Quiver Dance (move)

Quiver Dance
ちょうのまい Butterfly Dance

Battles

Type	Bug
Category	Status
PP	20 (max. 32)
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 V
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Beautiful
Appeal	1 ♥
Jamming	0
Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too.

On Smogon's Movedex:

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.

If powered up by a Buginium Z into Z-Quiver Dance, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Description

Games	Description
BW B2W2	The user lightly performs a beautiful, mystic dance. It boosts the user's Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed stats.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA SV	The user lightly performs a beautiful, mystic dance. This boosts the user's Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed stats.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
012		Butterfree		Bug		Bug	46	46	47^SMUSUM 22^PE	44
049		Venomoth		Bug		Bug	63	1, 63	1, 63^SMUSUM 55^PE	1, 63^BDSP	1
182		Bellossom		Grass		Grass			39	1
267		Beautifly		Bug		Bug	45	45^XY 40^ORAS	40	40^BDSP
269		Dustox		Bug		Bug	45	45^XY 40^ORAS	40	40^BDSP
284		Masquerain		Water 1	Bug	68	1, 68^XY 1, 52^ORAS	1, 52	1, 52^BDSP	52
413		Wormadam Plant Cloak		Bug		Bug			1, Evo.	1, Evo.^BDSP
413		Wormadam Sandy Cloak		Bug		Bug			1, Evo.	1, Evo.^BDSP
413		Wormadam Trash Cloak		Bug		Bug			1, Evo.	1, Evo.^BDSP
414		Mothim		Bug		Bug	50	50	1, Evo.	1, Evo.^BDSP
549		Lilligant		Grass		Grass	28	28	28	1	1
637		Volcarona		Bug		Bug	59	1, 59	1, Evo.	1, Evo.	Evo.
666		Vivillon		Bug		Bug		45	45		45
742		Cutiefly		Bug	Fairy			41	54
743		Ribombee		Bug	Fairy			49	64
795		Pheromosa		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			1	65
873		Frosmoth		Bug		Bug				52	52
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups	Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
741		Oricorio		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.

In other games

Description

Games	Description
MDGtI	It boosts your Special Attack, Special Defense, and Travel Speed. (The stat changes return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.)
SMD	It boosts your Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Travel Speed. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method

	Vivillon
The user lightly performs a beautiful, mystic dance around the opponent.
User	First Used In	Notes
Vivillon	Vivillon's body begins to glow white. It then starts dancing around the opponent, leaving behind afterimages of itself.
Alvin's Vivillon	Battling with a Clean Slate!	Debut

In the manga

Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder

	Volcarona

The user lightly performs a beautiful, mystic dance. This boosts the user's speed.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Volcarona	Volcarona spins around in circles. As Volcarona does so, it can easily dodge opponents.
Alder's Volcarona	Get the Legendary Pokémon!	Debut

Pokémon Adventures

	Lilligant

The user increases its Speed by dancing.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Lilligant	Lilligant does a small dance, making her faster in the process.
The Shadow Triad's Lilligant	Museum Showdown	Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

Geomancy is a move introduced in Generation VI that is very similar to Quiver Dance, in that it boosts Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed. Geomancy is essentially the equivalent of two Quiver Dances, but requires a charge turn and has half of the PP.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	蝶舞 Dihp Móuh
Chinese	Mandarin	蝶舞 Dié Wǔ * 蝶之舞 Dié-zhī Wǔ *
Dutch		Vladderdans
French		Papillodanse
German		Falterreigen
Italian		Eledanza
Korean		나비춤 Nabichum
Polish		Drżący Taniec
Portuguese	Brazil	Dança Vibratória (TCG, manga) Dança Tremor (anime)
Portuguese	Portugal	Dança Vibratória
Spanish		Danza Aleteo
Vietnamese		Vũ Điệu Bươm Bướm

Variations of the move Quiver Dance

Quiver Dance • Coil

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