Top 10 Best Dragon Type Pokemon

Rayquaza truly is the king of the dragon types. Its name literally means "Emperor of Japan." With a base stat total of 680 and attack and special attacks stats through the roof, almost nothing stands in its way. Now it possesses a new mega evolution. One that does not require a mega stone, giving it the opportunity to have held items. Not only does it have mega evolution, but it has the new special move, Dragon Ascent. Sure this move lowers the user's defense and special defense, it is capable of DEMOLISHING almost any target with a power of 120 and an already alarming attack stat. This Pokemon really is number 1.

Rayquaza should be Number 1! This is an OUTRAGE! Get it? But in all seriousness, Rayquaza has a higher speed stat and can sweep LANCE at it's basic level, 70. That is including it's moves. Rayquaza has Ancientpower, that not only with the fact that it has a high speed, but it boosts all of it's stats, or Crunch which not only is strong against ice Pokemon, but it also is a strength against psychic types and ghosts. It can learn Surf a move that defeats yet another weakness, and blizzard or ice beam, which literally does x4 against GARCHOMP, SALEMENCE, AND DRAGONITE!

Why the hell is Rayquaza number 8?! He is the best dragon pokemon ever! He easily beats Dragonite. His attacks are more powerful than that puny dragon. Also has a higher sped than Dragonite. He learns Dragon Claw, Outrage, Dragon Pulse, and Dragon Dance. Does Dragonite learn those and use it to its advantage. Uh... No! Rayquaza is the best and will always be the best dragon Pokemon ever.

Rayquaza is incredibly powerful, especially now that it has a mega evolution and add Dragon accent and this thing is almost unbeatable I think it should be ranked much higher than it is. And it by far out ranks dragonite, I know dragonite is powerful but seriously, rayquaza is one of the only legendary with a mega evolution (of course there will be more) but rayquaza with its mega evolution is pretty much immortal.

With a substantial 130 attack and 102 speed, this land shark makes for an excellent sweeper with moves like Earthquake, Outrage and Stone Edge. However, Garchomp should never be pigeonholed as a glass canon. With a hefty 108 hp, as well as 95 defense and 85 special defense, Garchomp has the ability to take hits. And with the ability Rough Skin and the move Stealth Rock, this pseudo-legendary can also act as a tank. Overall, Garchomp outclasses other non-legendary dragon types, even Dragonite, Salamence, Hydreigon, Goodra and Kommo-o, including its intimidating design.

Greatest dragon ever. Sure it does have a 4x weakness to ice but so does rayquaza and dragonite and Salamence and noivern and gliscor and flygon so it's not alone. Plus it's attack stat is so good you can get away with so many moves on this thing it's op. I put poison jab on it. Fairies dead. Put earthquake. Electric, poison, rock and most ice types dead. Dragon rush. Dragons dead. This thing is op in both competitive and playthrough teams. (Tip, don't mega evolve its mega doesn't have as much speed so it can get outsped by ice types and will get 1 shot).

I would have a pretty tough time deciding between Dragonite and Garchomp, but I feel like I tip more towards Garchomp. I mean look at the guy. He's a land shark. I think there's a movie about land sharks (I don't know, doesn't matter). But his speed, attack, and health are his shining IVs. Who do you think looks more menacing, I mean come on. Not just that, but they Mega Evolve as well, and of course, this makes Garchomp even more OP. Between these 2 Pseudo-Legendary Dragons, I would to go with Garchomp.

Dragonite and Salamence are very good dragon types, them being flying and all.
But Garchomp dominates the battlefield. with a base stat of 600, it excels in speed, attack, special attack, and defense. it may learn ground type moves which wont effect dragonite and salamence, BUT, it has an absolutely huge movepool, being able to learn water, fire, electric, dark, fighting, and rock type moves, as well as its base types, dragon and ground. It is also better than salemence and dragonite as it can mega-evolve, and they can't. plus Garchomp's ability, Sand Veil, raises its evasion in a sandstorm, creating a perfect combo with the move sandstorm, which it will learn around level 20. All in All, Garchomp is the best dragon type Pokemon.

