Dragon Ascent (move)
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Dragon Ascent ガリョウテンセイ Dragon Ascension | ||||||||||||
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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 Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. 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.
Other effects
The player can Mega Evolve any Rayquaza that knows Dragon Ascent. Rayquaza cannot Mega Evolve if it is holding a Z-Crystal or knows the move only through Mimic. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, no Rayquaza can Mega Evolve until the Rayquaza in the Delta Episode has been caught.
Dragon Ascent does not exist in the game data of Pokémon X and Y. As a result, 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Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire to Pokémon X and Y, and if a Pokémon in Pokémon Bank knows the move it cannot be withdrawn in Pokémon X and Y. In order to be transferred to Pokémon X and Y, the Pokémon must forget Dragon Ascent.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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Learnset
By Move Tutor
In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Zinnia's grandmother in Meteor Falls can teach any Rayquaza this move.
In Pokémon Sun and Moon, the Move Tutor is in the Pokémon Center at Seafolk Village.
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Game | |||
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ORAS | SM | ||||||
0384 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
Special move
Generation VI
In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, while Rayquaza does not know Dragon Ascent when the player battles it at Sky Pillar, Zinnia will automatically teach it Dragon Ascent (replacing Fly) immediately after the player captures it.
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0384 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | Sky Pillar RayquazaORAS | ||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
In the anime
In the main series
The user descends from the sky and strikes the opponent with a green outline. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
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. | |||
A wild Rayquaza | Mega Evolution Special II | Debut | |
A Rayquaza summoned by Hoopa | Hoopa and the Clash of Ages | None |
In Pokémon Generations
The user descends from the sky and strikes the opponent with a green outline. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
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. | |||
A Trainer's Rayquaza | The Scoop | Debut |
In the manga
In the movie adaptations
The user zooms quickly at the opponent from the sky. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Rayquaza releases a shock wave from its body. | |||
A wild Rayquaza | Hoopa and the Clash of Ages | Debut |
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The user rams into the opponent with great force. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Rayquaza glows brightly and rams its body into the opponent. | |||
A wild Rayquaza | PAORAS17 | Debut | |
Mega Rayquaza glows brightly and rams its body into the opponent. | |||
A wild Rayquaza | PAORAS21 | None |
Trivia
- The Japanese name of this move literally means "to paint a dragon and dot its eyes" and serves as a metaphor for the finishing touch in a piece of work that give it "the spark of life". The idiom originated from a legend where Zhang Sengyou, a Chinese painter, completes the dragons on a mural by dotting their eyes and thus literally bringing them to life; they spring out of the temple wall and fly off. 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.
- Because Zinnia teaches Dragon Ascent to the Rayquaza caught at Sky Pillar in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire to replace Fly, Dragon Ascent is the only move that can replace an HM move in a game in which the move is available as an HM.
- When used by a Rayquaza which has Mega Evolved, this move will play an additional animation before the main animation, and the main animation is also changed slightly.
- The only difference about this move from Close Combat is that it is Flying-type and that it can Mega Evolve Rayquaza
In other languages
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Variations of the move Superpower | ||||
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