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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#148 Dragonair

Dragon

  • SpeciesDragon Pokémon
  • Japanese nameHakuryu
  • PronunciationDRAG-UH-NAIR
  • Height13′ 1″ 3.99 m
  • Weight36.0 lb 16.20 kg
  • Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
Dragonair official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Comes from DRAGON and AIRE (means “someone closely associated”). “creature closely associated with being a dragon”

Evolution

  1. DratiniLevel 30DragonairLevel 55Dragonite
Dragonair in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Dragonair as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue A mystical POKEMON that exudes a gentle aura. Has the ability to change climate conditions.
Yellow According to a witness, its body was surrounded by a strange aura that gave it a mystical look.
Stadium Lives in large bodies of water like the sea and lakes. It is said to have the power to change the weather and fly.
GoldStadium 2 They say that if it emits an aura from its whole body, the weather will begin to change instantly.
Silver Its crystalline orbs appear to give this POKEMON the power to freely control the weather.
Crystal It is called the divine POKEMON. When its entire body brightens slightly, the weather changes.

Where to find Dragonair

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Blue Must Evolve from Dratini at level 30 NA Evolve
Red NA Evolve
Yellow Fishing (Safari Zone) NA Few/Evolve
Gold Dragon’s Den, Route 45 Any Few/Evolve
Silver Any Few/Evolve
Crystal Any Few/Evolve

How to catch

Ground Surf Fishing Forest Tree Mountain Tree Rock Smash Breed Evolve Event BugCatch Game Corner
R/B ✓
Yellow ✓ ✓
G/S ✓ ✓
Crystal ✓ ✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

  • Normal×1
  • Fire×0.5
  • Water×0.5
  • Electric×0.5
  • Grass×0.5
  • Ice×2
  • Fighting×1
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×1
  • Flying×1
  • Psychic×1
  • Bug×1
  • Rock×1
  • Ghost×1
  • Dragon×2
  • Dark×1
  • Steel×1
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 2 weaknesses and 4 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 2 (50%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 2 weaknesses and 4 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 1 : 2 (50%).
  • This Pokémon has the same number of weaknesses and resistances in GSC as RBY.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • NormalNormal
  • FireNormal
  • WaterNormal
  • ElectricNormal
  • GrassNormal
  • IceNormal
  • FightingNormal
  • PoisonNormal
  • GroundNormal
  • FlyingNormal
  • PsychicNormal
  • BugNormal
  • RockNormal
  • GhostNormal
  • DragonGood
  • DarkNormal
  • SteelBad
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 1 advantage and 1 disadvantage out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 1 advantage and 0 disadvantages out of 15 types.

Moves learned by levelling up

R/B/Y G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start Start Wrap Normal Physical
Start Start Leer Normal Status
Start Start Thunderwave Electric Status
— 15 Twister Dragon Special
45 22 Dragon Rage Dragon Special
35 29 Slam Normal Physical
20 38 Agility Psychic Status
— 47 Safeguard Normal Status
— 56 Outrage Dragon Special
55 65 Hyper Beam Normal Physical

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

  • Flamethrower, Ice Beam, Thunderbolt

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM02Headbutt
  • TM03Curse
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM07Zap Cannon
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM13Snore
  • TM14Blizzard
  • TM16Icy Wind
  • TM17Protect
  • TM18Rain Dance
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM23Iron Tail
  • TM24Dragonbreath
  • TM25Thunder
  • TM27Return
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM38Fire Blast
  • TM39Swift
  • TM43Detect
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • HM03Surf
  • HM07Waterfall

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

  • TM06Toxic
  • TM07Horn Drill
  • TM08Body Slam
  • TM09Take Down
  • TM10Double-Edge
  • TM11Bubblebeam
  • TM12Water Gun
  • TM13Ice Beam
  • TM14Blizzard
  • TM20Rage
  • TM23Dragon Rage
  • TM24Thunderbolt
  • TM25Thunder
  • TM31Mimic
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM33Reflect
  • TM34Bide
  • TM38Fire Blast
  • TM39Swift
  • TM40Skull Bash
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Thunder Wave
  • TM50Substitute
  • HM03Surf
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Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Water 1 Pokémon group 8 Dragon Pokémon group 13

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Haze Mate with a male from Wooper Family.
Light Screen Mate a male Pikachu/Raichu to a female from Marill or Psyduck Family. Then breed the male offspring with the move to a female from Dratini Family.
Mist Mate with a male Lapras or Wooper/Quagsire.
Supersonic Mate with a male Mantine.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank R/B/Y rank
HP 61 295-325 26/4542.07% 23/4244.05%
Attack 84 236-266 13/4967.35% 13/4565.54%
Defense 65 198-228 27/5544.05% 24/4444.05%
Speed 70 208-238 23/4755.96% 22/4250.00%
Special Attack G/S/C 70 208-238 22/4655.96% —
Special Defense G/S/C 70 208-238 21/4151.99% —
Special R/B/Y 70 208-238 — 15/2950.00%
Total 420 G/S/C
350 R/B/Y
1353-1533
1145-1295
34/8753.98% 28/6551.99%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library