Swords Dance (move)

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つるぎのまいSwords Dance

Battles

Type	Normal
Category	Status
PP	20(max.32)
Power	—
Accuracy	—%
Priority	0
Does not makecontact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected bySnatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range

Opponent	Opponent	Opponent
Self	Ally	Ally
Self: Affects the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation I
TM03 inGeneration I Move Tutor inPokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Move Tutor inPokémon Emerald TM75 inGeneration IV TM75 inGeneration V TM75 inGeneration VI TM75 inPokémon Sun, Moon,Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon TR00 inPokémon Sword and Shield TM75 inPokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl TM088 inPokémon Scarlet and Violet TM030 inPokémon Legends: Z-A

Contests

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

Super Contests

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	0
Earn double the score in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Beautiful
Appeal	1♥
Jamming	0
Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Swords Dance (Japanese:つるぎのまいSwords Dance) is a non-damagingNormal-type move introduced inGeneration I.

It is:

TM03 in Generation I.
TM75 fromGeneration IV toPokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, and inPokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
TR00 inPokémon Sword and Shield.
TM088 inPokémon Scarlet and Violet.
TM030 inPokémon Legends: Z-A.

Effect

Generation I to V

Swords Dance increases the user'sAttack stat by two stages.

Swords Dance can be used as the first move of aPokémon Contest combination, causingCrabhammer,Crush Claw,Cut,False Swipe,Fury Cutter, andSlash to score double the normal appeal if used in the next turn.

Generation VI onwards

Swords Dance's PP changed from 30 to 20.

If powered up by aNormalium Z into Z-Swords Dance, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Swords Dance raises the user's offensive stats for five turns.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

		Agile	Strong
Category	Status
PP	20

Power	—	—	—
Accuracy	—%	—%	—%
Action speed modifier
Self	-3	-4	+5
Target	?	?	?
Additional effect
Turns	5	4	7
		?	?
		?	?
Raises the user's offensive stats

Generation IX

Pokémon Legends: Z-A

Pokémon Legends: Z-A

	Standard	Plus Move
Category	Status
Accuracy	100%

Power	—
Cooldown	15s
Move wind-up time	25 frames
Effect duration	20s	23s
Additional effect
	—
	—
	—
None

Description

Games	Description
Stad	A special move that greatly boosts the user'sAttack power. Can normally be used up to three times.
Stad2	A special move that boosts the user'sAttack power. Normally used up to three times.
GS C	A dance that increasesAttack.
RS EColoXD	A fighting dance that sharply raisesAttack.
FRLG	A frenetic dance of fighting. It sharply raises theAttack stat.
DP Pt HGSSPBR BW B2W2	A frenetic dance to uplift the fighting spirit. It sharply raises the user's Attack stat.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP	A frenetic dance to uplift the fighting spirit. This sharply raises the user's Attack stat.
LA	A frenetic dance to uplift the fighting spirit. This raises the user’s offensive stats.
SV	A frenetic dance to uplift the fighting spirit. This sharply boosts the user's Attack stat.
ZA	The user boosts its Attack stat for a while by performing a frenetic dance.