Personally, I think this is the best dragon type Pokemon there is. I beat rayquaza accidentally in Pokemon alpha sapphire by using my dragon claw on it. Good thing I saved it. My dragonite had dragon claw, dragon dance, extreme speed, and power up punch. I didn't really know what to put for the last one so I just put power up punch. My dragonite was 10 levels below the rayquaza and I still one shot it. Dragonite should be number 1!

DrAgOnItE use dragon claw or fire punch or hurricane or thunder punch or thunder wave or hyper beam or dragon rage or twister or steel wing! Do you get my point? Lot's of these moves are really decent. Its base stats are great. I think its design was also pulled off very well by combining cute puppies with fearsome dragons. This is also one of the most powerful non-legendary Pokemon and probably the best non-legendary in the Kanto region.

Dragonite is indeed a force to be reckoned with. Its base stats are healthy and fairly consistent (none below 80), and it has a varied movepool of special and physical attacks, being able to hit all of its weaknesses solidly, especially Ice, which it is 4x weak to. In addition, Dragonite is an excellent user of "Dragon Dance," a move which increases its already tremendous attack stat, as well as improve its weakest stat, speed. Furthermore, its high and balanced defense, Special defense and HP base stats (none below 90) prove that Dragonite can be a helpfull wall, too, for some teams. Finally, its hidden ability, "Multiscale," is very useful for setting up moves and all-together just sweeping, as it halves the damage taken from foes when its HP is full. So do not dismiss this Pokemon for being "slow" or lacking Mega Evolution, because it can definitely be trained effectively if you believe in it!

Used a dragonite in Pokemon moon it was a tanky beast it can withstand suppereffective moves and then one shot. Even though this Pokemon is slow it can still win you battles I use the moves outrage, dragon rush, draco meteor and aqua tail. I would recommend using the moves dragon dance, outrage, hurricane and aqua tail though. By the way definite is not my favorite Pokemon that award goes to blaziken and gengar. So if your going to use a dragon type the best there is, is the one and only tank dragonite

Salalmence is my special sweeper and it usually wipes out 2 or 3 Pokemon before it goes down. Teach it earthquake to beat up the electric and rock type Pokemon that stand in your way and flamethrower for a little surprise. PLUS Dragon claw is a STAB move for Salamence which makes it basically unstoppable Dragon claw is very useful and would be a salamence's main killer move. Flamethrower can also be used against fairy types. and finally If you teach Salamence brick break it can prove useful against Ice types to. So with the right move set Salamence can become an invincible beast

Even though Salamence is the most badass looking dragon type pokemon, we all can agree that it can get out speeded by garchomp (100 versus 102 base) and die from one outrage because it has mediocre defenses. stat wise he is pretty op but I would have liked game freak to make him outspeed chomp because he has lesser defenses. even after garchomp beating him in speed, this guy is as his name suggests truly menacing in competitive battle, be it Draco meteor with a special set or a classic outrage physical set, this guy can destroy teams if used wisely.

Salamence always serves as my substitute for Fire types in Hoenn games. I would rather take an unstabbed Flamethrower from this guy, than watch Steven's Metagross use Earthquake before my Torkoal, Camerupt, or Magcargo even attack. While Dragonite can use Ice attacks, Salamence can probably just use Dragon Claw to OHKO any other Dragon type except for Mega Altaria. Intimidate more than makes up for Salamence's lower defense. So, Dragonite's only true advantage over Salamence is access to Dragon Dance. Salamence doesn't need Dragon Dance though, it's OP on its own - even more so if you teach it Leer (though I don't like that move). And if you Mega Evolve your Salamence, you'll be in even better shape thanks to Aerilate: a Double-Edge from Mega Salamence has 156 base power, then change that to 234 with STAB. That'll do more damage than the 180 base power if Salamence were to use Brave Bird. You can't go wrong with this guy.

Since the release of ORAS, I guess this is the most badass dragon we have here. A good argument for Garchomp was that it could mega-evolve. Well, guess who's in the game again? Mega Salamences ability aerilate turns its normal type moves into flying type moves. Also it makes the moves 1.3 times stronger. Now imagine you teach it trash (with breeding) which deals 120 damage, multiply that by 1.3 and I'm pretty sure you're gonna beat almost every Pokemon. It is basically the same as using giga impact every round. I won't say no to that.

