Quiver Dance (move)

Quiver Dance
ちょうのまい Butterfly Dance
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Type  Bug
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
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  • 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
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Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
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Jamming  0  

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

Effect

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

Description

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


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
012   Butterfree Bug Flying 46 '
049   Venomoth Bug Poison 63 '
267   Beautifly Bug Flying 45 '
269   Dustox Bug Poison 45 '
284   Masquerain Bug Flying 68 '
414   Mothim Bug Flying 50 '
549   Lilligant Grass Grass 28 '
637   Volcarona Bug Fire 59 '
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.


Trivia

  • Quiver Dance, along with Coil and Shell Smash, are the only status moves that raise three different stats at once.
  • Lilligant is the only Pokémon that can learn this move that is not based on a butterfly or moth, or is part Bug-type. She also learns the move at the lowest level among all Pokémon that learn it.
  • The English name of this move may be a play on Riverdance.
  • No Pokémon from Generation II can learn this move.

In other languages

Language Title
  French Papillodanse
  German Falterreigen
  Italian Eledanza
  Korean 나비춤 Nabi-chum
  Spanish Danza Aleteo



Variations of the move Quiver Dance
  Quiver DanceCoilVictory Dance


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