Double Team (move)
Double Team かげぶんしん Shadow Divide | ||||||||||||
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Double Team (Japanese: かげぶんしん Shadow Divide) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. It is TM32 in every generation so far.
Effect
Double Team increases the user's evasion by one stage.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | |||||||||||
025 | Pikachu | Electric | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 21 | ' | ||||||||
123 | Scyther | Bug | Flying | 24 | 48 | 41 | 37 | 37 | ' | |||||||
193 | Yanma | Bug | Flying | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | ' | |||||||
212 | Scizor | Bug | Steel | 48 | 41 | ' | ||||||||||
276 | Taillow | Normal | Flying | 19 | 19 | 19 | ' | |||||||||
277 | Swellow | Normal | Flying | 19 | 19 | 19 | ' | |||||||||
280 | Ralts | Psychic | 11 | 10 | 10 | ' | ||||||||||
281 | Kirlia | Psychic | --, 11 | --, 10 | --, 10 | ' | ||||||||||
282 | Gardevoir | Psychic | --, 11 | --, 10 | --, 10 | ' | ||||||||||
291 | Ninjask | Bug | Flying | 20 | 20 | 20 | ' | |||||||||
313 | Volbeat | Bug | 9 | 5 | 5 | ' | ||||||||||
359 | Absol | Dark | 31 | 33 | 33 | 25 | ' | |||||||||
361 | Snorunt | Ice | 7 | 4 | 4 | ' | ||||||||||
362 | Glalie | Ice | --, 7 | --, 4 | --, 4 | ' | ||||||||||
386 | Deoxys | Psychic | 10 | 17 | 17 | ' | ||||||||||
396 | Starly | Normal | Flying | 13 | 13 | ' | ||||||||||
397 | Staravia | Normal | Flying | 13 | 13 | ' | ||||||||||
398 | Staraptor | Normal | Flying | 13 | 13 | ' | ||||||||||
469 | Yanmega | Bug | Flying | --, 11 | --, 11 | ' | ||||||||||
475 | Gallade | Psychic | Fighting | --, 10 | --, 10 | ' | ||||||||||
478 | Froslass | Ice | Ghost | --, 4 | --, 4 | ' | ||||||||||
479 | Rotom | Electric | Ghost | 15 | 15 | ' | ||||||||||
488 | Cresselia | Psychic | -- | -- | ' | |||||||||||
491 | Darkrai | Dark | 47 | 47 | ' | |||||||||||
566 | Archen | Rock | Flying | 8 | ' | |||||||||||
567 | Archeops | Rock | Flying | 8 | ' | |||||||||||
587 | Emolga | Electric | Flying | 19 | ' | |||||||||||
617 | Accelgor | Bug | -- | ' | ||||||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
By TM
# | Pokémon | Type | Machine | |||||||||||||
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I TM32 |
II TM32 |
III TM32 |
IV TM32 |
V TM32 |
VI TM08 | |||||||||||
All Pokémon who can learn TMs can learn Double Team. | ||||||||||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
In the anime
By moving rapidly, the user makes illusory copies of itself. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Gloom's body becomes outlined in blue, then it glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Florinda's Gloom | Make Room for Gloom | Debut | |
Golbat creates a copy and uses it as a decoy. After the opponent attacks it, it disappears and Golbat appears behind the opponent. | |||
Mandi's Golbat | Round One - Begin! | None | |
Scyther's body glows multicolored, then it creates two or more copies of itself. | |||
Jeanette Fisher's Scyther | The Fourth Round Rumble | None | |
Tracey's Scyther | Tracey Gets Bugged | None | |
Bugsy's Scyther | Gettin' the Bugs Out | None | |
Poliwrath creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Tad's Poliwrath | Charizard Chills | None | |
Eevee creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Gary's Eevee | The Rivalry Revival! | None | |
Alakazam creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Alex Davis's Alakazam | Power Play! | None | |
Yanma creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Zachary Evans's Yanma | Wings 'N' Things | None | |
Skiploom creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Ephraim's Skippy | The Grass Route | None | |
Murkrow flies around so fast it looks like a blur, and it moves fast so it looks like there are multiple other Murkrow. | |||
Multiple wild Murkrow | All That Glitters! | None | |
Teddiursa creates two other copies of itself that does anything it does. | |||
A wild Teddiursa | UnBEARable | None | |
Golem creates two other copies of itself. | |||
Goneff's Golem | The Wayward Wobbuffet | None | |
Scizor creates multiple copies of itself. Sometimes, its body glows white before it multiplies. | |||
Iron-Masked Marauder's Scizor | Celebi: Voice of the Forest | None | |
Katie's Scizor | A Judgment Brawl | None | |
McCann's Scizor | Mastering Current Events! | None | |
Tyrogue's body glows white and creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Kiyo's Tyrogue | A Tyrogue Full of Trouble | None | |
Magby's body glows white, then makes multiple copies of itself. | |||
Satchel's Magby | You're a Star, Larvitar! | None | |
Furret's body glows white, then creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Salvador's Furret | A Claim to Flame! | None | |
Slugma's body glows white then creates two other copies of itself. | |||
Macy's Slugma | Love, Pokémon Style | None | |
Magneton glows white then creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Jackson's Magneton | Tie One On! | None | |
Wingull's body glows white, then creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
A Coordinator's Wingull | Having a Wailord of a Time | None | |
Mightyena's body glows white and creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Tabitha's Mightyena | The Spheal of Approval | None | |
Delcatty's body glows white, then it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Georgio's Delcatty | A Date with Delcatty | None | |
