Is Dragonite Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
600 BST Dragon/Flying that evolves at 55. AbilityInner Focus prevents flinching. The physical/special split lets Dragonite properly split physical MoveOutrage from special MoveDraco Meteor. If accessed, Dragonite handles everything. Postgame-only in DP though, so the Battle Tower is where it shines.
Dragonair has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Dragonair has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Dragonair trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Dragonair has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Dragonair trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Dragonair trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Dragonair has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Dragonair trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Dragonite resists most of Aaron's coverage and hits back hard.
Dragonite has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Dragonite has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Dragonite has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Dragonite has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Dragonite resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Dragonite has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Dragonite has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catch Dragonair
Catch Dragonair in Mt. Coronet (Super Rod fishing, Lv 15-40, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 39DragonDragon RushPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 53DragonDragon DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 61DragonOutragePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 67NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Dragonair to Dragonite
Dragonair evolves into Dragonite at Level 55. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 55)
- LV 55DragonDragon RushPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Inside the Galactic Warehouse in Veilstone City
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 64DragonOutragePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 73NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Dragonite in Diamond & Pearl
Raising a Mt. Coronet Dratini or Dragonair all the way to level 55 is the lone path to Dragonite, with no wild shortcut. That long climb makes the dragon one of the harder lines to finish.
Wild Dragonite may be holding when caught:
Dragon Scale (5% chance) Traded on a Seadra: Holder evolves into Kingdra.Catch Dratini or Dragonair at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Dragonite.
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 2How to Obtain Dragonite in DP
The path to Dragonite starts with Dratini at Lv. 15-20 via fishing encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve Dragonairor evolve from Dratini (Step 1)
- Step 3Dragonite ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Dratini egg.
How to Get Shiny Dragonite in Diamond & Pearl
Dragonite tops the Dratini line, so breed that base Masuda-style and raise it all the way up. Compare Shiny Dragonite odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Dragonite Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Dragonite already selected.
Dragonite Weakness
Ice, Rock, and Dragon moves hit Dragonite for super-effective damage. Ice hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. The upside? Ground-type moves can't touch it at all. The Dragon/Flying typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. Dragonite's overall bulk (91/95/100) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ice |
| 2x (Weak) | Rock, Dragon |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Fighting, Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Dragonite Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Dragonite
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dragonite View Abomasnow builds →Ice Beam 4x122-144%KO Rock Slide 2x33-39% | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dragonite View Rhydon builds →Stone Edge 2x89-105%KO Avalanche 4x72-86% Dragon Pulse 2x22-26% | ||
 Mamoswine IceGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dragonite View Mamoswine builds →Ice Fang 4x118-139%KO Stone Edge 2x59-70% | ||
 Omastar RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Omanyte (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dragonite View Omastar builds →Ice Beam 4x98-115%KO Ancient Power 2x47-55% | ||
 Giratina GhostDragon | S | |
Obtain MethodTurnback Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dragonite View Giratina builds →Dragon Pulse 2x62-73% Stone Edge 2x47-56% | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dragonite View Lunatone builds →Ice Beam 4x83-98% Stone Edge 2x45-52% | ||
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dragonite View Garchomp builds →Dragon Claw 2x71-84% Stone Edge 2x59-70% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dragonite View Kabutops builds →Stone Edge 2x80-94% Ice Beam 4x62-73% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Dragonite Evolutions
The three-stage chain from Dratini through Dragonair ends here at Dragonite. Want more? Breed for Dratini eggs. A decent partner pool available via two egg groups. The evolution from Dratini pushed Dragonite to 600 total stats. Attack saw the largest single gain at +70. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Dragonite to get Dratini eggs easily using 30 partners from the Dragon and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Dragon Breath, Dragon Dance, Dragon Rush and 4 more.
DP Dragonite Best Moveset
134 Attack and MoveDragon Dance is the core, boosting Attack and Speed in one turn to sweep through teams. Dragon/Flying coverage hits most targets hard, and 91/95/100/100 bulk means Dragonite survives the setup turn more often than not. The moveset snowballs after one boost, and MoveExtreme Speed picks off anything before it can respond.
Best Build
Dragonite best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Extreme Speed
- Outrage
- Dragon Dance
- Fire Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Dragonite's movepool delivers. Coverage across 10 types plus STAB from Draco Meteor and Outrage gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
51 of 53 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It is said to make its home somewhere in the sea. It guides crews of shipwrecks to shore.
Dragonite Event Distributions
In Diamond & Pearl, Dragonite is an occasional Mystery Gift target, offered in a small run of events.
Powerful Battle Pokémon!DiamondPearlNot shiny
Strongest Class Gift DragoniteDiamondPearlNot shiny
Dragonite Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Dragonite is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Dragonite becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Dragonite as a wallbreaker. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling, Outrage is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Adamant on Dragonite. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Dragonite appears in 21 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Dragonite have the longest track record of availability in the series.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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