Hello everyone. It’s your friendly neighborhood Daigo again with another addition to the “Focus On” series. Even though Ozymandis has dominated almost every type and what new Generation V Pokemon goes with it, we still have a few types left. Today, I’m going to discuss the new Dragon type Pokemon introduced in Generation V with you all.
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Up next is the only other pure Dragon type from Generation V, #621 Crimgan, the Cave Pokemon. Appearance wise, its okay at best. I mean don’t get me wrong, I like the fact that he’s blue, but he’s just kind of bland in my honest opinion, he just needs a bit more life in him. Now let’s look at his stats. Like Ononokusu, Crimgan has impressive base attack, which stands at 120, but he has mediocre base speed, at 48. If you can ignore his terrible speed, Crimgan is pretty powerful. So if you can adapt to his slow speed, and use his amazing attack to its fullest potential, then he can be considered serious business.
The next Dragon type introduced in Generation V is the legendary Pokemon Reshiram, the White Yang Pokemon. Now just getting this out there now, I like Zekrom over Reshiram. Reshiram reminds me of Falcor from The Neverending Story, and that creature is rather scary looking. BUT onto its stats. Reshiram is more of a Special Attack oriented Pokemon, with 150 base Special Attack, and a really good state spread for the rest of its stats. Its signature attack, Blue Fire will mess stuff up with 130 power, and with a fairly decent accuracy. All in all, Reshiram will be interesting to see in competitive play, but it’s not my favorite of the Dragon legendary group.
The next Dragon Pokemon introduced is my personal favorite, Zekrom, the Black Yin Pokemon. In terms of design, I was excited when I saw Zekrom, because it seemed to me a much more mature Pokemon, and reminded me a lot of Bahamut from the Final Fantasy series. In terms of stats, Zekrom is like the physical counterpart to Reshiram with 150 base attack. This works great for Zekrom, since he learns a plethora of Electric type attacks, two of which are his signature moves Cross Thunder, and Lightning Strike, both of which are physical moves. To quote Raiden from Metal Gear Solid 4, Zekrom is “The lightning the rain transformed.” And with this transformed rain, comes a devastating Pokemon who will be interesting to watch in competitive play.
Finally, we have the last Dragon type Pokemon introduced in Generation V, Kyuremu, the Boundary Pokemon. In terms of design, this guy seems pretty chill. (No pun intended.) He is very balanced offensively, with 130 base Attack and Special Attack, and pretty good stats all across the board, just minus its speed, which is rather slow. Unlike Reshiram and Zekrom, Kyuremu doesn’t learn its signature move at level 100, it instead learns it at level 50. Frozen World is an alright attack, it has okay power, and will get stab from Kyuremu being part Ice type, and the only other perk I see from it is that it lowers the Speed of its opponent each time it’s used. All in all, Kyremu is a pretty cool Pokemon, along with Reshiram and Zekrom it’ll be interesting to see what it can do in the competitive arena.
Pokemon with a secondary Dragon-type:
Well, that’s it everyone, those are the Dragon Pokemon introduced in Generation V. I hope you enjoyed my opinion on them and I can’t wait to see how all of them are going to be used.
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Until next time,
-Daigo
thanks Daigo
oooooooo. I’m also first.
Doesn’t Zekrom have 150 Base Attack?
Daigo is on pain killers right now… don’t be too hard on him haha
Hahahaha it’s ok
onondo’s sprite sped up is way too funny xD i can’t see any of them on the comment page…but i can on the home page? just a heads up…could be my computer…probably…..when do you think we’ll get english names for the starters? Next year?
Naming third stages to be clear:
Warriotter
Ivelord
Pigferno?
Dunno… I suck at naming pokemon… I just desperately hope Oobemu is named “Membrain” and Diaper Vulture is named “Skullture”
Great article Daigo. We got some pretty sweet dragon types this gen. I especially like the legendaries. Reshiram reminds me of some demonic antichrist while Zekrom looks like something from Godzilla ( <3 ).
