Drago

**Dragonoid** (ドラゴノイド, *Doragonoido***?**) also known as **Drago** (ドラゴ, *Dorago*?) is Dan Kuso's Guardian Bakugan and the Bakugan main protagonist of the *Bakugan Battle Brawlers* anime series. He serves as a battle partner, a guardian, and a source of wisdom. Although he is impatient and a pacifist, he wants to help Leon, Dan and Grey protect Earth and Vestroia. He is the direct descendant of the Original Dragonoid, one of the four first Bakugan ever created.

His real name is **Salamander** (サラマンダー, *Saramandaa*?). In the Japanese version, Wavern sometimes calls Drago by his real name when they meet.

## As Dragonoid

### Ability Cards

* **Boosted Dragon**: Adds 100 Gs to Dragonoid for the rest of the game.
* **Fire Wall**: Subtracts 50 Gs from the opponent. (Standard Pyrus Ability)
* **Fire Tornado**: Adds 100 Gs to Drago and subtracts 100 Gs from each opponent. (Standard Pyrus Ability)
* **Rapid Fire**: Adds another Bakugan to the battle if there are 2 or more Pyrus Bakugan on the field. (Standard Pyrus Ability)
* **Boosted Ultima** (*Ultimate Boost* in the dub): Adds 200 Gs to Dragonoid and subtracts 100 Gs from the opponent.

### Fusion Ability Card

* **Melt Flare**: Adds 100 Gs to Dragonoid.

## As Delta Dragonoid

### Ability Cards

* **Fire Tornado**: Adds 100 Gs to Delta Dragonoid and subtracts 100 Gs from each opponent. (Standard Pyrus Ability)
* **Wall Burst** (*Japanese version: Burst Wall*): Reflects the opponent's ability at twice the power.
* **D Strike Attack** (*D Strike Dragonoid Attack/Delta Dragonoid/Japanese version: Meteor Strike Dragon*): Adds 200 Gs to Delta Dragonoid for the rest of the game.
* **Dragonic Enforcement**: Adds 50 Gs to Delta Dragonoid for the rest of the game.

### Fusion Ability Cards

* **D Strike Extreme** (*D Strike Dragonoid Extreme Attack/D Strike Extreme Dragonoid/D Strike Dragonoid/Japanese version: Meteor Strike Dragon - Experia*): Adds 200 Gs to Delta Dragonoid.

## As Ultimate Dragonoid

Ability Cards
* **Ultimate Dragon** (*Ultimate Dragonoid*): Adds 200 Gs to Ultimate Dragonoid for the rest of the game and nullifies the opponent's Gate Card. It also allows him to attack anywhere on the field.
* **Boosted Ultima** (*Ultimate Dragonoid, mistakenly called Boosted Dragon in one episode in the dub*): Adds 200 Gs to Ultimate Dragonoid and subtracts 100 Gs from the opponent.
* **Dragonic Ogre**
* **Dragon Plus**
* **Fire Wall**: Subtracts 50 Gs from the opponent. (Standard Pyrus Ability)
* **Fire Tornado**: Adds 100 Gs to Ultimate Dragonoid and subtracts 100 Gs from each opponent. (Standard Pyrus Ability)
* **Fire Judge**: Adds 100 Gs to Ultimate Dragonoid. (Standard Pyrus Ability)

Fusion Ability Cards
* **Exceed**: Adds 200 Gs to Ultimate Dragonoid for the rest of the game and allows him to attack anywhere in the field.

## As Infinity Dragonoid

Ability Cards

* **Flame Striver:** Nullifies the opponent's ability. (Haos)
* **Dive Bleach:** (Aquos)
* **Fire Grandum** (Subterra)
* **Aero Dragon:** (Ventus)
* **Burning Dragonia** (Pyrus)
* **Lunatic Burst** (Darkus)
* **Infinity Demon** (*Infinity Dragon in the Japanese Version,* Infinity Core)

**Fusion Ability Cards:**

* **Destra Attack:** (Six Attributes) (This ability can only be activated if you have at least 2 Bakugan of each Attribute on your team, and **Infinity Demon** must be active)
* **Melting Burst:** (Pyrus)

