""""Dragon""""-Type

>Trainer in Blackthorn Gym: "Dragons are sacred Pokemon. They are full of life energy."

>Dratini Pokedex entry: "Dratini continually molts and sloughs off its old skin. It does so because the life energy within its body steadily builds to reach uncontrollable levels."

>Alolan Exeggutor Moon Pokedex entry: "As it grew taller and taller, it outgrew its reliance on psychic powers, while within it awakened the power of the sleeping dragon."

>One of the last moves that Lucario, the Pokemon whose fighting style revolves around life energy, learns by level-up is Dragon Pulse.

Dragon in Pokemon is an element. Monster Hunter also has monsters that look like Dragons, but aren't of the Dragon Element.

A Dragon-type Pokemon is a Pokemon with Dragon Elemental powers.

>>31465597
>Guzzlord
>Noivern

I'll give you everyone else but those two are clearly Dragons

Could someone explain like I'm five why Ampharos' Mega was a partial Dragon type again? I've never bothered to ask if anyone could come up with a reason behind it and always thought it was a fucking dumb idea because of it.

>>31465633
His name has the kanji for dragon.
That's the reason/joke.

>>31465597
>implying trees aren't dragons
>implying dinosaurs aren't dragons
>implying bats aren't dragons
>implying mechas aren't dragons

>>31465633
It's a pun in japanese. Its name is denryu and ryu means dragon.

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>>31465633

It's a pun.

Ampharos's Japanese name is Denryu, which can mean either "electric current" or "electric dragon" (Ryu means dragon).

Also Mega Ampharos's long white hair gives it a resemblance to the typical Chinese dragon.

>>31465633
>>31465641
>>31465674
>>31465678
Then why did the Japs name Denryu a Pokemon like Ampharos?

>>31465656
>>31465674
>>31465678
Ohkay.. even if it's a stupid reason, makes sense. Thanks guys.

>>31465641
> His name has the kanji for dragon.
You know that japanese Pokemon names are written in kanas right?

>>31465693
idk, maybe read those posts you linked, buddy

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>>31465597
Im kinda glad they made Exeggutor a Dragon. It was always a strong pokemon held back for being a Psychic type. It also makes the form feel "special" somewhat despite only growing a neck and tail.

>>31465841
Except normal Eggy is better

>>31465856
>Poor Secondary STAB
>More weaknesses
>Knock Off weak
>Less coverage
How?

>>31465597
>wyvern
>not a dragon
nigga what

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>>31465625
C O P E
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>>31465597
Noivern is literally based off of a wyvren. Hell, it's even in it's name. Fuck you, OP.

>>31465633
Lmao fuck that weeaboo shit

>>31466576
Are you the same retards who say that Dark type isn't evil?

>>31465757
No shit, Dick Tracy

>>31466551
>implying wyverns are dragons

>>31466588
wyvern*

>Zygarde
>The great balancer of Xerneas and Yveltal
>Gets shat on by Xerneas

>>31465856
no it isn't. it's not even remotely close how better the alolan form is.

>>31465757
those are all its face

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>>31466540

>>31465597
Dragon in pokemon is also synonymous for "weird" and "obscure". Gargoyles are obscure ornaments but arent usually related to dragons in the real world. Same goes for the creature Noibat was based off of. Kindra is a fucking seahorse but is a dragon because some guy in the 1800's found a seahorse and thought "that kinda looks like what a dragon would look like if they existed I guess so its a seadragon".

>>31466736

The Japanese word for seahorse also means "dragon's bastard child"

>>31465937
It just sucks that it didn't keep chlorophyll, at least it can still do some stuff with Harvest.

>>31465757
I don't think I'll get over those silly tiny bat wings Guzzlord has on the side

>>31466888
Trick Room > Chlorophyll

>>31466629
does he still with full gundam mode

>>31465625
Literally this

>>31465597
>Exeggutor
It's based on Dragon Palm Trees
>Tyrunt
You know, all the dragon legends started because they've found Dinosaur fossils and thought they were mythological creatures,
>Altaria
Like Tyrunt, it is based on Pengornis, a prehistoric dinosaur bird-like from what the chinese legend of Peng came from.
>Ampharos
His name in japanese is Denryuu, what goes to "electric dragon"
>Zygarde
That happened mostly because of his 50% form
>Noivern
Come on, it actually looks like a Wyvern-type Dragon

I'll give you Guzzlord. That thing is hideous.

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Guzzlord is basically a kid-friendly version of the Gaping Dragon from Dark Souls

>>31468262
Why this shit can be called a Dragon and Noivern can't?

>>31468107
Even worse. Power Construct doesn't even nullify the Fairy Aura unlike Aura Break does

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>>31468262

They even have the same tiny head above their huge "mouths"

>>31466576
>Martian Scripts
kys

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>>31468289
It's pretty clearly a dragon

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>>31465757
guzzlord has four eyes

More Ghost-type pokémon are solid objects than fluid.
I punched a chandelier once and it broke.

>>31468564
Not anything more than Noivern

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>>31465597
Zygarde is Getter Dragon, dude.

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>>31465633
His name can also be read as Electric Wyvern(電竜)

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>>31465625
Well, that actually makes sense.

>>31465625

What does dragon energy feel like?

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>>31469103

>no turntonator

>>31469103
What does the Lifestream feel like?
There is your answer.

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>>31469122

>implying turtles aren't dragons

>>31466602
/tg/ pls

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>>31469103

Sort of blue-ish

>>31466602
They are.

Next question.

>>31465757
Both of those are its real face

If it can have tongueclaws it can have two faces too

>>31469254

They're pseudo-dragons.