Learnset

Byleveling up

#		Egg Groups		Level
				I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII		VIII			IX
										SM USUM	PE	SwSh	BDSP	LA	SV	ZA
0020	Raticate	Field		Field	−	−	−	1	1	1	1	1		1
0020	Raticate Alolan Form	Field		Field							1	1
0027	Sandshrew	Field		Field	−	−	−	−	38^B2W2	38	38	28	39	39		39
0027	Sandshrew Alolan Form	Field		Field							38	28	39			39
0028	Sandslash	Field		Field	−	−	−	−	38^B2W2	38^XY 43^ORAS	43	36	51	51		51
0028	Sandslash Alolan Form	Field		Field							−	−	1			1
0071	Victreebel	Grass		Grass	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	1		−		−	−
0083	Farfetch'd	Flying	Field	23	25	31	25	25	25	25	36	45	45			34
0083	Farfetch'd Galarian Form	Flying	Field									45				34
0084	Doduo	Flying		Flying	−	−	−	−	−	−	36	32		36		33
0085	Dodrio	Flying		Flying	−	−	−	−	−	−	38	37		38		34
0098	Krabby	Water 3		Water 3	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	40	40
0099	Kingler	Water 3		Water 3	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	48	48
0104	Cubone	Monster		Monster	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−			44
0105	Marowak	Monster		Monster	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	1,Evo.	−	−			44
0105	Marowak Alolan Form	Monster		Monster							−	1,Evo.	−				44
0123	Scyther	Bug		Bug	35	42	36	57	57	57	57	44	48	48	25	44	42
0127	Pinsir	Bug		Bug	54	43	49	38	38^BW 40^B2W2	40	40	32	40	40			40
0141	Kabutops	Water 1	Water 3	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	63	−	−
0168	Ariados	Bug		Bug		−	−	−	−	−	1,Evo.			1,Evo.		Evo.	Evo.
0207	Gligar	Bug		Bug		−	−	34	38^BW 50^B2W2	50	50			50	−	50
0212	Scizor	Bug		Bug		42	36	57	57	57	57		48	48	25	44	42
0214	Heracross	Bug		Bug		−	−	−	−	−	−		50	50	29	50	38
0215	Sneasel	Field		Field		−	−	−	−	−	−		−	−	34	−
0215	Sneasel Hisuian Form	Field		Field											34	−
0291	Ninjask	Bug		Bug			25	25	25	25^XY 41^ORAS	41		57	57
0335	Zangoose	Field		Field			10	9	9^BW 43^B2W2	43^XY 47^ORAS	47			47		47	47
0336	Seviper	Field	Dragon			−	−	−	−	36			36		−	−
0341	Corphish	Water 1	Water 3			38^RSE 37^FRLG	44	44	44^XY 37^ORAS	37		36	36		36
0342	Crawdaunt	Water 1	Water 3			44^RSE 43^FRLG	52	52	52^XY 40^ORAS	40		40	40		40
0353	Shuppet	Amorphous		Amorphous			−	−	−	−	−			−		−	34
0354	Banette	Amorphous		Amorphous			−	−	−	−	−			−		−	34
0359	Absol	Field		Field			26	25	25^BW 33^B2W2	33^XY 25^ORAS	25		45	45			20
0395	Empoleon	Water 1	Field				11	11	11	11			11	−	11
0399	Bidoof	Water 1	Field				−	−	−	37			37	31
0400	Bibarel	Water 1	Field				−	−	−	43			43	31
0402	Kricketune	Bug		Bug				−	−	−	−			−	37	−
0408	Cranidos	Monster		Monster				−	−	−	−			28	−	−
0409	Rampardos	Monster		Monster				−	−	−	−			28	−	−
0447	Riolu	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				−	−	−	−		40	40	−	40	35
0448	Lucario	Field	Human-Like				33	37	19	19		40	40	−	40	35
0451	Skorupi	Bug	Water 3				−	−	−	−		−	−	25
0452	Drapion	Bug	Water 3				−	−	−	−		−	−	25
0461	Weavile	Field		Field				−	−	−	−		−	−	34	−
0470	Leafeon	Field		Field				78^PtHGSS	78^BW 29^B2W2	29	29		45	45	−	45	45
0472	Gliscor	Bug		Bug				34	38^BW 50^B2W2	50	50			50	30	50
0475	Gallade	Human-Like	Amorphous				25	31	31^XY 26^ORAS	26		35	35	30	35	35
0501	Oshawott	Field		Field					41	41	41				11	41
0502	Dewott	Field		Field					49	49	50				11	50
0503	Samurott	Field		Field					57	57	58					58
0503	Samurott Hisuian Form	Field		Field											11	58
0529	Drilbur	Field		Field					36	36	36		36			36	36
0530	Excadrill	Field		Field					42	42	42		40			40	36
0542	Leavanny	Bug		Bug					46	46	46					46
0588	Karrablast	Bug		Bug					52	52	52		36
0589	Escavalier	Bug		Bug					52	52	52		36
0610	Axew	Monster	Dragon					46	46	46		39			39
0611	Fraxure	Monster	Dragon					48	48	48		41			41
0612	Haxorus	Monster	Dragon					50	50	50		41			41
0624	Pawniard	Human-Like		Human-Like					57	57	57		60			60
0625	Bisharp	Human-Like		Human-Like					63	63	63		64			64
0626	Bouffalant	Field		Field					56	56	56		45
0638	Cobalion	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					49	49	37		56			56	56
0639	Terrakion	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					49	49	37		56			56	56
0640	Virizion	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					49	49	37		56			56	56
0645	Landorus All available forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					37	37	31		25		−	−
0647	Keldeo All available forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					49	49	49		56			56	56
0648	Meloetta	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					−	−	−					−	22
0659	Bunnelby	Field		Field						−	−		33				−
0660	Diggersby	Field		Field						1	1		43				−
0679	Honedge	Mineral		Mineral						1	1		44				44
0680	Doublade	Mineral		Mineral						1	1		50				44
0681	Aegislash	Mineral		Mineral						1	1		1				44
0692	Clauncher	Water 1	Water 3						25	25		35			35	30
0693	Clawitzer	Water 1	Water 3						25	25		35			35	30
0701	Hawlucha	Flying	Human-Like						60	60		40			40	40
0768	Golisopod	Bug	Water 3							16		40				48
0798	Kartana	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							37		65
0865	Sirfetch'd	Flying	Field									45				34
0888	Zacian All forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									22			22
0896	Glastrier	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									72			72
0898	Calyrex Ice Rider	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									1			1
0900	Kleavor	Bug		Bug											25	44	42
0903	Sneasler	Field		Field											34	−
0937	Ceruledge	Human-Like		Human-Like												37	37
0950	Klawf	Water 3		Water 3												33
0983	Kingambit	Human-Like		Human-Like												64
1002	Chien-Pao	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered												25
1010	Iron Leaves	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered												35
1022	Iron Boulder	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered												63
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.