Will you be switching it up with Ozy frequently? I like the mixture of writing styles/opinions.
ono line: this dragon line rocks, axe jaws: DUDE, PERFECT TIME TO DO THIS CAUSE ITS HALLOWEEN AND THIS POKE REMINDS PEOPLE OF SLASHER FILMS
crimgan: 2 words: craggy dragon
reshiram: angel dragon which has tthe 3rd most powerful fire attack (1st:blast burn, 2nd:overheat): blue fire, but reminds you of wish dragons, but there are only 3 dragons that it reminds of, the 3rd dragon is, what daigo forgot to mention, BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON, having a poke compared to thee most powerful yugioh normal dragon, WICKED
zekrom: when i 1st saw this dragon, i made up my gen v choice, the fact that it learns LIGHTNING STRIKE, thee most powerful electric EVER,sweeeeeet, i compare this dragon to RED EYES BLACK DRAGON, BAHUMUT, METAL GEAR RAY, makes this dragon unbeleivebly WICKED, both dragons caught before battle with N, in a battle scene copied by yugioh 5d’s in the final eps of season 3, WICKED, THIS DRAGON IS A GOOD COMPLIMENT TO SHIBIRUDON, THIS DRAGON HAS INCREASED THE WTF FACTOR ONLY TO BE MATCHED BY THE SPACE-TIME-ANTIMATTER TRIO. THUS MY NEW FAV ELECT LEGEND
kyurem: a pokemon with 2 mysterious moves, increasing the wtf factor on how it learns cold flare and freeze bolt, could require the prev 2 pokemon, luckily it learns psychic, elimating the threat of fighting types, no biting attacks means no crunch or ice fang. the most mysterious thing is that clefaries live above it
No really, what are you talking about
People really dont have the mood to read this whole story, Dino.
gud article but not the best 1
it is looking like something is lacking in d article
i guess that the grass focus on article will be on this site on xmas day
ps. 90% good daigo aka green stig
pps. hope ozy doesnt edit this article
ppps. glee rocky horror show, thee WORST RENDITION EVER.
pppps. *facepalm* daigo, you forgot to compare resh and zek to BEWD and REBD.
ppppps. the voice actor of spongebb is dead
@ppppps- NO! You’re joking right??????
Y do u watch glee if u hate it
i read the uk sun on the computer and they have glee articles in it, especially the lesbo romp, paedophile themes in it and i mainly focus on the negative articles.
ps. plz pj, don’t let ozy do the april fools day article, as he wil dedicate it to glee, *remembers when the staff of beach gave control of the site to holystar*
Oh, I see. You read The Sun.
Explains a bit…
Tom Kenny, aka the voice actor of spongebob, isn’t dead…
You should tell a little bit more about Kyurem. Thisis a rumor, but I think it is worth mentioning that Kyurem probably is the signature Pokemon for the 3th game, Pokemon Grey. I think the rumors going on, saying that Kyurem is gonna get an alternate form are true. Look at this for a moment:
Reshiram -> Yin (White )
Zekrom -> Yang (Black)
Kyurem -> Wuji (Grey)
OMG I HOPE IT WILL GET AN AWESOME ALTERNATE FORM R TRUE!!!… But wait, wouldn’t we have seen that form already. Because Meloetta has an alternate form, and we got that from a hacked dex that let us c all da Pokes. So when would they put it in?…Unless it’s like Giritina, the 3rd in Sinnoh, who got an alternate form in the 3rd version, its version, I just answered my own question so I iz gonna shut up now.
Please, dear God, no… I hate when they go overboard with alternative forms. It’s almost like Gamefreak is saying “Oh no, they don’t like it…. WE’LL MAKE IT BETTER!” *Facepalm* Please no… Giratina was fine the way he was as is Kyurem.