## As Neo Dragonoid

Ability Cards
* **Burning Dragon**: Adds 200 Gs to Neo Dragonoid.
* **Burning Tornado**: Transfers 200 Gs from the opponent to Neo Dragonoid.
* **Fire Tornado**: Adds 100 Gs to Neo Dragonoid and subtracts 100 Gs from each opponent. (Standard Pyrus Ability)
* **Fire Shield**: Subtracts 200 Gs from the opponent.
* **Burst Shield**: Nullifies the opponent's ability.
* **Tornado Barrier** (*Japanese version: Tornado Wall*): Nullifies the opponent's ability, and subtracts 100 Gs from the opponent.
* **Strike Dragon** (*Sprite Dragon*): Transfers 400 Gs from the opponent to Neo Dragonoid. (Perfect Core)
* **Dragon Contender** (*Japanese version: Dragon Warrior*): Returns the opponent's power level back to their base level and adds 600 Gs to Neo Dragonoid. (Perfect Core)
* **Double Maximum Dragon**: Transfers 500 Gs from the opponent to Neo Dragonoid and Nexus Leonidas together. (Perfect Core)

Fusion Ability Cards
* **Pyrus Slayer** *(Funimation/Japanese Version Nova Slayer)*: Subtracts 100 Gs from the opponent and adds 300 Gs to Neo Dragonoid. (Pyrus)
* **Dragon Clash** (Funimation/*Japanese version: Dragon Impact*): Transfers 400 Gs from the opponent to Neo Dragonoid. (Perfect Core)

## As Cross Dragonoid

Ability Cards
* **Superior Shield**: Nullifies the opponent's ability and adds 200 Gs to Cross Dragonoid.
* **Fire Reflector**: Reflects the opponent's ability.
* **Shooting Dragon**: Adds 500 Gs to Cross Dragonoid.
* **Dragon Shield**: Nullifies the opponent's ability, adds 300 Gs to Cross Dragonoid and adds 200 Gs to every other Bakugan on your team.
* **Spinning Tornado**: Brings the opponent's power level back to their base level.
* **Burning Infinity** (*Japanese version: Infinity Burning*): Subtracts 500 Gs from each opponent and returns Cross Dragonoid's Gs to its base level if it is lower. (Perfect Core)
* **Maximum Dragon** (*called as Maximum Maxus Dragon in the English Nelvana dub*): Transfers 500 Gs from the opponent to Cross Dragonoid. (Perfect Core)
* **Shooting Tornado**: Transfers 600 Gs from the opponent to Cross Dragonoid.

## As Helix Dragonoid

Ability Cards
* **Galactic Dragon**: Adds 500 Gs to Helix Dragonoid.
* **Dragon Hummer**: Nullifies the opponent's ability and increases his speed.
* **Fire Tornado**: Nullifies the opponent's Gate Card and transfers 400 Gs from the opponent to Helix Dragonoid.
* **Helix Shield**: Adds 300 Gs to Helix Dragonoid.
* **Hyper Helix Shield**: Helix Dragonoid gains the effects of the abilities the opponent activate (this includes Battle Gear Gs).
* **Burning Reflector**: Nullifies the opponent's ability.
* **Spinning Wall**: Nullifies the opponent's ability and transfers 500 Gs from the opponent to Helix Dragonoid.
* **Double Dragon Phalanx**: Nullifies all of the opponent's abilities and transfers 300 Gs from the opponent to Helix Dragonoid and Verum Leonidas together. (Attribute Energies)
* **Strike Tornado**: Subtracts 400 Gs from each opponent and adds 400 Gs to Helix Dragonoid.

Fusion Ability Cards
* **Power Glazer** (*Japanese version: Power Geyser*): Adds 500 Gs to Helix Dragonoid.
* **Dragon Impulse** (*Dragon Surge*): Nullifies the opponent's ability and adds 500 Gs to Helix Dragonoid.