ByTM/TR/Move Tutor

#		Egg Groups		Compatibility
				I	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII		IX
				TM03	FRLGE Tutor	TM75	TM75	TM75	SM USUM TM75	SwSh TR00	BDSP TM75	SV TM088	ZA TM030
0001	Bulbasaur	Monster	Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0002	Ivysaur	Monster	Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0003	Venusaur	Monster	Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0004	Charmander	Monster	Dragon	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0005	Charmeleon	Monster	Dragon	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0006	Charizard	Monster	Dragon	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0015	Beedrill	Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔		✔
0020	Raticate	Field		Field	−	−	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0020	Raticate Alolan Form	Field		Field						✔
0027	Sandshrew	Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0027	Sandshrew Alolan Form	Field		Field						✔	✔		✔
0028	Sandslash	Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0028	Sandslash Alolan Form	Field		Field						✔	✔		✔
0043	Oddish	Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0044	Gloom	Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0045	Vileplume	Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0046	Paras	Bug	Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0047	Parasect	Bug	Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0050	Diglett	Field		Field	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0050	Diglett Alolan Form	Field		Field						−	−		✔
0051	Dugtrio	Field		Field	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0051	Dugtrio Alolan Form	Field		Field						−	−		✔
0052	Meowth Galarian Form	Field		Field							✔		✔	✔
0069	Bellsprout	Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
0070	Weepinbell	Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
0071	Victreebel	Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
0072	Tentacool	Water 3		Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0073	Tentacruel	Water 3		Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0078	Rapidash	Field		Field	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔	✔
0078	Rapidash Galarian Form	Field		Field							✔
0083	Farfetch'd	Flying	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0083	Farfetch'd Galarian Form	Flying	Field							✔			✔
0084	Doduo	Flying		Flying	−	−	−	−	−	✔		✔	✔
0085	Dodrio	Flying		Flying	−	−	−	−	−	✔		✔	✔
0098	Krabby	Water 3		Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0099	Kingler	Water 3		Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0102	Exeggcute	Grass		Grass	−	−	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0103	Exeggutor	Grass		Grass	−	−	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0103	Exeggutor Alolan Form	Grass		Grass						✔	✔		✔
0104	Cubone	Monster		Monster	−	−	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0105	Marowak	Monster		Monster	−	−	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0105	Marowak Alolan Form	Monster		Monster						✔	✔			✔
0106	Hitmonlee	Human-Like		Human-Like	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0107	Hitmonchan	Human-Like		Human-Like	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0108	Lickitung	Monster		Monster	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0111	Rhyhorn	Monster	Field	−	−	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0112	Rhydon	Monster	Field	−	−	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0114	Tangela	Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0118	Goldeen	Water 2		Water 2	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔	✔
0119	Seaking	Water 2		Water 2	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔	✔
0123	Scyther	Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0127	Pinsir	Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0136	Flareon	Field		Field	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	✔
0141	Kabutops	Water 1	Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0151	Mew	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0152	Chikorita	Monster	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
0153	Bayleef	Monster	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
0154	Meganium	Monster	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
0158	Totodile	Monster	Water 1		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
0159	Croconaw	Monster	Water 1		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
0160	Feraligatr	Monster	Water 1		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
0165	Ledyba	Bug		Bug		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0166	Ledian	Bug		Bug		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0168	Ariados	Bug		Bug		−	−	−	−	✔		✔	✔	✔
0182	Bellossom	Grass		Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0187	Hoppip	Fairy	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0188	Skiploom	Fairy	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0189	Jumpluff	Fairy	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0191	Sunkern	Grass		Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		−	−
0192	Sunflora	Grass		Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0193	Yanma	Bug		Bug		−	−	−	−	−		✔	✔
0207	Gligar	Bug		Bug		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0211	Qwilfish	Water 2		Water 2		✔	−	−	−	−	✔	✔	✔	✔
0211	Qwilfish Hisuian Form	Water 2		Water 2									✔	✔
0212	Scizor	Bug		Bug		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0214	Heracross	Bug		Bug		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0215	Sneasel	Field		Field		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0215	Sneasel Hisuian Form	Field		Field									✔
0216	Teddiursa	Field		Field		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0217	Ursaring	Field		Field		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0227	Skarmory	Flying		Flying		−	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0251	Celebi	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0252	Treecko	Monster	Dragon		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0253	Grovyle	Monster	Dragon		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0254	Sceptile	Monster	Dragon		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0255	Torchic	Field		Field		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0256	Combusken	Field		Field		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0257	Blaziken	Field		Field		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0270	Lotad	Water 1	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0271	Lombre	Water 1	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0272	Ludicolo	Water 1	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0273	Seedot	Field	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	−
