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Drapion's Type

POISON

DARK

Drapion's Pokédex #s

National #: 452

Galar #: 286

Armor #: 51

Crown #: --

Sinnoh #: 128

Drapion's Base Stats

HP:: 70

Attack:: 90

Defense:: 110

Sp. Atk:: 60

Sp. Def:: 75

Speed:: 95

Total:: 500

Misc. Info

Height:: 4'3" (1.3m)

Weight:: 135.6 lbs. (61.5 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Bug / Water 3

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,250,000

EV Yield:: 2 Defense

Base EXP:: 175

Catch Rate:: 45

Base Happiness:: 70

Drapion's Abilities

Here are what abilities Drapion can possibly have, along with their effects.

Battle Armor: Damaging moves targeting Drapion cannot inflict critical hits.

Sniper: Drapion's critical hits inflict 2.25× damage instead of 1.5× damage.

Keen Eye: Protects Drapion from having its accuracy lowered and ignores evasion on any Pokémon Drapion targets.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Drapion's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: GROUND

½: GRASS

POISON

GHOST

DARK

immune: PSYCHIC

Drapion's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Drapion evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Skorupi: starting form

Drapion: at level 40

Drapion's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Drapion can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Drapion learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Thunder Fang Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target. Has a separate 10% chance to make the target flinch.	ELECTRIC	65	95%	15	One Target
1	Ice Fang Has a 10% chance to freeze the target. Has a separate 10% chance to make the target flinch.	ICE	65	95%	15	One Target
1	Fire Fang Has a 10% chance to burn the target. Has a separate 10% chance to make the target flinch.	FIRE	65	95%	15	One Target
1	Poison Sting Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	15	100%	35	One Target
1	Leer Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
1	Hone Claws Raises Drapion's Attack and accuracy by one stage.	DARK	--	--	15	User
1	Fell Stinger If the target is knocked out by Fell Stinger, it raises Drapion's Attack by two stages.	BUG	50	100%	25	One Target
9	Poison Fang Has a 50% chance of badly poisoning the target.	POISON	50	100%	15	One Target
12	Bite Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
15	Toxic Spikes Sets down 1 layer of Toxic Spikes. 1 layer poisons foes when they are sent out; 2 layers badly poisons.	POISON	--	--	20	Enemy Field
18	Bug Bite Does double damage if the target has a Berry and then Drapion consumes that Berry immediately.	BUG	60	100%	20	One Target
21	Venoshock Damage is doubled if the target is already poisoned.	POISON	65	100%	10	One Target
24	Knock Off Double damage if the target has a held item and knocks it off.	DARK	65	100%	20	One Target
27	Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by two stages.	NORMAL	--	100%	10	One Target
30	Pin Missile Hits the target two to five times in a row.	BUG	25	95%	20	One Target
33	Toxic Badly poisons the target. 100% accuracy if used by a Poison-type Pokémon.	POISON	--	90%	10	One Target
36	Night Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	DARK	70	100%	15	One Target
39	Cross Poison 10% chance of poisoning the target. Higher crit rate. (+1 stage.)	POISON	70	100%	20	One Target
44	X-Scissor Damages the target.	BUG	80	100%	15	One Target
49	Acupressure Raises a random stat (including Accuracy and Evasion) by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User or Ally
54	Crunch 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Drapion can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM07	Pin Missile Hits the target two to five times in a row.	BUG	25	95%	20	One Target
TM08	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM09	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM15	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM16	Screech Lowers the target's Defense by two stages.	NORMAL	--	85%	40	One Target
TM21	Rest Drapion restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM22	Rock Slide Has a 30% chance of causing all nearby enemies to flinch.	ROCK	75	90%	10	Nearby Enemies
TM23	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Drapion from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM26	Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by two stages.	NORMAL	--	100%	10	One Target
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Drapion is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM43	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM48	Rock Tomb 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	95%	15	One Target
TM49	Sand Tomb Traps the target for 4–5 turns, preventing them from switching or fleeing and also doing 1/8 max HP after every turn.	GROUND	35	85%	15	One Target
TM57	Payback Does double damage if Drapion attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM58	Assurance Does double damage if the target was already damaged this turn.	DARK	60	100%	10	One Target
TM59	Fling Throws Drapion's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM66	Thunder Fang Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target. Has a separate 10% chance to make the target flinch.	ELECTRIC	65	95%	15	One Target
TM67	Ice Fang Has a 10% chance to freeze the target. Has a separate 10% chance to make the target flinch.	ICE	65	95%	15	One Target
TM68	Fire Fang Has a 10% chance to burn the target. Has a separate 10% chance to make the target flinch.	FIRE	65	95%	15	One Target
TM73	Cross Poison 10% chance of poisoning the target. Higher crit rate. (+1 stage.)	POISON	70	100%	20	One Target
TM74	Venoshock Damage is doubled if the target is already poisoned.	POISON	65	100%	10	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM79	Retaliate Damage is doubled if one of your Pokémon fainted during the previous turn.	NORMAL	70	100%	5	One Target
TM81	Bulldoze 100% chance of lowering all nearby Pokémon's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	60	100%	20	All But Self
TM85	Snarl 100% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Sp. Atk by one stage.	DARK	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM94	False Swipe Cannot knock out a Pokémon.	NORMAL	40	100%	40	One Target
TM97	Brutal Swing Damages all nearby Pokémon.	DARK	60	100%	20	All But Self
TM98	Stomping Tantrum Power is doubled if Drapion missed the target last turn.	GROUND	75	100%	10	One Target