Dialga is amazing. I have one in Legends Arceus and my boi swept through everything in in its path.In its origin form, even more so. Except Giratina. Goddamn Giratina

Dialga is the best. It is the only dragon type which is not weak to other dragon types, it is the only Pokemon that can learn Roar of Time which is the strongest dragon type move, it is immune to 1 type and resistant to 9, it has the highest base stat total of all Steel-type Pokemon. it's base stat is 680 which is same as Mew-two, it is tied with Blade Forme Aegislash for the highest Special Attack base stat of all Steel-type Pokemon, No other Pokemon shares the same type combination as Dialga and It is not weak to fairy types because of it's unique typing.

Dialga is definitely the strongest dragon type Pokemon. First of all, he is the only legendary dragon type Pokemon that is neutral to fairy type attacks, all others are supper effective against it. He also has the highest overall stats of all steel type Pokemon and he has 1 immunity (poison) and 9 resistance (rock, normal, ghost, bug, grass, water, electric, steel, and psychic). He is also the only Pokemon who can learn the strongest dragon type move, Roar of Time. Beside from that, he is just really awesome.

Easily the best type. Dragon is only weak to ice and fairy, but he is also steel which beats those two types. Steel's weakness is fire which dragon resists. Steel is also weak to fighting and ground but a good dragon type move could easily take them out. Resistant to a lot of types and is immune to poison. Easily the best pokemon ever.

I got a Hydreigon with a Modest nature with Dark Pulse, Focus Blast, Dragon Pulse, and Fire Blast.
It just destroys everything in its way you can clear the entire elite four with this guy he's got some annoying weaknesses but it doesn't matter if it's faster because it only needs 1 occasionally 2 hits to kill anything.

Guys, come on. Why would you put him 7? You know, his base stats (600) is tied with dragonite, garchomp, and salemances, who are way further up this list. He is fast and hits hard, while dragonite, who his first place, has balanced stats which are 'perfect'. But we all know that unless your arceus, you gotta have ups and downs to your stats. Hydreigon and garchomp are pretty similar but hydreigon is better because garchomp takes times 4 from ice type moves, which serves as his weak point. Since salemance is flying, he also suffers from times 4 ice type weakness. But garchomp is better than salemance because salemance has more weaknesses, such as electic, rock and fire. Also, garchomp is more tanky than salemance so yeah.

Hydreigon is powerful and is great with special attacks like draco meteor, dark pulse, fire blast, tri attack, and hyper beam. He is also good with dragon rush, outrage, and crunch.

Pseudo legendary, and I understand that so are dragonite, salamence, and garchomp, but he is also a dark type. If that doesn't give him the number one spot then I don't know what does.

I likes using GIRATINA during battles and during training and GIRATINA is very close to invincible if trained enough and had attack set like hyper beam, dragon claw, shadow force and even a fourth move possibly earthquake or earth power or even aura sphere. When I had used GIRATINA I managed to defeat all members of the sinnoh elite four and defeated champion cynthia without difficulty even if I had to train up GIRATINA to at least level 80 in order for it to be possible.

Giratina is such a great Pokemon. He has two forms with different stats for each so you can have the advantage. Shadow force is an amazing move as well. It breaks through protect. He is more powerful than Dialga AND Palkia combined! So do yourself a favor and get Giratina to be #1 on the list. He deserves it.

Hey,nitwits First Giratina has taken down Dialga and palkia Combined...Master of Antimatter,Ruler of Distortion World...He Balance the Reverse World to keep the real world safe! He Can beat rayquaza I did use Giratina to Capture "Rayquaza" in Heart gold! He Can use antimatter as a weapon too...Rank 1# Giratina! He Can k.o Rayquaza if he don't Mega Evolve! With his 2 Formes he is a Wall For Most Dragon types! Plus Shadow Force He Can t.k.o Rayquaza if he use extreme speed as Ghost types cannot be hit by normal moves!

I already spoke about this beast of a Pokemon on the top ten ghist types. same applies for dragon types. The guy below me is an idiot, Giratina is Dragon/Ghost.