When Ninjask is about to get hit with an attack, it disappears, or Ninjask's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Colonel Hansen's two Ninjask | The Princess and the Togepi | None | |
Brandon's Ninjask | Pace - The Final Frontier! | None | |
Magcargo's body glows white then creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Flannery's Mag | Going, Going, Yawn | None | |
Taillow's body glows white then creates five copies of itself. | |||
Ritchie's Rose | Celebi and Joy! | None | |
Ludicolo's body glows whitish-green and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Poncho's Ludicolo | Go Go Ludicolo! | None | |
Deoxys raises its tentacles and creates hundreds of copies of itself. The copies are purple in color and have no pupils. The copies then do whatever the user tells them to do. When the copies are hit, they disintegrate. | |||
Deoxys (Purple Crystal) | Destiny Deoxys | None | |
Luvdisc's body glows white, then creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Misty's Caserin | Luvdisc is a Most Splendored Thing! | None | |
Salamence's body glows white, then creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Silver's Salamence | The Search for the Legend | None | |
Swellow's body glows white and creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Ash's Swellow | Solid as a Solrock | None | |
Surskit's body glows white and creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Kent's Surskit | A Cacturne for the Worse | None | |
Snorunt's body glows white and creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Ash's Snorunt | Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snorunt | None | |
Meowth's body glows white and creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Tyson's Meowth | Saved by the Beldum | None | |
Glalie's body glows white and creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Ash's Glalie | Shocks and Bonds | None | |
Multiple shadows come out of Gengar's body that take the shape of it. | |||
Agatha's Gengar | The Scheme Team | None | |
Multiple shadows come out of Shiftry's body and take the form of Shiftry, or Shiftry moves quickly, leaving behind afterimages of itself. | |||
Angela's Shiftry | From Cradle to Save | None | |
Spenser's Shiftry | Ka Boom with a View! | None | |
Tauros splits into multiple copies of itself. | |||
Ash's Tauros | Second Time's the Charm! | None | |
Pidgeot moves quickly to create multiple afterimages of itself. | |||
Solidad's Pidgeot | Channeling the Battle Zone! | None | |
Aipom's body glows white or becomes outlined in white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Dawn's Aipom | Aipom and Circumstance! | None | |
Starly creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Paul's Starly | When Pokémon Worlds Collide! | None | |
Altaria's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Unknown Trainer's Altaria | Not on MY Watch Ya Don't! | None | |
Misdreavus splits into three other copies of itself. | |||
Zoey's Misdreavus | Mounting a Coordinator Assault! | None | |
Geodude's whole body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Unknown Trainer's Geodude | All Dressed Up with Somewhere to Go! | None | |
Darkrai's body glows red and it creates faded copies of itself that circles around the opponent. | |||
Darkrai (M10) | The Rise of Darkrai | None | |
Ambipom's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. Sometimes, its body doesn't even glow at all. | |||
Dawn's Ambipom | The Psyduck Stops Here! | None | |
Raichu's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
A Raichu Ash used briefly | Camping it Up! | None | |
Phione's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
A wild Phione | Hold the Phione! | None | |
Mr. Mime's body glows white and it creates five identical copies of itself. | |||
Clayton's Mr. Mime | Short and To the Punch! | None | |
Gabite's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Ursula's Gabite | Opposites Interact! | None | |
Mismagius's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Zoey's Mismagius | Coming Full - Festival Circle! | None | |
Leafeon's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Zoey's Leafeon | Coming Full - Festival Circle! | None | |
Luxray's body flashes white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Volkner's Luxray | The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World! | None | |
Panpour's body flashes white and it creates multiple copies of itself. As each copy is created, a flash of white light appears where it is going to appear. | |||
Cress's Panpour | Triple Leaders, Team Threats! | None | |
Tranquill's entire body glows white and it creates four copies of itself. | |||
Trip's Tranquill | A Rival Battle for Club Champ! | None | |
Woobat's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
A wild Woobat | Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest! | None | |
Gothitelle disappears just as it is about to be hit by an attack. Then it reappears along with multiple copies of itself. | |||
A wild Gothitelle | The Lost World of Gothitelle! | None | |
Golett's body flashes white and it creates three copies of itself around the battlefield. It then flashes white once again, creating two more copies. | |||
Luke's Golett | Club Battle Finale: A Heroes Outcome! | None | |
