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Dazzling Gleam

Fairy · Special · 25 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Fairy
Dazzling Gleam
TypeFairy
CategorySpecial
Base power80
Accuracy100%
PP10
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Whimsicott 22.5% 2.5% Mega Floette 15.0% 95.9% Gholdengo 9.2% 2.1% Mega Delphox 8.6% 0.9% Mega Raichu Y 7.0% 2.4% Ninetales-Alola 6.5% 3.2% Mega Glimmora 1.8% 1.6% Primarina 1.7% 20.9% Mega Meganium 0.91% 94.2% Hatterene 0.67% 94.9% Clefable 0.67% 6.9% Klefki 0.43% 20.3% Espathra 0.38% 9.1% Gardevoir 0.28% 79% Mega Alakazam 0.24% 36.2% Mega Ampharos 0.20% 7% Alcremie 0.15% 72.9% Aromatisse 0.14% 13% Mega Audino 0.09% 59.9% Floette-Eternal 0.08% 82% Musharna 0.06% 14.7% Dedenne 0.06% 95.9% Roserade 0.04% 7.6% Florges 0.02% 56.3%

What it does

No additional effect.

At 80 base power it is the 22nd strongest of the 40 damaging special moves that appear in this format.

Who carrys it

25 of the 282 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Dazzling Gleam. The one that matters most is Whimsicott, which is on 22.5% of teams and carrys it on 2.5% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Fairy move it is super effective against Dark, Dragon and Fighting, resisted by Fire, Poison and Steel. 4 other Fairy moves appear in this format: Moonblast, Play Rough, Draining Kiss, Charm.

Who could and does not

40 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Dazzling Gleam at all, against the 25 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it. The most-played of those are Farigiraf, Sylveon, Grimmsnarl, Sableye, Gallade and Tsareena — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Dazzling Gleam accounts for an expected 0.18 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 29th most-brought of the 126 moves this format runs. 3% of that comes from Whimsicott alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its carriers are mostly Fairy (15), Psychic (7) and Electric (4).

Where these numbers come from

Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.