Dragonite
First Appearance: Pokémon Red and Green Version (1996)
Species: The Dragon Pokémon
National Pokédex Number: 149
Type: Dragon/Flying
Height: 7'03"| (2.2 m)
Weight: 463.0 lbs.| 210.0 kg
Gender Ratio: 50% Male/50% Female
Egg Groups: Water 1 and Dragon
Habitat: Water's-edge
Notable Trainers: Lance, Clair, Drake (Orange League), Tower Tycoon Palmer, Iris (Anime)
Theme Song:
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Feats:
- Is the very first pseudo-legendary Pokémon
- According to it's PokeDex entry, it has intelligence on par with humans
- Has saved people from drowning in the sea and guides crews of shipwrecks to shore
- Has battled against Trainers Blue, Red, Ethan/Gold, and Nate's Pokémon Team Members
- Assisted Lance and Ethan/Gold agianst Team Rocket in Mahogany Town
- A gaint Dragonite communicate with Bill in the anime
- Drake's Dragonite defeated Ash's Charizard, Squirtle, and Tauros, before being beated by Ash's Pikachu
- Lance's Dragonite defeated the Red Gyrados in the anime
- Iris's Dragonite defeated Georgia's Beartic in the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup, despite the type disadvantage
- Along with Ridley's Golurk, Cynthia's Garchomp, Cilan's Pansage, and Ash's Unfezant, battle against the Forces of Nature
- Battled against Ash's Charizard before its arm was injured
- Battled against the Dragon-type Gym Leaders Drayden and Clair's Druddigons, but it was later defeated by the end
Base Stats:
HP: 91
Attack: 134
Defense: 95
Sp.Atk: 100
Sp.Def: 100
Speed: 80
Total: 600
Same-type attack bonus (STAB):
- Gains a 50% damage boost of an attack when it is the same type as one of the types of the Pokémon using the attack
Abilities:
Inner Focus:
- Protects the Pokémon from flinching
Multiscale (Hidden Ability):
- Reduces the amount of damage the Pokémon takes when its HP is full
Items:
Persim Berry:
- A berry that can recover from confusion
Sitrus Berry:
- A berry that restores 25% of max HP
Yache Berry:
- A berry that will lessen the damage of a supereffective Ice-type attack
Focus Sash:
- A held item that helps the user endure a potential KO attack with 1 HP
- The user must have full HP to use
Focus Band:
- A held item that will activate and cause its holder to survive with 1 HP
Scope Lens:
- A held item that increases the holder's critical hit ratio
White Herb:
- A held item that restores all of the holder's decreased stats
Bright Powder:
- A held item that lowers the opposing Pokémon's accuracy
Lum Berry:
- A berry that can recover from any status condition during battle
Razor Claw:
- A held item that increases the holder's critical hit ratio
Expert Belt:
- A held item that slightly boosts the power of supereffective moves
Choice Band:
- A held item that boosts the Pokémon's Attack by 50%, but only allows the use of the first move selected
Physicality:
Strength:
- Drake's Dragonite blasted off Team Rocket with a Hyper Beam
- Tossed Ash's Charizard to the ground with a Slam attack
- Slams its tail into Ash's Squirtle hard, knocking it out
- Tear right out of a huge capture net with its wings and flown through Team Rockets air balloon
- Knocked Ash's Pikachu into the air with its tail
- Lance's Dragonite used Whirlwind blew away Team Rockets Tyson and the grunts
- Lance's Dragonite sent Team Rocket blasting off with a Twister
- Destroyed Team Rockets Evolution Inducement machine with a Hyper Beam
- Used its Dragon Claw to make the hole large enough for Ash to get out of Team Magma's helicopter
- Broked free from being frozen in ice by Georgia's Beartic's Ice Beam
- Knock out Georgia's Beartic with a Thunder Punch
- Was able to create a large crater with a Thunder Punch
- Strong enough to lift and slam down a Beartic, which weighs 573.2 lbs./260.0 kg
- Both Iris's and Clair's Dragonite push back Ash's Charizard with a kick
- Both Iris's and Clair's Dragonite were strong enough to pull a steel door off the entrance
- Broke down down a stone wall with a Fire Punch
- Knocks down an iron door with a kick
- Destroys Team Rocket's radio wave generator with a stomp and a glass window with a punch
- A giant Dragonite smashes the top of Bill's lighthouse with its tail
- A giant Dragonite sent Team Rocket blasting off with its tail
