Quiver Dance (move)

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Quiver Dance
ちょうのまい Butterfly Dance
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Type  Bug
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation V
Condition  Beautiful
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Condition  Beautiful
Appeal  0  
Condition  Beautiful
Appeal  1
Jamming  0  
Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too.

Quiver Dance (Japanese: ちょうのまい Butterfly Dance) is a non-damaging Bug-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Generation V

Quiver Dance raises the user's Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed stats by one stage each.

Description

Games Description
BWB2W2 The user lightly performs a beautiful, mystic dance. It boosts the user's Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed stats.
XYORAS
SM
The user lightly performs a beautiful, mystic dance. This boosts the user's Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed stats.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0012     Bug Bug 46 46 47
0049     Bug Bug 63 1, 63 1, 63
0182     Grass Grass 39
0267     Bug Bug 45 45XY
40ORAS
40
0269     Bug Bug 45 45XY
40ORAS
40
0284     Water 1 Bug 68 1, 68XY
1, 52ORAS
1,52
0413  
Wormadam
Plant Cloak
  Bug Bug Evo.
413G  
Wormadam
Sand Cloak
  Bug Bug Evo.
413S  
Wormadam
Trash Cloak
  Bug Bug Evo.
0414     Bug Bug 50 50 Evo.
0549     Grass Grass 28 28 28
0637     Bug Bug 59 1, 59 Evo.
0666     Bug Bug 45 45
0742     Bug Fairy 41
0743     Bug Fairy 49
0795     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 1
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

The user performs a dance around the opponent.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Vivillon's body begins to glow white. It then starts dancing around the opponent, leaving behind afterimages of itself.
Alva's Vivillon Battling with a Clean Slate! Debut


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pocket Monsters BW: The Hero of Fire and Thunder manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • Quiver Dance, along with fellow Generation V moves Coil and Shell Smash, are the only status moves that raise three different stats at once during one turn.
  • Geomancy is a move introduced in Generation VI that is very similar to Quiver Dance, in that it boosts Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed. Geomancy is essentially the equivalent of two Quiver Dances, but requires a charge turn and has half of the PP.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 蝶舞 Dihp Móuh
Mandarin 蝶舞 Dié Wǔ *
蝶之舞 Dié-zhī Wǔ *
  French Papillodanse
  German Falterreigen
  Italian Eledanza
  Korean 나비춤 Nabi-chum
  Brazilian Portuguese Dança Vibratória
  Spanish Danza Aleteo


Variations of the move Quiver Dance
  Quiver DanceCoilVictory Dance


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