Drakloak (Pokémon)

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Drakloak Caretaker Pokémon ドロンチ Doronch #886 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Dragon Ghost Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Clear Body or Infiltrator Cacophony Cacophony Cursed Body Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Groups Amorphous and Dragon Hatch time 40 cycles
Height 4'07" 1.4 m Drakloak 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 24.3 lbs. 11.0 kg Drakloak 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 144	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 2 Drakloak 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 2 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint File:F886.png {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Green	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Drakloak (Japanese: ドロンチ Doronch) is a dual-type Dragon/Ghost Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.

It evolves from Dreepy starting at level 50 and evolves into Dragapult starting at level 60.

Biology

Drakloak is a Pokémon which resembles a lizard, with a wide, black-colored head with two vertical horns and several red triangle-shaped sports on the sides. It has yellow eyes, while the underside of its mouth is light blue. The rest of its body is also light blue, while its belly is yellow with a red, upside-down V-shaped spot. It has short, stubby arms and legs and a long tail.

Drakloak is capable of flying at speeds greater than 120 mph (193.121 kmh). It carries a Dreepy on its head, which it takes care of and fights alongside until the Dreepy manages to evolve. If it lacks a Dreepy to care for, it will become uneasy and desperately try to find any Pokémon to serve as a substitute to take care of.

In the anime

Drakloak in the anime

Major appearances

Drakloak debuted in JN092. When the Dreepy on its head fell off, it used Goh's Grookey as a substitute. When Grookey started hitting with its stick, Drakloak became angry until Dreepy was returned to it.

In the manga

Drakloak in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Drakloak debuted in the Sword & Shield arc, living alongside a Dreepy in Glimwood Tangle. The two were attacked by Casey's Toxtricity and defeated, after which they were caught by Allister.

In the TCG

Main article: Drakloak (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Galar #396 Galar Crown Tundra #111 Sword It's capable of flying faster than 120 mph. It battles alongside Dreepy and dotes on them until they successfully evolve. Shield Without a Dreepy to place on its head and care for, it gets so uneasy it'll try to substitute any Pokémon it finds for the missing Dreepy.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Sword Shield Lake of Outrage Axew's Eye, Rolling Fields (Max Raid Battle) Expansion Pass Old Cemetery Max Lair (Dynamax Adventure)

In events

Wild Area News

Games	Event	Gigantamax	Location	Level	Distribution period
SwSh	Wild Area News	No	hide	30	April 28 to May 11, 2020

Stats

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 68		128 - 175	246 - 340
Attack: 80		76 - 145	148 - 284
Defense: 50		49 - 112	94 - 218
Sp. Atk: 60		58 - 123	112 - 240
Sp. Def: 50		49 - 112	94 - 218
Speed: 102		96 - 169	188 - 333
Total: 410	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 2× Dark 2× Fairy 2× None

Weak to: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 2× Dark 2× Fairy 2× None

Immune to: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 2× Dark 2× Fairy 2× None

Resistant to: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 2× Dark 2× Fairy 2× None

Notes: If Foresight or Odor Sleuth is used by an opponent, the opponent has Scrappy, or this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of  Normal-type  moves is 1× and the effectiveness of  Fighting-type  moves is 1×.

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation VIII Other generations: IX

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 011 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 08585 100100% 10 011 Astonish Ghost Physical 03030 100100% 15 011 Infestation Bug Special 02020 100100% 20 011 Quick Attack Normal Physical 04040 100100% 30 011 Bite Dark Physical 06060 100100% 25 Evo.Evo. Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 08585 100100% 10 066 Lock-On Normal Status 0000— 00——% 5 1212 Assurance Dark Physical 06060 100100% 10 1818 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100100% 10 2424 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00——% 30 3030 Double Hit Normal Physical 03535 09090% 10 3636 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100100% 20 4242 Dragon Dance Dragon Status 0000— 00——% 20 4848 Phantom Force Ghost Physical 09090 100100% 10 5454 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 08585% 20 6161 Dragon Rush Dragon Physical 100100 07575% 10 6666 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100100% 15 7272 Last Resort Normal Physical 140140 100100% 5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drakloak Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Drakloak