OMG R JU KIDDING MEH?! Giritina Origin Forme was 10x better than regular form! Giritina is meh fav Poke! (until I get 2 play White)
Origin forme was fine, but highly unnecessary. They’re was really no reason to Origin Giratina other than to make a ridiculous plot to the Shaymin movie.
@Ai
Skymin was pretty cool though. And certainly better competitively.
Skymin was fine (although a hedgehog turning into a chihuahua deer thing was… weird but… okay…)
When I first saw his design, I figured he’d have an alternate form just because as it stands now, he resembles a hatched chick. I doubt it would be good marketing to have something that looked like a featherless, weakling baby bird as the title pokemon for a game, lol
Nice article, even if it isnt exactly at ozy’s level.
I love Kibago’s line, though someting seems wrong with Onondo. ONONOKUSO’S JAWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crimgan seems like a bad splice of some sort, its one of the designs I absolutely hate. Right after Gigigear and Chillachino.
Reshiram and Zekrom are both just so epic!!! Especially their animations! I just have difficulty seeing Zekrom most of the time 😛
Kyurem doesnt really seem much like their third counterpart, more like an odd Palkia-Giratina fusion of some sort..
Crimgan=Digimon
crimgan luks awsome
Gigigear sucks
Chillachino luks elegant
ya reshiram & zekrom r epic
Chillachino’s fur, scarf, and elegance seems to be based on the fact that poachers hunt them for their fur, according to Bulbapedia. That being said is another reason I like Chillachino more.
I don’t mean to offend you in any way… but… While I agree in the fact of not liking Crimgan’s design, I really hate people dissing on Chillachino and Gigigear. I know you’re entitled to your own opinion but…
Chillachino, yes… it gets a scarf and hair… but that’s a far better evolution than half of the Gen 1 pokes. Wow, doduo, you grew another head… nice evolution. If you’re going to hate Chillachino because of “Poor design” please go look at Gen 1 again…. please.
As for Gigigear, again the gen 1 factor, but Gear is a piece of machinery without a gender. All he is /is/ a gear, a clockwork, whatever the hell you want to call it. A lot of people wanted him to turn into some cuckoo clock thing, but no one seems to realize that those three gears he has IS inside of every cuckoo clock, in every factory, facility, etc. He’s a set of gears, nothing more. And to be honest, I find him to be a far more interesting pokemon than say, Gobitto, who’s a freakin’ giant robot for God’s sake. And why is it Ground/Ghost? What?
Dont mean to offend ou back, but….
Chillachino is a chillarmy witha scarf. Dodrio added not only another head, but different eyes, headpieces, feet even i think. Look more closely, and think before you type.
Gigiggear – Yeah, and that’s whats so bad. The worst part being that its a tiny face, attached to a million other big gears.looks more like a digimon.
Gobitto- And you have something against a GHOSTLYISH Giant Robot , who ISNT made like every other giant robot in the world, unlike a certain pokemon? And ground ghost, because, a) HES A GIANT ROBOT GHOST, and b) beecoz hes probably made from earthern materials and what not. Though I do feel Steel/Ghost would be better.
Eh, Doduo was the first example I thought of and not the best. There are worse ones, grimer=muk, magnemite=magneton,etc. I don’t really have anything AGAINST Gobitto, I just don’t like the idea of a giant robot pokemon. It’s just not very pokemonish, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like the design. Both of the robots are very well designed and actually very cool looking in the game, I just don’t like the fact that it’s a giant robot ghost thing. Genosect at least makes some sense as to why it’s a robot, but Gobitto is just… eh… to me. I don’t hate it, I just don’t get it.
The “giant robot” stikes me more as a golem sort of thing, similar to how they are in Discworld.
From what I’ve seen, Kyurem is pretty weak competitively. To many weaknesses and it’s speed puts a hurt on it. Big chance Kyurem won’t be in ubers.
By the way, rumors have been spreading based on it’s Pokedex entry that it will gain a stronger alternate form in the third version. The Pokedex states it’s merely a shell of it’s former self.