Accelgor crosses its arms and its entire body starts to glow white. It then opens its arms and it creates four copies of itself. When the copies shoot through the air, they leave behind a light blue stream of energy. | |||
Charles's Accelgor | The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue! | None | |
Keldeo flashes in light blue, then jumps aside, leaving behind an afterimage of itself. | |||
Keldeo (M15) | Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice | None | |
Keldeo flashes in light blue and multiple copies of itself appear either side ot it. | |||
Keldeo (M15) | Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice | None | |
Druddigon's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Drayden's Druddigon | Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future! | None | |
Liepard's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Stephan's Liepard | Strong Strategy Steals the Show! | None | |
Flareon's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Virgil's Flareon | A Unova League Evolution! | None | |
Vanillite's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Tide's Vanillite | BW125 | None |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The user creates multiple copies of themselves. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Poliwrath disappears right before it's about to get hit by an attack, creating an afterimage. It then appears somewhere else, or Poliwrath creates multiple copies of itself around the opponent. | |||
Red's Poli | Just a Spearow Carrier | Debut | |
When Aipom is about to get hit by an attack, it disappears, creating an afterimage when it does. It then reappears somewhere else. | |||
Gold's Aibo | Number One Donphan | None | |
When Quilava is about to get hit by an attack, it disappears, creating an afterimage when it does. It then reappears somewhere else. | |||
Gold's Exbo | Tyranitar War | None | |
Crobat creates multiple copies of itself. | |||
Janine's Crobat | Crossing Crobat | None | |
Tyrogue creates four copies of itself. | |||
Bruno's Tyrogue | The Last Battle X | None | |
Plusle creates multiple copies of itself to confuse its opponent. | |||
Ruby's Plusle | Adding It Up with Plusle & Minun II | None | |
Minun creates multiple copies of itself to confuse its opponent. | |||
Sapphire's Minun | Adding It Up with Plusle & Minun II | None | |
Combusken creates multiple copies of itself to confuse its opponent. | |||
Sapphire's Chic | VS Altaria | None | |
Manectric moves so fast that it leaves behind an afterimage of itself. | |||
Wattson's Manectric | VS Ninjask | None | |
Umbreon creates several solid copies of itself. | |||
Greta's Umbreon | VS Surskit I | None | |
Cranidos runs around the opponent, creating copies of itself to confuse them. | |||
Roark's Cranidos | A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium | None | |
When Staraptor creates multiple copies of itself to dodge an attack. | |||
Darach's Staraptor | VS Gallade II | None | |
Accelgor quickly dodges an opponent's attack by creating copies of itself. | |||
Alder's Accelgor | A New Perspective | None |
In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga
The user creates multiples copies of itself, making it look real. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Illumise multiplies into two, increasing its evasiveness. | |||
Enta's Illumise | Aim for the Top! | Debut |
In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
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The user makes multiple copies of itself using rapid illusions. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Dragonite makes multiple copies of itself. | |||
Palmer's Dragonite | Look for Giratina! | Debut |
In the Pokémon Gold and Silver: The Golden Boys manga
The user creates multiple copies of themselves. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Voltorb creates multiple copies of itself and confuses the opponent. | |||
Takeo's Voltorb | Let's Aim For The Goal | Debut |
In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!! manga
The user increases evasiveness by multiplying. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Empoleon multiples itself and the clones are scattered, confusing the opponent. | |||
Shin's Empoleon | A Heated Battle Begins!! | Debut |
In other generations
Trivia
- This move's Japanese name, かげぶんしん kage bunshin, is a reference to a ninja technique ubiquitous in manga, anime, and other fiction commonly known in English as shadow clone. A popular example of this is the Naruto series, where the main character, Naruto Uzumaki, has used Kage Bunshin no Jutsu throughout the series as one of his signature ninja techniques.
In other languages
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Generation I TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation I HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 |
Generation II TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation II HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 |
Generation III TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation III HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08RSE |
Generation IV TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 | |
Generation IV HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08 |
Generation V TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 | |
Generation V HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 |
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