Swords Dance (move)

Swords Dance つるぎのまい Swords Dance

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  30 (max. 48) 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 I TM03 in Generation I Move Tutor in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen TM75 in Generation IV

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Ups the user's condition and 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 I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Swords Dance (Japanese: つるぎのまい Swords Dance) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Swords Dance increases the user's Attack stat by two stages. Swords Dance will do nothing if the user's Attack stat has reached a stage of +6 or a value of 999.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 23 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 35 0127 Pinsir Bug 54 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM03

#   Pokémon Type 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 0004 Charmander Fire 0005 Charmeleon Fire 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 0015 Beedrill Bug Poison 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 0027 Sandshrew Ground 0028 Sandslash Ground 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison 0046 Paras Bug Grass 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 0098 Krabby Water 0099 Kingler Water 0108 Lickitung Normal 0114 Tangela Grass 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 0127 Pinsir Bug 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 0151 Mew Psychic 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 II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 25 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 42 0127 Pinsir Bug 43 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 42 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0043 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Oddish
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Paras, Parasect
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Bellossom |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0069 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Bellsprout
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Paras, Parasect
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Bellossom |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0104 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cubone
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard
Rhyhorn, Rhydon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0152 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chikorita
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Paras, Parasect
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela
Bellossom

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 31 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 36 0127 Pinsir Bug 49 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 36 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying 25 0335 Zangoose Normal 10 0341 Corphish Water 38 0341 Corphish Water 37 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 44 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 43 0359 Absol Dark 26 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0004 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Charmander
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Cubone, Marowak
Rhyhorn, Rhydon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Raticate
Farfetch'd
Zangoose
Absol |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0043 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Oddish
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Paras, Parasect
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Bellossom
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia
Cacnea, Cacturne
Tropius |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0069 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Bellsprout
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Paras, Parasect
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Bellossom
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia
Cacnea, Cacturne
Tropius |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0098 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Corphish, Crawdaunt |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0104 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cubone
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard
Rhyhorn, Rhydon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0111 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Raticate
Farfetch'd
Zangoose
Absol |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0303 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
| colspan="2" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel | style="background: #FFF" | Raticate
Farfetch'd
Zangoose
Absol |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0347 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Anorith
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Corphish, Crawdaunt

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By move tutor

In Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald

#   Pokémon Type 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 0004 Charmander Fire 0005 Charmeleon Fire 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 0015 Beedrill Bug Poison 0027 Sandshrew Ground 0028 Sandslash Ground 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison 0046 Paras Bug Grass 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 0098 Krabby Water 0099 Kingler Water 0104 Cubone Ground 0105 Marowak Ground 0108 Lickitung Normal 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 0114 Tangela Grass 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 0127 Pinsir Bug 0141 Kabutops Water Rock 0151 Mew Psychic 0152 Chikorita Grass 0153 Bayleef Grass 0154 Meganium Grass 0158 Totodile Water 0159 Croconaw Water 0160 Feraligatr Water 0165 Ledyba Bug Flying 0166 Ledian Bug Flying 0182 Bellossom Grass 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 0191 Sunkern Grass 0192 Sunflora Grass 0207 Gligar Ground Flying 0211 Qwilfish Water Flying 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 0215 Sneasel Dark Ice 0216 Teddiursa Normal 0217 Ursaring Normal 0251 Celebi Psychic Grass 0252 Treecko Grass 0253 Grovyle Grass 0254 Sceptile Grass 0255 Torchic Fire 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0270 Lotad Water Grass 0271 Lombre Water Grass 0272 Ludicolo Water Grass 0273 Seedot Grass 0274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 0275 Shiftry Grass Dark 0285 Shroomish Grass 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying 0303 Mawile Steel 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 0331 Cacnea Grass 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 0335 Zangoose Normal 0341 Corphish Water 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 0347 Anorith Rock Bug 0348 Armaldo Rock Bug 0357 Tropius Grass Flying 0359 Absol Dark 0383 Groudon Ground 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 0020 Raticate Normal -- 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 25 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 57 0127 Pinsir Bug 38 0207 Gligar Ground Flying 34 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 57 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying 25 0335 Zangoose Normal 9 0341 Corphish Water 44 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 52 0359 Absol Dark 25 0395 Empoleon Water Steel 11 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 33 0470 Leafeon Grass 78 0472 Gliscor Ground Flying 34 0475 Gallade Psychic Fighting 25 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM75