0274	Nuzleaf	Field	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0275	Shiftry	Field	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0285	Shroomish	Fairy	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		−	−
0286	Breloom	Fairy	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0291	Ninjask	Bug		Bug		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0303	Mawile	Field	Fairy		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0315	Roselia	Fairy	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0316	Gulpin	Amorphous		Amorphous		−	−	−	−	−		−	✔	✔
0317	Swalot	Amorphous		Amorphous		−	−	−	−	−		−	✔	✔
0331	Cacnea	Grass	Human-Like		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0332	Cacturne	Grass	Human-Like		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0335	Zangoose	Field		Field		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
0336	Seviper	Field	Dragon		−	−	−	−	✔		✔	✔	✔
0338	Solrock	Mineral		Mineral		−	−	−	−	−	✔	✔
0341	Corphish	Water 1	Water 3		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0342	Crawdaunt	Water 1	Water 3		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0345	Lileep	Water 3		Water 3		−	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0346	Cradily	Water 3		Water 3		−	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0347	Anorith	Water 3		Water 3		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0348	Armaldo	Water 3		Water 3		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0353	Shuppet	Amorphous		Amorphous		−	−	−	−	−		−	−	✔
0354	Banette	Amorphous		Amorphous		−	−	−	−	−		−	✔	✔
0357	Tropius	Monster	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0359	Absol	Field		Field		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0365	Walrein	Water 1	Field		−	−	−	−	−	✔	✔
0383	Groudon	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0384	Rayquaza	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0387	Turtwig	Monster	Grass			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0388	Grotle	Monster	Grass			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0389	Torterra	Monster	Grass			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0390	Chimchar	Field	Human-Like			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0391	Monferno	Field	Human-Like			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0392	Infernape	Field	Human-Like			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0395	Empoleon	Water 1	Field			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0399	Bidoof	Water 1	Field			−	−	−	✔		✔
0400	Bibarel	Water 1	Field			−	−	−	✔		✔
0402	Kricketune	Bug		Bug			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0406	Budew	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0407	Roserade	Fairy	Grass			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0408	Cranidos	Monster		Monster			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0409	Rampardos	Monster		Monster			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0420	Cherubi	Fairy	Grass			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0421	Cherrim	Fairy	Grass			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0428	Lopunny	Field	Human-Like			−	−	−		−	−		✔
0443	Gible	Monster	Dragon			−	−	−	−	−	−	✔	✔
0444	Gabite	Monster	Dragon			−	−	−	−	−	−	✔	✔
0445	Garchomp	Monster	Dragon			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0447	Riolu	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0448	Lucario	Field	Human-Like			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0451	Skorupi	Bug	Water 3			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0452	Drapion	Bug	Water 3			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0454	Toxicroak	Human-Like		Human-Like			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0455	Carnivine	Grass		Grass			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0459	Snover	Monster	Grass			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0460	Abomasnow	Monster	Grass			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0461	Weavile	Field		Field			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0463	Lickilicky	Monster		Monster			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0464	Rhyperior	Monster	Field			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0465	Tangrowth	Grass		Grass			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0469	Yanmega	Bug		Bug			−	−	−	−		✔	✔
0470	Leafeon	Field		Field			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0472	Gliscor	Bug		Bug			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0475	Gallade	Human-Like	Amorphous			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0491	Darkrai	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
0492	Shaymin All available forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0493	Arceus All available forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0495	Snivy	Field	Grass				✔	✔	✔			✔
0496	Servine	Field	Grass				✔	✔	✔			✔
0497	Serperior	Field	Grass				✔	✔	✔			✔
0501	Oshawott	Field		Field				✔	✔	✔			✔
0502	Dewott	Field		Field				✔	✔	✔			✔
0503	Samurott	Field		Field				✔	✔	✔			✔
0503	Samurott Hisuian Form	Field		Field									✔
0504	Patrat	Field		Field				✔	✔	✔				✔
0505	Watchog	Field		Field				✔	✔	✔				✔
0510	Liepard	Field		Field				−	−	−	−			✔
0529	Drilbur	Field		Field				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0530	Excadrill	Field		Field				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0539	Sawk	Human-Like		Human-Like				−	−	−	−			✔
0542	Leavanny	Bug		Bug				✔	✔	✔			✔
0545	Scolipede	Bug		Bug				✔	✔	✔	✔			✔
0549	Lilligant	Grass		Grass				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0549	Lilligant Hisuian Form	Grass		Grass									✔
0557	Dwebble	Bug	Mineral				✔	✔	✔	✔
0558	Crustle	Bug	Mineral				✔	✔	✔	✔
0560	Scrafty	Field	Dragon				−	−	−	−		✔	✔
0570	Zorua	Field		Field				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0571	Zoroark	Field		Field				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0571	Zoroark Hisuian Form	Field		Field									✔
0586	Sawsbuck All forms	Field		Field				✔	✔	✔			✔
0588	Karrablast	Bug		Bug				✔	✔	✔	✔
0589	Escavalier	Bug		Bug				✔	✔	✔	✔
0598	Ferrothorn	Grass	Mineral				✔	✔	✔	✔