Anyone else notice how gen 1 Pokemon dominate most of the lists? These things are invalid. When you people overcome your nostalgia then they may be accurate.

Look at him. An absolute brute, a unique colour scheme (or if you don't like that for some reason, take the shiny version instead, because it also looks amazing), an unusual and interesting design, a powerful stat distribution (that killer 147 Attack! ) despite having a stat total below the pseudo legendaries (can you imagine this thing with 600 best? ), super edgy. This thing plenty of personality in its design, which, in my opinion, you can't really say about a lot of other Pokemon (sorry Dragonite, you may be the first, but you're a bit boring to me). It's also kinda crazy how rare the pure Dragon Type is among fully evolved Dragons. Regardless, you don't get much more beastly than this thing.

Haxorus is a bipedal Pokémon with a dark yellow-green covering on its back and most of the front. It has black skin covering its torso, tail tip, and thighs, as well as red talons and claws. Its large tusks, which resemble scythes, are black and edged in red, and are located on its upper jaw on the side of its mouth. These tusks, which can cut steel beams, are unbreakable. Its medium-sized eyes are red with black pupils. Ridged plate-like skin travels from its back to its head region. It has solid armor and the legs and tail have a dividing line pattern. Its arms are quite small, with three digits with two elliptical triceps and biceps and circular elbows. Its hands are small and circular with small red claws. Its legs are formidable and strong with three toed feet with a red talon on each toe. It is generally friendly, but it is very territorial.

I've played since I first got a copy of Pokemon Yellow on my 6th birthday. Of all of the pokemon that I have encountered and trained, none can compare to Haxorus. Before fairy types were around, I used mine to wreck anything that stood in my path. When gen six came out, I was scared to death of fairies, but then I slapped poison jab on Kali and she could then wreck them just as easily as anything else. Haxorus is a staple for any time I use for run thrus in the games or my competitive teams in game or on showdown.

Why is rayquaza #1? When I checked up here in August, Ray was #5, where haxorus is now,(which I feel makes no sense, because garchomp has a larger ice weakness). The only reason why ray is #1 is because of his "mega evolution," which disappears after the big battle. Ray's shiny looks as good as haxorus' shiny, and haxorus can keep up with rayquaza. But apparently, game freak gave the 4th worst legendary, only behind the regies, a mega evolution to try to make it better. Nice try game freak, but we all know rayquaza is only 25% better, not 100%.

This awesome looking pokemon ought to be number 1! It has mass attack and spped so it can take out any other of the dragons on this list especially that fat dragonite! Dragonite eats too much ought to stop eating if it wants to move faster but it will still be no match for FLYGON! It can learn stone edge which is a powerful rock type move to wipeout ice types and it can learn dragon moves to beat its dragon weakness. Vote FLYGON!

Flygon is my favorite dragon type and my favorite ground type. His attack is so high as well as his speed. Plus you can get him easily in oras. He's not even weak against water because he's part ground. I love this Pokemon it was so helpful in the games I played. This Pokemon is beast so I highly recommend this Pokemon for your team in any game.

Ah, Flygon I remember this pokemon as one of my trusty sidekicks from my Sapphire days the attack and speed stats are great, but what really lies in this pokemon is its easiness to obtain, you can find their pre-evolved forms in deserts commonly and are a good start for dragon collectors.

In Ruby, I found my little Trapinch in a desert because I needed a ground-type. Luckily, I kept him long enough to have him evolve into Flygon, who I immediantly fell in love with. I just love Flygon's speed and attack, giving him the ability to attack first and deal a lot of damage. Overall, Flygon should be at the top of this list.

One of the downfalls of dragon types is it's weakness to ice. He's an ice/dragon type. And he can't get picked up for a sky drop, which is another plus. I don't know about you guys, but other than Charizard and Rayquaza, this guy's my favorite.

It said in the fifteenth movie that Kyurem is the most powerful dragon type Pokemon because its ability to change forms makes it wield the power of Reshiram and Zekrom. That means it should be above both on the top ten list.

Zekrom is better than Kyurem, I'd say. Kyurem is really weak to fire, and besides if the movie says that it's the strongest why do we bother making this list at all? And movies aren't always correct either.

