#0691 · Kalos · Generation 6

Dragalge

Mock Kelp Pokémon · Poison/Dragon-type

Dragalge is a Poison/Dragon-type Pokémon, the Mock Kelp Pokémon, number 691 (#0691) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 6 and comes from the Kalos region. It is 1.8 m tall and weighs 81.5 kg.

Dragalge is the Mock Kelp Pokémon at its deadliest: a Poison and Dragon sea dragon whose poison, the Pokédex says, can corrode a tanker's hull. Ships that sail into its seas, the old stories go, are never seen again.

How to pronounce Dragalge

Dragalge is pronounced druh-GAL-jee. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Dragalge said out loud:

In Japanese it is ドラミドロ (Dramidoro).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Dragalge is a dull-brown sea dragon, 1.8 m tall and 81.5 kg, whose body curls into a shape a little like a 3. Its light purple sides are marked with slender vertical lines, its head carries a red, leaf-shaped crest and a pair of brownish-green antennae, and three small spikes run down its back. The Pokédex says it makes dragon energy by lifting the plume on its head out of the sea to soak up sunlight.

Behaviour

Dragalge is territorial and sprays its poison indiscriminately at anything that enters its waters. It lies hidden in seaweed and surprises prey such as Finizen with a squirt of poison.

Habitat

The Pokédex names no habitat. In Scarlet it lives in the North Paldean Sea and in 5-star and 6-star Tera Raid Battles, while Violet players must trade for it. In Legends: Z-A it is found in Wild Zone 20 and the Sewers, with more in Hyperspace Lumiose.

Powers

Its Abilities are Poison Point and Poison Touch, with Adaptability hidden. It fires Sludge Bomb, Dragon Pulse and Hydro Pump, and learns Outrage at level 66. With 123 base Special Defense and 97 Special Attack it is a slow but sturdy special attacker. Mega Dragalge, from Legends: Z-A, stays Poison and Dragon and gains Regenerator. It is bigger and draped in kelp, with six cape-like fronds and antler-shaped antennae, and Bulbapedia says its liquid makes cells regenerate wildly, healing it but poisoning everything else.

Name origin

Dragalge may combine dragon and algae. The Japanese name is Dramidoro (ドラミドロ), possibly from dragon and aomidoro, a genus of green algae.

Design inspiration

Dragalge looks like a leafy seadragon, though its shape and appendages also resemble the weedy seadragon, and both animals disguise themselves as seaweed. Bulbapedia notes that the Skrelp and Dragalge Pokédex entries keep alluding to rotten kelp, and rotting seaweed can give off toxic gas. Mega Dragalge seems to resemble real kelps, with head bulbs like the floats of Sargassum seaweed. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Dragalge evolves from Skrelp at level 48.

In the games

Elite Four member Drasna is paired with a Dragalge in Pokémon Masters EX. Mega Dragalge was introduced in Legends: Z-A, though the species itself first appeared in X and Y.

In the anime

Two wild Dragalge first showed up in 'An Undersea Place to Call Home!', where they helped weld the wreck of the S.S. Cussler together into a home for sea Pokémon.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says Mega Dragalge's base Special Defense is the highest of all Mega-Evolved Pokémon.
• A 2023 Pokémon World Championships segment on commonly mispronounced names gave the pronunciation as 'druh-GAL-jee'.
• In Generation IX Dragalge cannot learn Dragon Tail by TM, while Skrelp can.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Dragalge (Pokémon) · Serebii: Dragalge (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 65
• Attack: 75
• Defense: 90
• Sp. Atk: 97
• Sp. Def: 123
• Speed: 44

Dragalge’s base stat total is 494. Its highest stat is Sp. Def.

Type matchups

What is Dragalge weak to?

Dragalge takes extra damage from Ice (2×), Ground (2×), Psychic (2×), Dragon (2×) moves.

It resists Grass (¼×), Fire (½×), Water (½×), Electric (½×), Fighting (½×), Poison (½×), Bug (½×).

Evolution

What does Dragalge evolve from?

Dragalge evolves from Skrelp at level 48.

Dragalge is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Skrelp, Dragalge.

Forms

• Mega Dragalge (Mega): Poison/Dragon-type, base stat total 594 (HP 65, Attack 85, Defense 105, Sp. Atk 132, Sp. Def 163, Speed 44). Ability: Regenerator.

Abilities

• Poison Point: Has a 30% chance of poisoning attacking Pokémon on contact.
• Poison Touch: Has a 30% chance of poisoning target Pokémon upon contact.
• Adaptability (hidden ability): Increases the same-type attack bonus from 1.5× to 2×.

Moves

Moves Dragalge learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (46)

Dragalge can learn 46 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Water Pulse, Acid Spray, Thief, Chilling Water, Facade, Poison Tail, Icy Wind, Mud Shot, Venoshock, Endure, Rain Dance, Snowscape, Sleep Talk, Waterfall, Rest, Toxic Spikes, Gunk Shot, Substitute, Liquidation, Shadow Ball, Dragon Pulse, Surf, Thunderbolt, Play Rough, Hydro Pump, Sludge Bomb, Giga Impact, Outrage, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Draco Meteor, Tera Blast, Haze, Toxic, Spite, Scald, Flip Turn, Scale Shot, Whirlpool, Muddy Water, Sludge Wave.

Egg moves (4), which Skrelp can hatch knowing:Acid Armor, Dragon Tail, Haze, Twister.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Water 1, Dragon.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 55 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Sp. Def effort values.
• Base experience yield: 173.

Pokédex entries

Dragalge generates dragon energy by sticking the plume on its head out above the ocean's surface and bathing it in sunlight. (Shield)

Dragalge uses a poisonous liquid capable of corroding metal to send tankers that enter its territory to the bottom of the sea. (Sword)

It blends in with seaweed to ambush its prey and then takes them down with a poisonous liquid strong enough to melt metal. (Ultra Moon)

This vicious Pokémon sprays a poisonous liquid on opponents that come near. For whatever reason, it gets along really well with Dhelmise. (Ultra Sun)

Tales are told of ships that wander into seas where Dragalge live, never to return. (Y, Alpha Sapphire)

Their poison is strong enough to eat through the hull of a tanker, and they spit it indiscriminately at anything that enters their territory. (X, Omega Ruby)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 82% of all Pokémon (1.8 m).
• Heavier than 78% of all Pokémon (81.5 kg).
• Base stat total 494, ranked #335 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Def, ranked #38 of 1,025.
• One of 3 Pokémon that are both Poison and Dragon.
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 42 of 72 Pokémon introduced in Generation 6 (Kalos).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 56 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 55: about 7.2% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 6 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Dragalge (Pokémon), Serebii: Dragalge (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (druh-GAL-jee): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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