This Dracovish is a Water/Dragon-type Pokémon owned by Ash Ketchum. It is the second Pokémon he caught in the Galar region, the fifth Pokémon he caught during his journey around the world and his very first Fossil Pokémon.
Personality[]
Dracovish seems to have a habit of biting/nibbling peoples' heads, much like Ash's Gible and Ash's Torterra when it was a Turtwig, James' Carnivine and James' Victreebel. Dracovish enjoys swimming in water whenever possible, although it can struggle sometimes in deep bodies of water. Dracovish is also helpful towards its friends. Despite its often playful demeanor, it is known to be quite helpful in some tough situations and will often use strong moves when unprompted to such as when it used Fishious Rend to save Chloe and several Pokémon from a sea cave,[1] and when it used Ice Fang to defeat Iris' Dragonite almost instantly.[2]
Dracovish despises poison and becomes extremely enraged if poisoned itself.[3]
Relationships[]
Dracovish with its Trainer, Ash, and its teammates, Pikachu, Dragonite, Gengar, Lucario and Sirfetch'd, along with Goh and his Galar Starters.
Ash[]
Dracovish gets along well with Ash affectionately biting/nibbling his head, who doesn't mind the behavior.
Dracovish's Teammates[]
Pikachu[]
Dragonite[]
Gengar[]
Lucario[]
Sirfetch'd[]
Dracovish and Sirfetch'd.
While the two don't have much of a relationship, they get along well, as Dracovish helped Sirfetch'd master Meteor Assault. During Ash's match against Drasna, Dracovish came out of its Poké Ball to cheer on Sirfetch'd when he was sent to battle her Mega Altaria. When Sirfetch'd fainted after knocking out Altaria at the same time, he returned the favor and left his Poké Ball to cheer Dracovish on in its fight against Drasna's Noivern, despite not having recovered at all, which Dracovish greatly appreciated.
Biography[]
Dracovish meeting Ash for the first time.
Dracovish and Arctozolt were resurrected by Cara Liss and Bray Zenn when they intended to make a Dracozolt and an Arctovish, but the fossils were mixed up in the restoration process. When Ash attempted to tame Dracovish, it tried to bite his head off and started chasing him and his Pikachu. During the chase, it used Water Gun, which hit neither Ash nor Pikachu, but Arctozolt.
Dracovish being caught by Ash while Arctozolt is being caught by Goh.
Ash and Pikachu were later seen riding on its back. It drove Ash and Pikachu into a lake, due to its need of water. Later, it rushed back to where the Fossil-restoring duo was, attacking the rampaging Arctozolt from its back. When both Fossil Pokémon were successfully tamed by Ash and Goh, they caught Dracovish and Arctozolt respectively and introduced them to Pokémon in the Cerise Laboratory.[4]
Dracovish was later seen in a fantasy as the narrator explains Ash's progress in the World Coronation Series.[5]
Dracovish competing with its Trainer and friends in the Marine Pokémon Obstacle Course.
Dracovish was then later seen practicing for the Marine Pokémon Obstacle Course along with his trainer, Goh and his Dewgong and Chloe and her Eevee. Dracovish was training with its friends for the competition while getting help from Kiley and his Vaporeon. The next day at the competition, Dracovish participated in the race with Ash and managed to finish in first place. However, after the race, Dracovish, Ash and Goh suddenly noticed that Chloe, Eevee and Dewgong were missing, where they found that Dewgong had gotten into an altercation with a wild Huntail that had buried them in a cave with Rock Tomb. Dracovish initially used Water Gun, but when Ash mentioned Fishious Rend, it immediately used it to destroy the collapsed rocks. It later watched Chloe's Eevee defeated Huntail with the help of Kairi and his Vaporeon.[1]
Dracovish battling in its first World Coronation Series match against Iris.
