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Dragon Ascent ガリョウテンセイ Dragon Ascension
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Opponent
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Self
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Ally
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Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)
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Dragon Ascent (Japanese: ガリョウテンセイ Dragon Ascension) is a damage-dealing Flying-type move introduced in Generation VI. It is the signature move of Rayquaza.
Effect
Dragon Ascent inflicts damage and then lowers the user's Defense stat and Special Defense stat by one stage each.
If known by Rayquaza, Dragon Ascent gives Rayquaza the ability to Mega Evolve.
A Pokémon knowing Dragon Ascent cannot be traded from Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire to Pokémon X and Y, and if a Pokémon in Pokémon Bank knows the move it cannot be withdrawn in Pokémon X and Y. In order to be transferred to Pokémon X and Y, the Pokémon must forget Dragon Ascent.
Description
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Description
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After soaring upward, the user attacks its target by dropping out of the sky at high speeds, although it lowers its own Defense and Sp. Def in the process.
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Learnset
In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Zinnia's grandmother in Meteor Falls can teach Rayquaza this move.
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Pokémon
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Type
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Game
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XY
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ORAS
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384
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Rayquaza
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Dragon
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Flying
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Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
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Special moves
In the anime
Rayquaza
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The user descends from the sky and strikes the opponent with a a green outline.
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Method
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Notes
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Mega Rayquaza flies high into the air. Its body then becomes outlined in a green aura, and it dives into the opponent with great speed.
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A wild Rayquaza
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Mega Evolution Special II
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Trivia
- The Japanese name of this move literally means "to paint a dragon and dot its eyes" and serves as a metaphor for finishing touches. The idiom originated from a legend where Zhang Sengyou, a Chinese painter, completes the dragons on the mural by dotting their eyes and thus literally bringing them to life. The completed dragons immediately ascended to the heavens after the work was done.
- Dragon Ascent is the only move with the word "dragon" in its English name that is not Dragon-type.
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