0610	Axew	Monster	Dragon				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0611	Fraxure	Monster	Dragon				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0612	Haxorus	Monster	Dragon				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0614	Beartic	Field		Field				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0619	Mienfoo	Field	Human-Like				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0620	Mienshao	Field	Human-Like				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0624	Pawniard	Human-Like		Human-Like				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0625	Bisharp	Human-Like		Human-Like				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0626	Bouffalant	Field		Field				✔	✔	✔	✔
0638	Cobalion	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0639	Terrakion	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0640	Virizion	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0645	Landorus All available forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
0647	Keldeo All available forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0648	Meloetta	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				−	−	−			✔	✔
0650	Chespin	Field		Field					✔	✔			−	−
0651	Quilladin	Field		Field					✔	✔			−	−
0652	Chesnaught	Field		Field					✔	✔			✔	✔
0657	Frogadier	Water 1		Water 1					−	−			✔	✔
0658	Greninja All available forms	Water 1		Water 1					−	−			✔	✔
0659	Bunnelby	Field		Field					−	−	✔			✔
0660	Diggersby	Field		Field					✔	✔	✔			✔
0661	Fletchling	Flying		Flying					✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0662	Fletchinder	Flying		Flying					✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0663	Talonflame	Flying		Flying					✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0674	Pancham	Field	Human-Like					✔	✔	✔			✔
0675	Pangoro	Field	Human-Like					✔	✔	✔			✔
0679	Honedge	Mineral		Mineral					✔	✔	✔			✔
0680	Doublade	Mineral		Mineral					✔	✔	✔			✔
0681	Aegislash	Mineral		Mineral					✔	✔	✔			✔
0684	Swirlix	Fairy		Fairy					−	−	−			✔
0685	Slurpuff	Fairy		Fairy					−	−	−			✔
0688	Binacle	Water 3		Water 3					✔	✔	✔			✔
0689	Barbaracle	Water 3		Water 3					✔	✔	✔			✔
0692	Clauncher	Water 1	Water 3					✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0693	Clawitzer	Water 1	Water 3					✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0701	Hawlucha	Flying	Human-Like					✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0722	Rowlet	Flying		Flying						✔	✔		✔
0723	Dartrix	Flying		Flying						✔	✔		✔
0724	Decidueye	Flying		Flying						✔	✔		✔
0724	Decidueye Hisuian Form	Flying		Flying									✔
0725	Litten	Field		Field						✔	✔		✔
0726	Torracat	Field		Field						✔	✔		✔
0727	Incineroar	Field		Field						✔	✔		✔
0731	Pikipek	Flying		Flying						✔			✔
0732	Trumbeak	Flying		Flying						✔			✔
0733	Toucannon	Flying		Flying						✔			✔
0741	Oricorio All forms	Flying		Flying						✔			✔
0744	Rockruff	Field		Field						−	✔		✔
0745	Lycanroc Midday Form	Field		Field						✔	✔		✔
0745	Lycanroc Midnight Form	Field		Field						✔	✔		✔
0745	Lycanroc Dusk Form	Field		Field						✔^USUM	✔		✔
0753	Fomantis	Grass		Grass						✔	✔		✔
0754	Lurantis	Grass		Grass						✔	✔		✔
0759	Stufful	Field		Field						✔	✔
0760	Bewear	Field		Field						✔	✔
0768	Golisopod	Bug	Water 3						✔	✔			✔
0772	Type: Null	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered						✔	✔
0773	Silvally All forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered						✔	✔
0775	Komala	Field		Field						✔			✔
0778	Mimikyu	Amorphous		Amorphous						✔	✔		✔	✔
0779	Bruxish	Water 2		Water 2						✔			✔
0781	Dhelmise	Mineral		Mineral						✔	✔
0782	Jangmo-o	Dragon		Dragon						✔	✔		✔
0783	Hakamo-o	Dragon		Dragon						✔	✔		✔
0784	Kommo-o	Dragon		Dragon						✔	✔		✔
0787	Tapu Bulu	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered						✔	✔
0798	Kartana	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered						✔	✔
0800	Necrozma All available forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered						✔	✔		✔
0810	Grookey	Field	Grass							✔		✔
0811	Thwackey	Field	Grass							✔		✔
0812	Rillaboom	Field	Grass							✔		✔
0814	Raboot	Field	Human-Like							−		✔
0815	Cinderace	Field	Human-Like							−		✔
0818	Inteleon	Water 1	Field							✔		✔
0820	Greedent	Field		Field							✔		✔
0832	Dubwool	Field		Field							✔
0834	Drednaw	Monster	Water 1							✔		✔
0858	Hatterene	Fairy		Fairy							✔		✔
0863	Perrserker	Field		Field							✔		✔	✔
0865	Sirfetch'd	Flying	Field							✔			✔
0870	Falinks	Fairy	Mineral							✔		✔	✔
0884	Duraludon	Mineral	Dragon							✔		✔
0888	Zacian All forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							✔		✔
0891	Kubfu	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							−		✔
0892	Urshifu Single Strike Style	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							−		✔
0892	Urshifu Rapid Strike Style	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							−		✔
0893	Zarude All forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							−		✔
0896	Glastrier	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							✔		✔
0898	Calyrex Ice Rider	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							✔		✔
0900	Kleavor	Bug		Bug									✔	✔
0901	Ursaluna	Field		Field									✔
0901	Ursaluna Bloodmoon	Field		Field									✔
0903	Sneasler	Field		Field									✔
0904	Overqwil	Water 2		Water 2									✔	✔
0914	Quaquaval	Flying	Water 1									✔
0920	Lokix	Bug		Bug									✔
0937	Ceruledge	Human-Like		Human-Like									✔	✔
0944	Shroodle	Field		Field									✔	✔
0945	Grafaiai	Field		Field									✔	✔
0950	Klawf	Water 3		Water 3									✔
0957	Tinkatink	Fairy		Fairy									✔	✔
0958	Tinkatuff	Fairy		Fairy									✔	✔
0959	Tinkaton	Fairy		Fairy									✔	✔
0973	Flamigo	Flying		Flying									✔	✔
0983	Kingambit	Human-Like		Human-Like									✔
0992	Iron Hands	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									✔
0995	Iron Thorns	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									✔
0996	Frigibax	Dragon	Mineral									✔	✔
0997	Arctibax	Dragon	Mineral									✔	✔
0998	Baxcalibur	Dragon	Mineral									✔	✔
1002	Chien-Pao	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									✔
1006	Iron Valiant	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									✔
1007	Koraidon	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									✔
1008	Miraidon	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									✔
1010	Iron Leaves	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									✔
1016	Fezandipiti	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									✔
1017	Ogerpon All forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									✔
1018	Archaludon	Mineral	Dragon									✔
1022	Iron Boulder	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									✔
1023	Iron Crown	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered									✔
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.

