Tail Glow (move)

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Tail Glow
ほたるび Firefly Light
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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 III
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  1
Jam  0  
Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Earn double the score in the next turn.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Tail Glow (Japanese: ほたるび Firefly Light) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 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

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
0313 Volbeat 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
0313 Volbeat Volbeat
Bug 21
0490 Manaphy 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

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