- Strong enough to smash a large boulder with a punch
Durability:
- Is resistant to Fighting, Bug, Fire, Water, and Grass-type attacks
- Took hits from Red, Ethan/Gold, and Nate's Pokemon team members
- Tanked Squirtle's Bubble attack with no issue
- Endured Ash's Pikachu's Thunder to the head before passing out
- Survived being blasted with a Hyper Beam to the back by a wild Hydreigon
- Survived crashing into a nearby power plant, destroying the top of a tower in the process
- Deflected Beartic's Hidden Power without no issue
- Blocked Beartic's Focus Blast with just its hands
- Withstood being frozen by Georgia's Beartic's Ice Beam
-- Dragonite is 4x weak to Ice-type attacks
- Charged right through Georgia's Beartic's Blizzard with no ill effects
- Was slammed across the battlefield by a Dragon Claw from Ash's Krookodile
-- Dragonite is 2x weak to Dragon-type attacks
- Shrugs its arm off from being bitten by Krookodile's Crunch
-- Krookodile's PokeDex entry stated that it's jaws was strong enough to crush a car
- Took a combination of Air Cutter and Stone Edge from the Legendary Pokemon Tornadus and Landorus
- Took a Thunder from the the Legendary Pokemon Thundurus
- Took a Dragon Tail from Ash's Charizard, sending it crashing onto the ground
- No sold a combination attack of Charizard's Flamethrower and Dragonair's Hyper Beam
- Survives being blasted with lightning by a Dragonair, being pin down by Pikachu's Thunder, then had its Hyper Beam block by Charizard's Fire Spin and attempts to fire another Hyper Beam, only to have the combined attacks explode in Dragonite's face, sending it plummeting into the water
-- It later got up less than a minute later
- Endures being repeatedly hit by Clair's Shiny Druddigon's Dragon Tail
- A giant Dragonite tanked a barrage of missiles being fired by Team Rocket
Speed:
- Can travel the globe in 16 hours, which is about twice the speed of sound in the air (Mach 2)
- Lance's Dragonite can keep up and dodge attacks from Tyson's two Fearow
- Quick enough to dodged Kyorge's Hydro Pump
- Iris's Dragonite was fast enough to dodged a wild Hyreigon's triple Hyper Beam
- Deflected Georgia's Beartic's Hidden Power with its bare hands
- Dashes up and knocks Ash's Pikachu down before he can attack
- Dodges Hyper Beam from the Lake of Rage's Gyarados
Moves/Attacks:
Wing Attack:
- Type: Flying
- Category: Physical
- PP: 35
- Power: 60
- Accuracy: 100%
- The user flaps its wings and white energy is released from them, hitting the opponent
Hurricane:
- Type: Flying
- Category: Special
- PP: 10
- Power: 110
- Accuracy: 70%
- The user attacks by wrapping its opponent in a fierce wind that flies up into the sky
- Has a 30% chance of confusing the target
Fire Punch:
- Type: Fire
- Category: Physical
- PP: 15
- Power: 75
- Accuracy: 100%
- Dragonite's fist becomes covered in red-orange flames and it punches the opponent
- Has a 10% chance of burning the opponent
Thunder Punch:
- Type: Electric
- Category: Physical
- PP: 15
- Power: 75
- Accuracy: 100%
- Dragonite's fist is surrounded by yellow sparks, which grow into a ball of electrical energy. It then punches the opponent
- Has a 10% chance of paralyzing the opponent
Roost:
- Type: Flying
- Category: Status
- PP: 10
- The user lands and rests its body. It restores the user's HP by up to half of its max HP
- It's Flying type is ignored until the next turn
Wrap:
- Type: Normal
- Category: Physical
- PP: 20
- Power: 15
- Accuracy: 90%
- A long body, vines, or the like are used to wrap and squeeze the target for four to five turns
Leer:
- Type: Normal
- Category: Status
- PP: 30
- Accuracy: 100%
- The user gives opposing Pokémon an intimidating leer that lowers the Defense stat
Thunder Wave:
- Type: Electric
- Category: Status
- PP: 20
- Accuracy: 100%
- The user releases a charge of electricity at the opponent which causes paralysis if it hits
Twister:
- Type: Dragon
- Category: Special
- PP: 20
- Power: 40
- Accuracy: 100%
- The user whips up a vicious tornado to tear at the opposing Pokémon
- Has a 20% chance of causing each target to flinch
Dragon Rage:
- Type: Dragon
- Category: Special
- PP: 10
- Accuracy: 100%
- Dragonite releases a yellow ball of energy from its mouth to the opponent
