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Dragon Pulse

Dragon · Special · 18 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Dragon
Dragon Pulse
TypeDragon
CategorySpecial
Base power85
Accuracy100%
PP10
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Mega Charizard Y 26.5% 0.5% Mega Blastoise 10.9% 0.5% Archaludon 10.1% 83.4% Mega Dragonite 4.9% 90.3% Hydreigon 1.9% 7.8% Mega Garchomp 1.8% 4% Drampa 0.65% 28% Mega Sceptile 0.42% 94.7% Altaria 0.42% 31.6% Mega Eelektross 0.40% 11.9% Mega Dragalge 0.34% 22.9% Mega Ampharos 0.27% 82.9% Serperior 0.13% 20.3% Clawitzer 0.09% 24.8% Goodra 0.05% 53.4% Charizard 0.02% 5.3% Flapple 0.02% 1.2% Appletun 0.01% 29.9%

What it does

No additional effect.

At 85 base power it is the 21st strongest of the 39 damaging special moves that appear in this format.

Who carrys it

18 of the 277 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Dragon Pulse. The one that matters most is Mega Charizard Y, which is on 26.5% of teams and carrys it on 0.5% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Dragon move it is super effective against Dragon, resisted by Steel, and does nothing at all to Fairy. 3 other Dragon moves appear in this format: Dragon Claw, Draco Meteor, Dragon Dance.

Who could and does not

41 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Dragon Pulse at all, against the 18 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it. The most-played of those are Milotic, Arcanine-Hisui, Kommo-o, Tyranitar, Aerodactyl and Dragapult — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Dragon Pulse accounts for an expected 0.14 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 38th most-brought of the 121 moves this format runs. 1% of that comes from Mega Charizard Y alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its carriers are mostly Dragon (12), Flying (4) and Grass (4).

Where these numbers come from

Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.

Where this goes next

Build

Open the builder with Mega Charizard Y seated — Mega Charizard Y brings Dragon Pulse to more teams than any of the other 17 Pokémon that carry it.

More

All 121 moves the format runs, ordered by how many copies an average team carries.