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Swords Dance

Normal · Status · 25 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Normal
Swords Dance
TypeNormal
CategoryStatus
Base power—
Accuracynever misses
PP20
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Kingambit 36.8% 25.7% Garchomp 34.3% 1% Mega Mawile 5.2% 25.8% Ceruledge 4.5% 6.5% Excadrill 4.2% 1.7% Mega Blaziken 3.5% 6.3% Mega Scizor 1.2% 74% Aegislash 0.82% 4.5% Mega Charizard X 0.79% 2.6% Overqwil 0.62% 25% Mimikyu 0.57% 17.2% Mega Feraligatr 0.32% 20.8% Mega Scolipede 0.27% 71.3% Mega Skarmory 0.26% 14.4% Mega Barbaracle 0.21% 1.2% Mega Beedrill 0.16% 3.1% Rhyperior 0.12% 8.3% Lucario 0.12% 11.2% Mega Pinsir 0.11% 4.1% Gliscor 0.10% 22.4% Leafeon 0.06% 15% Beartic 0.03% 18.1% Lopunny 0.03% 0.7% Mega Absol 0.02% 8.5%

What it does

Raises the user's Attack by 2 stages.

Who carrys it

25 of the 282 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Swords Dance. The one that matters most is Kingambit, which is on 36.8% of teams and carrys it on 25.7% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Normal move it is super effective against nothing, resisted by Rock and Steel, and does nothing at all to Ghost. 16 other Normal moves appear in this format: Protect, Fake Out, Weather Ball, Encore, Hyper Voice, Helping Hand and others.

Who could and does not

71 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Swords Dance 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 Incineroar, Sneasler, Archaludon, Venusaur, Talonflame and Kommo-o — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Swords Dance accounts for an expected 0.13 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 41st most-brought of the 126 moves this format runs. 71% of that comes from Kingambit alone, so it is really one Pokémon’s move rather than the format’s. Its carriers are mostly Steel (7), Ground (4) and Fighting (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.