Double Team (move)

Double Team かげぶんしん Shadow Divide

By moving rapidly, the user makes illusory copies of itself to raise its evasiveness.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM32 in Generation I TM32 in Generation II TM32 in Generation III TM32 in Generation IV

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 Can avoid being startled by other once.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Double Team on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Double Team on Eevee's Movedex

Double Team (Japanese: かげぶんしん Shadow Divide) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Double Team increases the user's evasion by one stage. Double Team will do nothing if the user's evasion has reached a stage of +6.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Lucario about to use Double Team.

Lucario using Double Team.

Lucario about to attack.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Double Team is Lucario's down Special move. When Lucario uses Double Team, it creates copies of itself for its opponent to attack, while the real Lucario sneaks up from behind to counterattack.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 025 Pikachu Electric 15Y 123 Scyther Bug Flying 24 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 TM32

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation I can learn Double Team.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 025 Pikachu Electric 15 123 Scyther Bug Flying 48 193 Yanma Bug Flying 13 212 Scizor Bug Steel 48 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 TM32

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation II can learn Double Team.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 025 Pikachu Electric 15 123 Scyther Bug Flying 41 193 Yanma Bug Flying 13RSE 193 Yanma Bug Flying 12FRLG 212 Scizor Bug Steel 41RSE 276 Taillow Normal Flying 19 277 Swellow Normal Flying 19 280 Ralts Psychic 11 281 Kirlia Psychic -- 11 282 Gardevoir Psychic -- 11 291 Ninjask Bug Flying 20 313 Volbeat Bug 9 359 Absol Dark 31 361 Snorunt Ice 7 362 Glalie Ice -- 7 386 Deoxys Speed Forme Psychic 10 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 TM32

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation III can learn Double Team.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 025 Pikachu Electric 18 123 Scyther Bug Flying 37 193 Yanma Bug Flying 11 276 Taillow Normal Flying 19 277 Swellow Normal Flying 19 280 Ralts Psychic 10 281 Kirlia Psychic -- 10 282 Gardevoir Psychic -- 10 291 Ninjask Bug Flying 20 313 Volbeat Bug 5 359 Absol Dark 33 361 Snorunt Ice 4 362 Glalie Ice -- 4 386 Deoxys Speed Forme Psychic 17 396 Starly Normal Flying 13 397 Staravia Normal Flying 13 398 Staraptor Normal Flying 13 469 Yanmega Bug Flying -- 11 475 Gallade Psychic Fighting -- 10 478 Froslass Ice Ghost -- 4 479 Rotom Normal Rotom Electric Ghost 15 479 Rotom Heat Rotom Electric Ghost 15 479 Rotom Wash Rotom Electric Ghost 15 479 Rotom Frost Rotom Electric Ghost 15 479 Rotom Fan Rotom Electric Ghost 15 479 Rotom Mow Rotom Electric Ghost 15 488 Cresselia Psychic -- 491 Darkrai Dark 47 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 TM32

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation IV can learn Double Team.

In the anime

Ambipom	Starly	Aipom
By moving rapidly, the user makes illusory copies of itself.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Gloom	Gloom glows blue, then it glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself.
Florinda's Gloom	Make Room for Gloom		Debut
Golbat	Golbat creates a copy and uses it as a decoy. After the opponent attacks it, Golbat appears behind the opponent.
Mandi's Golbat	Round One - Begin!		None
Scyther	Scyther glows multicolored, then creates 2 or more copies of itself.
Jeanette Fisher's Scyther	The Fourth Round Rumble		None
Tracey's Scyther	Tracey Gets Bugged		None
Bugsy's Scyther	Gettin' the Bugs Out		None
Poliwrath	Poliwrath creates multiple copies of itself.
Tad's Polirath	Charizard Chills		None
Eevee	Eevee creates multiple copies of itself.
Gary's Eevee	The Rivalry Revival!		None
Alakazam	Alakazam creates multiple copies of itself.
Alex Davis's Alakazam	Power Play!		None
Yanma	Yanma creates multiple copies of itself.
Zachary Evans's Yanma	Wings 'N' Things		None
Skiploom	Skiploom creates multiple copies of itself.
Ephraim's Skiploom	The Grass Route		None
Murkrow	Murkrow flies around so fast it looks like a blur, and it moves fast so it looks like there are multiple other Murkrow.
Multiple wild Murkrow	All That Glitters!		None
Teddiursa	Teddiursa creates two other copies of itself that does anything it does.
A wild Teddiursa	UnBEARable		None
Golem	Golem creates two other copies of itself.
Goneff's Golem	The Wayward Wobbuffet		None
Scizor	Scizor creates multiple copies of itself.
Vicious's Scizor	Celebi: Voice of the Forest		None
Tyrogue	Tyrogue glows white and creates multiple copies of itself.
Kiyo's Tyrogue	A Tyrogue Full of Trouble		None
Magby	Magby glows white, then makes multiple copies of itself.
Satchel's Magby	You're a Star, Larvitar!		None
Furret	Furret glows white, then creates multiple copies of itself.
Salvador's Furret	A Claim to Flame!		None
Slugma	Slugma glows white then creates two other copies of itself.
Macey's Slugma	Love, Pokémon Style!		None
Magneton	Magneton glows white then creates multiple copies of itself.
Jackson's Magneton	Tie One On!		None
Swellow	Swellow glows white and then creates identical copies of itself.
Ash's Swellow	That's Just Swellow		None
Meowth	Same as Above
Tyson's Meowth	Saved by the Beldum!		None
Luvdisc	Same as Above
Misty's Caserin	Luvdisc is a Most Splendored Thing!		None
Shiftry	Same as Above
Spenser's Shiftry	Ka Boom with a View!		None
Aipom	Same as Above
Dawn's Aipom	Aipom and Circumstance		None
Ambipom	Same as Above
Dawn's Ambipom	The Psyduck Stops Here!		None
Starly	Same as Above
Paul's Starly	When Pokémon Worlds Collide!		None
Misdreavus	Same as Above
Zoey's Misdreavus	Pruning a Passel of Pals!		None
Raichu	Same as Above
A Raichu Ash trained briefly	Camping it Up!		None

Trivia

• This move's Japanese name is a reference to a ninja technique commonly known in English as shadow clone. Bunshin can mean "one's other self" or clone or duplicate. With kage meaning shadow, you get shadow clone. It's a very common technique in ninja works, such as anime, manga, and novels.

In other languages

• Spanish: Doble Equipo
• French: Reflet
• German: Doppelteam
• Italian: Doppioteam.
• Korean: 그림자분신 geurimjabunshin
• Hindi: Dohri Team / Dugni Team
• Dutch: Dubbelteam

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.