This easily top 5 for the best dragon pokemon. It has the ability to absorb the power of Reshiram and Zekrom, has two forms, and has one of the best if not the best type combination for a dragon type.

They are a very powerful Pokemon, and (to my knowledge) the only Pokemon capable of learning blue flare, which is an incredibly powerful fire-type attack. It is also the only dragon type as of Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire who's type is not weak to ice.

I like Reshiram Black was my second (or third) Pokemon game, it can also learn a lot of strong moves like dragon pulse, outrage, dragon claw, and draco meteor to top off the cake, also could kick Zekrom's butt as Reshiram, he's simply awesome looking too.

Why is reshiram the version mascot for Pokemon black? She should be the version mascot for white! Reshiram's the white one, and zekrom's the black one. So how come their games are the opposite of their color?

Zekrom is actually much better than Reshiram...
So I wouldn't say he should be higher than Zekrom. Zekrom can learn dragon pulse, outrage, dragon claw, and draco meteor too, can learn Fusion Bolt and Bolt Strike, which mathces Reshiram's Blue Flare and Fusion Flare.

I've gone a long way with goodra and goodra is definitely my favorite pokemon, reliable and extremely powerful, also can learn a lot of diverse ablities. Goodra can learn Dragon pulse, grass whip, ice beam, sludge wave/ aqua tail/ thunder bolt

Goodra is my favorite dragon type Pokemon. Goodra evolves from one of the absolute weakest dragon type Pokemon Goomy to one of the MOST strongest Pokemon ever.

Many people underestimate this dragon type. This Pokemon is a wall with heavy special defense stats that can resist super effective moves.

Erm does no one care that goodra's a rain dance beast. Goodra makes a great tank with it's free rest and hydration combo and bulky stats and thunder will always hit

Palkia is my first legendary Pokemon and is beast. It has the best type combo on this list. Dragonite is way overrated. One ice type move and he's gone. Palkia though? Takes at least 2 supereffective hits from a scarfed garchomp.

Palkia is every bit as good as dialga. Well except for the fairy weakness. But come on!

Palkia is the only Dragon type better than Rayquaza. I see how Rayquaza is 1st, but Palkia should at least be #10.

The only thing that can damage is it dragon yo! This Pokemon a legandary water dragon beast! All hail the giant pearl!

Well first of its typing is amazing with only 1 weakness unlike salamence and dragonite with 3. Competitivley it can sweep with the ability swift swim. Its stat are good all around. Its design is also awesome! By the way salamence is a copy and paste of dragonite :/ Why the heck is druddigon here

I love this guy. I couldn't beat Clair in Soul Silver until I got my own Kingdra. Its Sniper ability in later generations is quite useful too, considering that it learns Focus Energy pretty early on.

Only Dragon type from Johto = coolest Dragon Pokemon ever. It has all around good stats and it is cool because it holds the title of being the only dragon Pokemon from johto.

Much better defensive and special stats than Gyarados. Can use STAB moves with much more power than Gyarados as well.

Same thing as Latias except with higher Spec. Attack and lower Spec. Defense which is bad because its HP stat is only 3 but I played one for a while and it was pretty good.

It can revenge kill with a Choice Scarf. Attaching Soul Dew on a calm mind set in the Uber metagame will make it extremely potent to other pokemon. Especially with Draco Meteor and Psyshock.

I own a Latios and is the core of my team, it can bring destruction if used well. Also he looks cute for a dragon with an amount of coolness

I think this is better than latios because I pwned my friend with its speed stat. It also gets recover, and mine knows surf, recover, draco meteor, and psychic.

How is Torterra above this?!
Anyway, it is much faster than most other Dragon Pokemon, so that gives it an edge. Also, it looks cool!

Latias helped me dominate the E4 and I think it deserves higher than 26th place, seriously this thing is a beast in battles.

A nice mixture of Dragon and Psychic its one of the faster legendaries and this makes it hard to hit with most attacks.

Should be seventh and Zekrom should be sixth.

I have an almost level 100 Tyrantrum and it's amazing! It literally crushes every Pokemon in sight and has the best attack stats out of all my othermpokemon! Tyrant rum has some hard hitting moves and I won't forget that prehistoric monster

Tyramtrum is one of the coolest prehistoric Pokémon I know but it would be better if there was a spinosaurus version.

