Double Team (move)

If you were looking for the Double Battling Trainer class, see Double Team (Trainer class).
Double Team
かげぶんしん Shadow Divide
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Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  0  
Can avoid being startled by others once.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  1
Jamming  0  
Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too.

Double Team (Japanese: かげぶんしん Shadow Divide) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. It is TM32 from Generation I to Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, as well as in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

Effect

Double Team increases the user's evasion by one stage.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Double Team, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Double Team can be used as the first move of a Pokémon Contest combination, causing Agility, Quick Attack, and Teleport to score double the normal appeal if used in the next turn.

Description

Games Description
Stad Creates illusionary copies of the user. The copies disorient the enemy, reducing its accuracy.
Stad2 Creates illusionary copies of the user. They disorient the enemy, reducing its accuracy.
GSC Heightens evasiveness.
RSEColo.XD Creates illusory copies to raise evasiveness.*
Creates illusory copies to enhance elusiveness.*
FRLG The user creates illusory copies of itself to raise its evasiveness.
DPPtHGSS By moving rapidly, the user makes illusory copies of itself to raise its evasiveness.*
The user begins moving so quickly that it creates illusory copies to raise its evasiveness.*
PBR
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
SwShBDSPLA
By moving rapidly, the user makes illusory copies of itself to raise its evasiveness.
SV By moving rapidly, the user makes illusory copies of itself to boost its evasiveness.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
0025     Field Fairy 15Y 15 15 18 21 21XY
23ORAS
23 12 8 8 8
0026     Field Fairy 1 1 1
0026  
Raichu
Alolan Form
 
 
Field Fairy 1 1 1
0123    
 
Bug Bug 24 48 41 37 37 37 37 8 16 16 16
0144  
Articuno
Galarian Form
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 60
0193    
 
Bug Bug 13 13RSE
12FRLG
11 11 11 11 11 11
0212    
 
Bug Bug 48 41RSE 16 16 16
0252     Monster Dragon 27 27 27
0253     Monster Dragon 35 35 35
0254     Monster Dragon 35 35 35
0276    
 
Flying Flying 19 19 19 19XY
17ORAS
17 17
0277    
 
Flying Flying 19 19 19 19XY
17ORAS
17 17
0280    
 
Human-Like Amorphous 11 10 10 10XY
6ORAS
6 3 3 3
0281    
 
Human-Like Amorphous 1, 11 1, 10 1, 10 1, 10XY
1, 6ORAS
1, 6 1 1 1
0282    
 
Human-Like Amorphous 1, 11 1, 10 1, 10 1, 10XY
1, 6ORAS
1, 6 1 1 1
0291    
 
Bug Bug 20 20 20 20 1, Evo. 1, Evo. 1, Evo.
0313     Bug Human-Like 9 5 5 5 5 5 5
0359     Field Field 31 33 33BW
25B2W2
25XY
19ORAS
19 5 5
0361     Fairy Mineral 7 4 4 4XY
5ORAS
5 10 10 10
0362     Fairy Mineral 1, 7 1, 4 1, 4 1, 4XY
1, 5ORAS
1, 5 1 1 1
0386  
Deoxys
Speed Forme
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 10 17 17 17XY
13ORAS
13 13 13
0396    
 
Flying Flying 13 13 13 13 13 13
0397    
 
Flying Flying 13 13 13 13 13 13
0398    
 
Flying Flying 13 13 13 13 13 13
0469    
 
Bug Bug 1, 11 1, 11 1, 11 1, 11 1, 11 1
0475    
 
Human-Like Amorphous 1, 10 1, 10 1, 10XY
1, 6ORAS
1, 6 1 1 1
0478    
 
Fairy Mineral 1, 4 1, 4 1, 4XY
1, 5ORAS
1, 5 1 1 1
0479  
Rotom
All available forms
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous 15 15 15 15 1 1 1
0488     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0491     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 47 47 47 47 47 47
0566    
 
