Dragon Breath (move)

DragonBreath りゅうのいぶき Dragon Breath

File:DragonBreath Games.jpg

Battles Type  Dragon Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  60 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 II TM24 in Generation II

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

DragonBreath (Japanese: りゅうのいぶき Dragon Breath) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

DragonBreath inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target.

In the anime

• DragonBreath Anime.jpg

  Altaria using DragonBreath

• SteelixDragonBreath.jpg

  Steelix using DragonBreath

• AG136 022.jpeg

  Charizard using DragonBreath

• Vibrava dragon breath.png

  Vibrava using DragonBreath

Pokémon

Altaria. Altaria launches a green, thick air beam created in its mouth.

• Used by Winona's Altaria in Sky High Gym Battle!.

Steelix. Steelix launches a blue beam of air created in its mouth.

• Used by Brock's Steelix in Grating Spaces.

Charizard. Charizard opens its mouth and releases a green and yellow beam of air.

• Used by Ash's Charizard in The Symbo Life.

Vibrava. Vibrava opens its mouth and releases a green and yellow beam of air.

• Used by Brianna's Vibrava in Spontaneous Combusken!.

Learnset

Generation II

By TM24

#   Pokémon Type 0004 Charmander Fire 0005 Charmeleon Fire 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 0058 Growlithe Fire 0059 Arcanine Fire 0116 Horsea Water 0117 Seadra Water 0130 Gyarados Water Flying 0131 Lapras Water 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 0147 Dratini Dragon 0148 Dragonair Dragon 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 0151 Mew Psychic 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0095 Onix Rock Ground 30 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 30 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 35 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon 35 0334 Altaria Dragon Flying 35 0371 Bagon Dragon 33 0372 Shelgon Dragon 38 0373 Salamence Dragon Flying 38 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic 20 0381 Latios Dragon Psychic 20 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0116 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Horsea
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0142 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aerodactyl
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0147 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini
| colspan="2" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0252 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Treecko
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0349 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Feebas
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0095 Onix Rock Ground 33 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 33 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 35 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon 35 0334 Altaria Dragon Flying 35 0371 Bagon Dragon 31 0372 Shelgon Dragon 32 0373 Salamence Dragon Flying 32 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic 20 0381 Latios Dragon Psychic 20 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon -- 0484 Palkia Water Dragon -- 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon -- 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0116 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Horsea
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0142 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Aerodactyl
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0147 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini
| colspan="2" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0252 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Treecko
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0349 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Feebas
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0443 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gible
| colspan="1" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Altaria
Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:DragonBreath Anime.jpg Altaria File:SteelixDragonBreath.jpg Steelix File:AG136 022.jpeg Charizard File:Vibrava dragon breath.png Vibrava
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Altaria launches a green, thick air beam created in its mouth.
Winona's Altaria	Sky High Gym Battle		None
	Steelix launches a blue beam of air created in its mouth.
Brock's Steelix	Grating Spaces		None
	Charizard opens its mouth and releases a green and yellow beam of air.
Ash's Charizard	The Symbol of Life		None
	Charizard opens its mouth and releases a green and yellow beam of air.
Brianna's Vibrava	Spontaneous Combusken!		None

In other languages

• French: Dracosouffle
• German: Feuerodem
• Italian: Dragospiro
• Spanish: Dragoaliento
• Hindi: Dragon Ki Saans