Feather Dance (move)

FeatherDance フェザーダンス FeatherDance

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Battles Type  Flying Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect any foe, but not allies

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

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   The appeal works great if performed last.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

FeatherDance (Japanese: フェザーダンス FeatherDance) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III. Prior to Generation IV it is the signature move of the Pidgey evolution line.

Effect

FeatherDance lowers the target's Attack stat by two stages.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 31 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 34 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 34 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0083 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Farfetch'd
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0163 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Hoothoot
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0177 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Natu
| colspan="1" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0198 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Murkrow
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By purification

#   Pokémon Type Game 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying XD 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 event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0276 Taillow Normal Flying PokéPark Events Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 25 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 27 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 27 0441 Chatot Normal Flying 41 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0021 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Chatot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0083 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Farfetch'd
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Chatot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0163 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Hoothoot
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Chatot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0177 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Natu
| colspan="1" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Chatot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0198 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Murkrow
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Chatot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0255 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Torchic
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Farfetch'd |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0333 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Swablu
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Chatot |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0393 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Piplup
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Farfetch'd |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0396 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Starly
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Chatot

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 25 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 27 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 27 0441 Chatot Normal Flying 53 0519 Pidove Normal Flying 36 0520 Tranquill Normal Flying 41 0521 Unfezant Normal Flying 44 0580 Koaruhie Koaruhie Water Flying 21 0581 Swanna Water Flying 21 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0021 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Chatot, Pidove, Tranquill, Unfezant, Koaruhie, Swanna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0083 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Farfetch'd
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Chatot, Pidove, Tranquill, Unfezant, Koaruhie, Swanna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0163 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Hoothoot
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Chatot, Pidove, Tranquill, Unfezant, Koaruhie, Swanna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0177 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Natu
| colspan="1" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Chatot, Pidove, Tranquill, Unfezant, Koaruhie, Swanna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0198 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Murkrow
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Chatot, Pidove, Tranquill, Unfezant, Koaruhie, Swanna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0255 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Torchic
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Farfetch'd, Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0333 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Swablu
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Chatot, Pidove, Tranquill, Unfezant, Koaruhie, Swanna |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0393 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Piplup
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Farfetch'd, Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0396 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Starly
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Chatot, Pidove, Tranquill, Unfezant, Koaruhie, Swanna

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0177 Natu Psychic Flying Dream World 0333 Swablu Normal Flying Dream World 0397 Staravia Normal Flying Dream World Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Buddy Chatot FeatherDance.png Chatot
The user covers the foe with a mass of down.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Pidgeot spreads its wings and both of them glow white. It then shoots glowing white feathers at the opponent.
Solidad's Pidgeot	Channeling the Battle Zone!		None
	Chatot's body becomes surrounded in gold, then it waves its wings around in a dance-like motion and its whole body begins to glow gold. Then, golden powder appears above the opponent, causing it to become tired and weak.
Officer Jenny's Buddy	Stealing the Conversation!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Pidgeot FeatherDance Adventures.png Pidgeot
The user spins around while in the air.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Pidgeot opens its wings and starts spinning around in the air.
Blue's Pidgeot	Hometown Viridian City		Debut

In other languages

• French: Danse-Plume
• German: Daunenreigen
• Greek: Χορός Φτερών
• Italian: Danzadipiume
• Korean: 깃털댄스 Git'teol Dance
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Dança das Plumas
• Portuguese (European): Dança Pluma
• Spanish: Danza Pluma
• Serbian: Pernati Ples

Variations of the move Charm
Charm • Feather Dance • Fake Tears • Captivate • Eerie Impulse

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.