Swords Dance (move)

Swords Dance (Japanese: つるぎのまい Swords Dance) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation I. It was TM03 in Generation I and is TM75 in Generation IV onwards.

Generations I to V
Swords Dance increases the user's stat by two stages.

Swords Dance can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with certain moves (,, , , and ) having their base appeal points doubled if they are used in the next turn.

Generation VI onward
Swords Dance's PP changed from 30 to 20.

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

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In the anime

 * In ZigZag Zangoose, Nicholai called for his to use Swords Dance, but it stopped when it sensed Jessie's Seviper.

Trivia

 * In, includes a  that knows Swords Dance, a move which Machamp cannot learn.
 * Swords Dance's index number is 14, the least index number of all status moves.

In other languages
Schwerttanz Danza espada Danse-Lames Danzaspada つるぎのまい 剑舞（招式）