Dragon (type)

The **Dragon type** (Japanese: **ドラゴンタイプ** *Dragon type*) is one of the eighteen types. Prior to changes in Generation IV, all damaging Dragon-type moves were special, but they may now also be physical depending on the attack.

## Characteristics

### Defense

Many Dragon Pokémon are pseudo-legendary or Legendary Pokémon. Partly because of this, Dragon Pokémon have the highest average HP and base stat total of all types.

### Offense

In addition to HP, Dragon-type Pokémon have the highest average Special Attack of all types of Pokémon and fully-evolved Pokémon. Dragon is tied with Ghost for the type with the least resistance.

The Dragon type can only deal super-effective damage to itself.

When Misty Terrain is in the effect, the power of Dragon-type moves is decreased by 50% if the target is on the ground.

### Contest properties

In Contests, Dragon-type moves are typically Cool moves, but some may be Beautiful or Tough. None of them are Cute or Clever moves.

## Pokémon

As of Generation AN-V, there are 17 Dragon-type Pokémon or 5.57% of all Pokémon, including those that are Dragon-type in at least one of their forms, such as a regional form, except through abilities like Multitype. This makes it the 18th most common type, tying with the Rock type.

## Abilities

### Interacting with the Dragon type

A Pokémon with Color Change, Protean, Imposter, RKS System, or Multitype will become a Dragon-type Pokémon if (respectively) it is hit with a Dragon-type move, uses a Dragon-type move, is sent out against a Dragon-type opponent, is holding a Dragon Memory, or is holding a Draco Plate or Dragonium Z.

### Exclusive Abilities

Currently, no Abilities are exclusive to Dragon types. This does not include signature Abilities.

## Notable Dragon-type Trainers

Main pages: Category:Dragon-type Trainers and Category:Dragon-type Trainers

## Trivia

* Generation VIII introduced the most Dragon-type Pokémon of any generation, with 11; and Generation II introduced the fewest Dragon-type Pokémon, with only one, Kingdra.
* Generation VIII introduced the most Dragon-type moves of any generation, with eight, while Generation VI introduced the fewest, with zero.
	+ The Dragon type is the only type for which a move was not introduced in Generation VI. This is also the only instance of any generation not introducing a move for a type after that type's introduction.
	+ There are only twenty-six Dragon-type moves, the fewest of any type.
	+ The Dragon type, tied with the Fire-type, also has the fewest number of non-damaging moves out of all of the types, with only two.
* Dragon is the most common type for pseudo-legendary Pokémon, with only three pseudo-legendaries being non-Dragon.
	+ Diabram is not Dragon-type, though it gains the Dragon type by Evolution, meaning its final form is still a dragon.
* In Generation I, there was no way to do super-effective Dragon-type damage, since the then-only Dragon-type attack, Dragon Rage, always deals 40 HP of damage.
	+ Also, for the same reason, there was no way to get STAB from a Dragon-type move in Generation I.
* In Generation I, no type resisted or was immune to the Dragon type, making it the only type to have ever had this distinction. However, there were no Dragon-type moves that utilized the standard damage formula in Generation I, making this a moot point.
* It has never been possible for any Pokémon to have either a double weakness or a double resistance to Dragon.
* Sinnoh is the only region without a notable Dragon-type specialist.
* In Generation III, all Dragon-type moves were Cool moves.
* Dragon is the most common type to serve as version mascot, with seven Dragon-type Pokémon having served as mascots for eight games of the core series.
* Dragon-type moves have the most held items that boost their power: Draco Plate, Dragon Fang, Dragon Gem, all three timespace orbs, and the Soul Dew (as of Generation VII).
* The Dragon type resists all three of the traditional primary types of core series starter Pokémon: Grass, Fire, and Water. In addition, it resists Electric, which was the type of the player's starter in Pokémon Yellow.
* More Pokémon gain the Dragon type through Mega Evolution than any other type, with three.
* All Dragon-type moves are eligible to be used in Sky Battles.
* Dragon, Ghost, and Glitch are the only types that are weak to themselves.

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