--- title: "Dracovish (#0882): Stats, Weaknesses, Moves & Lore | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/pokemon/dracovish" description: "Dracovish (#0882): Water/Dragon-type Fossil Pokémon from Galar. Base stat total 505. Stats, matchups, evolutions, moves, every Pokédex entry and lore on pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-21" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" last_checked: "2026-10-20" --- #0882 · Galar · Generation 8 · fossil # Dracovish Fossil Pokémon · Water/Dragon-type ![Dracovish official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/882.webp) Dracovish is a [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water)/[Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/dragon)-type Pokémon, the Fossil Pokémon, number 882 (#0882) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the [Galar](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/galar) region. It is 2.3 m tall and weighs 215 kg. Dracovish is a fish's head fused to a drake's legs and tail, a fossil Pokémon the Pokédex credits as the top predator of its age. Its legs can exceed 60 km/h (40 mph), but the Pokédex says it cannot breathe unless it is underwater. ## How to pronounce Dracovish Dracovish is pronounced **DRAY-koh-vish**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable. Listen to Dracovish said out loud: [Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/882.mp3) In Japanese it is ウオノラゴン (Uonoragon). Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce). ## Lore ### Biology Dracovish is 2.3 m tall and weighs 215 kg. The round head has a triangular plate on top, three sharp teeth, rectangular pupils and two fins under the jaw. The neck carries a red stripe with curved spikes, and the green striped legs end in feet with three red claws. ### Behaviour The Pokédex says powerful legs and jaws made Dracovish the top predator of its age, until overhunting its prey drove it to extinction. In the anime Ash's Dracovish can awaken a hidden power that wraps the spikes on its chest in red aura, letting it bind or jab its targets. ### Habitat The Pokédex names no habitat. Wild ones appear only in Max Raid Battles on Snowslide Slope in the Crown Tundra. ### Powers Dracovish has Water Absorb or Strong Jaw, with Sand Rush hidden. Its signature move is Fishious Rend, which doubles to 170 power if Dracovish strikes first or the target has just switched in, and Strong Jaw adds a further 50%; only Dracovish and Arctovish can learn it. It also uses Dragon Rush and Crunch. With 90 Attack and 100 Defense, it relies on Fishious Rend for its punch. ### Name origin Dracovish may combine dracō, Latin for 'dragon', with 'fish', and possibly 'vicious' or the Ordovician, a geological period. The Japanese name is Uonoragon (ウオノラゴン), which may combine uo ('fish'), the particle no and 'dragon'. ### Design inspiration Its lower half looks like a stegosaur, while the top half looks like Dunkleosteus, an armoured prehistoric fish. Bulbapedia suggests that mounting the head at the tip of the tail may reference the first reconstruction of Elasmosaurus. These are fan readings. ### Evolution notes Dracovish does not evolve. It is revived by combining a Fossilized Fish with a Fossilized Drake. ### In the games Dracovish is revived by Cara Liss on Route 6 in Sword and Shield, the games that introduced it, from a Fossilized Fish and a Fossilized Drake. Scarlet, Violet and Legends: Z-A do not offer it. ### In the anime Ash's Dracovish debuted in 'A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That!', restored from fossils in the Wild Area, and chased Ash around until he realised it only wanted a swim. It later fought Leon's Dragapult in 'Toying With Your Motions!'. ### Fun facts - Bulbapedia lists it as the only Dragon type whose body is just a head and legs. - In 'Thrash of the Titans!', Ash's Dracovish clamped down on Iris's Dragonite with Fishious Rend. - In Pokémon Adventures, Marvin catches a Dracovish and nicknames it Drakey, and it later turns out to have been Cara Liss's Pokémon all along. Sources: [Bulbapedia: Dracovish (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Dracovish_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Bulbapedia: Fishious Rend (move)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Fishious_Rend_(move)) · [Bulbapedia: Ash's Dracovish](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash%27s_Dracovish) ## Base stats - HP: **90** - Attack: **90** - Defense: **100** - Sp. Atk: **70** - Sp. Def: **80** - Speed: **75** Dracovish’s base stat total is **505**. Its highest stat is Defense. ## Type matchups ### What is Dracovish weak to? Dracovish takes extra damage from [Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/dragon) (2×), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) (2×) moves. It resists [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire) (¼×), [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water) (¼×), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel) (½×). ## Evolution Dracovish does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon. ## Abilities - [Water Absorb](https://pokee.si/abilities/water-absorb): Absorbs Water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP. - [Strong Jaw](https://pokee.si/abilities/strong-jaw): Strengthens biting moves to 1.5× their power. - [Sand Rush](https://pokee.si/abilities/sand-rush) (hidden ability): Doubles Speed during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage. ## Moves ### Moves Dracovish learns by level up in Sword / Shield | Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Tackle](https://pokee.si/moves/tackle) | Normal | Physical | 40 | | 1 | [Water Gun](https://pokee.si/moves/water-gun) | Water | Special | 40 | | 7 | [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect) | Normal | Status | — | | 14 | [Brutal Swing](https://pokee.si/moves/brutal-swing) | Dark | Physical | 60 | | 21 | [Ancient Power](https://pokee.si/moves/ancient-power) | Rock | Special | 60 | | 28 | [Bite](https://pokee.si/moves/bite) | Dark | Physical | 60 | | 35 | [Dragon Breath](https://pokee.si/moves/dragon-breath) | Dragon | Special | 60 | | 42 | [Stomp](https://pokee.si/moves/stomp) | Normal | Physical | 65 | | 49 | [Super Fang](https://pokee.si/moves/super-fang) | Normal | Physical | — | | 56 | [Crunch](https://pokee.si/moves/crunch) | Dark | Physical | 80 | | 63 | [Fishious Rend](https://pokee.si/moves/fishious-rend) | Water | Physical | 85 | | 70 | [Dragon Pulse](https://pokee.si/moves/dragon-pulse) | Dragon | Special | 85 | | 77 | [Dragon Rush](https://pokee.si/moves/dragon-rush) | Dragon | Physical | 100 | ### TM moves (39) Dracovish can learn 39 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: [Mega Kick](https://pokee.si/moves/mega-kick), [Hyper Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/hyper-beam), [Giga Impact](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-impact), [Rest](https://pokee.si/moves/rest), [Rock Slide](https://pokee.si/moves/rock-slide), [Snore](https://pokee.si/moves/snore), [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect), [Rain Dance](https://pokee.si/moves/rain-dance), [Whirlpool](https://pokee.si/moves/whirlpool), [Facade](https://pokee.si/moves/facade), [Dive](https://pokee.si/moves/dive), [Rock Tomb](https://pokee.si/moves/rock-tomb), [Rock Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/rock-blast), [Brine](https://pokee.si/moves/brine), [Ice Fang](https://pokee.si/moves/ice-fang), [Round](https://pokee.si/moves/round), [Bulldoze](https://pokee.si/moves/bulldoze), [Brutal Swing](https://pokee.si/moves/brutal-swing), [Stomping Tantrum](https://pokee.si/moves/stomping-tantrum), [Body Slam](https://pokee.si/moves/body-slam), [Hydro Pump](https://pokee.si/moves/hydro-pump), [Surf](https://pokee.si/moves/surf), [Low Kick](https://pokee.si/moves/low-kick), [Earthquake](https://pokee.si/moves/earthquake), [Waterfall](https://pokee.si/moves/waterfall), [Leech Life](https://pokee.si/moves/leech-life), [Substitute](https://pokee.si/moves/substitute), [Outrage](https://pokee.si/moves/outrage), [Endure](https://pokee.si/moves/endure), [Sleep Talk](https://pokee.si/moves/sleep-talk), [Crunch](https://pokee.si/moves/crunch), [Dragon Pulse](https://pokee.si/moves/dragon-pulse), [Earth Power](https://pokee.si/moves/earth-power), [Zen Headbutt](https://pokee.si/moves/zen-headbutt), [Iron Head](https://pokee.si/moves/iron-head), [Stone Edge](https://pokee.si/moves/stone-edge), [Scald](https://pokee.si/moves/scald), [Psychic Fangs](https://pokee.si/moves/psychic-fangs), [Liquidation](https://pokee.si/moves/liquidation). Move tutor moves (2): [Draco Meteor](https://pokee.si/moves/draco-meteor), [Meteor Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/meteor-beam). ## Breeding & training - Gender: genderless. - Egg groups: Undiscovered. - Egg cycles: 35 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 4,480). - Catch rate: 45 out of 255. - Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50. - Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100). - Defeating it gives 2 Defense effort values. - Base experience yield: 177. ## Pokédex entries Its mighty legs are capable of running at speeds exceeding 40 mph, but this Pokémon can't breathe unless it's underwater. *(Shield)* Powerful legs and jaws made it the apex predator of its time. Its own overhunting of its prey was what drove it to extinction. *(Sword)* ## Names around the world - **Japanese**: ウオノラゴン - **Romaji**: Uonoragon - **French**: Hydragon - **German**: Pescragon - **Spanish**: Dracovish - **Italian**: Dracovish - **Korean**: 어래곤 - **Chinese (Simplified)**: 鳃鱼龙 - **Chinese (Traditional)**: 鰓魚龍 ## Trivia - Heaviest Water type in Gen 8: 215 kg. - Highest Defense among Water types in Gen 8: 100, shared with 1 other. - Taller than 92% of all Pokémon (2.3 m). - Heavier than 93% of all Pokémon (215 kg). - Base stat total 505, ranked #262 of 1,025. - One of 5 Pokémon that are both Water and Dragon. - One of 130 green Pokémon. - Number 73 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar). - Can learn 50 different moves in Sword / Shield. - Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health. - Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries. ## Sources and fact-checking - Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: [PokéAPI](https://pokeapi.co) open game data. - Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Dracovish (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Dracovish_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Bulbapedia: Fishious Rend (move)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Fishious_Rend_(move)), [Bulbapedia: Ash's Dracovish](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash%27s_Dracovish). - Pronunciation (DRAY-koh-vish): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it. **Last checked:** 20 October 2026. 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