Dreepy
Dreepy is a Dragon/Ghost-type Pokémon, the Lingering Pokémon, number 885 (#0885) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 0.5 m tall and weighs 2 kg.
Dreepy is the Lingering Pokémon, the reborn ghost of a creature from prehistoric seas that still wanders the places it used to live. On its own, the Pokédex says, even a child could beat it, but with friends to train with it can evolve into something far stronger.
How to pronounce Dreepy
Dreepy is pronounced DREE-pee. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Dreepy said out loud:
In Japanese it is ドラメシヤ (Dorameshiya).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Dreepy is a small, green reptile-like Pokémon, 0.5 m tall and 2 kg, with a serpentine body and two long front limbs. Its head is a deeper green with yellow eyes, pink gills and eyelids, and big horns tipped in pink; three fins circle a dark stripe near its tail.
Behaviour
The Pokédex says groups of Dreepy fly at high speed over the ocean in the evening, prodding Pokémon in the water as a game. It also likes to snap at Clauncher, though it does not feed on them, and the Pokédex says this is a leftover from when it was alive.
Habitat
The Pokédex says it drifts back to its old haunts in the prehistoric seas where it lived before becoming a ghost. In Scarlet and Violet it is a Violet exclusive in the wild, living across the South, East and West Provinces and on Glaseado Mountain, and it also appears in 3 star Tera Raid Battles.
Powers
Dreepy has Clear Body or Infiltrator, with Cursed Body hidden. It nips with Bite, strikes with Quick Attack and Sucker Punch, and can learn Draco Meteor. Speed is its best base stat at 82, and it is fragile everywhere else.
Name origin
Dreepy may combine 'dragon' or 'dreary' with 'creepy'. The Japanese name is Dorameshiya (ドラメシヤ), which may blend 'dragon' with urameshiya, a phrase ghosts traditionally say.
Design inspiration
Dreepy appears to combine an undead prehistoric amphibian, Diplocaulus, with a dart or missile. Its Dragon type may reference the olm, a European cave salamander that locals once believed to be a baby dragon. These are fan readings, not official statements.
Evolution notes
Dreepy evolves into Drakloak at level 50, and Drakloak evolves into Dragapult at level 60.
In the games
Players find Dreepy at the Lake of Outrage and in Max Raid Battles in Sword and Shield, the games that introduced it. In Scarlet and Violet it can also be traded over from Violet to Scarlet. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.
In the anime
Two Dreepy debuted in 'Sword and Shield: The Darkest Day!' as the Dragon Darts fired by Leon's Dragapult. Dreepy also features in the video for Polkadot Stingray's song 'Ghost Dive'.
Fun facts
- A species of spider, Phrynarachne dreepy, was named after Dreepy because its triangular head looks like the spider's rear body section.
- Its type combination is the only one weak to both of its own types, since Ghost and Dragon are the two types that are weak to themselves; Giratina shares this.
- Bulbapedia lists its base HP of 28 and Defense of 30 as the lowest of any Dragon type.
Base stats
- HP: 28
- Attack: 60
- Defense: 30
- Sp. Atk: 40
- Sp. Def: 30
- Speed: 82
Dreepy’s base stat total is 270. Its highest stat is Speed.
Type matchups
What is Dreepy weak to?
Dreepy takes extra damage from Ice (2×), Ghost (2×), Dragon (2×), Dark (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.
It resists Fire (½×), Water (½×), Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Poison (½×), Bug (½×).
It is immune to Normal, Fighting moves.
Evolution
How does Dreepy evolve?
Dreepy evolves into Drakloak at level 50.
The whole family: Dreepy, Drakloak, Dragapult.
Abilities
- Clear Body: Prevents stats from being lowered by other Pokémon.
- Infiltrator: Bypasses Light Screen, Reflect, and Safeguard.
- Cursed Body (hidden ability): Has a 30% chance of Disabling any move that hits the Pokémon.
Moves
Moves Dreepy learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 |
| 1 | Quick Attack | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 1 | Astonish | Ghost | Physical | 30 |
| 1 | Infestation | Bug | Special | 20 |
TM moves (15)
Dreepy can learn 15 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Protect, Confuse Ray, Facade, Swift, Dragon Tail, Endure, Sleep Talk, Thunder Wave, Rest, Substitute, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Draco Meteor, Tera Blast, Curse.
Egg moves (6):Confuse Ray, Curse, Disable, Double Team, Dragon Tail, Sucker Punch.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Amorphous, Dragon.
- Egg cycles: 40 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 5,120).
- 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 1 Speed effort value.
- Base experience yield: 54.
Pokédex entries
If this weak Pokémon is by itself, a mere child could defeat it. But if Dreepy has friends to help it train, it can evolve and become much stronger. (Shield)
After being reborn as a ghost Pokémon, Dreepy wanders the areas it used to inhabit back when it was alive in prehistoric seas. (Sword)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ドラメシヤ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Dorameshiya |
| French | Fantyrm |
| German | Grolldra |
| Spanish | Dreepy |
| Italian | Dreepy |
| Korean | 드라꼰 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 多龙梅西亚 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 多龍梅西亞 |
Trivia
- Lowest base stat total among Ghost types in Gen 8: 270.
- Taller than 19% of all Pokémon (0.5 m).
- Heavier than 7% of all Pokémon (2 kg).
- Base stat total 270, ranked #935 of 1,025.
- One of 4 Pokémon that are both Dragon and Ghost.
- One of 130 green Pokémon.
- Number 76 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
- Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
- Can learn 22 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- 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 open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Dreepy (Pokémon), Serebii: Dreepy (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (DREE-pee): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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