Kyurem has base stats at 680, he’ll be in Ubers. He’s too powerful for OU play.
Actually, Kyurem has 660 base stas.
Hrm, seriously? Hmm, maybe he will be OU…
Scratch what I just said. Shaymin Sky Forme only has 600 and is Uber.
Also has a terrible movepool, and bad typing.
Actually, if it does get an alt. form, they’ll probably do what they did with Giratina and mess with the stat arrangements. He’ll still probably go to Ubers… or at least his form will.
Hmmm…. these rumors about Kyurem getting a alternative form in the 3rd version… deja vu, anyone?????
diamond/pearl – platinum
black/white – ??????
if Kyurem does get a different form, i’ll be happy BUT it’s platinum all over again.
Hope it’s different form looks cool. ^^
P.S nice focus on. 🙂
IT WILL LOOK AMAZING!!!!!!!!
i hav a shiny reshiram and zekrom,fully trained,but didn teach them blue flame and lightning strike,if anyone has 2 heart scales they dont need,let me know.i did good training these.reshiram is modest nature,and zekrom is adament.very good pokemon,and they know good moves.reshiram knows cross flame,shadow ball,psychic,and draco meteor(thinking of getting rid of that,if i get 3 heart scales)and zekrom knows fly,cross thunder,stone edge,and outrage.and there for competitive battling.fully evd
doubtful you have them shiny. i know someone on the Serebii forums who did over 25,000 resets for Reshiram and it never was shiny for her. theres also a rumor going around that the three Dragons CAN’T be shiny (unless proven otherwise) so you probably got hacks……..or something
Great article !
But I missed the end of the article, the other Dragon Pokes that are not primary dragon .
looks like daigo forgot to put that in. xP
I’ll add it in now. 🙂
My face hurts, I’m lacking wisdom teeth, I’m gonna take more painkillers so just leave my article alone.
no daigo it reaaly needs an edit
ya d edit can ce postpone till u get well
GET WELL SOON
I can’t even comprehend what this poster is trying to say.
Lol.
If you never wanted people to say nothin bad bout your article, shouldn’t have written one.
I hope you understand me :$
next time try wrighting more about the pokemon, like the spirit, area, talk more about looking and stats, just like ozy did.
its good anyway
Ozy’s articles were crap. At least Daigo can spell.
I have to say, you haven’t improved since Shen you did it before, on my iPhone, so ill explain more later why I disliked it.
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Just got 2 things 2 say. 1) Crimgan looks like a Digimon! Not a Poke! 2) I LOVE the animations 4 Reshiram and Zekrom (their tails flaring and pulsing), but was dissapointed when we didn’t c that from Kyuremu, but, I still think he’s awesome.
Guys give daigo a break, he just got his wisdom teeth pulled and he’s on painkillers. he’s probably hella tired/has alot of homework as he’s also a senior.
Sheesh. 😛
I concur.
i prefer reshiram to zekrom, i love how angelic it is 🙂
I like Legendaries being more majestic than badass looking. One reason why the fourth gen legends disappointed me so much.
i 2 prefer reshiram bcos it being fire type 2
I agree, the wolfish snout won me over. I love wolves.
2 things:
-Zekrom’s Attack and Sp.Atk aren’t even. Zekrom’s Attack stat is higher than its Sp.Atk. It’s a way to reflect taht it is the counterpart of Reshiram which focuses on Sp.Atk.
-both Reshiram and Zekrom have 2 signature moves. One of them, they learn at level 50, the other, at level 100. It’s Kyurem that is lacking a 2nd signature move… which will probably be Freeze Bolt and/or Cold Flare…
@Ai with it’s rather average defences, and weaknesses to fighting and steel, it will fall to scizor and lucario and the like. Plus with it’s 95 speed Infernape will simply CC it.
