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==Effect== | ==Effect== | ||
===In battle=== | ===In battle=== | ||
Whenever another Pokémon uses a {{cat|dance moves}}, a Pokémon with the Ability Dancer will immediately use that move as well. Using a move through Dancer is a separate action to using the move originally selected. Dancer will not activate | Whenever another Pokémon uses a {{cat|dance moves}}, a Pokémon with the Ability Dancer will immediately use that move as well. Using a move through Dancer is a separate action to using the move originally selected. Dancer will not activate for a move copied by another Pokémon with Dancer, but it will activate on an {{m|instruct}}ed dance move. | ||
Dancer is able to copy a [[status move|status]] dance move that has been powered up into its corresponding [[Z-Move]] (e.g. Z-Feather Dance), but the Pokémon with Dancer copies the regular version of the move and does not gain the additional Z-Power effect. | Dancer is able to copy a [[status move|status]] dance move that has been powered up into its corresponding [[Z-Move]] (e.g. Z-Feather Dance), but the Pokémon with Dancer copies the regular version of the move and does not gain the additional Z-Power effect. | ||
If the Pokémon with Dancer is {{status|Confusion|confused}}, it may hurt itself instead of copying the move, even if it is protected by a move like {{m|Protect}} or {{m|Mat Block}}. If a Pokémon has {{status|flinch}}ed, this also applies to moves it subsequently tries to copy with Dancer. A Pokémon with Dancer that is locked into a {{cat|Consecutively executed moves|consecutively executed move}} (such as {{m|Outrage}}) will still try to copy the move, but will fail. | If the Pokémon with Dancer is {{status|Confusion|confused}}, it may hurt itself instead of copying the move, even if it is protected by a move like {{m|Protect}} or {{m|Mat Block}}. If a Pokémon has {{status|flinch}}ed, this also applies to moves it subsequently tries to copy with Dancer. A Pokémon with Dancer that is locked into a {{cat|Consecutively executed moves|consecutively executed move}} (such as {{m|Outrage}}) or any move by {{m|Encore}} will still try to copy the move, but will fail. | ||
{{m|Lunar Dance}} is copied after the original user | {{m|Lunar Dance}} is copied after the original user faints. If a Pokémon copies {{m|Petal Dance}} via Dancer, it will not be locked into the move. If {{m|Feather Dance}} is reflected by {{a|Magic Bounce}} or {{m|Magic Coat}}, Dancer will not activate for either the initial usage of the move or its reflected use. If the Pokémon with Dancer is under the effect of {{m|Taunt}}, it will still try to copy a [[status move|status]] dance move, but will fail. | ||
====Affected moves==== | ====Affected moves==== | ||