Drayden
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| Drayden シャガ Shaga | |
| "The Spartan Mayor" | |
 Artwork from Black and White | |
| Gender | Male |
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| Eye color | Brown |
| Hair color | White |
| Hometown | Opelucid City |
| Region | Unova |
| Trainer class | Gym Leader |
| Generation | V |
| Games | Black and White |
| Leader of | Opelucid Gym |
| Badge | Legend Badge |
| Specializes in | Template:Type2s |
Drayden (Japanese: シャガ Shaga) is one of the Gym Leaders of Opelucid City's Gym, known officially as the Opelucid Gym. He specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon and gives the Legend Badge to Trainers who manage to defeat him.
In the games
Drayden appears in Pokémon Black and White where he is the mayor of Opelucid City. In Black, he is the Gym Leader of Opelucid City's gym, the last gym to be challenged by the player in the region.
In White, he will teach Draco Meteor to the player's Dragon-type Pokémon. He can be found in his home in Opelucid City. However, in this game Iris takes his place as Gym Leader. The only differences between both the teams are the genders; Drayden's team consists only of male Pokémon, while Iris's team is made exclusively of female ones.
He also reappears at N's Castle where he and many of the other Unova Gym Leaders hold off the Seven Sages.
Pokémon
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Quotes
Before Battle: "Welcome. Thanks for coming. I am Opelucid Pokémon Gym's Leader, Drayden. As the mayor, I have given everything to developing the city. As a trainer, I have simply been pursuing greater strength. But what im searching for now is a young Trainer who can show me a bright future. Perhaps you can show me that future the way Iris does?"
During Battle: "You'd do that? Yes, you seem a tough opponent.."
After sending out last Pokémon: "This is the moment of truth! This really gets my blood pumping!"
After being defeated: "This intense feeling that floods me after a defeat. I don't know how to describe it."
Pokémon Black and White
Sprites
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| Drayden's sprite from Generation V |
Drayden's VS sprite from Generation V |
Trivia
- His Japanese Leader title is スパルタン メイヤー.
- Drayden and his counterpart, Iris, are the only Dragon-type specialists that use only pure Dragon-type Pokémon.
- Drayden and his counterpart Iris have a underleveled Haxorus at level 43 when it evolves at level 48 in the games.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | シャガ Shaga | From 射干 or 著莪 (シャガ) shaga, Iris japonica or from Fringed iris. |
| English | Drayden | From Dragon. |
| French | Watson | From the flower genus Watsonia. |
| German | Lysander | From the Spartan general Lysander and fleur-de-lys. |
| Italian | Aristide | From the genus Aristea. May also be named after Aristides. |
| Spanish | Lirio | From lirio (lily). |
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