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Drapion can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area and other locations.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR00	Swords Dance Raises Drapion's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
TR10	Earthquake Does double damage against targets using Dig.	GROUND	100	100%	10	All But Self
TR12	Agility Raises Drapion's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
TR18	Leech Life Heals Drapion by half the damage dealt.	BUG	80	100%	10	One Target
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Drapion's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR22	Sludge Bomb Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	90	100%	10	One Target
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Drapion's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR31	Iron Tail 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	100	75%	15	One Target
TR32	Crunch 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
TR33	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TR37	Taunt Prevents the target from using Status moves for the next few turns.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
TR46	Iron Defense Raises Drapion's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
TR54	Toxic Spikes Sets down 1 layer of Toxic Spikes. 1 layer poisons foes when they are sent out; 2 layers badly poisons.	POISON	--	--	20	Enemy Field
TR57	Poison Jab Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	80	100%	20	One Target
TR58	Dark Pulse Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
TR60	X-Scissor Damages the target.	BUG	80	100%	15	One Target
TR61	Bug Buzz 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	BUG	90	100%	10	One Target
TR91	Venom Drench Lowers all nearby enemies' Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by one stage if it is poisoned.	POISON	--	100%	20	Nearby Enemies
TR95	Throat Chop Prevents the target from using any sound-based moves for the next two turns.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Drapion can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Drapion.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Sand Attack Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	GROUND	--	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Confuse Ray Confuses the target.	GHOST	--	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Whirlwind Forces the foe to switch out, or ends wild battles.	NORMAL	--	--	20	One Target

Move Tutor Moves

Here are all of the moves that Drapion can learn from Move Tutors. Most of these require the Expansion Pass and can be found in the Isle of Armor's Dojo, costing some Armorite Ore to teach. However, there are a few moves that can be taught aside from this.

	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target	Info
TUTOR	Skitter Smack 100% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Atk by one stage.	BUG		70	90%	10	One Target
TUTOR	Lash Out If Drapion's stats were lowered this turn, Lash Out's power is doubled.	DARK		75	100%	5	One Target

