Dragon Ascent (move)

Dragon Ascent ガリョウテンセイ Dragon Ascension

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Battles Type  Flying Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  120 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VI Move Tutor in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   A very appealing move, but after using this move, the user is more easily startled.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

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. Rayquaza can Mega Evolve only if it knows this move.

Effect

Dragon Ascent inflicts damage and then lowers the user's Defense stat and Special Defense stat by one stage each.

Description

Games Description 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.

Learnset

By Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					XY	ORAS
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying													✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

Rayquaza
The user descends from the sky and strikes the opponent with a a green outline.
Pokémon	Method
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	SS031		None

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.
• A Pokémon knowing Dragon Ascent cannot be traded from Pokémon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire to Pokémon X or Y; if it is deposited in Pokémon Bank while knowing the move, it cannot be withdrawn in Pokémon X or Y. In order to transfer the Pokémon, the Pokémon must forget Dragon Ascent.

In other languages

Language Title French Draco Ascension German Zenitstürmer Italian Ascesa del Drago Korean 화룡점정 Hwaryong Jeomjeong Spanish Ascenso Draco

Variations of the move Superpower
Superpower • Close Combat • Dragon Ascent • Headlong Rush Armor Cannon

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