A Trainer and Child Reunion!.

Reggie used a Drapion to battle Brandon as shown in the flashback in A Pyramiding Rage!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

A Drapion belonging to a Team Galactic grunt appeared in Vs. Drapion and Kricketune I and Vs. Drapion and Kricketune II.

In the TCG

Main article: Drapion (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Drapion is part of Team AWD, a team that pursues the challenges of Zero Isle.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: Team AWD are shown in the Team Charm special episode, being the major antagonists of the story. They are searching for treasure and end up fighting Team Charm once the female team hears from a passing Sentret how evil they are. The Sentret turned out to be a Ditto who was protecting a Time Gear and was trying to get the two teams to leave. Both teams leave when no treasure is found, leaving the Time Gear and its guardian alone.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Diamond	Pearl	Poison Barb (5%)
Platinum

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: -12%	IQ Group: C
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Poison	Poké Assist: ( Poison )	Field Move: (None)
"It spits poison needles and a poisonous fluid. It also forms poisonous puddles to attack."

Evolution

Unevolved Skorupi  Poison  Bug

Level 40 →

First evolution Drapion  Poison  Dark

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

For other sprites and images, please see Drapion images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Both of Drapion's abilities revolve around critical hits. Battle Armor protects it from them, and Sniper strengthens a move that becomes a critical hit to 3× the damage instead of 2×.
• Despite evolving from Skorupi at level 40, it may be caught at level 28 in the Great Marsh.
• Drapion is the only Pokémon owned by Aaron of the Sinnoh Elite Four that is not Bug-type, the type he specializes in. This can probably be explained because its pre-evolution, Skorupi, is part bug. Another reason may be the fact that Drapion is in the Bug egg group.

Origin

Drapion appears to be a stylized scorpion.

Name origin

Drapion's name may be derived from dragon or drastic (because of its violent nature) or Dracula (because of its huge vampire-looking teeth) and scorpion. Its Japanese name may be derived from the Japanese word 'tora' (トラ) (which would become 'dora' (ドラ) in a compound word), meaning tiger, due to its striped colouration.

In other languages

• German: Piondragi - From Skorpion (scorpion), Drache (dragon), and Gift (poison).
• French: Drascore - Could be a combination of dragon and a mispelling of scorpion.
• Korean: 드래피온 Drapion
• Chinese: 龍王蠍

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