**Battle Gear Ability Cards**

* **JetKor Delta**: Adds 500 Gs to JetKor. (Level 1 class ability)
* **JetKor Flame Impact**: Subtracts 600 Gs from each opponent and adds 600 Gs to Jetkor. (Level 2 class ability) (Dragonoid's Battle Gear Ability)

## As Lumino Dragonoid

Ability Cards
* **Crossfire**: Adds 300 Gs to Lumino Dragonoid.
* **Particle Wave**: Transfers 500 Gs from the opponent to Lumino Dragonoid.
* **Cross Fernum**: Adds 500 Gs to Lumino Dragonoid.
* **Lumino Wave** (*Blaze Wave*): Nullifies the opponent's ability and Gate Card.
* **Lumino Fernum** (*Blaze Barnum*): Subtracts 500 Gs from each opponent. The user can also decide to only target one opponent, if there are two opponents on the field.
* **Lumino Reflector** (*Blaze Reflector*): Nullifies the opponent's ability, Gate Card and transfers 200 Gs from the opponent to Lumino Dragonoid.
* **Lumino Hammer** (*Blaze Hammer*): Nullifies the opponent's ability.
* **Hyper Reflector**

Fusion Ability Cards
* **Power Glazer** (*Japanese version: Power Geyser*): Adds 600 Gs to Lumino Dragonoid.
* **Dragon Impulse**: Nullifies the opponent's ability and adds 600 Gs to Lumino Dragonoid.

**Battle Gear Ability Cards**

* **Explosix Neo** (*Cross Buster Neo*): Transfers 500 Gs from the opponent to Explosix Gear. (Level 1 class ability)
* **Explosix Flame Impact** (*Cross Buster Flame Impact*)*:* Subtracts 600 Gs from each opponent and adds 600 Gs to Explosix Gear (Level 2 class ability)
* **Explosix Hot Strike Fury** (*Cross Buster Hot Strike Fury*): (Level 3 class ability)

## As Blitz Dragonoid

Ability Cards
* **Particle Buster**
* **Dual Fernum**
* **Blitz Reflector:** (Note: has been shown to reflect an attack, but only in *True Evolution*)
* **Blitz Wave**
* **Blitz Explosion**
* **Blitz Hammer**
* **Spire Dragon**: (Sacred Orb)
* **Blitz Superior**

## Gallery

As DragonoidAs Delta DragonoidAs Ultimate DragonoidAs Infinity DragonoidAs Neo DragonoidAs Vexos DragonoidAs Maxus DragonoidAs Cross DragonoidAs Maxus Cross DragonoidAs Helix DragonoidAs Helix Dragonoid + JetKorAs Lumino DragonoidAs Lumino Dragonoid + Cross BusterAs Blitz DragonoidAs Blitz Dragonoid + Axator GearAs Titanium DragonoidAs Titanium Dragonoid + SonicanonAs Mercury Dragonoid (Taylean's body)As Mercury Dragonoid (Silent Darius's body)As Fusion DragonoidAs AeroblitzAs Olyphia Dragonoid
## Trivia

