Dragon (type)

The Dragon type is one of the eighteen official types from the Pokémon franchise. The Dragon type is one of the more elusive types that is usually encountered late in the games, and usually evolve on high levels, contrary to the Bug type. Averagely, the Dragon type has the best base stats overall, and a good amount of Legendary and Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon are Dragon-type.

Despite being only weak to itself, Dragon type Pokémon usually hold high Attack and Special Attack, as well as wide and varying movepools that can counter against its main two weaknesses: Ice and Fairy, the latter being completely immune to Dragon attacks, and the former being especially dangerous to Dragon/Flying and Dragon/Ground Pokémon. Dragon's wide movepool is also useful against the Steel type, which is the only other type that resist Dragon.

Despite the Dragon type being weak to Ice, Fairy and Dragon itself, it is able to resist four main types, being Water, Grass, Fire and Electric. The former three are actually common starter types, and the last one is also common to use.

As of Generation VI, there are 41 Dragon-type Pokémon or 5.7% of all Pokémon (counting those that are Dragon-type in at least one of their forms, including Mega Evolutions), making it the 4th rarest type after Ghost, Fairy and Ice. Only 11 of them are pure Dragon-type, with Haxorus and Goodra being the only ones fully evolved, and Druddigon being the only one that can't evolve. Concerning dual-typed Pokémon, there are about as many primary Dragon-types as secondary Dragon-types.

The Dragon type consists of dragons and other legendary or reptilian creatures. A good amount are part of the Dragon Egg Group. Interestingly, not all Dragon-type Pokémon are actually based on dragons, but dinosaurs, like Haxorus or Tyrantrum (this is because the Japanese name of a dinosaur is 恐竜 (Kyōryū), literally meaning "scary dragon" or "fear dragon"). Even more interestingly, some Dragon-type Pokémon aren't based on reptiles at all, or seem to be a cross between a non-reptile and a dragon, like Altaria, Noivern and Flygon. Seahorses like Kingdra and Dragalge also seem to be part of the Dragon type, both being based on the weedy sea dragon.

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Specialists[]

In the official Pokémon games, notable Trainers who specialize in Dragon-type Pokémon are Lance, the current Champion of the Indigo Plateau, Clair of Blackthorn City, Drake of the Hoenn Elite Four, Drayden of Opelucid City, Iris, the current Champion of the Unova Pokémon League, and Drasna of the Kalos Elite Four.

Pokémon[]

Pure Dragon-type Pokémon[]

#	Pokémon		Type
147		Dratini	Dragon	Normal
148		Dragonair	Dragon	Normal
371		Bagon	Dragon	Normal
372		Shelgon	Dragon	Normal
610		Axew	Dragon	Normal
611		Fraxure	Dragon	Normal
612		Haxorus	Dragon	Normal
621		Druddigon	Dragon	Normal
704		Goomy	Dragon	Normal
705		Sliggoo	Dragon	Normal
706		Goodra	Dragon	Normal
782		Jangmo-o	Dragon	Normal
895		Regidrago	Dragon	Normal
Please note that these only apply to certain Pokémon games.

Primary Dragon-type Pokémon[]

#	Pokémon		Type
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying
334M		Altaria	Dragon	Fairy
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying
373M		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
445M		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric
646		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice
646B		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice
646W		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice
718		Zygarde	Dragon	Ground
718T	px	Zygarde	Dragon	Ground
718C	px	Zygarde	Dragon	Ground
783		Hakamo-o	Dragon	Fighting
784		Kommo-o	Dragon	Fighting
885		Dreepy	Dragon	Ghost
886		Drakloak	Dragon	Ghost
887		Dragapult	Dragon	Ghost
Please note that these only apply to certain Pokémon games.

Secondary Dragon-type Pokémon[]

#	Pokémon		Type
103A		Exeggutor	Grass	Dragon
181M		Ampharos	Electric	Dragon
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon
483O	px	Dialga	Steel	Dragon
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon
484O	px	Palkia	Water	Dragon
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon
487O	px	Giratina	Ghost	Dragon
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon
696		Tyrunt	Rock	Dragon
697		Tyrantrum	Rock	Dragon
705H	px	Sliggoo	Steel	Dragon
706H	px	Goodra	Steel	Dragon
714		Noibat	Flying	Dragon
715		Noivern	Flying	Dragon
776		Turtonator	Fire	Dragon
780		Drampa	Normal	Dragon
799		Guzzlord	Dark	Dragon
800U		Necrozma	Psychic	Dragon
804		Naganadel	Poison	Dragon
840		Applin	Grass	Dragon
841		Flapple	Grass	Dragon
842		Appletun	Grass	Dragon
880		Dracozolt	Electric	Dragon
882		Dracovish	Water	Dragon
884		Duraludon	Steel	Dragon
890		Eternatus	Poison	Dragon
Please note that these only apply to certain Pokémon games.