- This attack always inflicts 40 HP damage
Slam:
- Type: Normal
- Category: Physical
- PP: 20
- Power: 80
- Accuracy: 75%
- The user slams the foe into the ground, or hits the foe with a long appendage such as a tongue or tail
Agility:
- Type: Psychic
- Category: Status
- PP: 30
- The user relaxes and lightens its body to move faster
- This sharply raises its Speed stat
Dragon Tail:
- Type: Dragon
- Category: Physical
- PP: 10
- Power: 60
- Accuracy: 90%
- Priority: -6
- The target is knocked away with its glowing tail, and a different Pokémon is dragged out
- In the wild, this ends a battle against a single Pokémon
Aqua Tail:
- Type: Water
- Category: Physical
- PP: 10
- Power: 90
- Accuracy: 90%
- The user swings its tail and slams it at the foe with water surrounding it
Dragon Rush:
- Type: Dragon
- Category: Physical
- PP: 10
- Power: 100
- Accuracy: 75%
- Its horn glows blue and releases a blue, dragon-shaped energy that covers its body. It then charges at the foe at great speed
- Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch
Safeguard:
- Type: Normal
- Category: Status
- PP: 25
- The user creates a protective field that prevents status conditions for five turns
Dragon Dance:
- Type: Dragon
- Category: Status
- PP: 20
- The user vigorously performs a mystic, powerful dance that boosts its Attack and Speed stats
Outrage:
- Type: Dragon
- Category: Physical
- PP: 10
- Power: 120
- Accuracy: 100%
- Dragonite's body becomes outlined in a red aura and goes on a rampage
- After Outrage is finished, The aura wears off and the user becomes confused
Hyper Beam:
- Type: Normal
- Category: Special
- PP: 5
- Power: 150
- Accuracy: 90%
- Dragonite fires a powerful yellow and orange beam from its mouth at the opponent
- In the Pokémon Adventures manga, the beam sometimes zigzags until it reaches the opponent
- The user must rest on the next turn to regain its energy
Other Moves:
Barrier:
- Type: Psychic
- Category: Status
- PP: 20
- The user throws up a sturdy wall that sharply raises its Defense stat
- Dragonite cannot legitimately learn this move by any means
Extreme Speed:
- Type: Normal
- Category: Physical
- PP: 5
- Power: 80
- Accuracy: 100%
- Priority: +2
- The user charges at the opponent at a high speed and slams into them
Water Gun:
- Type: Water
- Category: Special
- PP: 25
- Power: 40
- Accuracy: 100%
- Dragonite releases a spiral of water from its mouth at the opponent
Ice Beam:
- Type: Ice
- Category: Special
- PP: 10
- Power: 90
- Accuracy: 100%
- Dragonite opens its mouth and fires a beam of icy cold energy at the opponent
- Has a 10% chance of freezing the target
Body Slam:
- Type: Normal
- Category: Physical
- PP: 15
- Power: 85
- Accuracy: 100%
- Dragonite flies into the air and slams its body into the opponent
- Has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target
Skull Bash:
- Type: Normal
- Category: Physical
- PP: 10
- Power: 130
- Accuracy: 100%
- The user tucks in its head to raise its Defense stat on the first turn, then rams the target on the next turn
Thunder:
- Type: Electric
- Category: Special
- PP: 10
- Power: 110
- Accuracy: 70%
- The user shocks the opponent with a powerful blast of electricity from the sky
- Has a 10% chance of paralyzing the target
Whirlwind:
- Type: Normal
- Category: Status
- PP: 20
- Priority: -6
- The user blows a large gust of wind at the opponent or an attack
- This move cannot be legitimately learned by any means
Dragon Claw:
- Type: Dragon
- Category: Physical
- PP: 15
- Power: 80
- Accuracy: 100%
- Dragonite's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them
Flamethrower:
- Type: Fire
- Category: Special
- PP: 15
- Power: 90
- Accuracy: 100%
- Dragonite opens its mouth and releases a stream of red-orange fire from it at the opponent
- Has a 10% chance of burning the target
Dragon Breath:
- Type: Dragon
- Category: Special
- PP: 20
- Power: 60
- Accuracy: 100%
- The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage
- Has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target
Protect:
- Type: Normal
- Category: Status
- PP: 10
- Priority: +4
- The user forms a shield of energy in front of itself, protecting it from attacks
- Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession
