Essentials

Lunar Dance

Psychic status

Generation 4

Summary

User faints, and its replacement is fully healed.

Damage Dealt

  • Bug 1
  • Dark 0
  • Dragon 1
  • Electric 1
  • Fairy 1
  • Fighting 2
  • Fire 1
  • Flying 1
  • Ghost 1
  • Grass 1
  • Ground 1
  • Ice 1
  • Normal 1
  • Poison 2
  • Psychic ½
  • Rock 1
  • Steel ½
  • Water 1

Stats

Power
— (no damage)
Accuracy
— (cannot miss)
PP
10, up to 16 with PP Up PP Up
Target
User
Effect chance
n/a
Priority
0 (normal)

Machines

Generation 4
Not a TM
Generation 5
Not a TM
Generation 6
Not a TM
Generation 7
Not a TM

Effect

User faints. Its replacement's HP and PP are fully restored, and any major status effect is removed.

Meta

This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.

Flavor

Flavor Text

Generation 4
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver

The user faints. In return, the Pokémon taking its place will have its status and HP fully restored.

Generation 5
Black, White, Black 2, White 2

The user faints. In return, the Pokémon taking its place will have its status and HP fully restored.

Generation 6
X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire

The user faints. In return, the Pokémon taking its place will have its status and HP fully restored.

Generation 7
Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon

The user faints. In return, the Pokémon taking its place will have its status and HP fully restored.

Foreign Names

Japanese
みかづきのまい (mikadzukinomai)
みかづきのまい
Korean
초승달춤
Chinese
新月舞
新月舞
French
Danse-Lune
German
Lunartanz
Spanish
Danza Lunar
Italian
Lunardanza
Czech
Měsíční tanec

Contests

Generation 4 Super Contest

Type
Beauty
Appeal
Flavor text
Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.
Use after
None
Use before
None

Similar moves

No other moves have the same effect as Lunar Dance.

Pokémon

Generation 4 Generation 5 Generation 6 Generation 7 Pokémon Type Ability Gender Egg Group HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
84 84 Cresselia Psychic Levitate always female Undiscovered 120 70 120 75 130 85 600

1 Pokémon

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