Lunar Dance
Scarlet & Violet
User faints. Next hurt Pkmn is cured, max HP/PP.
- Power
- –
- Accuracy
- —
- PP
- 10
- Hits
- The user
Changes over time
How Lunar Dance changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen VIII
The user
dropped: faintsadded: faints, and added: if the Pokémon brought out to replace it added: does not have full HP or PP, or has added: a non-volatile status condition, its HP and PP added: are fully restored along with having any non-volatile status condition cured. Thedropped: new Pokémonadded: replacement is sent out at the end … healing happens before hazards take effect. added: This effect continues until a Pokémon that meets any of these conditions switches in at the user's position or gets swapped into the position with Ally Switch. Fails if the user is the … - Gen V
… The new Pokémon is sent out
dropped: immediatelyadded: at the end of the turn, and the healing happensdropped: afteradded: before hazards take effect. Fails if the …
Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.
See it in the games
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How it works in Gen IX
The user faints, and if the Pokémon brought out to replace it does not have full HP or PP, or has a condition, its HP and PP are fully restored along with having any non-volatile status condition cured. The replacement is sent out at the end of the turn, and the healing happens before take effect. This effect continues until a Pokémon that meets any of these conditions switches in at the user's position or gets swapped into the position with Ally Switch. Fails if the user is the last unfainted Pokémon in its party.
- Dance: copied by
- Healing: stopped by Heal Block
“The user faints. In return, the Pokémon taking its place will have its HP and PP restored and its status conditions cured.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
Good to know
- Dance move: Dancer copies it.Dance moves
- Healing move: Heal Block stops it, and Triage gives it +3 priority.Healing moves
- Snatch can steal it.
- The user faints if it hits.
- Its effect waits in the user's spot for the next Pokémon there.
Who learns Lunar Dance
It isn’t in Pokémon Champions.