Bybreeding

#		Egg Groups		Egg Move
				II	III	IV

0004	Charmander	Monster	Dragon	−	✔	✔
0027	Sandshrew	Field		Field	−	✔	✔
0043	Oddish	Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔
0069	Bellsprout	Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔
0098	Krabby	Water 3		Water 3	−	✔	✔
0104	Cubone	Monster		Monster	✔^C	✔	✔
0111	Rhyhorn	Monster	Field	−	✔	✔
0152	Chikorita	Monster	Grass	✔^C	−	−
0303	Mawile	Field	Fairy		✔	✔
0347	Anorith	Water 3		Water 3		✔	✔
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.

Special move

Generation II

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0083		Farfetch'd^Lv. 5		Flying	Field	Baton Pass Farfetch'd^Stad2
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.

Generation IV

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0108		Lickitung		Monster		Monster	My Pokémon Ranch
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.

Byevent

Generation II

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0118		Goldeen		Water 2		Water 2	Gotta Catch 'Em All Station! Swords Dance Goldeen
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.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Swords Dance raises the user's Attack by two stages. This move is affected bySnatch.

Game	Base Power	Max Power	Base PP	Max PP	Base Accuracy	Max Accuracy	Range	Target	Cuts corners
MDRB	-	-	17	-	—%	-	User	User	-
MDTD S	-	-	7	-	—%	-	User	User	-
BSL	-	-	7	-	—%	-	User	User	-
MDGtI	-	-	20	99	—%	-	User	User	-
SMD	-	-	20	99	—%	-	User	User	-
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games: MD Rescue Team = Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. MD Time and Darkness = Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.MD Sky = Pokémon Platinum. MD Adventure Squad = Pokémon Platinum. MD Gates to Infinity = Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. Super Mystery Dungeon = Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. MD Rescue Team DX = Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

InPokémon Rumble Rush, allstatus moves including Swords Dance could only be used by opposing Pokémon and could not be obtained on any caught Pokémon. Swords Dance could be seen as a move used by BossAegislash.

Swords Dance

Charge time	2 seconds
Range type	Circular (self)
Target	Self
Additional effect	Raises the user's Attack

Pokémon Masters EX

Name	Category	Move gauge cost	MP (uses)	Basepower	Maxpower	Accuracy	Target	Effect tag	Description	Playablesync pair(s)
Swords Dance	Status	2	—	—	—	—%	Self	—	Raises the user's Attack by two stat ranks.	Emmet (Special Costume) & Escavalier Valerie & Mawile Argenta & Skarmory
Buddy move
Unbreakable Swords Dance	Status	—	3	—	—	—%	All allies	—	Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated. Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared. Raises the Attack of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks. Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by one rank. Charges the user's move gauge by two when the weather is sunny.	Sygna Suit Acerola & Tapu Bulu

Name

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	Boosts the user's Attack by two levels.
MDTD S	Boosts the user's Attack by 2 levels.
BSL	じぶんのこうげきを２だんかいあげる
MDGtI	It sharply boosts your Attack. (The stat change returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on aWonder Tile.)
SMD	It sharply boosts your Attack. The stat change returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on aWonder Tile.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Pokémon	Method
Gallade Lucario Type: Null Leafeon
The user performs a frenetic dance to uplift its fighting spirit. This boosts the user's attack power.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Scyther crosses its claws across its chest and spins around rapidly, boosting its attack power; or, Scyther slashes its arms about and multiple light-blue swords circle around it. The swords stop and point towards Scyther, end first, before disappearing. A yellow aura goes upwards along its body, boosting Scyther's attack power.
Yas's Scyther	Showdown at Dark City	Debut
Tracey's Scyther	Tracey Gets Bugged	None
Bugsy's Scyther	Gettin' the Bugs Out	None
Goh's Scyther	Serving Up the Flute Cup!	None
	Victreebel uses the large leaves on the side of its body as swords and repeatedly swipes at the opponent with them.
James's Victreebel	Flower Power	None
	Farfetch'd flies into the air and spins rapidly.
A Coordinator's Farfetch'd	Weekend Warrior	None
	Kricketune crosses its scythes and they glow blue and slightly thicker blocking it from attacks.
Nando's Kricketune	Dawn's Early Night!	None
	Weavile's claws glow purple, and they grow longer and then swings them around, making it stronger.
Paul's Weavile	Pedal to the Mettle!	None
	Gallade's forearms glow light purple and the backs grow longer. Then, he moves them around in a hypnotizing way, making him stronger.
Zoey's Gallade	A Grand Fight for Winning!	None
	Lucario closes its eyes and meditates. Several blue glowing swords circle Lucario and cross together and then Lucario glows red, raising its attack power.
Korrina's Lucario	Mega Revelations!	None
	Twelve blue glowing swords circle around Aegislash. Red and orange lights shoot upwards in front of it and then balls of the same colored aura appear in front of Aegislash, before disappearing, raising its attack power.
Sawyer's Aegislash	Valuable Experience for All!	None
	Type: Null's eyes glow light-blue, and multiple light-blue swords circle around it. The swords stop and point towards Type: Null, end first, before disappearing. A red aura bursts from the ground underneath it, before a lighter-colored red aura goes upwards along its body, boosting Type: Null's attack power.
Gladion's Silvally	A Masked Warning!	None
	Midnight Form Lycanroc howls and multiple light-blue swords circle around it. The swords stop and point towards Lycanroc, end first, before disappearing. A red aura bursts from the ground underneath it, before a lighter-colored red aura goes upwards along its body, boosting Lycanroc's attack power.
Gladion's Lycanroc	Showdown on Poni Island!	None
	Multiple light-yellow swords spin around Leafeon before stopping, crossing blades, and disappearing. A red aura bursts from the ground underneath it, before a lighter-colored red aura goes upwards along its body, boosting Leafeon's attack power.
Perrin's Leafeon	Encounters at the Crystal Pool	None

InZigZag Zangoose,Nicholai called for hisZangoose to use Swords Dance, but it stopped when it sensedJessie's Seviper.

Pokédex entries

Episode	Subject	Source	Entry
EP097	Swords Dance	Ash's Pokédex	Swords Dance,Scyther's specialattack. Scyther spins furiously to focus its energy and increase itsattack power.

In the manga

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

Pokémon	Method
Charizard
The user releases multiple sharp blades at the foe.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Charizard swings its tail, leaving behind a trail of fire from its tail flame. Multiple sharp blades are then fired from the trail at the opponent.
Ritchie's Charley	The Indigo Finals	Debut

Pocket Monsters XY: The Legend of the Pokémon Dragon King

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Reason: description of the move

Pokémon	Method

Unknown
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Charizard
Akira's Charizard	LDK4	Debut

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method
Bellsprout Vileplume Pinsir
A frenetic dance to uplift the fighting spirit.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Vileplume jumps into the air and spins its body extremely fast.
Erika's Vileplume	Meanwhile... Vileplume!	Debut
	One of the leaves on Bellsprout's body becomes sharp and Bellsprout stabs the opponent with it.
Chow's Bellsprout	Bellsprout Rout	None
Nico's Bellsprout	Bellsprout Rout	None
Edmond's Bellsprout	Bellsprout Rout	None
Jin's Bellsprout	Bellsprout Rout	None
Neal's Bellsprout	Bellsprout Rout	None
Troy's Bellsprout	Bellsprout Rout	None
	Pinsir grabs the opponent using its two horns, lifts it up and then slams it down to the ground.
The Battle Factory's Pinsir	Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming	None

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

InPokémon XD: Gale of Darkness,Battle CD 07 includes aMachamp that knows Swords Dance, a move whichMachamp cannot learn.
Prior toGeneration V,Shedinja is able to know Swords Dance byleveling up ifNincada is allowed toevolve only at level 25, asNinjask learns this move at this level.
Of all status-changing moves, Swords Dance has the mostvariations, with eight including itself.

