Double Team (move)

Double Team (Japanese: かげぶんしん Shadow Divide) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation I. It is TM32 from Generation I to Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, as well as in .
==Effect==
Double Team increases the user's by one stage.
If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Double Team, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.
Double Team can be used as the first move of a Pokémon Contest combination, causing , , and to score double the normal appeal if used in the next turn.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
===By ===
===By TM===
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===Special move===
====Generation IV====
==In other games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
Double Team raises the raises the user's evasiveness by one stage. 
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Name 	 	Move gauge cost	MP(uses)	Base	Max	 	Target	Effect tag 	Description	Playable	
Double Team 	1	— 	— 	— 	—% 	Self	— 	Raises the user's evasiveness by one stat rank.	() 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Transformational Double Team	—	2 	— 	— 	—% 	— 	— 	Activation Condition: When any allies' attack moves hit a total of 10 times while this move is deactivated.
Deactivation Condition: When this move is used.
Raises the evasiveness of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks. Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by two ranks when the user's sync move is type. Turns the field of play's into a Dark Zone when the user's sync move is Dark type. (A Dark Zone powers up Dark-type attacks.) Increases the Special Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by two ranks when the user's sync move is type. Makes the rainy when the user's sync move is Water type.	 	 	
Notes:
* Double Team:
** Description prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Raises the user's evasiveness.
* Transformational Double Team:
** This buddy move was known as B Double Team prior to version 2.38.0.
===Super Smash Bros. series===
Double Team start SSBB.png|Lucario about to use Double Team.
Double Team miss SSBB.png|Lucario using Double Team.
Double Team hit SSBB.png|Lucario attacking.
 is 's down Special move. When Lucario uses Double Team, it creates copies of itself for its opponent to attack, while the real Lucario sneaks up from behind to counterattack.
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In Pokémon UNITE, Double Team is 's second move. It is obtained by evolving into at level 5 and upgrading into it instead of . The user briefly vanishes before dashing and sending clones in different directions. The clones can attack nearby targets. The user is unstoppable while dashing. At level 13, the move's cooldown is decreased.
===Description===
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
* In Clefairy and the Moon Stone, told his to use Double Team. This is a dubbing error, as in the original Japanese version, Brock told Zubat to use instead.
* In the preview for the unaired , a is seen using Double Team.
* In A Rush of Ninja Wisdom!, Nihei's was mentioned to know Double Team.
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
===Be the Best! Pokémon B+W===
===Magical Pokémon Journey===
===Movie adaptations===
===Pokémon Adventures===
===Pokémon Battle Frontier===
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
===Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!!===
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
==In other generations==
===Core series games===
===Side series games===
===Spin-off series games===
==Trivia==
* This move's Japanese name, かげぶんしん kage bunshin, is a reference to a ninja technique ubiquitous in manga, anime, and other fiction commonly known in English as shadow clone. A popular example of this is the series, where the main character, , has used Kage Bunshin no Jutsu throughout the series as one of his signature ninja techniques.
* The move's description in the Stadium games erroneously states that it lowers the opponent's accuracy.
* In Super Smash Bros, one of Greninja's victory poses has it use Double Team.
==In other languages==
Spin-off series games
Pokémon Masters EX
Category:Moves that can raise the user's evasion
Category:Moves in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
de:Doppelteam
es:Doble equipo
fr:Reflet
it:Doppioteam
ja:かげぶんしん
zh:影子分身（招式）