Why is kingdra here

A badass T-rex that is a Rock/Dragon type! What is there not to like!?

Mega Sceptile is badass. He doesn't even need to be turned towards you to kill you! He can just turn around, and kill you without even looking at you. That is badass! He is so strong in competitive too! He destroys HO teams. I have 6-0ed HO teams with him in OU on Pokemon Showdown. Vote for Sceptile.

Not counting legendaries, mega sceptile is number 11 on the list. It's a lizard with a tree for a tail, and it's a dragon! Mega sceptile is way better than the other Pokemon on this list. Seriously, how is a housefly with swim goggles (flygon) any better than this beast.

The grass/dragon combo is too good no fire weakness (replaced by dragon/fairy) he can wreck me water types and has ways to fight away the rare fairy types (not a good choice for fairy gym) he was already my favorite starter but could get anialated by for re types now not some much he rules!

A dual Grass-Dragon Type Pokemon? I really need to get a Treecko over the GTS...

Um, this Pokemon can change form. When it needs to be tough it goes big. When it needs to hide, it goes small. This Pokemon is easily stronger than rayquaza at 100%

He's literally the order Pokémon and can defeat a literal army of men. He's a literal living legend and super smart and can talk and can learn and is a nice person. and why dis 19 it should be at least be number 5.

Zygarde completed form is better than black Kyurem. Not only is it cool, but it's so over powered!

Has anyone seen Zygarde 100% forme? It is totally beast! This fella' should not be at the bottom.

Noivern deserves to be among the top Dragon-type Pokemon:
1. He has pretty good Special Attack and even better speed
2. He has a nice range of moves that if used right could make him the ultimate killing machine
3. He looks AMAZING

Definitely my favorite Dragon-type.

Why isn't this in the top 10? His move pool is great, and with the combination of speed, he is one heck of a sweeper. Noibat is a pain to level up but it makes up with Noivern's incredible attacks and not too shabby stats.

Noivern is very easily the best dragon type there is! He/she is just overall amazing and the fastest Dragon type there is! You have to admit he is amazing!

Noivern is the fastest dragon type, it also has high special attack. This makes it the ultimate dragon sweeper.

An electric dragon? That is Awesome! That was my quoted words when I first heard about this Pokemon being made, it has a high attack which is good for dragon Pokemon.

Why the hell is Zekrom no.13?! He is the best dragon ever in the world. When his mood is off, the whole world may get off due to storms! Then why he not on top?

Zekrom should be in the top five with Reshiram, I suppose. Presonally I don't like choosing between the two, what's really awesome is a combination of both.

One of the few reasons I hate the PWT and such is that they ban Zekrom. He's gotten me through Elite Four and Champion FIVE times already. Easily.

Altaria deserves more love for its mega evolution. Seriosly, it is the only dragon type(as far as I know) without a weakness to dragon.

Its mega evolution is the only one that, although t only fairy type weak against fairy types, is also the only dragon type that isn't weak against other dragon types. Unique!

Altaria is an absolute beast, and its mega evolution looks amazing! It should be at least top ten!

Its mega evolution is the only dragon type to not be weak against fairy types.

Why is he so low he is actually a dragon type he's bellow glaceon and torterra!?!? He's not that bad. Use him as stall. Rough skin and rocky helmet and then use him as cannon fodder.

Druddigon is one of my favorite Dragon types. It has a great design and it is very fun to use. Normally I wouldn't say something like this, but I don't get why it is below pokémon like Torterra that aren't dragging type?

His ability is amazing! Rough skin hurts them every time he gets touched. He's strong and fast, wiped out the entire dragon gyms leaders pokemon alone

Druddigon is some kind of forgotten Pokémon, but with Choice Band this thing hits HARD. Outrage, and Fire Punch with Sheer Force = 100 pow Fire Punch + Choice Band and his attack, this thing is GREAT in RU. Give it more attention.

Honestly, I think Dragalge is way underrated. He has a combination of two of the coolest types in the game. Poison and Dragon. What can be cooler than that? Not to mention he makes a great special wall and sweeper.