In other languages


Language		Title
Catalan		Dansa d'Espases
Chinese	Cantonese	劍舞Gimmóuh
Chinese	Mandarin	劍舞 / 剑舞Jiànwǔ
Czech		Šavlový Tanec
Danish		Sværddans
Dutch		Zwaarddans
Finnish		Miekkatanssi
French		Danse Lames^VIII+ Danse-Lames^I–VII
German		Schwerttanz
Greek		Χορός ΣπαθιώνChorós Spathión
Hindi		तलवार का नाचTalwaar Ka Naach
Indonesian		Tarian Pedang
Italian		Danzaspada^III+ Danza-Spada^I–II
Korean		칼춤Kalchum
Polish		Taniec Szabli* Taniec Mieczy*
Portuguese	Brazil	Dança das Espadas (UNITE, animated series, TCG, manga) Dança de Espadas (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Dança de Espada (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Portuguese	Portugal	Dança das Espadas
Romanian		Dansul Săbiilor
Serbian		Ples mačeva
Spanish	Latin America	Danza de Espadas (games,EP097–AG048,SM105–SM132,HZ071–present) Baile de Espadas (AG151–SM047,SM135–JN007)
Spanish	Spain	Danza Espada^III+ Danza-Espada^I–II
Swedish		Svärdsdans
Turkish		Kılıç Dansı
Vietnamese		Múa Kiếm

Variations of the moveAcid Armor

Formerly a variation
	Acid Armor •Amnesia •Autotomize •Barrier •Iron Defense •Nasty Plot •Rock Polish •Swords Dance
	Minimize

Generation I TMs
01 •02 •03 •04 •05 •06 •07 •08 •09 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 •18 •19 •20 •21 •22 •23 •24 •25 26 •27 •28 •29 •30 •31 •32 •33 •34 •35 •36 •37 •38 •39 •40 •41 •42 •43 •44 •45 •46 •47 •48 •49 •50
Generation I HMs
01 •02 •03 •04 •05

Generation IV TMs
01 •02 •03 •04 •05 •06 •07 •08 •09 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 •18 •19 •20 •21 •22 •23 24 •25 •26 •27 •28 •29 •30 •31 •32 •33 •34 •35 •36 •37 •38 •39 •40 •41 •42 •43 •44 •45 •46 47 •48 •49 •50 •51 •52 •53 •54 •55 •56 •57 •58 •59 •60 •61 •62 •63 •64 •65 •66 •67 •68 •69 70 •71 •72 •73 •74 •75 •76 •77 •78 •79 •80 •81 •82 •83 •84 •85 •86 •87 •88 •89 •90 •91 •92
Generation IV HMs
01 •02 •03 •04 • 05 (DPPt •HGSS) •06 •07 •08

Generation V TMs
01 •02 •03 •04 •05 •06 •07 •08 •09 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 •18 •19 20 •21 •22 •23 •24 •25 •26 •27 •28 •29 •30 •31 •32 •33 •34 •35 •36 •37 •38 39 •40 •41 •42 •43 •44 •45 •46 •47 •48 •49 •50 •51 •52 •53 •54 •55 •56 •57 58 •59 •60 •61 •62 •63 •64 •65 •66 •67 •68 •69 •70 •71 •72 •73 •74 •75 •76 77 •78 •79 •80 •81 •82 •83 •84 •85 •86 •87 •88 •89 •90 •91 •92 •93 •94 •95
Generation V HMs
01 •02 •03 •04 •05 •06

Generation VI TMs
01 •02 •03 •04 •05 •06 •07 •08 •09 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 •18 •19 •20 •21 •22 •23 •24 •25 •26 27 •28 •29 •30 •31 •32 •33 •34 •35 •36 •37 •38 •39 •40 •41 •42 •43 •44 •45 •46 •47 •48 •49 •50 •51 •52 53 •54 •55 •56 •57 •58 •59 •60 •61 •62 •63 •64 •65 •66 •67 •68 •69 •70 •71 •72 •73 •74 •75 •76 •77 •78 79 •80 •81 •82 •83 •84 •85 •86 •87 •88 •89 •90 •91 •92 •93 • 94 (XY •ORAS) •95 •96 •97 •98 •99 •100
Generation VI HMs
01 •02 •03 •04 •05 •06^ORAS •07^ORAS

