Drapion (Pokémon)

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Drapion ドラピオン Dorapion #452
Art by Ken Sugimori from Diamond and Pearl
Types  Poison  Dark   Poison   Poison   Poison   Poison   Poison	Species Ogre Scorp Pokémon
Abilities Battle Armor or Sniper Sniper Keen Eye Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #— Hoenn #— Sinnoh #128 Unova #— Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R-174 Oblivia R-263 Oblivia (past) N-051 Not in any regional Browser
Height 4'03" Imperial 1.3m Metric 4'03"/1.3m 0.0m	Weight 135.6lbs Imperial 61.5kg Metric 135.6lbs/61.5kg 0.0kg
Dex color Purple	Footprint
Body style	Catch rate 45 5.9%
Gender ratio Genderless Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Bug and Water 3 groups 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 2 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 204 Battle Exp.: 2041*
External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex (Gen. IV) On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V On Eevee's Pokédex On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. IV) On Marriland Pokédex Generation IV Generation V 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.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.2 Special abilities 1.3 Behavior 1.4 Habitat 1.5 Diet 2 In the anime 2.1 Major appearances 2.2 Minor appearances 2.3 Pokédex entries 3 In the manga 4 In the TCG 5 Game data 5.1 NPC appearances 5.2 Pokédex entries 5.3 Game locations 5.3.1 In side games 5.4 Held items 5.5 Stats 5.5.1 Base stats 5.5.2 Pokéathlon stats 5.6 Type effectiveness 5.7 Learnset 5.7.1 By leveling up 5.7.2 By TM/HM 5.7.3 By breeding 5.7.4 By tutoring 5.7.5 By a prior evolution 5.8 Side game data 5.9 Evolution 5.10 Sprites 6 Trivia 6.1 Origin 6.1.1 Name origin 7 In other languages 8 External links

Biology

Physiology

Drapion is a large, purple, 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 is very strong, and has enough power to easily scrap a car. It's also encased in a tough exoskeleton and it is very poisonous. It can rotate its head 180 degrees, and can also extend its tail.

Behavior

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

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

Major appearances

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

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

Paul has a Drapion which he used to battle Ash in Familiarity Breeds Strategy!, A Real Rival Rouser! and Battling a Thaw in Relations!. It managed to defeat Buizel, Staraptor and Torterra before losing to Gliscor. It is unknown whether it is the same one he tried to capture in Chim - Charred!.

Minor appearances

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!.

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

A Drapion appeared in the opening scenes of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry DP020 Drapion Ash's Pokédex Drapion, the Ogre Scorp Pokémon. Its claws give off a deadly poison and they are powerful enough to turn an automobile into scrap iron. DP186 Drapion Dawn's Pokédex Drapion, the Ogre Scorp Pokémon, and the evolved form of Skorupi. With it sturdy body, Drapion takes pride in its strength, defeating opponents without the need for poison. This concludes the entries from the Diamond & Pearl series.

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.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV. Generation I Red Blue {{{redbluedex}}} Yellow {{{yellowdex}}} Stadium {{{stadiumdex}}} Generation II Gold {{{golddex}}} Silver {{{silverdex}}} Crystal {{{crystaldex}}} Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald {{{rsedex}}} Ruby Sapphire {{{rsdex}}} Ruby {{{rubydex}}} Sapphire {{{sapphiredex}}} Emerald {{{emeralddex}}} FireRed LeafGreen {{{frlgdex}}} FireRed {{{firereddex}}} LeafGreen {{{leafgreendex}}} Generation IV Diamond Pearl {{{dpdex}}} Diamond Pearl Platinum {{{dpptdex}}} Diamond It has the power in its clawed arms to make scrap of a car. The tips of its claws release poison. Pearl Its body is encased in a sturdy shell. Its head rotates 180 degrees, eliminating blind spots. Platinum Possessing a sturdy build, it takes pride in its strength, taking down foes without using toxins. HeartGold SoulSilver It attacks people and Pokémon that cross the desert. This has only furthered its bad reputation. HeartGold {{{heartgolddex}}} SoulSilver {{{soulsilverdex}}} Generation V Black White Possessing a sturdy build, it takes pride in its strength, taking down foes without using toxins. Black {{{blackdex}}} White {{{whitedex}}}  ??? No Pokédex data is available.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV. Generation I Red Blue None Trade Blue (Japan) None Trade Yellow None Trade Generation II Gold Silver None Trade Crystal None Trade Generation III Ruby Sapphire None Trade Emerald None Trade FireRed LeafGreen None Trade Colosseum None Trade XD None Trade Generation IV Diamond Pearl Rare Great Marsh Platinum Uncommon Great Marsh HeartGold SoulSilver None Evolve Skorupi Generation V Black White None Poké Transfer