Flying Water 3 8 8 8
0567    
 
Flying Water 3 8 8 8
0587    
 
Field Field 19 19 19 5
0617     Bug Bug 1, 8 1, 8 1, 8 1
0656     Water 1 Water 1 43 43 43
0657     Water 1 Water 1 48 50 50
0658  
Greninja
All available forms
 
 
Water 1 Water 1 52 56 56
0690    
 
Water 1 Dragon 28 28 20 20
0691    
 
Water 1 Dragon 28 28 20 20
0714    
 
Flying Dragon 12 12
0715    
 
Flying Dragon 12 12
0717    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 5 5 1
0744     Field Field 8 8
0745  
Lycanroc
Midday Form
  Field Field 1 1
0745  
Lycanroc
Midnight Form
  Field Field 1 1
0745  
Lycanroc
Dusk Form
  Field Field 1 1
0778    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 5 12 12
0900    
 
Bug Bug 16
0908    
 
Field Grass Rem.
1006    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 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.


By breeding

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Egg Move
0509     Field Field
0595    
 
Bug Bug
0566    
 
Flying Water 3
0722    
 
Flying Flying
0816     Water 1 Field
0885    
 
Amorphous Dragon
0973    
 
Flying Flying
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.


By TM

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Compatibility
TM32
Every Pokémon can learn this move by TM except the ones listed below and only if marked with ✘.
0010     Bug Bug
0011     Bug Bug
0013    
 
Bug Bug
0014    
 
Bug Bug
0129     Water 2 Dragon
0132     Ditto Ditto
0201     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0202     Amorphous Amorphous
0235     Field Field
0265     Bug Bug
0266     Bug Bug
0268     Bug Bug
0360     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0374    
 
Mineral Mineral
0401     Bug Bug
0412  
Burmy
All forms
  Bug Bug
0415    
 
Bug Bug
0602     Amorphous Amorphous
0664     Bug Bug
0665     Bug Bug
0787    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0789     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0790     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0803     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0805    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
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.


Special move

Generation IV

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0422  
Shellos
East Sea
  Water 1 Amorphous My Pokémon Ranch
0491     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia - Liberate the Tower!
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 other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Double Team raises the raises the user's evasiveness by one stage.

Game Base
Power
Max
Power
Base
PP
Max
PP
Base
Accuracy
Max
Accuracy
Range Target Cuts
corners
MDRB - - 17 - —% - User User -
MDTDS - - 17 - —% - User User -
BSL - - 17 - —% - User User -
MDGtI - - 15 50 —% - User User -
SMD - - 15 30 —% - User User -
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games:

Pokémon Masters EX

Name Category Cost in move-gauge slots MP
(uses)
Base power Max power Accuracy Target Effect tag(s) Description Playable sync pair(s)
Double Team Status 1 —% Self Raises the user's evasiveness by one stat rank. Sygna Suit Steven & Deoxys (Speed Forme)
Eve (Poké Kid) & Eevee
Buddy move
Transformational Double Team Status 2 —% Activation Condition: When any allies' attack moves hit a total of 10 times while this move is deactivated.

Deactivation Condition: When this move is used.

Raises the evasiveness of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks. Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by two ranks when the user's sync move is Dark type. Turns the field of play's zone into a Dark Zone when the user's sync move is Dark type. (A Dark Zone powers up Dark-type attacks.) Increases the Special Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by two ranks when the user's sync move is Water type. Makes the weather rainy when the user's sync move is Water type.

Calem (Champion) & Greninja  

Notes:

  • Double Team:
    • Description prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Raises the user's evasiveness.
  • Transformational Double Team:
    • This buddy move was known as B Double Team prior to version 2.38.0.

Super Smash Bros. series

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.