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Drapion learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Thunder Fang Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target. Has a separate 10% chance to make the target flinch.	ELECTRIC	65	95%	15	One Target
1	Ice Fang Has a 10% chance to freeze the target. Has a separate 10% chance to make the target flinch.	ICE	65	95%	15	One Target
1	Fire Fang Has a 10% chance to burn the target. Has a separate 10% chance to make the target flinch.	FIRE	65	95%	15	One Target
1	Poison Sting Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	15	100%	35	One Target
1	Leer Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
1	Hone Claws Raises Drapion's Attack and accuracy by one stage.	DARK	--	--	15	User
1	Fell Stinger If the target is knocked out by Fell Stinger, it raises Drapion's Attack by two stages.	BUG	50	100%	25	One Target
9	Poison Fang Has a 50% chance of badly poisoning the target.	POISON	50	100%	15	One Target
12	Bite Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
15	Toxic Spikes Sets down 1 layer of Toxic Spikes. 1 layer poisons foes when they are sent out; 2 layers badly poisons.	POISON	--	--	20	Enemy Field
18	Bug Bite Does double damage if the target has a Berry and then Drapion consumes that Berry immediately.	BUG	60	100%	20	One Target
21	Venoshock Damage is doubled if the target is already poisoned.	POISON	65	100%	10	One Target
24	Knock Off Double damage if the target has a held item and knocks it off.	DARK	65	100%	20	One Target
27	Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by two stages.	NORMAL	--	100%	10	One Target
30	Pin Missile Hits the target two to five times in a row.	BUG	25	95%	20	One Target
33	Toxic Badly poisons the target. 100% accuracy if used by a Poison-type Pokémon.	POISON	--	90%	10	One Target
36	Night Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	DARK	70	100%	15	One Target
39	Cross Poison 10% chance of poisoning the target. Higher crit rate. (+1 stage.)	POISON	70	100%	20	One Target
44	X-Scissor Damages the target.	BUG	80	100%	15	One Target
49	Acupressure Raises a random stat (including Accuracy and Evasion) by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User or Ally
54	Crunch 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Drapion can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught once per use of the TM.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM05	Roar Forces the foe to switch out, or ends wild battles.	NORMAL	--	--	20	One Target
TM06	Toxic Badly poisons the target. 100% accuracy if used by a Poison-type Pokémon.	POISON	--	90%	10	One Target
TM11	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM12	Taunt Prevents the target from using Status moves for the next few turns.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
TM15	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM17	Protect Protects Drapion from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM18	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM23	Iron Tail 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	100	75%	15	One Target
TM26	Earthquake Does double damage against targets using Dig.	GROUND	100	100%	10	All But Self
TM28	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM30	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TM31	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM32	Double Team Raises Drapion's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM36	Sludge Bomb Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	90	100%	10	One Target
TM39	Rock Tomb 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	95%	15	One Target
TM40	Aerial Ace Doesn't miss the target.	FLYING	60	--	20	One Target
TM41	Torment Prevents the target from using the same move twice in a row.	DARK	--	100%	15	One Target
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Drapion is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Drapion restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM45	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM46	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM54	False Swipe Cannot knock out a Pokémon.	NORMAL	40	100%	40	One Target
TM56	Fling Throws Drapion's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM58	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM62	Bug Buzz 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	BUG	90	100%	10	One Target
TM66	Payback Does double damage if Drapion attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM68	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM70	Flash Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
TM75	Swords Dance Raises Drapion's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
TM78	Snarl 100% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Sp. Atk by one stage.	DARK	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM79	Dark Pulse Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
TM80	Rock Slide Has a 30% chance of causing all nearby enemies to flinch.	ROCK	75	90%	10	Nearby Enemies
TM81	X-Scissor Damages the target.	BUG	80	100%	15	One Target
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Drapion's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM83	Bulldoze 100% chance of lowering all nearby Pokémon's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	60	100%	20	All But Self
TM84	Poison Jab Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	80	100%	20	One Target
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Drapion's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM93	Cut Damages the target.	NORMAL	50	95%	30	One Target
TM96	Strength Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	100%	15	One Target
TM98	Rock Smash 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	40	100%	15	One Target
TM100	Rock Climb Has a 20% chance of confusing the target.	NORMAL	90	85%	20	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Drapion can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Drapion.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Sand Attack Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	GROUND	--	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Confuse Ray Confuses the target.	GHOST	--	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Whirlwind Forces the foe to switch out, or ends wild battles.	NORMAL	--	--	20	One Target
EGG	Screech Lowers the target's Defense by two stages.	NORMAL	--	85%	40	One Target
EGG	Agility Raises Drapion's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
EGG	Night Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	DARK	70	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Poison Tail 10% chance of poisoning the target. Higher crit rate. (+1 stage.)	POISON	50	100%	25	One Target

Drapion's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Drapion's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Drapion's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Drapion is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	250	281	313	344	70
Attack	185	216	248	279	90
Defense	225	256	288	319	110
Sp. Atk	125	156	188	219	60
Sp. Def	155	186	218	249	75
Speed	195	226	258	289	95
Total					500

Where to Find Drapion in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

If you're looking for where to find Drapion, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Drapion in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Special Ways to Get Drapion

Catchable during Dynamax Adventures in Crown Tundra (DLC), level 65.

Drapion in the Wild

Galar Route 8

Random Encounters

Any Weather
5%			Lv. 38-40

Lake of Outrage

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	24%	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
	Lv. 55-58

Getting Drapion By Evolution

Evolves from Skorupi at level 40.

Location information on where to find Drapion in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will be coming to the Marriland Pokédex in a future update! Thank you for your patience!

Pokédex Entries for Drapion

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

Sword

Its poison is potent, but it rarely sees use. This Pokémon prefers to use physical force instead, going on rampages with its car-crushing strength.

Shield

It's so vicious that it's called the Sand Demon. Yet when confronted by Hippowdon, Drapion keeps a low profile and will never pick a fight.

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X Omega Ruby

It takes pride in its strength. Even though it can tear foes apart, it finishes them off with powerful poison.

Y Alpha Sapphire

It has the power in its clawed arms to make scrap of a car. The tips of its claws release poison.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White

Possessing a sturdy build, it takes pride in its strength, taking down foes without using toxins.

Black 2 White 2

It takes pride in its strength. Even though it can tear foes apart, it finishes them off with powerful poison.

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond

It has the power in its clawed arms to make scrap of a car. The tips of its claws release poison.

Pearl

Its body is encased in a sturdy shell. Its head rotates 180 degrees, eliminating blind spots.

Platinum

Possessing a sturdy build, it takes pride in its strength, taking down foes without using toxins.

HeartGold SoulSilver

It attacks people and Pokémon that cross the desert. This has only furthered its bad reputation.