Dragon Pulse (move)

Dragon Pulse redirects here. For the energy from White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram known as "Dragon Pulse" in Japanese, see Dragon Force.

Dragon Pulse りゅうのはどう Dragon Pulse

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Battles Type  Dragon Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  85 Accuracy  100% 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 but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation IV TM59 in Generation IV Move Tutor in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Increases judge's voltage by 2

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Judge's Voltage goes up.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Quite an appealing move.

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

Dragon Pulse (Japanese: りゅうのはどう Dragon Pulse) is a damage-dealing Dragon-type move introduced in Generation IV. It was TM59 in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Dragon Pulse inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Generation V

Dragon Pulse can hit non-adjacent opponents in Triple Battles.

Generation VI

Dragon Pulse's base power is reduced from 90 to 85. Additionally, its power is boosted by 50% if the user has the Ability Mega Launcher.

Description

Games Description The foe is attacked with a shock wave generated by the user’s gaping mouth. Conq The target is attacked with a shock wave generated by the user's gaping mouth.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
116		Horsea	Water		Water	42				42			42 41
117		Seadra	Water		Water	57				57			57 45
181		Ampharos	Electric		Electric								--, 65
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	57				57			--, 57
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying	45				50	42	42
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	54				62	48	48
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	70				80			--, 80
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	70				80			--, 80
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	75	90		90			90
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel	47				60			--, 60
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon					41			41
611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon					42			42
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon					42			42
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon					32			32
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon					32			32
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon					32			32
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire					54			54
646		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice					57			57
690		Skrelp	Poison	Water								49
691		Dragalge	Poison	Dragon								53
693		Clawitzer	Water		Water								--, 63
704		Goomy	Dragon		Dragon								42
705		Sliggoo	Dragon		Dragon								47
706		Goodra	Dragon		Dragon								47
715		Noivern	Flying	Dragon								--, 70
718		Zygarde	Dragon	Ground								63
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire	no
007		Squirtle	Water		Water	no				no
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	no
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon	no
349		Feebas	Water		Water	no
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon	no
566		Archen	Rock	Flying	no
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon	no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II --		III --		IV TM59		V --		VI --
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	✔						✔
031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground	✔						✔
034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground	✔						✔
059		Arcanine	Fire		Fire	✔						✔
095		Onix	Rock	Ground	✔						✔
111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock	✔						✔
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock	✔						✔
116		Horsea	Water		Water	✔						✔
117		Seadra	Water		Water	✔						✔
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying	✔						✔
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	✔						✔
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	✔						✔
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon	✔						✔
148		Dragonair	Dragon		Dragon	✔						✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	✔						✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔						✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	✔						✔
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground	✔						✔
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	✔						✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	✔						✔
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying	✔						✔
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass	✔						✔
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock	✔						✔
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon	✔						✔
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon	✔						✔
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying	✔						✔
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	✔						✔
350		Milotic	Water		Water	✔						✔
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon	✔						✔
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon	✔						✔
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying	✔						✔
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	✔						✔
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	✔						✔
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground	✔						✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	✔						✔
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock	✔						✔
409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock	✔						✔
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground	✔						✔
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground	✔						✔
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground	✔						✔
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel	✔						✔
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock	✔						✔
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon	✔						✔
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon	✔						✔
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel	✔						✔
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon	✔						✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal	✔						✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					BW	B2W2
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying											✔
031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground											✔
034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground											✔
059		Arcanine	Fire		Fire											✔
095		Onix	Rock	Ground											✔
111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock											✔
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock											✔
116		Horsea	Water		Water											✔
117		Seadra	Water		Water											✔
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying											✔
131		Lapras	Water	Ice											✔
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying											✔
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon											✔
148		Dragonair	Dragon		Dragon											✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying											✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic											✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water											✔
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground											✔
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon											✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark											✔
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying											✔
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass											✔
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock											✔
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon											✔
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon											✔
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying											✔
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying											✔
349		Feebas	Water		Water											✔
350		Milotic	Water		Water											✔
357		Tropius	Grass	Flying											✔
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon											✔
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon											✔
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying											✔
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic											✔
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic											✔
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground											✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying											✔
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock											✔
409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock											✔
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground											✔
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground											✔
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground											✔
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel											✔
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock											✔
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon											✔
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon											✔
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel											✔
487		Giratina Altered Forme	Ghost	Dragon											✔
487		Giratina Origin Forme	Ghost	Dragon											✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal											✔
497		Serperior	Grass		Grass											✔
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark											✔
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting											✔
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting											✔
566		Archen	Rock	Flying											✔
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying											✔
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.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0230 KingdraLv.50 Water Dragon Yamamoto's Tournament KingdraBW 0254 Sceptile Grass JR Kyushu Event 0384 RayquazaLv.70 Dragon Flying Nobunaga's Black Rayquaza 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 other games