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM14 TM14 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM23 TM23 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM30 TM30 Steel Wing Steel Physical 07070 090}}90% 25 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM37 TM37 Beat Up Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM38 TM38 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM40 TM40 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM41 TM41 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM45 TM45 Dive Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM55 TM55 Brine Water Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM56 TM56 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM58 TM58 Assurance Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM77 TM77 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM78 TM78 Acrobatics Flying Physical 05555 100}}100% 15 TM86 TM86 Phantom Force Ghost Physical 09090 100}}100% 10 TM99 TM99 Breaking Swipe Dragon Physical 06060 100}}100% 15 TR02 TR02 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TR03 TR03 Hydro Pump Water Special 110110 080}}80% 5 TR04 TR04 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TR08 TR08 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TR09 TR09 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TR12 TR12 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TR15 TR15 Fire Blast Fire Special 110110 085}}85% 5 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR24 TR24 Outrage Dragon Physical 120120 100}}100% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR29 TR29 Baton Pass Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 40 TR33 TR33 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR51 TR51 Dragon Dance Dragon Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR62 TR62 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 08585 100}}100% 10 TR83 TR83 Ally Switch Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TR84 TR84 Scald Water Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR97 TR97 Psychic Fangs Psychic Physical 08585 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drakloak Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Drakloak

By breeding

Generation VIII Other generations: IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Confuse Ray Ghost Status — 100% 10 Curse Ghost Status — —% 10 Disable Normal Status — 100% 20 Double Team Normal Status — —% 15 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical 60 90% 10 Grudge Ghost Status — —% 5 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 70 100% 5

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Drakloak in Generation VIII 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 Drakloak in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drakloak Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Drakloak

By tutoring

Generation VIII Other generations: IX

Game   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Sw Sh EP BD SP Draco Meteor Dragon Special 130 90% 5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drakloak Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Drakloak

By a prior evolution

Generation VIII Other generations:  - IX

Stage   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior Evolutions.

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drakloak Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Drakloak

Side game data

Pokémon GO File:GO886.png Base HP: 169 Base Attack: 163 Base Defense: 105 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: 100 Fast Attacks: Astonish, Dragon Tail Charged Attacks: Dragon Pulse, Shadow Ball, Outrage

Evolution

Unevolved Dreepy  Dragon  Ghost

Level 50 →

First Evolution Drakloak  Dragon  Ghost

Level 60 →

Second Evolution Dragapult  Dragon  Ghost

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Sword Shield

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

Trivia

• Drakloak and its evolutionary line are the only Pokémon that are in the Dragon and Amorphous Egg Groups, and the only Dragon-type Pokémon in the Amorphous Egg Group.
• Requiring 50 levels to evolve from Dreepy and just 10 more to evolve into Dragapult, Drakloak has the lowest relative second-stage evolution requirement, at 20%.

Origin

Drakloak may be based on the Diplocaulus or Gerrothorax with elements taken from fighter aircrafts and crossbows. It may also reference paternal care behavior present in many amphibian species.

Name origin

Drakloak may be a combination of dragon and cloak. It may have also been derived from the Sanskrit word lok which represents other planes of existence or realms of the afterlife in Indian religions.

Doronch may be a combination of dragon and launch.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ドロンチ Doronch From dragon and launch French Dispareptil From disparaître and reptile Spanish Drakloak Same as English name German Phandra From Phantom and Drache Italian Drakloak Same as English name Korean 드래런치 Deuraereonchi From dragon and launch Mandarin Chinese 多龍奇 / 多龙奇 Duōlóngqí Transcription of its Japanese name. Contains 龍 / 龙 lóng and 奇 qí Cantonese Chinese 多龍奇 Dōlùhngkèih Transcription of its Japanese name. Contains 龍 lùhng and 奇 kèih

More languages Thai โดรอนจิ Doronchi Transcription of Japanese name

External links

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Pokémon

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