Draco Meteor:
- Type: Dragon
- Category: Special
- PP: 5
- Power: 130
- Accuracy: 90%
- Dragonite glows, then shoots a ball which explodes into meteors that fall down quickly onto the opponent
- The attack's recoil harshly lowers the user's Sp. Atk stat
Dragon Pulse:
- Type: Dragon
- Category: Special
- PP: 10
- Power: 85
- Accuracy: 100%
- The user fires a green ball of light or a multicolored dragon-shaped beam at the opponent
Stone Edge:
- Type: Rock
- Category: Physical
- PP: 5
- Power: 100
- Accuracy: 80%
- The user stabs the foe with sharpened stones from below or launches summoned rocks at the opponent
- It has a high critical-hit ratio
Double Team:
- Type: Normal
- Category: Status
- PP: 15
- The user begins moving so quickly that it creates illusory copies to raise its evasiveness
Iron Tail:
- Type: Steel
- Category: Physical
- PP: 15
- Power: 100
- Accuracy: 75%
- The user's tail glows metallic gray and strikes the opponent
- Has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense stat by one stage
Thunderbolt:
- Type: Electric
- Category: Special
- PP: 15
- Power: 90
- Accuracy: 100%
- Dragonite charges electricity in its antennas, then releases a beam of yellow electricity from them at the opponent
- Has a 10% chance of paralyzing the target
Fire Blast:
- Type: Fire
- Category: Special
- PP: 5
- Power: 110
- Accuracy: 85%
- The user spits flames from its mouth which take the shape of the kanjī 大 (Dai), meaning big
- Has a 10% chance to burn the target
Earthquake:
- Type: Ground
- Category: Physical
- PP: 10
- Power: 100
- Accuracy: 100%
- The user jumps into the air and strikes the ground, making the battlefield shake
Fly:
- Type: Flying
- Category: Physical
- PP: 15
- Power: 90
- Accuracy: 95%
- The user soars into the air, then strikes. It can also be used for flying anywhere
Blizzard:
- Type: Ice
- Category: Special
- PP: 5
- Power: 110
- Accuracy: 70%
- A strong blast of wind in the form of a blizzard is launched at the foe
- Has a 10% chance of freezing the target
Ice Punch:
- Type: Ice
- Category: Physical
- PP: 15
- Power: 75
- Accuracy: 100%
- The user's fist is covered in energy made of ice and punches the opponent with it
- Has a 10% chance of freezing the target
Aerial Ace:
- Type: Flying
- Category: Physical
- PP: 20
- Power: 60
- The user is surrounded by white streaks and it flies into the opponent
- The attack lands without fail
Steel Wing:
- Type: Steel
- Category: Physical
- PP: 25
- Power: 70
- Accuracy: 90%
- One of Dragonite's wings glow white and it slashes the opponent with it
- Has a 10% chance of raising the user's Defense by one stage
Strength:
- Type: Normal
- Category: Physical
- PP: 15
- Power: 80
- Accuracy: 100%
- The foe is slugged with a punch thrown at maximum power. It can also be used to move boulders
Waterfall:
- Type: Water
- Category: Physical
- PP: 15
- Power: 80
- Accuracy: 100%
- The user fires a blast of water at the opponent. This can also be used to climb a waterfall
- Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch
Surf:
- Type: Water
- Category: Special
- PP: 15
- Power: 90
- Accuracy: 100%
- The user attacks everything around it by swamping its surroundings with a giant wave
Superpower:
- Type: Fighting
- Category: Physical
- PP: 5
- Power: 120
- Accuracy: 100%
- The user attacks the target with tremendous power
- However, this also lowers the user's Attack and Defense stats
Giga Impact:
- Type: Normal
- Category: Physical
- PP: 5
- Power: 150
- Accuracy: 90%
- A yellow-orange energy covers its body. Then, a purple energy sphere surrounds the user and the energy swirls around it to hit the foe.
- The user can't move on the next turn
Weaknesses:
- Dragonite is weak to Rock, Dragon, and Fairy-type attacks
-- Its 4x weak to Ice-type attacks
- Can be easily tricked
- Can run out of Power Points
-- If none of its moves are usable, it will use the move Struggle
- Can go on an uncontrollable, destructive rampage if its environment is threatened
- Needs a trainer to unleash its full potential
- Can be somewhat stubborn
- Most items have a one time use
- Magikarp
(Dragonite, the Dragon Pokémon. Dragonite is said to live in the sea. With its small wings and large body, it can fly faster than the speed of sound.)