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness	Spacial Rift (B1-B6)
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Cargo Ship (during mission)
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs	Layuda Island Forest Temple (Mission 1: Drapion in the Forest Temple)
Pokémon Rumble	Eternal Tower
Pokémon Rumble Blast	Desert: Rugged Flats

Held items

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

Stats

Base stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 70	130 - 177	250 - 344
Attack: 90	85 - 156	166 - 306
Defense: 110	103 - 178	202 - 350
Sp.Atk: 60	58 - 123	112 - 240
Sp.Def: 75	72 - 139	139 - 273
Speed: 95	90 - 161	175 - 317
Total: 500   Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed 1/2 ★☆	Power 4/5 ★★★★☆
Skill 4/5 ★★★★☆	Stamina 4/4 ★★★★
Jump 2/2 ★★	Total 15/18 ★★★

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
Weak to Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic 0× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× None	Resistant against Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic 0× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× None	Unaffected by Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic 0× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× None	Damaged normally by Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic 0× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× None
Notes: If Miracle Eye is used by an opponent, the effectiveness of  Psychic-type  moves is 2×.

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation V Other generations: IV
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Start	Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	65	95%	15
Start	Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95%	15
Start	Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95%	15
Start	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25
Start	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100%	35
Start	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100%	30
Start	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	20	100%	20
6	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	20	100%	20
12	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	14	85%	20
17	Acupressure	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
23	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100%	10
28	Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	—%	20
34	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100%	20
39	Poison Fang	Poison	Physical	50	100%	15
48	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—%	15
56	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100%	10
65	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100%	15
73	Cross Poison	Poison	Physical	70	100%	20
A level of "Start" indicates a move that will be known by a Drapion obtained at level 1 in Generation V Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drapion Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Drapion Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: IV
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM01	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—%	15
	TM05	Roar	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90%	10
	TM09	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5
	TM12	Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100%	20
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10
	TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15
	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15
	TM36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100%	10
	TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80%	10
	TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—%	20
	TM41	Torment	Dark	Status	—	100%	15
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15
	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	40	100%	10
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
	TM54	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100%	40
	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
	TM66	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100%	10
	TM67	Retaliate	Normal	Physical	70	100%	5
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
	TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
	TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
	TM76	Struggle Bug	Bug	Special	30	100%	20
	TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100%	20
	TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
	TM81	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100%	15
	TM84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15
	TM95	Snarl	Dark	Special	55	95%	15
	HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95%	30
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drapion Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Drapion Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: IV
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
	Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10
	Faint Attack	Dark	Physical	60	—%	20
	Iron Tail‡	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15
	Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100%	15
	Poison Tail	Poison	Physical	50	100%	25
	Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100%	20
	Sand-Attack	Ground	Status	—	100%	15
	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85%	40
	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	Twineedle	Bug	Physical	25	100%	20
	Whirlwind	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Drapion in Generation V Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Drapion in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drapion Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Drapion Click on the generation numbers at the top to see egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation V Other generations: IV
Game		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.
A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Drapion can be tutored the move in that game A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Drapion cannot be tutored the move in that game Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drapion Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Drapion Click on the generation numbers at the top to see move tutor moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

Generation V Other generations: IV
Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
‡	Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90%	10
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drapion Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Drapion Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available	Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available	Pokémon Trozei!  N/A  Not available
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0% Friend Area: Beau Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP My HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP My HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP My HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up. Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -12% IQ group: C
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Poison  Poké Assist: ( Poison ) Field move: None Browser entry   It spits poison needles and a poisonous fluid. It also forms poisonous puddles to attack.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Poison  ( Poison ) Past ( Normal ) (Crush ×4) Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   It releases poison that make Pokémon Tired.
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.

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
V	Black	White				Back

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

Trivia

• Two 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.
• Despite it being said that Drapion's habitat is the Desert, the player can't catch any in any Desert route or area.
• As of Generation V, Drapion and its pre-evolution's egg group (Bug and Water 3) are unique.
• In the Pokémon Annual 2009, Drapion's Pokédex entry is replaced with Girafarig's.

Origin

Drapion is based on a scorpion, and has some characteristics that resemble a vinegarroon (a similar arachnid). Its Water 3 egg group designation may be a reference to the ancient group of arthropods known as sea scorpions that used to inhabit the oceans and may have been the ancestors of modern scorpions.

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 coloration.

In other languages

Language Name Name Origin German Piondragi From skorpion, drache, and gift. French Drascore Could be a combination of dragon and a misspelling of scorpion. Korean 드래피온 Drapion Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong) 龍王蠍 Lóng Wáng Xiē Literally "Dragon king scorpion".

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