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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#147 Dratini

Dragon

  • SpeciesDragon Pokémon
  • Japanese nameMiniryu
  • PronunciationDRUH-TEE-NEE
  • Height5′ 11″ 1.80 m
  • Weight7.0 lb 3.15 kg
  • Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
Dratini official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Combination of DRAGON and TEENY. “teeny dragon”

Evolution

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

Pokédex entries

RedBlue Long considered a mythical POKEMON until recently when a small colony was found living underwater.
Yellow The existence of this mythical POKEMON was only recently confirmed by a fisherman who caught one.
Stadium Even the young are known to exceed 6′ 6″. It is rare and long considered to exist only in myth.
GoldStadium 2 It is born large to start with. It repeatedly sheds its skin as it steadily grows longer.
Silver This POKEMON is full of life energy. It continually sheds its skin and grows steadily larger.
Crystal It sheds many layers of skin as it grows larger. During this process, it is protected by a rapid waterfall.

Where to find Dratini

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Blue Fishing (Safari Zone), Celadon City (Game Corner) NA Few
Red NA Few
Yellow Fishing (Safari Zone) NA Few
Gold Dragon’s Den, Route 45, Goldenrod City (Game Corner) Any Many
Silver Any Many
Crystal Dragon’s Den, Route 45 Any Many

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
10 8 Thunderwave Electric Status
— 15 Twister Dragon Special
40 22 Dragon Rage Dragon Special
30 29 Slam Normal Physical
20 36 Agility Psychic Status
— 43 Safeguard Normal Status
— 50 Outrage Dragon Special
50 57 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
  • 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

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 41 255-285 37/4518.41% 34/4219.80%
Attack 64 196-226 25/4940.14% 25/4536.34%
Defense 45 158-188 40/5521.19% 35/4418.41%
Speed 50 168-198 34/4727.43% 31/4222.70%
Special Attack G/S/C 50 168-198 31/4627.43% —
Special Defense G/S/C 50 168-198 32/4124.20% —
Special R/B/Y 50 168-198 — 21/2924.20%
Total 300 G/S/C
250 R/B/Y
1113-1293
945-1095
65/8714.72% 51/6512.54%

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