Quiver Dance (move)

Quiver Dance ちょうのまい Butterfly Dance

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Battles Type  Bug 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 V

Contests Category  [[{{{category}}} Contest|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Category  [[{{{category}}} Contest|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

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

Quiver Dance (Japanese: ちょうのまい Butterfly Dance) is a non-damaging Bug-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Quiver Dance raises the user's Special Attack, Special Defense and Speed stats by one stage each.

Description

Games Description BWB2W2 The user lightly performs a beautiful, mystic dance. It boosts the user's Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed stats.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying	46
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	63
267		Beautifly	Bug	Flying	45
269		Dustox	Bug	Poison	45
284		Masquerain	Bug	Flying	68
414		Mothim	Bug	Flying	50
549		Lilligant	Grass		Grass	28
637		Volcarona	Bug	Fire	59
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Lilligant
The user increases its Speed by dancing.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Lilligant	Lilligant does a small dance, making it faster in the process.
Shadow Triad's Lilligant	ABW36		Debut

Trivia

• Quiver Dance, along with fellow Generation V moves Coil and Shell Smash, are the only status moves that raise three different stats at once.
• The English name of this move may be a play on Riverdance.

In other languages

Language Title French Papillodanse German Falterreigen Italian Eledanza Korean 나비춤 Nabi-chum Spanish Danza Aleteo

Variations of the move Quiver Dance
Quiver Dance • Coil

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