Dracovish was brought out in a World Coronation Series match against Iris in the Unova region, where it battled her Dragonite after switching places with Ash's Dragonite. Dracovish was able to defeat Iris' Dragonite by catching it in its jaws with Fishious Rend while also using Ice Fang in close contact. However, Dracovish then went up against Iris' Haxorus, where Dracovish ended up losing to it with Haxorus' Dragon Pulse and Psycho Cut.[2]
Dracovish was used to put out a fire alongside Goh's Inteleon and Krabby that a group of wild Larvesta caused by using Water Gun but doesn't seem to be having much effort though they try harder to keep putting it out.[6]
Dracovish was send out, along with Ash's team, to show Bea, then had lunch and was seen eating with Pikachu.[7]
Dracovish was used, along with Goh's Dewgong, Arctozolt and Regina's Glaceon to make an ice castle.[8]
Dracovish was seen, along with Ash to save Goh while trying to catch Kingdra.[9]
Dracovish was later used to help stop a rampaging Heatran that had just escaped Team Galactic and burned everything after it accidentally absorbed Arceus's Flame Plate. It even helped everyone prevent Heatran from reaching Spear Pillar and freed it from the Flame Plate's control, calming its rampage and foiling Team Galactic's plans for good.[10]
Later on, Dracovish was sent out to meet Ash's old Kalos traveling companions, Clemont and his sister, Bonnie in Lumiose City. Bonnie immediately took a liking to Dracovish and thought it was cute when she affectionately began rubbing its chin. But during the visit, Dracovish became fascinated by Sirfetch'd's leak when it was trying to learn Meteor Assault. Dracovish then bites down on Sirfetch'd's leak, but it inadvertently ends up stabilizing it long enough to help master the move. Soon, Sirfetch'd and Dracovish teamed up in a practice Double Battle against Clemont's Luxray and Diggersby. During the battle, Sirfetch'd successfully manages to master Meteor Assault and defeated Luxray. Dracovish got super excited and decided to mimic Sirfetch'd's Meteor Assault pose during the battle. But in doing so, it ended up learning a new move of its own: Dragon Rush. With its newly learned Dragon-type move, Dracovish defeated Diggersby and gives Ash the win in the practice Double Battle.[11]
Dracovish was later used as a second Pokémon during his battle with the Kalos Elite Four member, Drasna, in the World Coronation Series. It went up against her Noivern who managed to severe Dracovish's stamina in half with its Super Fang. But luckily, Dracovish managed to weaken Noivern with a super-effective Ice Fang, which forced Drasna to recall it. Dracovish then went up against her Altaria, who proceeds to Mega Evolve it during the battle. During the battle, Ash attempted to drench Altaria's large feathers with Water Gun. But it backfired on him due to the fact that he realized too late that Mega Altaria was a Dragon/Fairy-type, which rendered Dracovish's Dragon Rush powerless against it. With no other choice, Ash decides to recall Dracovish and switch it out with Sirfetch'd. But Dracovish popped out of the Poké Ball to cheer Sirfetch'd on, which the later appreciates. After Sirfetch'd manages to defeat Altaria, Sirfetch'd succumbed from the amount of damage he already took from the battle and was knocked out as well. But despite being sent back, Sirfetch'd popped back out of his Poké Ball to cheer Dracovish on, which the later also appreciates. With that, Dracovish was sent back out to battle Noivern again. And this time, with the mental support from Sirfetch'd, Dracovish managed to pull through Noivern's attacks in the battle and manages to defeat the Sound Wave Pokémon with Dragon Rush, giving Ash the victory and increasing his World Coronation Series ranking.[12]
Dracovish was later used in a battle against Wallace and his Walrein. Both of the Pokémon were eventually recalled, leaving the outcome unknown.[13]
