Dancer (Ability)

Dancer (Japanese: おどりこ Dancer) is an Ability introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature Ability of Oricorio.

Effect

In battle

	This move effect may be in need of research. Reason: Are moves used via Dancer ignored by Mirror Move/Copycat? You can discuss this on the talk page.

Whenever another Pokémon uses a dance move, 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 instructed dance move.

Dancer is able to copy a 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 will not activate if the move's animation does not play (assuming battle animations are on): if all of the move's targets are protected from it, the move fails to affect any Pokémon (e.g. Teeter Dance if all of the targets are already confused or have Own Tempo), or all targets are immune (e.g. Electric-type Revelation Dance if the target is Ground-type). Dancer will not activate if the move is stolen by Snatch.

If the Pokémon with Dancer is confused, it may hurt itself instead of copying the move, even if it is protected by a move like Protect or Mat Block. If a Pokémon has flinched, this also applies to moves it subsequently tries to copy with Dancer. A Pokémon with Dancer that is locked into a consecutively executed move (such as Petal Dance) or any move by Encore will still try to copy the move, but will fail unless it is locked into that same dance move; if a Pokémon uses Petal Dance via Dancer while locked into Petal Dance, this usage does not count towards the 2-3 turn duration.

Lunar Dance is copied after the original user faints. If a Pokémon copies Petal Dance via Dancer, it will not be locked into the move. If Feather Dance is reflected by Magic Bounce or 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 Taunt, it will still try to copy a status dance move, but will fail.

Moves used via Dancer can be stolen by Snatch and reflected by Magic Bounce and Magic Coat. Moves used via Dancer are not considered the move used most recently (such as for the purpose of Instruct or Mimic), but damage dealt by them is considered for the purpose of Mirror Coat, Mirror Move, and Metal Burst.

Affected moves

The Ability affects the following moves:

Outside of battle

Dancer has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Dancer

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0741		Oricorio	Fire	Flying	Dancer	None	None
741Po	Oricorio	Oricorio	Electric	Flying	Dancer	None	None
741Pa	Oricorio	Oricorio	Psychic	Flying	Dancer	None	None
741Se	Oricorio	Oricorio	Ghost	Flying	Dancer	None	None
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 舞者 Móuhjé Mandarin 舞者 Wǔzhě French Danseuse German Tänzer Italian Sincrodanza Korean 무희 Muhui Russian Танцор Tantsor Spanish Pareja de Baile

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