Pokémon Conquest

Dragon Pulse is the only move of Rayquaza and Hydreigon.

Super Smash Bros. series

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Dragon Pulse is one of the attacks Rayquaza can use when it is fought.

In the anime

Latias Blastoise Kyurem Hydreigon
The user fires a green ball of light at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Milotic's body becomes outlined in light green and it releases a pulse off its body that pushes back anything around it.
Wallace's Milotic	Our Cup Runneth Over!		Debut
	Dragonite opens its mouth and a turquoise energy ball appears in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Provo's Dragonite	Pursuing a Lofty Goal!		None
	Salamence opens its mouth and a turquoise ball appears in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
J's Salamence	Pillars of Friendship!		None
A wild Salamence	The Clumsy Crier Quiets the Chaos!		None
	Gible opens its mouth and a turquoise ball of energy appears in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Ash's Gible	A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!		None
	Latias puts its hands together and a turquoise ball of energy appears between them. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Nurse Joy's Latias	SS025		None
	Kyurem forms a swirling ball of orange flames inside of its mouth. It then fires a beam of orange flames from its mouth at the opponent.
Kyurem (M15)	Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice		None
	Kyurem forms a swirling ball of orange flames inside of its mouth. It then fires a beam of orange flames from its mouth at the opponent.
Kyurem (M15)	Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice		None
	Kyurem forms a swirling ball of orange flames inside of its mouth. It then fires a beam of orange flames from its mouth at the opponent.
Kyurem (M15)	Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice		None
	Hydreigon opens its middle head mouth and a turquoise energy ball appears in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Cameron's Hydreigon	Cameron's Secret Weapon!		None
	Noivern opens its mouth and a turquoise energy ball appears in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Alexa's Noivern	Celebrating the Hero's Comet!		None
	Mega Blastoise fires three differently colored beams from its three cannons. The beams then combine into a giant multi-colored energy dragon which chomps the opponent with its jaws, causing a large explosion.
Siebold's Blastoise	Mega Evolution Special I		Enhanced by Mega Launcher
Multiple wild Flygon	The Clumsy Crier Quiets the Chaos!		None
A wild Rayquaza	SS031		None

In the manga

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga

Kyurem
The user releases a burst of energy.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Kyurem releases a burst of energy.
Monta's Kyurem	PBW6		Debut

In the movie adaptations

The user releases a shock wave at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Hydreigon releases a shock wave from its mouth at the opponent.
Carlita's Hydreigon	White—Victini and Zekrom		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Giratina Reshiram
The user releases a blast of energy at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Giratina releases a powerful beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent.
Charon's Giratina	The Final Dimensional Duel X		Debut
	Reshiram releases a powerful beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent.
Black's Reshiram	PS522		None

In the Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master manga

Rayquaza
The user releases a blast of energy.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Rayquaza releases a blast of energy.
Ryū's Rayquaza	ABM09		Debut

In the Pokémon Try Adventure manga

Garchomp
Unknown.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Toki's Kamaru	TA28		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

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 龍波動 Lóng Bō​dòng​ Croatian Zmajev puls Dutch Draken Puls French Dracochoc German Drachenpuls Greek Παλμός Δράκου Indonesian Gelombang Naga Detak Naga Italian Dragopulsar Korean 용의파동 Yong-yi Padong Norwegian Dragetrykk Polish Smoczy Puls Portuguese Pulso do Dragão Brazilian Portuguese Vibração do Dragão Romanian Dragon Puls Spanish Latin America Pulso de Dragón Spain Pulso Dragón

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