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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#149 Dragonite

DragonFlying

SpeciesDragon Pokémon
Japanese nameKairyu
PronunciationDRAG-UH-NITE
Height7′ 3″ 2.21 m
Weight463.0 lb 208.35 kg
Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%

Pokédex Where to find Type matchups Moves Breeding Stats

Name meaning

Comes from DRAGON and -ITE meaning “someone closely associated.” “creature closely associated with being a dragon”

Evolution

DratiniLevel 30DragonairLevel 55Dragonite

Dragonite in the original Gengar’s Pokédex — Dragonite as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue	An extremely rarely seen marine POKEMON. Its intelligence is said to match that of humans.
Yellow	It is said that this POKEMON lives somewhere in the sea and that it flies. However, it is only a rumor.
Stadium	Has intelligence on par with people. This ‘sea guardian’ is said to be capable of flying around the globe in about 16 hours.
GoldStadium 2	It is said that this POKEMON constantly flies over the immense seas and rescues drowning people.
Silver	This marine POKEMON has an impressive build that lets it freely fly over raging seas without trouble.
Crystal	It is said that somewhere in the ocean lies an island where these gather. Only they live there.

Where to find Dragonite

Game	Where to find it	Time	Rarity
Blue	Must Evolve from Dragonair at level 55	NA	Evolve
Red		NA	Evolve
Yellow		NA	Evolve
Gold		Any	Evolve
Silver		Any	Evolve
Crystal		Any	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×1
Grass×0.25
Ice×4
Fighting×0.5
Poison×1
Ground×0
Flying×1
Psychic×1
Bug×0.5
Rock×2
Ghost×1
Dragon×2
Dark×1
Steel×1

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 weaknesses and 6 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 2 (50%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 weaknesses and 6 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

Normal1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Fire1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Water1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Electric1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
Grass1st: Normal 2nd: Good
Ice1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Fighting1st: Normal 2nd: Good
Poison1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Ground1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Flying1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Psychic1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Bug1st: Normal 2nd: Good
Rock1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
Ghost1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Dragon1st: Good 2nd: Normal
Dark1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Steel1st: Bad 2nd: Bad

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 4 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 34 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 4 advantages and 2 disadvantages out of 30 types. Offensive ratio 2:1 (200%).

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
—	Start	Twister	Dragon	Special
Start	Start	Dragon Rage	Dragon	Special
Start	Start	Slam	Normal	Physical
Start	Start	Agility	Psychic	Status
—	Start	Safeguard	Normal	Status
—	55	Wing Attack	Flying	Physical
—	61	Outrage	Dragon	Special
60	75	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

TM01Dynamicpunch
TM02Headbutt
TM03Curse
TM06Toxic
TM07Zap Cannon
TM08Rock Smash
TM10Hidden Power
TM13Snore
TM14Blizzard
TM15Hyper Beam
TM16Icy Wind
TM17Protect
TM18Rain Dance
TM20Endure
TM21Frustration
TM23Iron Tail
TM24Dragonbreath
TM25Thunder
TM27Return
TM31Mud-Slap
TM32Double Team
TM33Ice Punch
TM34Swagger
TM35Sleep Talk
TM37Sandstorm
TM38Fire Blast
TM39Swift
TM41Thunderpunch
TM43Detect
TM44Rest
TM45Attract
TM47Steel Wing
TM48Fire Punch
TM49Fury Cutter
HM02Fly
HM03Surf
HM04Strength
HM06Whirlpool
HM07Waterfall

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

TM02Razor Wind
TM06Toxic
TM07Horn Drill
TM08Body Slam
TM09Take Down
TM10Double-Edge
TM11Bubblebeam
TM12Water Gun
TM13Ice Beam
TM14Blizzard
TM15Hyper Beam
TM20Rage
TM23Dragon Rage
TM24Thunderbolt
TM25Thunder
TM31Mimic
TM32Double Team
TM33Reflect
TM34Bide
TM38Fire Blast
TM39Swift
TM40Skull Bash
TM44Rest
TM45Thunder Wave
TM50Substitute
HM03Surf
HM04Strength

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	91	355-385	13/4578.81%	10/4281.59%
Attack	134	336-366	1/4998.93%	1/45100.00%
Defense	95	258-288	13/5580.20%	10/4481.59%
Speed	80	228-258	17/4769.15%	16/4265.54%
Special Attack G/S/C	100	268-298	10/4689.41%	—
Special Defense G/S/C	100	268-298	11/4187.46%	—
Special R/B/Y	100	268-298	—	9/2985.28%
Total	600 G/S/C 500 R/B/Y	1713-1893 1445-1595	2/8796.77%	2/6597.13%

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