Double Team (move)

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Double Team かげぶんしん Shadow Divide

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) 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 Self: Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM32 in Generation I TM32 in Generation II TM32 in Generation III TM32 in Generation IV

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Can avoid being startled by other once.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Double Team (Japanese: かげぶんしん Shadow Divide) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Double Team increases the user's evasion by one stage. Double Team will do nothing if the user's evasion has reached a stage of +6.

In the anime

In the anime, Double Team creates illusions of the Pokémon using it, and anything touching the user such as clothes or possibly another Pokémon. It can be used to make the opponent think it's being attacked, while the user attacks from an unexpected position.

• Starly double team.png

  Starly and its copies.

• Aipom double team.png

  Ash's Aipom and its copies.

• Ambipom double team.png

  Dawn's Ambipom and its copies.

Pokémon

Gloom. Gloom glows blue, then it glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself.

• Used by Florinda's Gloom in Make Room for Gloom. Debut.

Golbat. Golbat creates a copy and uses it as a decoy. After the opponent attacks it, Golbat appears behind the opponent.

• Used by Mandi's Golbat in Round One - Begin.

Scyther. Scyther glows multicolored, then creates 2 or more copies of itself.

• Used by Jeanette Fisher's Scyther in The Fourth Round Rumble.
• Used by Tracey's Scyther from Tracey Gets Bugged to present.
• Used by Bugsy's Scyther in Gettin' the Bugs Out.

Poliwrath. Poliwrath creates multiple copies of itself.

• Used by Tad's Poliwrath in Charizard Chills.

Eevee. Eevee creates multiple copies of itself.

• Used by Gary Oak's Eevee from The Rivalry Revival to Power Play!.

Alakazam. Alakazam creates multiple copies of itself.

• Used by Alex Davis's Alakazam in Power Play!.

Yanma. Yanma creates multiple copies of itself.

• Used by Zachary Evans's Yanma in Wings 'N' Things.

Skiploom. Skiploom creates multiple copies of itself.

• Used by Ephraim's Skiploom in The Grass Route.

Murkrow. Murkrow flies around so fast it looks like a blur, and it moves fast so it looks like there are multiple other Murkrow.

• Used by a group of wild Murkrow in All that Glitters!.

Teddiursa. Teddiursa creates two other copies of itself that does anything it does.

• Used by a wild Teddiursa in UnBEARable.

Golem. Golem creates two other copies of itself.

• Used by Goneff's Golem in The Wayward Wobbuffet.

Scizor. Scizor creates multiple copies of itself.

• Used by Vicious's Scizor in Celebi: Voice of the Forest.

Tyrogue. Tyrogue glows white and creates multiple copies of itself.

• Used by Kiyo's Tyrogue in A Tyrogue Full of Trouble.

Magby. Magby glows white, then makes multiple copies of itself.

• Used by Satchel's Magby in You're a Star, Larvitar!.

Swellow. Swellow glows white and then creates identical copies of itself.

• Used by Ash's Swellow from That's Just Swellow to present.

Meowth. Same as above.

• Used by Tyson's Meowth from Saved by the Beldum to present.

Luvdisc. Same as above.

• Used by Caserin in Luvdisc is a Most Splendored Thing!.

Shiftry. Same as above.

• Used by Spenser's Shiftry in Ka Boom with a View!.

Aipom and Ambipom. Same as above.

• Used by Ash's Aipom from Aipom and Circumstance to Journey to the Unown!.
• Used by Dawn's Ambipom from The Psyduck Stops Here! to present.

Starly. Same as above.

• Used by Paul's Starly in When Pokémon Worlds Collide!.

Misdreavus. Same as above.

• Used by Zoey's Misdreavus in Pruning a Passel of Pals!.

Raichu. Same as above.

• Used by a Raichu trained by Ash in Camping it Up!.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

• LucarioBrawl DoubleTeam1.jpg

  Lucario about to use Double Team.

• LucarioBrawl DoubleTeam2.jpg

  Lucario using Double Team.

• LucarioBrawl DoubleTeam3.jpg

  Lucario about to attack.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Double Team is Lucario's down Special move. When Lucario uses Double Team, it creates copies of itself for its opponent to attack, while the real Lucario sneaks up from behind to counterattack.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric 15 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 24 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 TM32

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation I can learn Double Team.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric 15 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 48 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 13 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 48 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 TM32

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation II can learn Double Team.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric 15 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 41 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 13 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 12 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 41 0276 Taillow Normal Flying 19 0277 Swellow Normal Flying 19 0280 Ralts Psychic 11 0281 Kirlia Psychic -- 11 0282 Gardevoir Psychic -- 11 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying 20 0313 Volbeat Bug 9 0359 Absol Dark 31 0361 Snorunt Ice 7 0362 Glalie Ice -- 7 0386 Deoxys Psychic 10 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 TM32

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation III can learn Double Team.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric 18 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 37 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 11 0276 Taillow Normal Flying 19 0277 Swellow Normal Flying 19 0280 Ralts Psychic 10 0281 Kirlia Psychic -- 10 0282 Gardevoir Psychic -- 10 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying 20 0313 Volbeat Bug 5 0359 Absol Dark 33 0361 Snorunt Ice 4 0362 Glalie Ice -- 4 0386 Deoxys Psychic 17 0396 Starly Normal Flying 13 0397 Staravia Normal Flying 13 0398 Staraptor Normal Flying 13 0469 Yanmega Bug Flying -- 11 0475 Gallade Psychic Fighting -- 10 0478 Froslass Ice Ghost -- 4 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 15 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 15 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 15 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 15 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 15 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 15 0488 Cresselia Psychic -- 0491 Darkrai Dark 47 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 TM32

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation IV can learn Double Team.

Trivia

• This move's Japanese name is a reference to a ninja technique commonly known in English as shadow clone. Bunshin can mean "one's other self" or clone or duplicate. With kage meaning shadow, you get shadow clone. It's a very common technique in ninja works, such as anime, manga, and novels.

In other languages

• Spanish: Doble Equipo
• French: Reflet
• German: Doppelteam
• Italian: Doppioteam.
• Korean: 그림자분신 geurimjabunshin
• Hindi: Dohri Team / Dugni Team
• Dutch: Dubbelteam