#   Pokémon Type 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 0004 Charmander Fire 0005 Charmeleon Fire 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 0015 Beedrill Bug Poison 0020 Raticate Normal 0027 Sandshrew Ground 0028 Sandslash Ground 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison 0046 Paras Bug Grass 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 0098 Krabby Water 0099 Kingler Water 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 0104 Cubone Ground 0105 Marowak Ground 0108 Lickitung Normal 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 0114 Tangela Grass 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 0127 Pinsir Bug 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 0151 Mew Psychic 0152 Chikorita Grass 0153 Bayleef Grass 0154 Meganium Grass 0158 Totodile Water 0159 Croconaw Water 0160 Feraligatr Water 0165 Ledyba Bug Flying 0166 Ledian Bug Flying 0182 Bellossom Grass 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 0191 Sunkern Grass 0207 Gligar Ground Flying 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 0213 Shuckle Bug Rock 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 0215 Sneasel Dark Ice 0216 Teddiursa Normal 0217 Ursaring Normal 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 0251 Celebi Grass Psychic 0252 Treecko Grass 0253 Grovyle Grass 0254 Sceptile Grass 0255 Torchic Fire 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0270 Lotad Water Grass 0271 Lombre Water Grass 0272 Ludicolo Water Grass 0273 Seedot Grass 0274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 0275 Shiftry Grass Dark 0285 Shroomish Grass 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying 0303 Mawile Steel 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 0331 Cacnea Grass 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 0335 Zangoose Normal 0341 Corphish Water 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 0345 Lileep Rock Grass 0346 Cradily Rock Grass 0347 Anorith Rock Bug 0348 Armaldo Rock Bug 0357 Tropius Grass Flying 0359 Absol Dark 0383 Groudon Ground 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 0387 Turtwig Grass 0388 Grotle Grass 0389 Torterra Grass Ground 0390 Chimchar Fire 0391 Monferno Fire Fighting 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting 0395 Empoleon Water Steel 0402 Kricketune Bug 0406 Budew Grass Poison 0407 Roserade Grass Poison 0408 Cranidos Rock 0409 Rampardos Rock 0420 Cherubi Grass 0421 Cherrim Grass 0445 Garchomp Dragon Ground 0447 Riolu Fighting 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 0451 Skorupi Poison Bug 0452 Drapion Poison Dark 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 0455 Carnivine Grass 0459 Snover Grass Ice 0460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 0461 Weavile Dark Ice 0463 Lickilicky Normal 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 0465 Tangrowth Grass 0470 Leafeon Grass 0472 Gliscor Ground Flying 0475 Gallade Psychic Fighting 0491 Darkrai Dark 0492 Shaymin Grass 0492 Shaymin Grass Flying 0493 Arceus Steel Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0004 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Charmander
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Cubone, Marowak
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Raticate
Farfetch'd
Zangoose
Absol
Empoleon
Lucario |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0043 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Oddish
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Paras, Parasect
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Bellossom
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia
Cacnea, Cacturne
Tropius
Tangrowth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0069 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Bellsprout
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Paras, Parasect
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Bellossom
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia
Cacnea, Cacturne
Tropius
Tangrowth |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0098 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Krabby
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Corphish, Crawdaunt |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0104 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cubone
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0111 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Raticate
Farfetch'd
Zangoose
Absol
Empoleon
Lucario |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0303 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
| colspan="2" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel | style="background: #FFF" | Raticate
Farfetch'd
Zangoose
Absol
Empoleon
Lucario |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0347 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Anorith
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Corphish, Crawdaunt

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:Kenji's Sutoraiku Swords Dance.png Scyther File:Weavile SwordsDance.png Weavile
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Scyther crosses its claws across its chest and spins rapidly.
Yas Gym Leader's Scyther	Showdown at Dark City		Debut
Tracey's Scyther	Tracey Gets Bugged		None
	Victreebel uses its large leaves as swords and repeatedly swipes at the opponent.
James's Victreebel	Flower Power		None
	Weavile's claws grow longer and glow purple, increasing its attack power.
Paul's Weavile	DP131		None

Trivia

• Every Grass-type Pokémon, besides Wormadam's Plant Cloak, can learn Swords Dance.

In other languages

• French: Danse-lames
• German: Schwerttanz
• Italian: Danzaspada
• Spanish: Danza Espada