>>31469421
No, Psuedodragons are entirely different. They make good familiars, though.

>>31469151
Bowser isn't a dragon though.

>>31469897

In terms of design, he's a turtle-dragon-ox hybrid.

>>31465597
this never made sense to me
since when can a sheep do a dragon
just as bad as a cloud dragoning

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>>31469103
Like a stream, it is invigorating.

>>31465625
fpbp

>>31468342
That's not a tiny mouth. It's just the opening of the entire thing. It's mouth over time stretched across the entire body. There's no lower jaw on the "head".

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>>31469103

>>31468968
Suace?

>>31465803
No, I don't give enough shits about moonrunes to distinguish that.

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>it doesn't look like a western dragon so it can't be a dragon

>>31473450
They don't look like any dragon at all outside of the bat one being based on Wyverns you weeaboo mongoloid.

>>31468381
underage spotted

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>>31473450
>>31473474
Even western dragons never kept to "traditional looks". "Dragon" has pretty much always just been another word for monster.
Pic related. It's an actual medieval painting of dragons.

>>31473535
I want one of those things as a Pokemon

>>31473646
but then you'd have a thread complaining about them being dragon types because of them not resembling typical media depictions of dragons

>>31473535
14(?)-eyed, 8-legged, two-headed dragons.

Sounds good to me.

>>31473535
That needs to be a Pokemon, something that always hits cause it has eyes everywhere.
Anankos?

>>31473646
>>31473794
Bug/Dragon
Due to the two heads, many eyes, many legs, and curled tail, some people believe that these dragons were painted from someone's description of a scorpion.

Anything vaguely reptilian can be interpreted as a dragon.

>>31470941
kek

>>31465693
In daoist iconography there are 5 directions associated with color and animal, one of which is a yellow dragon that represents "center" some interpretations paint it as a mythic animal called the Kirin, which is a mix of a traditonal oriental dragon (with mane and antlers) and a horse; it is also associated with thunder and lightning. Kirin is also the name early Japanese gave to the giraffe when they first saw one, conflating the brown spots to a scaled pattern. Denryu is a pun on electrical current, electric dragon, and it's a yellow longneck animal like a giraffe, aka kirin, named after the kirin, the electric dragon.

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>>31473920
>Mono-Dragon can set up sticky web with this mon

>>31465625
I'm going to turn this into an image

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>>31473535
>>31472757
These guys get it
>the dragons in pic related that are actually shaped like "modern" dragons are still made up of different animals

When will you overthinking nerds realize that types are super powers, not genetic indicators. A fish may usually be a water type but doesn't have to be

>>31474356
Agreed look at stunfisk

>>31473920
Gonna try drawing this.

>>31465633
it was also based off the myth that shearing sheep turned them into dragons
fucking japs

>>31465757
Lower set of eyes is nose (yes/no)?

>>31465757
I never really noticed how "over designed" Guzzlord is

and I love it

>>31469103
can't you feel it?

>>31474700
see>>31468733
those are all eyes. Guzzlord has no fake face.

>>31465597
>Zygarde
>Guzzlord
>big, sharp claws
>gaping maws with jagged teeth
>large, powerful tails
>wings
I dunno Oh-Pee sounds like dragons to me.
>Noivern
>he hasn't heard of a wyvern
>Tyrantrum
>he doesn't know that dinosaurs are dragons
>>31469966
Fuck.
>tfw one-shotting him from a distance with the Dragon (I think) class's upgraded special ability
Only later did I find out that he was supposed to be turbo hard.

>>31473535
This looks scary as fuck

>>31465597
FAGGOT
AG
G G
G G
O O
T T

>>31474667
Anon, you still here?

>>31465757
>Guzzlord eats Pokebeans in one gulp

I love this beast.

I like the fact that out of all the fossils, the T-Rex gets the honor of being part dragon

>>31469103
referring back to monster hunter
>looks like black/red lightning
>makes you lose the potential for maximum damage

>>31469103
Blue and red fire.

>>31473794
Compoundeyes?

>>31476035
Nah, I'm talking better No Guard, only goes your way. Instead of both ways.

>>31465628
How about just Noivern.

>>31476089
how is guzzlord not a dragon?

>>31475809
Had dinner, watched a film. I'm back at it now

>>31468733
>four eyes
lol what a nerd

>>31475783
"eyes where eyes shouldn't be" is a great way to make something unsettling

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>this is a dragon

>>31476844
I... why do I want to fuck that.

>>31474188
post the image, anon

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>>31476351
First concept, open to suggestions (especially about colours)
Tried to make it insect-ish with the 8 legs but the front and back ones have toes so up close it might resemble a dragon more.

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>>31476970
Good work, Anon.
Well, maybe pick a color that compliments dark green to replace the yellow.

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>>31469103
>>31476018
So something like this.

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>>31477071
Jesus Christ.

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>>31475038
Eh, like most "hard" SMT bosses, he is only hard if you don't abuse the demons and the fusion system. Also The Dragon's Ability that gives you a range of +6 is retarded, couple it with Kishin/Fiend and you be killing 2 units in a single turn.
Yamato did nothing wrong

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>>31476970
Alternate design sketch, more upright and lurching with a more obvious fake face, but resembles a scorpion less and more an octopus/elephant skull abomination.

>>31465633
You have to go back to your site fellow reddittor

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>>31477071
>unstable_environment_intensifies.gif

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>>31477036
I was afraid the colours would be too similar to Rayquaza on that one, and taking your advice, here's a palette that hopefully gels better.

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>>31469103
Something a protean Greninja will never feel.

>>31477402
naisu

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>>31477402
Neet.