Dragon Ascent (move)

Dragon Ascent (Japanese: ガリョウテンセイ Dragon Ascension) is a damage-dealing move introduced during Generation VI, in . It is the signature move of .
==Effect==
===Generations VI and VII===
Dragon Ascent inflicts damage and then lowers the user's stat and stat by one stage each.
===Generation VIII onwards===
In Versions 1.0 to 1.2.1 of , Dragon Ascent could not be selected in a battle. Starting with Version 1.3.0, it is usable and functions the same as it did in the previous generation.
===Other effects===
====Generations VI and VII====
The player can Mega Evolve any Rayquaza that knows Dragon Ascent. Rayquaza cannot Mega Evolve if it is holding a Z-Crystal or knows the move only through . In , no Rayquaza can Mega Evolve until the Rayquaza in the Delta Episode has been caught.
Dragon Ascent does not exist in the game data of . As a result, a Pokémon knowing Dragon Ascent cannot be traded from Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire to Pokémon X and Y, and if a Pokémon in Pokémon Bank knows the move it cannot be withdrawn in Pokémon X and Y. The Pokémon must forget the move in order to 
be sent to X and Y.
====Generation VIII onwards====
Dragon Ascent no longer enables Mega Evolution.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
===By Move Tutor===
Some Move Tutors will teach Dragon Ascent to a Rayquaza. The Move Tutors are:
* : Zinnia's grandmother at Meteor Falls.
* : a man in a red shirt in the Pokémon Center in Seafolk Village.
===Special move===
====Generation VI====
In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, while Rayquaza does not know Dragon Ascent when the player battles it at Sky Pillar, Zinnia will automatically teach it Dragon Ascent (replacing ) immediately after the player captures it.
==In other games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
Dragon Ascent damages enemies in a 5×5 square in front of the user. It lowers the user's Defense and Sp. Defense by one stage.
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===Pokémon Masters EX===
Name 	 	Move Gauge 	MP 	Base	Max 	 	Target	Effect tag(s) 	Description 	Playable Users	
Dragon Ascent 	4 	— 	192 	230 	100% 	An opponent 	— 	Lowers the user's Defense and Sp. Def by one stat rank.	(Requires power boost)	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Name 	 	State 	State	Base	Max 	Target 	Target	Effect tag 	Description 	Playable 	
Triumph and Glory Dragon Ascent	Default6★ EX	Default6★ EX	160 	192 	An opponentAll opponents	An opponentAll opponents	— 	Become until the end of battle. 	 	 	
Notes:
* 's passive makes Dragon Ascent boost their Defense and Sp. Def by one stat rank after use, instead of lowering them.
* 's power boost is only accessible through the villain event Team Aqua's Stormy Seas.
===Description===
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===Pokémon GO===
In Pokémon GO, Dragon Ascent is a Charged Attack that was made available on August 27, 2023. It is required to Mega Evolve Rayquaza.
==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
===Pokémon Generations===
==In the manga==
===Movie adaptations===
===Pokémon Adventures===
==In other generations==
===Core series games===
===Spin-off series games===
==Trivia==
* The Japanese name of this move literally means "to paint a dragon and dot its eyes" and serves as a metaphor for the finishing touch in a piece of work that gives it "the spark of life". The idiom originated from a legend where , a Chinese painter, completes the dragons on a mural by dotting their eyes and thus literally bringing them to life; they spring out of the temple wall and fly off. The completed dragons immediately ascended to the heavens after the work was done.
* Dragon Ascent is the only move with the word "dragon" in its English name that is not . 
* Because Zinnia teaches Dragon Ascent to the Rayquaza caught at Sky Pillar in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire to replace , Dragon Ascent is the only move that can replace an HM move in a game in which the move is available as an HM.
* When used by a Rayquaza which has Mega Evolved, this move will play an additional animation before the main animation, and the main animation is also changed slightly.
* When used by a Pokémon other than Mega Rayquaza (including non-Mega-Evolved Rayquaza), Dragon Ascent will play a cyan blue animation instead of the green animation.
* When used by a Shiny Rayquaza in Pokémon Sword and Shield, the animation still displays a normal Rayquaza.
==In other languages==
Category:Beauty moves
Category:Signature moves
Category:Moves that can lower the user's Defense
Category:Moves that can lower the user's Special Defense
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
de:Zenitstürmer
es:Ascenso draco
fr:Draco-Ascension
it:Ascesa del Drago
ja:ガリョウテンセイ
zh:畫龍點睛（招式）