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The Dragon type (Japanese: ドラゴンタイプ Dragon type) is one of the seventeen elemental types. Notable Trainers that specialize in Dragon-type Pokémon are Lance and Drake of the Elite Four; Clair, the Gym Leader of Blackthorn City; and Iris and Drayden, the Gym Leaders of Opelucid City. Prior to Generation IV, where moves are designated physical or special based on the move itself rather than its type, all Dragon-type moves were special.
Statistical averages
Overall
Fully evolved*
Battle properties
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Defensive
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Types
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Power
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Types
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½×
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2×
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None
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0×
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None
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Characteristics
The Dragon type is statistically the best type overall. Many of them do not evolve from their first stage to their second until a level at which many Pokémon are near their final evolutions, and their final evolution near level 50; Zweilous evolves into Hydreigon at level 64, the latest of any Pokémon.
Offense
Most Dragon-type Pokémon have high Attack and Special Attack. Even though only Dragon-type moves are super effective against the Dragon type, the only type that resists Dragon is Steel, giving them good use of their STAB.
Defense
Defensively, they have resistances to Electric, Grass, Water and Fire. However, many fully-evolved, non-legendary Dragon-type Pokémon have a double weakness to Ice-type moves, due to their secondary types.
Contest properties
When used in contests, Dragon-type moves typically become Cool moves, but some may be Smart or Tough moves.
Pokémon
As of Generation V, there are 29 Dragon-type Pokémon or 4.47% of all Pokémon, making it the sixteenth most common elemental type, or effectively the second least common type just ahead of the Template:Type2.
Pure Dragon-type Pokémon
Half Dragon-type Pokémon
Primary Dragon-type Pokémon
Secondary Dragon-type Pokémon
Moves
| Gen
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Move
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Category
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Contest
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Power
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Accuracy
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PP
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Range
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Description
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| IV
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Draco Meteor
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Special
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Smart
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140140
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09090%
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055 (max 8)
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Comets are summoned down from the sky onto the target. The attack's recoil harshly reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat.
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| II
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DragonBreath
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Special
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Cool
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06060
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100100%
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2020 (max 32)
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The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage. It may also leave the target with paralysis.
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| III
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Dragon Claw
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Physical
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Cool
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08080
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100100%
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1515 (max 24)
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The user slashes the target with huge, sharp claws.
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| III
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Dragon Dance
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Status
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Cool
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000—
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000—%
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2020 (max 32)
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The user vigorously performs a mystic, powerful dance that boosts its Attack and Speed stats.
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| IV
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Dragon Pulse
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Special
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Smart
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09090
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100100%
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1010 (max 16)
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The target is attacked with a shock wave generated by the user's gaping mouth.
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| I
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Dragon Rage
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Special
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Cool
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000—
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100100%
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1010 (max 16)
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This attack hits the target with a shock wave of pure rage. This attack always inflicts 40 HP damage.
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| IV
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Dragon Rush
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Physical
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Cool
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100100
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07575%
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1010 (max 16)
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The user tackles the target while exhibiting overwhelming menace. It may also make the target flinch.
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| V
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Dragon Tail
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Physical
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06060
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09090%
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1010 (max 16)
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The user knocks away the target and drags out another Pokémon in its party. In the wild, the battle ends.
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| V
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Dual Chop
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Physical
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04040
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09090%
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1515 (max 24)
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The user attacks its target by hitting it with brutal strikes. The target is hit twice in a row.
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| II
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Outrage
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Physical
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Cool
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120120
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07575%
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1515 (max 24)
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The user rampages and attacks for two to three turns. It then becomes confused, however.
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| IV
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Roar of Time
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Special
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Cool
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150150
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100100%
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055 (max 8)
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The user blasts the target with power that distorts even time. The user must rest on the next turn.
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| IV
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Spacial Rend
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Special
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Tough
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100100
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09090%
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055 (max 8)
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The user tears the target along with the space around it. Critical hits land more easily.
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| II
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Twister
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Special
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Cool
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04040
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100100%
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2020 (max 32)
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The user whips up a vicious tornado to tear at the opposing team. It may also make targets flinch.
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| All details are accurate to Generation VII games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual move's page. Target data assumes user is in the lower left.
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Trivia
- In Generation I, there was only one Dragon-type attack, Dragon Rage; however, because it always deals 40 HP of damage, there was no way to do super-effective Dragon-type damage.
- There are only thirteen Dragon-type moves, the fewest of any type.
- Seven of these moves (more than half) have the word "dragon" in their names.
- Eight of those thirteen moves are Cool moves in Pokémon Contests and Pokémon Super Contests. The only five that aren't were introduced in Generation IV and V, meaning that in Hoenn Contests, all Dragon-type moves were Cool moves.
- The Dragon type also has the fewest number of non-damaging moves out of all of the types, with only one, Dragon Dance.
- The Dragon type is the second most common type for legendary Pokémon, with nine, behind the Psychic type, which has fourteen.
- The Dragon type resists moves of the primary types of all main series starter Pokémon available for players, including Pikachu.
- The Dragon type is one of the two types that is weak to itself; the other is the Ghost type.
- The Dragon type is one of three types that have both never have been and will never be doubly super effective against any Pokémon, as it is only super effective against one type. It shares this trait with the Poison type, which (since Generation II) is super effective only against Grass; and the Normal type, which isn't super effective against anything.
- By the same manner, the Dragon type is also the only type that will never be doubly resisted by anything, as only Steel resists it.
- The Dragon type is statistically the best type, as its average fully evolved stat never goes below base 95.
- The only non-legendary Dragon-type Pokémon that doesn't sport any weakness to Ice is Kingdra.
- Dragon-type Pokémon are unique because they can all learn Draco Meteor by move tutor, and are the only Pokémon that can learn it at all (excluding Jirachi, Smeargle when using Sketch, and Arceus without the Draco Plate).
- Generation V introduced the most Dragon-type Pokémon, with 10.
- Kingdra is the only Dragon-type Pokémon introduced in Generation II.
- Prior to Generation IV, only one TM contained a Dragon-type move each Generation. They were TM23 (Dragon Rage), TM24 (DragonBreath), and TM02 (Dragon Claw).
- Generation V introduced the only three-stage pure Dragon-type evolutionary line.
- Every Dragon type specialist has been the final member of their associations. Lance and Drake are the final Elite Four members in Generations I and III respectively. Clair and Iris/Drayden are the final Gym Leaders of Generations II (and the remakes) and V respectively. In addition, Lance becomes the final opponent of the game before the credits roll in Generation II and IV.
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