Dracovish was later seen training with its teammates in Cerise's Laboratory. It then witnessed Goh's Froakie evolving into Frogadier during a battle with Chloe's Eevee, which inspired Ash to go to Kalos and find his Greninja.[14]
Dracovish reappeared in a flashback where it was training with Ash's Lucario before its World Coronation Series battle with Raihan.[15]
Dracovish later reunited with Ash's Alola team when he revisited Alola after helping Lillie reunite with her father, Mohn. It then ate lunch with Ash's Alola Pokémon alongside with his teammates. But when he heard that Ash wants to participate in the Battle Royal, it cheered for its trainer along with most of the Pokémon listening to his conversation.[16]
Dracovish was later seen doing some hard training with its teammates for the upcoming Masters Tournament. By the end of the day, it is later seen resting with them after a long exhausting day of training.[17]
Soon, Dracovish was introduced to most of Ash's Pokémon who are residing in Professor Oak's laboratory in Pallet Town. During the visit, Dracovish trained with Glalie to master its fighting abilities, seemingly meditating under a waterfall. Dracovish later watched Ash's battle against its former rival, Paul, where he emerged victorious. Before leaving town, Dracovish later posed with most of Ash's Pokémon for a group photo with its trainer.[18]
Dracovish was the first Pokémon sent by Ash in his match against Steven Stone, going up against his Metagross. While it put up a good fight against it, thanks to its Strong Jaw ability, Steven swapped Metagross for his Aggron, who knocked it out after overpowering Dragon Rush with Heavy Slam.[19]
During Ash's match against Cynthia, it was sent to fight Cynthia's Roserade. While it landed Fishious Rend, it ended up getting poisoned by Roserade's Poison Jab, causing it to become significantly enraged and resolved to defeat the Pokémon itself. It later did so by using Dragon Rush. Due to its poison, Ash tried to recall it, but Dracovish intentionally dodged his attempt to do so and wanted to fight to the very end. It later went up against Cynthia's Milotic, managing to land Fishious Rend before being put in a tight grip by Milotic, although the resulting Iron Head and poison caused Dracovish to faint soon after.[3]
Known moves[]
Trivia[]
- Dracovish is the first of Ash's Pokémon to:
- Be a Fossil Pokémon.
- Be from the Galar region that isn't a regional form.
- Be a Dragon type that isn't part of an evolutionary line.
- Be an Artificial Pokémon since Muk.
- Have its ability activated up to this point, in this case - Strong Jaw.
- Dracovish is the first of Ash's Pokémon to battle and defeat a regional Pokémon Champion's Pokémon.
- With Ash's departure as the main protagonist of the anime series, Dracovish is currently Ash's last known Pokémon to have been caught onscreen.
- Dracovish is one of Ash’s officially trained Pokémon not to physically appear in the To Be a Pokémon Master anime miniseries, even though it was seen only on his group photo as in The Road Most Traveled!.
Gallery[]
Notes[]
- ^ "Battling as Hard as Stone!", Dracovish's Ability activated during its battle against Steven's Metagross.
References[]
- ^ a b PJ063: On Land, In the Sea, and to the Future!
- ^ a b PJ065: Thrash of the Titans!
- ^ a b PJ124: Valor: A Strategic Part of Battling!
- ^ PJ050: A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That!
- ^ PJ060: Beyond Chivalry… Aiming to Be a Leek Master!
- ^ PJ080: Trial on a Golden Scale!
- ^ PJ085: Battle Three with Bea!
- ^ PJ087: Breaking the Ice!
- ^ PJ088: Looking Out for Number Two!
- ^ TAC003: The Arceus Chronicles (Part 3)
- ^ PJ103: The Future Is Now, Thanks to Strategy!
- ^ PJ104: Taking Two for the Team!
- ^ PJ105: Reuniting for the First Time!
- ^ PJ108: Catching the Aura of Fate!
- ^ PJ109: Aim for the Eight!
- ^ PJ112: Helping the Hometown Hero!
- ^ PJ113: Chasing to the Finish!
- ^ PJ114: Friends, Rivals, Lend Me Your Spirit!
- ^ PJ118: Battling as Hard as Stone!
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