Dragon Type Guide: Strengths & Counters
Explore the Dragon type: learn its strengths, weaknesses, resistances, immunities and practical tips for VGC and Showdown ladder play.
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Offense rank
#16 · Bad
Defense rank
#11 · Poor
Offensive power
97%
Defensive strength
95%
What Is Dragon Strong Against? Offensive Matchups
Strong against
Not very effective against
Has no effect
Draconic power truly threatens only its own kind, dulled against unyielding Steel and completely nullified by pure Fairy magic.
Super-Effective
- Dragon
Legendary beasts duel equals.
Not Very Effective
- Steel
Scales can’t melt iron beams.
Ineffective
- Fairy
Fairy magic negates draconic force.
What Is Dragon Weak To? Defensive Matchups
Weak to
Resists
Immune to
Dragons fear deep freeze, rival dragons, and fairy spells, yet their elemental mastery shrugs off Fire, Water, Grass, and Electric with regal ease.
Weak To
- Ice
Cold slows reptilian blood.
- Dragon
Civil wars of wyrms cause great harm.
- Fairy
Storybook purity defeats greed.
Resistant To
- Fire
Dragonhide is fireproof.
- Water
Scales channel tide.
- Grass
Nature bends before dragons.
- Electric
Thunder rolls off ancient hide.
Uneven Matchups
- Dragon→Fire1×←Fire→0.5×
- Dragon→Water1×←Water→0.5×
- Dragon→Electric1×←Electric→0.5×
- Dragon→Grass1×←Grass→0.5×
- Dragon→Ice1×←Ice→2×
- Dragon→Steel0.5×←Steel→1×
- Dragon→Fairy0×←Fairy→2×
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