Draco Meteor (move)

Draco Meteor りゅうせいぐん Dragon Meteor Shower

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Battles Type  Dragon Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  140 Accuracy  90% Priority  0 Does not make 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 IV Move Tutor in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Move Tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Move Tutor in Pokémon Black and White

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   +3 if previous Pokémon reaches maximum voltage of a judge

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Draco Meteor (Japanese: りゅうせいぐん Dragon Meteor Shower) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Draco Meteor inflicts damage, and lowers the user's Special Attack by two stages.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSS Comets are summoned down from the sky. The attack’s recoil sharply reduces the user’s Sp. Atk stat. BW Comets are summoned down from the sky onto the target. The attack's recoil harshly reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat.

Learnset

By move tutor

Draco Meteor can only be tutored to Template:Type2 Pokémon. In the Sinnoh region, the tutor (grandma Wilma) can be found on Route 210 in her house, and in Johto, the tutor is in Blackthorn City. In the Unova region, the Opelucid City's Gym Leader, Iris in Black or Drayden in White will teach this move instead, with the same requirements.

Similar to Blast Burn, Frenzy Plant, and Hydro Cannon, the Pokémon that the move is to be taught to must have its happiness rating maximized.

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					DP	Pt	HGSS	BW	B2W2
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon							✔	✔	✔	✔
148		Dragonair	Dragon		Dragon							✔	✔	✔	✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying							✔	✔	✔	✔
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon							✔	✔	✔	✔
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon							✔	✔	✔	✔
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon							✔	✔	✔	✔
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying							✔	✔	✔	✔
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon							✔	✔	✔	✔
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon							✔	✔	✔	✔
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying							✔	✔	✔	✔
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic							✔	✔	✔	✔
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic							✔	✔	✔	✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying							✔	✔	✔	✔
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground							✔	✔	✔	✔
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground							✔	✔	✔	✔
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground							✔	✔	✔	✔
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon							✔	✔	✔	✔
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon							✔	✔	✔	✔
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon							✔	✔	✔	✔
493		Arceus	Dragon		Dragon							✔	✔	✔	✔
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon										✔
611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon										✔
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon										✔
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon										✔
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon										✔
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon										✔
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon										✔
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire										✔
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric										✔
646		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice										✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0385 Jirachi Steel Psychic Nintendo Zone and Gamestop Event Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0643 Reshiram Dragon Fire Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Gible Dialga Altaria Druddigon
The user showers meteors down on the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	A black shadow-like aura appears on Dialga's forehead and it fires multiple orange meteors at the opponent.
Dialga (anime)	The Rise of Darkrai		Debut
	Garchomp's body glows orange and a orange ball of light appears inside its chest. The glow fades and a ball of orange energy appears in front of Garchomp's mouth. Garchomp fires the ball into the air and it explodes, releasing many orbs at the opponent.
Cynthia's Garchomp	The Battle Finale of Legend!		None
	Altaria puts its wings in front of its body then holds them out and a orange light appears inside of its chest. The rest of its body also glows orange. It then holds up its head and a orange ball of energy appears in front of Altaria's beak. It then fires the ball into the sky and the ball explodes, releasing multiple orange spheres at the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Altaria	A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!		None
	Gible's body glows orange and an orange ball of light forms inside its body. Then, Gible opens its mouth wide and a huge orange orb appears inside it. It then fires the orb into the sky where it explodes, releasing multiple smaller spheres at the opponent, or Gible holds onto the opponent with its mouth and the opponent becomes surrounded by an orange ball of energy. The ball then fires into the sky and explodes, causing multiple smaller orange spheres to fall from the sky onto the ground. The opponent is encased in one of the spheres and the sphere it's in falls to the ground.
Ash's Gible	A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!		Mastered in Working on a Right Move!
	Druddigon holds one arm in front of it and stretches its other arm over the arm outwards. Then, an orange orb of energy appears in the center of Druddigon's stomach and its body becomes surrounded in a faint orange aura. Druddigon then opens its mouth and a bright orange energy orb appears inside of it. Druddigon then closes its mouth over the orb, and fires it straight into the sky. The orb then explodes above it, releasing a ring of orange energy as it does. Multiple smaller orange orbs of energy then explode from the smaller orb and rain down over the battlefield. As the orbs fall, they leave behind trails of darker orange energy.
Emmy's Druddigon	The Dragon Master's Path!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Garchomp
The user summons powerful stones from the sky that crash into the opponent with great force.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Garchomp flies into the sky and raises both of its hands into the air. Then, a large light forms in the sky above, and multiple meteors surrounded by white energy rains down on the opponent.
Cynthia's Garchomp	VS. Spiritomb		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Since this move can only be taught to Dragon-type Pokémon, this means that Pokémon like Charizard and Gyarados, despite their dragon-like characteristics, cannot be taught the move. Even Horsea, Seadra, Swablu, and Trapinch cannot learn the move, despite being related by evolution to Dragon-type Pokémon, and must evolve into their Dragon-type form to learn the move.
• There are only three non-Dragon-type Pokémon able to have Draco Meteor legitimately. One of them is Smeargle, which can obtain it with Sketch. The others are Jirachi, which can have it through an event, and Arceus, which can be tutored the move as a Dragon-type when holding the Draco Plate, but retains it when the Plate is removed.
• Mew, though repeatedly said on the Pokédex to be able to learn any move, is not able to learn Draco Meteor because it can only be taught to Template:Type2 Pokémon.
  • Because of this, all Pokémon who can learn Draco Meteor by move tutor receive STAB (except Arceus when the Draco Plate is removed).

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 天龍流星 Tiānlóng Liúxīng Dutch Draken Meteoor French Draco Météor German Draco Meteor Greek Μετεωρίτες Δράκου Indonesian Hujan Meteor Jurus Meteor Italian Dragobolide Korean 용성군 Yong Seonggun Polish Smoczy Meteor Portuguese Meteoro Draco Spanish Cometa Draco

Variations of the move Overheat
Overheat • Draco Meteor • Leaf Storm • Fleur Cannon Formerly a variation Psycho Boost

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