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Double Team is Greninja's second move. It is obtained by evolving into Frogadier at level 5 and upgrading Substitute into it instead of Smokescreen. The user briefly vanishes before dashing and sending clones in different directions. The clones can attack nearby targets. The user is unstoppable while dashing. At level 13, the move's cooldown is decreased.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Boosts the user's Evasion by one level.
MDTDS Boosts the user's Evasiveness by 1 level.
BSL じぶんの かいひを 1だんかいあげる
MDGtI It boosts your evasiveness. (The stat change returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a  Wonder Tile.)
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U Generate a second Lucario, and then counterattack.*
SMD It boosts your evasiveness. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a  Wonder Tile.


In the anime


In the manga

Ash & Pikachu


Be the Best! Pokémon B+W


Magical Pokémon Journey


Movie adaptations


Pokémon Adventures


Pokémon Battle Frontier


Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!


Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys


Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All


Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!!


Pokémon Pocket Monsters


In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

  • This move's Japanese name, かげぶんしん kage bunshin, is a reference to a ninja technique ubiquitous in manga, anime, and other fiction commonly known in English as shadow clone. A popular example of this is the Naruto series, where the main character, Naruto Uzumaki, has used Kage Bunshin no Jutsu throughout the series as one of his signature ninja techniques.
  • The move's description in the Stadium games erroneously states that it lowers the opponent's accuracy.
  • In Super Smash Bros, one of Greninja's victory poses has it use Double Team.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 影子分身 Yíngjí Fānsān
Mandarin 影子分身 Yǐngzi Fēnshēn *
影分身 Yǐng Fēnshēn *
幻象分身法 Huànxiàng Fēnshēn Fǎ *
  Czech Zdvojení
  Danish Dobbelthold
  Dutch Dubbelteam
  Finnish Parijoukkue (Original series)
Tuplatiimi (Advanced Generation)
  French Reflet
  German Doppelteam
  Greek Διπλή Ομάδα Diplí Omáda
  Hebrew צוות כפול Tsevet Kaful
  Hindi दोहरी टीम Dohri Team
दुगनी टीम Dugni Team
  Indonesian Membelah Bayangan
Jurus Bayangan
  Italian Doppioteam
  Korean 그림자분신 Geurimjabunsin
  Polish Podwójny Zespół
Portuguese   Brazil Time Duplo (Pokémon UNITE, EP105, M04, AG044AG067, HS11HS18, SM103–present, PS009–present)
Multiplicar* (EP116EP144, EP266AG036, AG100, AG108, AG126XY131, PS487)
Other names include: Time Duplicado*, Ataque em Equipe*, Dois Flancos*, Multiplicar Equipe*, Duplicar*,
Evasivas*, Estroboscópio*, Time em Dobro*, Time Dobrado*, Equipe Dupla*
  Portugal Duplicar (Pokémon Chronicles)
Equipa Dupla (Diamond and Pearl Series)
  Romanian Echipa Dublă
  Russian Двойная Опека Dvoynaya Opeka
  Serbian Udvostručenje
  Spanish Doble Equipo
  Swedish Dubbellag
Dubbelt lag
  Thai แยกร่างเงา
  Vietnamese Phân Thân
Ảnh Phân Thân

Spin-off series games

Pokémon Masters EX

Language Title
  Japanese かげぶんしん・変幻 Kagebunshin Hengen
Mandarin Chinese 影子分身・變幻 Yǐngzi Fēnshēn Biànhuàn
  French Reflet S
  German Doppelteam S
  Italian Doppioteam S
  Korean 그림자분신변환 Geurimja Bunsin Byeonhwan
  Spanish Doble Equipo S


Generation I TMs
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Generation I HMs
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Generation II TMs
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Generation II HMs
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Generation III TMs
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Generation III HMs
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Generation IV TMs
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Generation IV HMs
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Generation V TMs
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Generation V HMs
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Generation VI TMs
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798081828384858687888990919293 • 94 (XYORAS) • 9596979899100
Generation VI HMs
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Generation VII TMs
SMUSUM
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PE
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Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
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BDSP
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Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
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