* Drago only evolved through battle experience four times: into Delta Dragonoid, Ultimate Dragonoid, Fusion Dragonoid and Olyphia Dragonoid. All the other evolutions were because of him getting energy, gift, or a core as shown below:
	+ Infinity Dragonoid was Wavern's gift.
	+ Perfect Dragonoid was from the Infinity Core and Silent Core (or Perfect Core).
		- Status as separate from Infinity Dragonoid is debatable.
	+ Neo Dragonoid was a "downgrade", but a new body courtesy of the Legendary Soldiers and Legendary Guardians of Vestroia.
	+ Cross Dragonoid was Apollonir's gift.
	+ Helix Dragonoid was from the Attribute Energies or Wavern's second gift.
	+ Lumino Dragonoid was Pyrus Neo Ziperator's gift.
	+ Blitz Dragonoid was Dragonoid Colossus' gift.
	+ Titanium Dragonoid was Code Eve's gift.
	+ Fusion Dragonoid was to the Gate and Key.
	+ Olyphia Dragonoid was from the Gold Dust.
	+ Millennium Dragonoid was from Delta Orb.
* Drago is one of the first Bakugan to have a known girlfriend. The other is Leon.
* All of Drago's Battle Gear were Silver, except Sonicanon, which is a Gold-attributed attachment for Drago.
* Dragonoid and Leonidas Colossuses stated that those with the Ultimate Warrior Gene were the most powerful Bakugan of all.
* In every season except New Vestroia, his main rival has been a Darkus Bakugan.
	+ And with the exception of Vladitor and Betadron, Drago's main rivals almost all have been dragon-like Bakugan like himself. (Leonidas, Hydranoid, Naga, Nillious, Ragnakor, Epzilon, Xenomoroid/Hydranor, Helios, Darius, Farbros and Dharak/Razenoid).
		- His evolution name (or base form), such as Neo or Helix, had something to do with the season it was in.
			* Dragonoid - original season.
			* Neo Dragonoid - New Vestroia; "Neo" means "New" in Latin.
			* Helix Dragonoid - Gundalian Invaders; the double helix is the shape of DNA, and it was the first season where they introduced DNA codes.
			* Titanium Dragonoid - Mechtanium Surge Arc 1; all Bakugan are now partially metallic.
			* Fusion Dragonoid - Mechtanium Surge Arc 2; relates to the Baku Sky Raiders and BakuFusion.
		- Drago is one of two Bakugan who evolved more than three times. The second one is Leon.
		- In every one of his evolutions, Drago's horn gets longer or grows an extra part, also in every one of his evolutions, he gains or loses a horn.
		- If you look closely at Ultimate, Infinity and Perfect Dragonoid's wings, you can see the Pyrus symbol near his wingtips.
		- Cross Dragonoid and Helix Dragonoid are his only evolutions that have three defense Abilities, although Helix Dragonoid's Spinning Wall can be used for both offense and defense.
		- Titanium Dragonoid's **Dragon Force Striker** is similar to Blitz Dragonoid's **Spire Dragon** in appearance.
		- Like Silent Naga and Infinity Xerxes, Infinity Dragonoid has lines or markings traveling from the gem on his chest.
		- Drago hasn't used a Perfect Core Ability Card since *Bakugan: New Vestroia*. However, whenever Fusion Dragonoid uses **Dragon Eternal Force**, his Perfect Core diamond glows.
		- The number of episodes spent in each form is:
			* Dragonoid: 43 episodes (BB01-BB43)
			* Delta Dragonoid: 24 episodes (BB43-BB67)
			* Ultimate Dragonoid: 14 episodes (BB67-BB81)
			* Infinity Dragonoid: 2 episodes (BB81-BB82)
			* Perfect Dragonoid: 1 episode (BB82) (record shortest)\*
				+ Status as separate from Infinity Dragonoid is debatable.
			* Neo Dragonoid: 34 episodes (NV01-NV34)
			* Cross Dragonoid: 25 episodes (NV34-NV59)
			* Helix Dragonoid: 48 episodes (NV59-GI28)
			* Lumino Dragonoid: 25 episodes (GI28-GI53)
			* Blitz Dragonoid: 10 episodes (GI53-GI63)
			* Titanium Dragonoid: ?? episodes (GI63-MS??)
			* Fusion Dragonoid: ?? episodes (MS??-MS??)
		- His evolutions Helix Dragonoid, Lumino Dragonoid, Blitz Dragonoid, and Titanium Dragonoid have an ability that increases his speed. He only started using the **Hammer** Ability from Helix Dragonoid and his subsequent evolutions. This may be because of his slender, more humanoid shape makes it easier to move faster.
			* Fusion Dragonoid's **Dragon Spur** may have effects similar to those of the **Hammer** abilities.
		- He is the second Bakugan that has been able to defeat a Mechtogan alone. He shares this position with Leon. The first Bakugan were Genesis Dragonoid and Leonidas, who also shared one place in defeating a Mechtogan.
		- Although Drago, Leon and Tigrerra said that Bakugan who absorb too much power will be destroyed, Drago has evolved thirteen times and never showed signs of being close to hitting that limit. This is likely because of Drago's Ultimate Warrior Gene, which has caused him to become the most powerful Bakugan in existence.
		- Drago's Japanese voice actor, Keiji Fujiwara, passed away in April 12, 2020.