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Drapion

Ogre Scorpion Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Drapion

Drapion (shiny)

Height: 1.3 m
Weight: 61.5 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth rateslow

Base EXP175

Has a brutish, ferocious temperament. With immense strength and a sturdy shell off which swords will bounce, it rampages about and wreaks havoc.

In Pokémon GO · 2453 max CP 2 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

HP

70

Attack

90

Defense

110

Sp. Atk

60

Sp. Def

75

Speed

95

Total

500

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Protects against critical hits.

Strengthens critical hits to inflict 3× damage rather than 2×.

Prevents accuracy from being lowered.

Egg groups: Bug, Water 3

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Dark½×

Immune to

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Swords Dance

RU

Moves

Item

Shuca Berry

NatureJolly+Spe/−SpA

EV spread

Atk252

Def4

Spe▲252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Drapion

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Diamond

Pearl

Platinum

X

Friend Safari Route 19

Y

Friend Safari Route 19

Ultra Sun

Ultra Space Wilds

Ultra Moon

Ultra Space Wilds

Sword

Bridge Field East Lake Axewell Giant's Cap Lake of Outrage Motostoke Riverbank North Lake Miloch Route 8

Shield

Bridge Field East Lake Axewell Giant's Cap Lake of Outrage Motostoke Riverbank North Lake Miloch Route 8

Isle of Armor (Sword)

Challenge Beach Challenge Road Forest of Focus Honeycalm Sea Soothing Wetlands Stepping-Stone Sea Training Lowlands Workout Sea

Isle of Armor (Shield)

Challenge Beach Challenge Road Forest of Focus Honeycalm Sea Soothing Wetlands Stepping-Stone Sea Training Lowlands Workout Sea

Crown Tundra (Sword)

Crown Tundra (Shield)

Evolution

Skorupi

Lv. 40

Drapion

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Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Drapion can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Sludge BombSTAB

Throat ChopSTAB

Moves

Find a move23 of 23

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Fell Stinger Raises the user’s Attack by two stages if it KOs the target.	Bug	Physical	50	100	25
1	Fire Fang Has a chance to burn the target and a chance to make the target flinch.	Fire	Physical	65	95	15
1	Hone Claws Raises the user’s Attack and accuracy by one stage.	Dark	Status	—	—	15
1	Ice Fang Has a chance to freeze the target and a chance to make the target flinch.	Ice	Physical	65	95	15
1	Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Poison Sting Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
1	Thunder Fang Has a chance to paralyze the target and a chance to make the target flinch.	Electric	Physical	65	95	15
6	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
9	Poison Fang Has a chance to badly poison the target.	Poison	Physical	50	100	15
11	Venoshock Inflicts double damage if the target is Poisoned.	Poison	Special	65	100	10
15	Toxic Spikes Scatters poisoned spikes, poisoning opposing Pokémon that switch in.	Poison	Status	—	—	20
16	Pursuit Has double power against, and can hit, Pokémon attempting to switch out.	Dark	Physical	40	100	20
18	Bug Bite If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry.	Bug	Physical	60	100	20
18	Cross Poison Has an increased chance for a critical hit and a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Physical	70	100	20
24	Knock Off Target drops its held item.	Dark	Physical	65	100	20
25	Swords Dance Raises the user’s Attack by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
27	Scary Face Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	100	10
30	Pin Missile Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Bug	Physical	25	95	20
33	Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.	Poison	Status	—	90	10
34	X-Scissor Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Bug	Physical	80	100	15
36	Night Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit.	Dark	Physical	70	100	15
43	Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
49	Acupressure Raises one of a friendly Pokémon’s stats at random by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	—	30

Sprites & renders

18 sprites & renders for Drapion.

Official artwork

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“Drapion”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/drapion.

Species data from PokéAPI.