Ice is to bad of a typing to be Uber.
wat is uber
Uber is a tier in competitive battling reserved for pokemon usually with a total of 600 base stats or more (usually legends, except for Garchomp and Salamence) or for pokemon who have the Shadow Tag ability (Wobbuffet and Wynaut… yes Wynaut is uber) Although Shadow Tag Shanderaa and Gochiruzeru will probably not be uber, if only for their stats.
Here’s a list of them- http://www.smogon.com/dp/tiers/uber
Sorry, please actually reply to my comment next time, I just now saw this.
A solution to its poor speed-
Moveset- Special Sweeper-
Dragon Pulse/Draco Meteor
Ice Beam/Blizzard (Sorry but Frozen World doesn’t cut it)
Hidden Power Fire/ Hidden Power Flying (Fire for taking down Lucario, Weavile, Shubarugo, and Scizor, as well as any other threatening Steel type. Flying for taking down any threatening fighting type, most specifically Kojondo and Infernape)
Psychic (a move for taking down fighting types such as Kojondo and Infernape, as well as Roopushin- who I’m seeing a lot of)
This is just a quick unthought of moveset, made quickly in about 3 minutes.
Looking at Kyurem’s stats, he has an awesome 125 Hp, 130 attack, and 130 special attack. His defense and special defense are also at a decent 90 while his speed is at 95. His stats are already far too good for OU play, as he’ll be incredibly broken, but Uber play (with his blessing that is a curse ice typing) allows him to take out pretty much anything. Give him the Choice Scarf as an item to increase his speed, then carefully plan which attack you’re going to use. Simple as that. The Choice Scarf, while not allowing him to outrun Scizor’s priority Bullet Punch, allows him to outrun unscarfed Infernape, Kojondo, and Lucario. And although Bullet Punch can still hit him super effectively, his defense stat and massive HP will allow him to survive at least one hit from it, even with Scizor’s STAB and Technician, and then OHKO him with Hidden Power Fighting. Based Solely on stats, he should be able to OHKO Infernape after Stealth Rock damage with Psychic, OHKO Lucario after Stealth Rock damage with HP Fire, OHKO Kojondo with Psychic, etc.) He can easily take out these pokemon so long as he has Choice Scarf. Same thing goes for Uber.
gr8 wrk
Eh, looking at Smogon’s analysis of it makes my set really suck. Replace Psychic in my set with Focus Blast to deal with Steels, Darks, Rocks, etc. and it’d be more effective.
“and then OHKO him with Hidden Power Fighting” –
Typo, I meant Hidden Power Fire
A solution to its lack of speed won’t do much when it’s weak to most common priority. And it’s weak against Stealth Rock. I just can’t see it being uber, despite its stats.
Well, it’s going to have to be Uber otherwise OU play will be incredibly broken. As for Stealth Rock, you can easily use him as a lead or give him Rapid Spin support from Starmie, Forretress, or Blastoise who resist most of the deadly priority moves, so long as you don’t get Pursuited instead. Forretress, however, isn’t an option if going up against Infernape, so Starmie or Blastoise would be the best option.
Great article 🙂
Just wondering though is that secondary typing posting not happening anymore? Like the part where you post images of pokemon that have the typing as a secondary typing. Like the Dark/Dragon line.
Why is ice weak to everything? Seriously, one of the pokemon devs has a grudge. Did you SEE the ice types in this gen? WEAK. Kyurem’s alternate forme better be legit…
Hey, people, ease up on Daigo. I got my wisdom teeth out a while ago, and let me tell you that it isn’t any fun. Think insane pain, along with crazy hallucinations from painkillers. Plus, eating solid food is pretty much impossible.
Get well soon, Daigo! <3
I cried trying to eat a cookie earlier. I hate this crap.
Wow, this sounds really weird – I’m just wondering about the painkillers. When I got braces put in, the only side efeect was being unable to feel my mouth for a few hours, but you guys are hallucinating and stuff…
They give you some pretty heavy stuff — I had Vicodin, among other things. It makes the stuff they give you for braces seem like children’s Tylonol. :<