Lunar Dance (move)

Lunar Dance みかづきのまい Crescent Moon Dance

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Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

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

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Lunar Dance (Japanese: みかづきのまい Crescent Moon Dance) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV. It is the signature move of Cresselia.

Effect

Lunar Dance causes the user to faint, but restores the HP, PP and removes all status ailments of the Pokémon that is sent out to take its place. The Pokémon is sent out before the end of the turn so if the user moves before the opponent then the Pokémon will be sent out followed by the opponents attack, however in Generation V the Pokémon is sent out at the end of the turn after all other Pokémon have moved.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic	84				84			''''
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

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Lunar Dance reduces the user's HP to 1, and restores all the HP and PP of team members in the same room as the user. It also removes any status ailments on those Pokémon and breaks any move seals caused by seal traps.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 新月舞 Xīnyuè Wǔ French Danse-Lune German Lunartanz Greek Σεληνιακός Χορός Italian Lunardanza Korean 초승달춤 Choseungdal Chum Spanish Danza Lunar

Variations of the move Destiny Bond
Destiny Bond • Grudge

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.