Dragon type

The  type (ドラゴンタイプ Doragon taipu in Japanese) is one of the eighteen Pokémon elemental types.

The Dragon type is an ancestral type, as many of the Legendary Dragon-type Pokémon are considered as deities. Other Dragon-type Pokémon are hard to catch and hard to train. They also evolve late, and are relatively rare. An interesting fact is how many Dragon-type Pokémon surpass common stats.

Because of this last fact, people who train Dragon-type Pokémon get to be famous, just like Lance (last member of the Kanto Elite Four and then Johto champion), Clair (Blackthorn City Gym Leader), Drake (last member of the Hoenn Elite Four), Iris (Gym Leader of Opelucid City and then Unova champion), Drayden (Opelucid City Gym Leader) and Drasna (member of the Kalos Elite Four).

Dragon-type moves

 * There are 13 Dragon-type moves.
 * In Generation I, 1 move was introduced.
 * In Generation II, 3 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation III, 2 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation IV, 5 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation V, 2 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation VI, no moves have been introduced.
 * In battles: Special moves stand out.
 * 5 moves are of the Physical type.gif type.
 * 7 moves are of the Special type.gif type.
 * 1 move is of the Other type.gif type.
 * In contests: Cool moves stand out.
 * 8 moves are of the [[File:Cool type.png]] type.
 * 3 moves are of the [[File:Tough type.png]] type.
 * 2 moves are of the [[File:Clever type.png]] type.
 * There are no moves of the [[File:Beautiful type.png]] and [[File:Cute type.png]] types.

Effectiveness of Dragon-type moves
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Weaknesses and resistances of the Dragon type
A type chart displaying the weaknesses and resistances of a Pokémon when damaged by a move. Empty fields are moves that do normal damage.

Dragon-type Pokémon
38 Pokémon are Dragon type. (5.29% of all Pokémon)

Pure Dragon-type Pokémon
11 Pokémon are pure Dragon type. (28.95% of the Dragon-type Pokémon)

Primary Dragon-type Pokémon
13 Pokémon are primary Dragon type. (34.21% of Dragon-type Pokémon)

Secondary Dragon-type Pokémon
14 Pokémon are secondary Dragon type. (36.84% of the Dragon-type Pokémon)

Relations with other types

 * They're weak against themselves because any other force of nature could outstand a dragon, except for another dragon.
 * They're weak against the type because dragons are similar to reptiles, and reptiles are cold blooded, which causes them to be weak against cold temperatures.
 * The type resists them because in legends, knights used armors of that material to defend themselves when they were to face a dragon.
 * They're weak against the type because in mythology, fairies' magic could dominate oriental dragons, even though in European legends, the dragons were immune to magic.
 * They're resistant to the, , and  types because in old legends, dragons were immune to the nature forces.