Quiver Dance (move)

Quiver Dance ちょうのまい Butterfly Dance

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Battles Type  Bug Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

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 BW 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 stats at once.
  • All three of these moves were introduced in Generation V.
• 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.

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 Dance • Coil • Victory Dance

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.