Tail Glow (move)

Tail Glow ほたるび Firefly Light

The user stares at flashing lights to focus its mind, sharply raising its Sp. Atk stat.

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 BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

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

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

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

Tail Glow on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Tail Glow on Eevee's Movedex

Tail Glow (Japanese: ほたるび Firefly Light) is a non-damaging Bug-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Tail Glow increases the user's Special Attack by two stages.

Tail Glow will do nothing if the user's Special Attack has reached a level of +6 or a value of 999.

In the anime

Volbeat using Tail Glow

Pokémon

Volbeat. Volbeat's tail glows.

• Used by someone's Volbeat in a contest in Lessons in Lilycove!.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 313 Volbeat Bug 21 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 313 Volbeat Bug 21 490 Manaphy Water -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Manaphy is able to learn Tail Glow, which contradicts both the Japanese and English names for the move (Manaphy is not a firefly nor does it have a tail).

In other languages

• Spanish: Ráfaga
• French: Lumiqueue
• German: Schweifglanz
• Italian: Codadiluce

Variations on the move Acid Armor
	Acid Armor | Agility | Amnesia | Barrier Swords Dance | Iron Defense | Tail Glow Acupressure | Nasty Plot | Rock Polish

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