Tail Glow (move)

Tail Glow ほたるび Firefly Light

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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 III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Earn double the score in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Tail Glow (Japanese: ほたるび Firefly Light) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Tail Glow increases the user's Special Attack by two stages.

Tail Glow will do nothing if the user's Special Attack has reached a level of +6 or a value of 999.

Generation V

Tail Glow increases the user's Special Attack by three stages.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0313 Volbeat Bug 21 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0313 Volbeat Bug 21 0490 Manaphy Water -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:VolbeatTailglow.jpg Volbeat
The user stares at flashing lights to focus its mind.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Volbeat's tail glows yellow.
Romeo's Beat	Love at First Flight		Debut
Romeo's Volbeat	Love at First Flight		Debut
A Coordinator's Volbeat	Lessons in Lilycove		None

Trivia

• Manaphy is able to learn Tail Glow, which contradicts both the Japanese and English names for the move (Manaphy is not a firefly nor does it have a tail).
  • Ampharos, strangely, cannot learn Tail Glow, despite being used as a beacon in a lighthouse and being said to give off light from its tail. This is likely due to its Japanese name, Firefly Light.

In other languages

• Spanish: Ráfaga
• French: Lumiqueue
• German: Schweifglanz
• Italian: Codadiluce