Dragon Claw

Dragon Claw

ドラゴンクロー Dragon Claw

Generation:	III

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	80
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	15
Affects:	Selected target
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:
Bright Powder:	Yes
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Contests (RSE)

Type:
Appeal:	3 ♥♥♥
Jam:	1 ♥

Super Contests (DPPt)

Type:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Dragon Claw (ドラゴンクロー Dragon Claw) is a Dragon-type move introduced in Generation III.

Description

Games	Description
RSE	Slashes the foe with sharp claws.
COLXD	Scratches the target with sharp claws.
FRLG	Sharp, huge claws hook and slash the foe quickly and with great power.
DPPtHGSS	The user slashes the foe with huge, sharp claws.
BWB2W2 XYORAS	The user slashes the target with huge, sharp claws.
SMUSUM SWSH	The user slashes the target with huge sharp claws.

Effect

Contests

Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.

Super Contests

Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				V	VI	VII	VIII
	Charizard	Fire/Flying		1	1	1	1
	Flygon	Ground/Dragon		45	45	55 (XY) 45 (ORAS)	1
	Bagon	Dragon	49	50	50	50 (XY) 29 (ORAS)	29
	Shelgon	Dragon	69	55	55	55 (XY) 29 (ORAS)	29
	Salamence	Dragon/Flying	79	61	61	61 (XY) 29 (ORAS)	29
	Rayquaza	Dragon/Flying	20	20 (DPPt)
	Gible	Dragon/Ground		27	27	27	27
	Gabite	Dragon/Ground		33	33	33	33
	Garchomp	Dragon/Ground		33	33	33	33
	Dialga	Steel/Dragon		30 (DPPt) 28 (HGSS)	28	28	28
	Palkia	Water/Dragon		30 (DPPt) 28 (HGSS)	28	28	28
	Giratina	Ghost/Dragon		30 (DPPt) 28 (HGSS)	28	28	28
	Archen	Rock/Flying			48	48	48
	Archeops	Rock/Flying			56	56	56
	Axew	Dragon			28	28	28
	Fraxure	Dragon			28	28	28
	Haxorus	Dragon			28	28	28
	Druddigon	Dragon			27	27	27
	Zekrom	Dragon/Electric			54	54	54
	Tyrunt	Rock/Dragon				37	37
	Tyrantrum	Rock/Dragon				37	37
	Jangmo-o	Dragon					41
	Hakamo-o	Dragon/Fighting					43
	Kommo-o	Dragon/Fighting					43
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
				V	VI	VII	VIII
	Charmander	Fire	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Charmeleon	Fire	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Charizard	Fire/Flying	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Aerodactyl	Rock/Flying	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Dragonite	Dragon/Flying	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Mew	Psychic	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Totodile	Water				TM02	TM02
	Croconaw	Water				TM02	TM02
	Feraligatr	Water	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Tyranitar	Rock/Dark	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Sceptile	Grass	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Aggron	Steel/Rock	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Flygon	Ground/Dragon	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Altaria	Dragon/Flying	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Bagon	Dragon	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Shelgon	Dragon	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Salamence	Dragon/Flying	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Latias	Dragon/Psychic	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Latios	Dragon/Psychic	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Groudon	Ground	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Rayquaza	Dragon/Flying	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Gible	Ground/Dragon		TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Gabite	Ground/Dragon		TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Garchomp	Ground/Dragon		TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Dialga	Steel/Dragon		TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Palkia	Water/Dragon		TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Giratina	Ghost/Dragon		TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Arceus	Normal		TM02	TM02	TM02	TM02
	Krookodile	Ground/Dark			TM02	TM02	TM02
	Scraggy	Dark/Fighting			TM02	TM02	TM02
	Scrafty	Dark/Fighting			TM02	TM02	TM02
	Archen	Rock/Flying			TM02	TM02	TM02
	Archeops	Rock/Flying			TM02	TM02	TM02
	Eelektross	Electric			TM02	TM02	TM02
	Axew	Dragon			TM02	TM02	TM02
	Fraxure	Dragon			TM02	TM02	TM02
	Haxorus	Dragon			TM02	TM02	TM02
	Druddigon	Dragon			TM02	TM02	TM02
	Reshiram	Dragon/Fire			TM02	TM02	TM02
	Zekrom	Dragon/Electric			TM02	TM02	TM02
	Kyurem	Dragon/Ice			TM02	TM02	TM02
	Chesnaught	Grass/Fighting				TM02	TM02
	Pangoro	Fighting/Dark				TM02	TM02
	Barbaracle	Rock/Water				TM02	TM02
	Tyrunt	Rock/Dragon				TM02	TM02
	Tyrantrum	Rock/Dragon				TM02	TM02
	Noivern	Flying/Dragon				TM02	TM02
	Yveltal	Dark/Flying				TM02	TM02
	Salandit	Poison/Fire					TM02
	Salazzle	Poison/Fire					TM02
	Bewear	Normal/Fighting					TM02
	Type: Null	Normal					TM02
	Silvally	Normal					TM02
	Turtonator	Fire/Dragon					TM02
	Drampa	Normal/Dragon					TM02
	Jangmo-o	Dragon					TM02
	Hakamo-o	Dragon/Fighting					TM02
	Kommo-o	Dragon/Fighting					TM02
	Guzzlord	Dark/Dragon					TM02
	Naganadel	Poison/Dragon					TM02 (USUM)
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

Pokémon		Type	Egg Groups	Father
				V	VI	VII	VIII
	Totodile	Water
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates a Pokémon that can only learn this move through chain breeding.

Gallery

Main games

• Dragon Claw depicted in X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

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Main series

• Dragon Claw being used by Lance's Dragonite
• Dragon Claw being used by Drake's Shelgon
• Dragon Claw being used by Drake's Salamence
• Dragon Claw being used by a wild Giratina
• Dragon Claw being used by Cynthia's Garchomp
• Dragon Claw being used by Ursula's Gabite
• Dragon Claw being used by Emmy's Druddigon
• Dragon Claw being used by a wild Reshiram
• Dragon Claw being used by Gail's Druddigon
• Dragon Claw being used by Ash's Krookodile
• Dragon Claw being used by a wild Fraxure
• Dragon Claw being used by Drayden's Druddigon
• Dragon Claw being used by Alain's Mega Charizard X
• Dragon Claw being used by Sawyer's Bagon
• Dragon Claw being used by Trevor's Charmeleon
• Dragon Claw being used by Alain's Charizard
• Dragon Claw being used by Ash's Noivern
• Dragon Claw being used by Trevor's Charizard
• Dragon Claw being used by Sawyer's Mega Sceptile
• Dragon Claw being used by Remo's Mega Garchomp
• Dragon Claw being used by Sawyer's Sceptile
• Dragon Claw being used by Professor Sycamore's Garchomp
• Dragon Claw being used by Aliana's Druddigon
• Dragon Claw being used by Ryuki's Druddigon
• Dragon Claw being used by Plumeria's Salazzle
• Dragon Claw being used by a Trainer's Garchomp
• Dragon Claw being used by Ash's Dragonite
• Dragon Claw being used by Leon's Charizard
• Dragon Claw being used by Goh's Flygon

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Spin-offs & shorts

• Dragon Claw being used by Silver's Salamence (In Pokémon Chronicles)
• Dragon Claw being used by a wild Gabite (In a Mystery Dungeon special)
• Dragon Claw being used by Cynthia's Garchomp

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