Generation VII TMs
SM USUM
01 •02 •03 •04 •05 •06 •07 •08 •09 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 •18 •19 •20 21 •22 •23 •24 •25 •26 •27 •28 •29 •30 •31 •32 •33 •34 •35 •36 •37 •38 •39 •40 41 •42 •43 •44 •45 •46 •47 •48 •49 •50 •51 •52 •53 •54 •55 •56 •57 •58 •59 •60 61 •62 •63 •64 •65 •66 •67 •68 •69 •70 •71 •72 •73 •74 •75 •76 •77 •78 •79 •80 81 •82 •83 •84 •85 •86 •87 •88 •89 •90 •91 •92 •93 •94 •95 •96 •97 •98 •99 •100
PE
01 •02 •03 •04 •05 •06 •07 •08 •09 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 •18 •19 •20 21 •22 •23 •24 •25 •26 •27 •28 •29 •30 •31 •32 •33 •34 •35 •36 •37 •38 •39 •40 41 •42 •43 •44 •45 •46 •47 •48 •49 •50 •51 •52 •53 •54 •55 •56 •57 •58 •59 •60

Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
00 •01 •02 •03 •04 •05 •06 •07 •08 •09 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 •18 •19 20 •21 •22 •23 •24 •25 •26 •27 •28 •29 •30 •31 •32 •33 •34 •35 •36 •37 •38 •39 40 •41 •42 •43 •44 •45 •46 •47 •48 •49 •50 •51 •52 •53 •54 •55 •56 •57 •58 •59 60 •61 •62 •63 •64 •65 •66 •67 •68 •69 •70 •71 •72 •73 •74 •75 •76 •77 •78 •79 80 •81 •82 •83 •84 •85 •86 •87 •88 •89 •90 •91 •92 •93 •94 •95 •96 •97 •98 •99
BDSP
01 •02 •03 •04 •05 •06 •07 •08 •09 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 •18 •19 •20 21 •22 •23 •24 •25 •26 •27 •28 •29 •30 •31 •32 •33 •34 •35 •36 •37 •38 •39 •40 41 •42 •43 •44 •45 •46 •47 •48 •49 •50 •51 •52 •53 •54 •55 •56 •57 •58 •59 •60 61 •62 •63 •64 •65 •66 •67 •68 •69 •70 •71 •72 •73 •74 •75 •76 •77 •78 •79 •80 81 •82 •83 •84 •85 •86 •87 •88 •89 •90 •91 •92 •93 •94 •95 •96 •97 •98 •99 •100
Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
00 •01 •02 •03 •04 •05 •06 •07 •08 •09 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 •18 •19 20 •21 •22 •23 •24 •25 •26 •27 •28 •29 •30 •31 •32 •33 •34 •35 •36 •37 •38 •39 40 •41 •42 •43 •44 •45 •46 •47 •48 •49 •50 •51 •52 •53 •54 •55 •56 •57 •58 •59 60 •61 •62 •63 •64 •65 •66 •67 •68 •69 •70 •71 •72 •73 •74 •75 •76 •77 •78 •79 80 •81 •82 •83 •84 •85 •86 •87 •88 •89 •90 •91 •92 •93 •94 •95 •96 •97 •98 •99

Generation IX TMs
SV
001 •002 •003 •004 •005 •006 •007 •008 •009 •010 •011 •012 •013 •014 •015 •016 •017 •018 •019 020 •021 •022 •023 •024 •025 •026 •027 •028 •029 •030 •031 •032 •033 •034 •035 •036 •037 •038 039 •040 •041 •042 •043 •044 •045 •046 •047 •048 •049 •050 •051 •052 •053 •054 •055 •056 •057 058 •059 •060 •061 •062 •063 •064 •065 •066 •067 •068 •069 •070 •071 •072 •073 •074 •075 •076 077 •078 •079 •080 •081 •082 •083 •084 •085 •086 •087 •088 •089 •090 •091 •092 •093 •094 •095 096 •097 •098 •099 •100 •101 •102 •103 •104 •105 •106 •107 •108 •109 •110 •111 •112 •113 •114 115 •116 •117 •118 •119 •120 •121 •122 •123 •124 •125 •126 •127 •128 •129 •130 •131 •132 •133 134 •135 •136 •137 •138 •139 •140 •141 •142 •143 •144 •145 •146 •147 •148 •149 •150 •151 •152 153 •154 •155 •156 •157 •158 •159 •160 •161 •162 •163 •164 •165 •166 •167 •168 •169 •170 •171
Added inSV2.0.1
172 •173 •174 •175 •176 •177 •178 •179 •180 •181 •182 •183 •184 •185 •186 187 •188 •189 •190 •191 •192 •193 •194 •195 •196 •197 •198 •199 •200 •201
Added inSV3.0.0
202 •203 •204 •205 •206 •207 •208 •209 •210 •211 •212 •213 •214 •215 216 •217 •218 •219 •220 •221 •222 •223 •224 •225 •226 •227 •228 •229
ZA
001 •002 •003 •004 •005 •006 •007 •008 •009 •010 •011 •012 •013 •014 •015 •016 •017 •018 •019 020 •021 •022 •023 •024 •025 •026 •027 •028 •029 •030 •031 •032 •033 •034 •035 •036 •037 •038 039 •040 •041 •042 •043 •044 •045 •046 •047 •048 •049 •050 •051 •052 •053 •054 •055 •056 •057 058 •059 •060 •061 •062 •063 •064 •065 •066 •067 •068 •069 •070 •071 •072 •073 •074 •075 •076 077 •078 •079 •080 •081 •082 •083 •084 •085 •086 •087 •088 •089 •090 •091 •092 •093 •094 •095 096 •097 •098 •099 •100 •101 •102 •103 •104 •105 •106 •107
Added inZA2.0.0
108 •109 •110 •111 •112 •113 •114 •115 •116 •117 •118 •119 •120 •121 •122 •123 •124 •125 •126 127 •128 •129 •130 •131 •132 •133 •134 •135 •136 •137 •138 •139 •140 •141 •142 •143 •144 •145 146 •147 •148 •149 •150 •151 •152 •153 •154 •155 •156 •157 •158 •159 •160

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