Dragon (type)

Dragons are among the most elusive and powerful of all Pokémon. Nine legendary Pokémon are part Dragon type and four have legendary-like stats.

They are notoriously difficult to train due to requiring more EXP points per level than most non-legendary Pokémon, and the fact they evolve much later and thus are in their weaker forms for longer. Interestingly, many final-evolution Dragon types have a 4x weakness to the Ice type.

61
Dragon type Pokémon

12
Single type Pokémon

49
Dual type Pokémon

18
Dragon-type moves

Attack pros & cons

Dragon moves are super-effective against:

Dragon

Dragon moves are not very effective against:

Steel

Dragon moves have no effect on:

Fairy

Defense pros & cons

These types are not very effective against Dragon Pokémon:

Fire Water Electric Grass

These types are super-effective against Dragon Pokémon:

Ice Dragon Fairy

Dual-type attack pros & cons

This chart shows the strength of the Dragon type against every type combination. The fraction of damage a Dragon type move will deal is shown - ½ means 50% damage (not very effective), 2 means 200% (super-effective) and so on.

	Nor	Fir	Wat	Ele	Gra	Ice	Fig	Poi	Gro	Fly	Psy	Bug	Roc	Gho	Dra	Dar	Ste	Fai
Normal															2		½	0
Fire															2		½	0
Water															2		½	0
Electric															2		½	0
Grass															2		½	0
Ice															2		½	0
Fighting															2		½	0
Poison															2		½	0
Ground															2		½	0
Flying															2		½	0
Psychic															2		½	0
Bug															2		½	0
Rock															2		½	0
Ghost															2		½	0
Dragon	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2		2		0
Dark															2		½	0
Steel	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½		½		0
Fairy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Dragon Pokémon stat averages

85.5
HP
Ranked #1

103.5
Attack
Ranked #2

87.4
Defense
Ranked #3

98.0
Sp. Attack
Ranked #1

85.6
Sp. Defense
Ranked #3

80.5
Speed
Ranked #3

Notable Dragon-type trainers

Lance
Elite Four
Red/Blue/Yellow

Clair
Blackthorn City gym leader
Gold/Silver/Crystal

Lance
Pokémon Champion
Gold/Silver/Crystal

Drake
Elite Four
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald

Lance
Elite Four
FireRed/LeafGreen

Clair
Blackthorn City gym leader
HeartGold/SoulSilver

Lance
Pokémon Champion
HeartGold/SoulSilver

Iris
(Pokemon White)
Opelucid City gym leader
Black/White

Drayden
(Pokemon Black)
Opelucid City gym leader
Black/White/Black 2/White 2

Drasna
Elite Four
X/Y

Drake
Elite Four
Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire