Draco Meteor (move)

Draco Meteor (Japanese: りゅうせいぐん Meteor Shower) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation IV. It is TM169 in Generation IX.
==Effect==
===Generations IV and V===
Draco Meteor inflicts damage and lowers the user's by two stages.
===Generation VI onwards===
Draco Meteor's power was lowered from 140 to 130.
===Generation VIII===
====Pokémon Legends: Arceus====
Draco Meteor's power has been lowered to 110, and it now lowers the user's offensive stats for three turns.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By TM/Move Tutor===
Various Move Tutors will teach Draco Meteor to a Pokémon. From Generation IV to , the Pokémon also needs a maximized friendship rating. It can be taught to while it is holding the Draco Plate and to while it is holding the Dragon Memory. However, in and , any form of Arceus or Silvally will be allowed to learn the move. The move cannot be taught to Pokémon that only become Dragon-types via Mega Evolution, Ultra Burst, or abilities such as and , as their Dragon typing cannot be accessed outside of battle. The Move Tutors are:
* : Grandma Wilma in her house on .
* : a Tutor in Blackthorn City.
* : Iris/Drayden in Opelucid City.
* : a in a house on .
* : an in Sootopolis City.
* : a female in the Pokémon Center in Seafolk Village.
* : an elderly man in the Hero's Bath in Circhester.
* : Zisu in Jubilife Village for 4,000.
===By ===
====Generation IV====
====Generation V====
==In other games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
Draco Meteor inflicts damage on enemies in the room. The user's Sp. Attack is then reduced by two stages.
Whereas Draco Meteor was exclusively a tutor move in main series prior to Generation IX, it is taught differently in Mystery Dungeon:
*In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, all available Pokémon can learn Draco Meteor at level 72 if it has at least 300 IQ points. If this requirement is not met until after level 72, Draco Meteor can be relearned at .
*In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, all Pokémon can learn Draco Meteor by TM. The TM is obtained once Paradise reaches Perfect Rank.
*In , once the player finishes the epilogue's story arc, all Pokémon can learn Draco Meteor at Hawlucha's Slam School at a price of 11,000.
*In , the move can be taught at Gulpin Link Shop after completing the main story at a price of 11,000.
===Pokémon GO===
In Pokémon GO, Draco Meteor is a Charged Attack that has been available since February 9, 2018.
====Updates====
; Trainer Battles
* December 11, 2019
** Energy cost: 75 → 65
** Secondary effect added
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===Pokémon Masters EX===
Name 	 	Move gauge cost 	MP(uses) 	Base 	Max 	 	Target 	Effect tag 	Description 	Playable	
Draco Meteor 	3 	— 	136 	163 	90% 	An opponent 	— 	Lowers the user's Sp. Atk by two stat ranks. 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Name 	 	State 	State 	Base 	Max 	Target 	Target 	Effect tag 	Description 	Playable	
Dimensional Defender Draco Meteor	Default6★ EX	Default6★ EX 	250 	300 	An opponentAll opponents	An opponentAll opponents	— 	Become until the end of battle. (Only with power boost) 	 	 	
Miracle Idol Draco Meteor 	Default6★ EX	Default6★ EX 	160240 	192288	An opponent 	An opponent 	— 	Become until the end of battle. This attack's power increases when there are no field effects on the opponents' field of play and also no effects on the entire field of play, including weather, terrain, or effects.	 	 	
Good Times Draco Meteor 	 	Default 	Default 	160 	192 	An opponent 	An opponent	— 	Become until the end of battle. 	 	
Good Times Draco Meteor 	 	6★ EX 	6★ EX 	160 	192 	An opponent 	An opponent	— 	The sync buff is doubled the first time a sync move is used. 	 	
Good Times Draco Meteor 	 	6★ EX with EX role	6★ EX with EX role	160 	192 	An opponent 	An opponent	— 	The first time the user's sync move is used each battle, the sync move countdown is reduced by three.	 	
Notes:
*Draco Meteor:
** Description prior to Version 2.10.0 (released on June 28, 2021): Sharply lowers the user's Sp. Atk.
** 's passive makes this move boost their Sp. Atk by two stat ranks after use, instead of lowering it.
** 's passive skill and 's passive skill both prevent this move from lowering their Sp. Atk after use.
*Dimensional Defender Draco Meteor
** This sync move could not be raised to 6★ EX until July 29, 2022, which was 911 days after its release date (on January 30, 2020).
** 's power boost is only accessible through the villain event Team Aqua's Stormy Seas.
*Miracle Idol Draco Meteor
** Even the Dragon , which powers up Dragon-type attacks, must not be present for this attack's condition to be fulfilled.
** Past descriptions:
*** Main text prior to Version 2.16.1 (released on December 27, 2021): Become until the end of battle. This move's power increases if there are no field effects on the opponents' field of play and also no effects on the entire field of play, including weather or terrain effects.
*** 6★ EX effect's description prior to Version 2.18.5 (released on March 15, 2022): Additional Effects: Power of sync move increases by 50%.
*** Main text from Version 2.16.1 to Version 2.20.0 (released on April 27, 2022): Become until the end of battle. This move's power increases when there are no field effects on the opponents' field of play and also no effects on the entire field of play, including weather, terrain, or effects.
===Description===
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
===Pokémon: Twilight Wings===
==In the manga==
===Movie adaptations===
===Pokémon Adventures===
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
===Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master!===
==In other generations==
===Core series games===
===Side series games===
===Spin-off series games===
==Trivia==
* In November 2005, prior to the release of , it was announced that, in the following year, the January issue of Japanese magazine CoroCoro Comics would run a contest in which fans could propose name ideas for a new move.CoroCoro.tv (archive) In May of the same year, りゅうせいぐん , later localized as Draco Meteor, was announced as the winner.Pokeani (archive)
** The りゅう ryū on its Japanese name can be read as "dragon", a likely inspiration for the move's Dragon type.
** The name Draco Meteor is likely a reference to the , a meteor shower named after the constellation (Latin for dragon), where they seemingly come from.
* In Pokémon Masters EX, Miracle Idol Draco Meteor is the only Dragon-type attack that is less powerful in a (1.5× damage) than outside of it (2× damage if no field effects are present).
==In other languages==
Spin-off series games
Pokémon Masters EX
Dimensional Defender Draco Meteor	
Miracle Idol Draco Meteor	
Good Times Draco Meteor
==References==
Category:Moves that can lower the user's Special Attack
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves in Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
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