Dragon Cheer increases the user's allies'critical-hit ratio by one stage. If the affected Pokémon areDragon-type, their critical-hit ratio is increased by two stages instead. The effects of Dragon Cheer can be copied byPsych Up,Transform,Costar,Opportunist, and aMirror Herb.
Dragon Cheer's effects apply based on the allies' type upon use of the move, and do not change if the allies' type changes later in battle. Prior to version 3.0.1, the effect of Dragon Cheer would remain even if switched in.
The move will fail if there is no adjacent ally, or if the ally is already under the effects ofFocus Energy or Dragon Cheer.
The user raises its allies’ morale with a draconic cry so that their future attacks have a heightened chance of landing critical hits. This rouses Dragon types more.
Bold indicates a Pokémon gainsSTAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.
Trivia
Dragon Cheer was temporarily banned in official tournaments, due to the bug in Scarlet and Violet 3.0.0 that caused the boost to remain on switching out. The ban was lifted on the release of 3.0.1.[1]
Despite its name and description, Dragon Cheer is not asound-based move.