Dragon Dance (move)

Dragon Dance りゅうのまい Dragon Dance

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Battles Type  Dragon Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

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

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  0   Earn double the score in the next turn.

Dragon Dance on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Dragon Dance on Eevee's Movedex

Dragon Dance (Japanese: りゅうのまい Dragon Dance) is a non-damaging Dragon-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Dragon Dance raises the user's Attack stat and Speed stat by one stage each.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
116		Horsea	Water		Water	50			38				38
117		Seadra	Water		Water	62			48				48
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying	50			44				44
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon	no			45				51
148		Dragonair	Dragon		Dragon	no			53				61
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	no			53				61
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	62			48				48
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	40			39				39
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	50			55				55
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	30			30	60		60
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon	no			no				32
611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon	no			no				32
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon	no			no				32
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire
131		Lapras	Water	Ice
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon
158		Totodile	Water		Water	no
246		Larvitar*	Rock	Ground
339		Barboach	Water	Ground	no
341		Corphish	Water		Water	no
357		Tropius*	Grass	Flying	no
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting	no				no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 371 Bagon Dragon Dream World - Rugged Mountain 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 manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Gyarados
The user dances around, raising its attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Altaria	Altaria swings its wings around like a ballerina would, raising its attack power.
Winona's Altaria	VS. Altaria		Debut
Gyarados	Gyarados flies into the air and starts dancing by moving its head back and forth, raising its attack power. When the move is complete, it coils its body together.
Cyrus's Gyarados	VS. Spiritomb		None

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure

	Gyarados
The user dances around, raising its attack and speed.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Gyarados	Gyarados flies in the air and dances from side-to-side, increasing its speed and attack power.
Cyrus's Gyarados	The Battle Rages On		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Dragon Dance is the only Dragon-type Status move.
• No Generation IV Pokémon can learn Dragon Dance by any method.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 龍之舞 Lóng-zhī Wǔ French Danse Draco German Drachentanz Greek Χορός Δράκου Hindi द्रगों का नाच Dragon ka nach Italian Dragodanza Korean 용의춤 Yong-yi Chum Portuguese Dança do Dragão Serbian Zmajev Ples Spanish Danza del Dragón

Variations of the move Bulk Up
Bulk Up • Calm Mind • Cosmic Power Dragon Dance • Growth • Hone Claws • Stockpile

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