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  0 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

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

Availability Introduced  Generation V Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Beautiful Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Beautiful Appeal  0

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

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.

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

Description

Games Description BWB2W2 The user lightly performs a beautiful, mystic dance. It boosts the user's Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed stats. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA 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
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0012		Butterfree		Bug		Bug	46	46	47SMUSUM 22PE	44
0049		Venomoth		Bug		Bug	63	1, 63	1, 63SMUSUM 55PE	1, 63BDSP
0182		Bellossom		Grass		Grass			39	1
0267		Beautifly		Bug		Bug	45	45XY 40ORAS	40	40BDSP
0269		Dustox		Bug		Bug	45	45XY 40ORAS	40	40BDSP
0284		Masquerain		Water 1	Bug	68	1, 68XY 1, 52ORAS	1, 52	1, 52BDSP
0413		Wormadam Plant Cloak		Bug		Bug			1, Evo.	1, Evo.BDSP
413G		Wormadam Sandy Cloak		Bug		Bug			1, Evo.	1, Evo.BDSP
413S		Wormadam Trash Cloak		Bug		Bug			1, Evo.	1, Evo.BDSP
0414		Mothim		Bug		Bug	50	50	1, Evo.	1, Evo.BDSP
0549		Lilligant		Grass		Grass	28	28	28	1
0637		Volcarona		Bug		Bug	59	1, 59	1, Evo.	1, Evo.
0666		Vivillon		Bug		Bug		45	45
0742		Cutiefly		Bug	Fairy			41	54
0743		Ribombee		Bug	Fairy			49	64
0795		Pheromosa		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			1	65
0873		Frosmoth		Bug		Bug				52
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

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

Vivillon
The user performs a dance around the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	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 moves faster by spinning.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Volcarona spins around in circle. 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 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	RBY	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	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	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	RBY	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	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	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

• Quiver Dance, along with fellow Generation V moves - Coil and Shell Smash, are the only status moves that raise three different stats at once during one turn.
• 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 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) Portugal Dança Vibratória Spanish Danza Aleteo Vietnamese Vũ Điệu Bươm Bướm

Variations of the move Quiver Dance
Quiver Dance • Coil • Victory Dance

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