Swords Dance (move)

Swords Dance
つるぎのまい Swords Dance

Battles

Type	Normal
Category	Status
PP	30 (max. 48)
Power	—
Accuracy	—%
Priority	0
Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range

Opponent	Opponent	Opponent
Self	Ally	Ally
Unknown

Availability

Introduced	Generation I
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	0
Ups the user's condition and helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	0
Earn double the score in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:

Swords Dance (Japanese: つるぎのまい Swords Dance) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Swords Dance increases the user's attack by 2 levels.

Swords Dance will do nothing if the user's attack has reached a level of +6 or a value of 999. The effect of Swords Dance is ignored by critical hits.

In the anime

Scyther swordsdance.jpg

Tracey's Scyther using Swords Dance.

Pokémon

Scyther. Scyther crosses its claws across its chest ands spins rapidly.

Used by Tracey's Scyther from Tracey Gets Bugged to ???.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0083	Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	23
0123	Scyther	Bug	Flying	35
0127	Pinsir	Bug		54
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM03

Generation II

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0083	Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	25
0123	Scyther	Bug	Flying	42
0127	Pinsir	Bug		43
0212	Scizor	Bug	Steel	42
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Generation III

By leveling up

Farfetch'd at Lv.31
Scyther at Lv.36
Pinsir at Lv.49
Scizor at Lv.36
Ninjask at Lv.25
Zangoose at Lv.10
Corphish at Lv.38 (R/S/E)
Corphish at Lv.37 (FR/LG)
Crawdaunt at Lv.44 (R/S/E)
Crawdaunt at Lv.43 (FR/LG)
Absol at Lv.26

By breeding

By move tutor

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Generation IV

By leveling up

Raticate at Lv.--
Farfetch'd at Lv.25
Scyther at Lv.57
Pinsir at Lv.38
Gligar at Lv.34
Scizor at Lv.57
Ninjask at Lv.25
Zangoose at Lv.9
Corphish at Lv.44
Crawdaunt at Lv.52
Absol at Lv.25
Empoleon at Lv.11
Lucario at Lv.33
Gliscor at Lv.34
Gallade at Lv.25

By TM75

By breeding

In other languages

French: Danse-lames
German: Schwerttanz
Italian: Danzaspada
Spanish: Danza Espada

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Generation I TMs
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 IV TMs
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Generation IV HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08