Dragon Dance in Pokemon Survivor

Dragon Dance at a glance

What Dragon Dance does

Dragon Dance is a Dragon-type buff move. Deals no damage: builds attack faster than Swords Dance.

A Pokemon can learn it if it is Dragon-type, which is true of 67 of the 966 Pokemon. It reaches you as a new-move card when you level up, as long as one of your four move slots is free. No Pokemon begins a run with it, so you only find it on level-up cards. Each level-up draws three cards by weight from up to six new-move candidates, your move upgrades and the stat cards, so even a good move can sit out several level-ups.

Dragon Dance stats by level

Dragon Dance adds one stack every 0.7 seconds while it is in your active slot, up to 5 stacks at level 1 and 7 at level 5. Each cast refreshes the timer, so the stacks last 7 s at level 1 and 10.5 s at level 5 after the last cast and then drop together.

Full stacks take 3.5 seconds at level 1 and 4.9 seconds at level 5, and they stay full for as long as the move keeps firing. Each stack adds 21.6% to a multiplier on all your damage, so 7 stacks multiply your damage by 2.51.

Dragon Dance level-up changes

Each level-up card for Dragon Dance applies the changes below. They stack, so the level 5 row above already includes all of them.

• Level 2: +1 stack
• Level 3: +40% effect per stack
• Level 4: +50% duration
• Level 5: +1 stack, +40% effect per stack

Does Dragon Dance evolve?

No. Dragon Dance is a buff move, and buff moves never evolve. Every attack move can evolve once it reaches max level and you have taken the card for its condition. The move evolution guide lists them all.

Which Pokemon can use Dragon Dance

67 Pokemon can learn Dragon Dance: every Dragon-type, which is 13 single-type and 54 dual-type. The best of them by Stat Score are Eternatus, Koraidon, Roaring Moon, and Rayquaza.

No Pokemon starts with Dragon Dance, so you only find it on level-up cards.

How to use Dragon Dance

• Buff moves do not need a target: Dragon Dance fires on its cooldown wherever you are.
• Other buff moves are Swords Dance, Agility, and Harden. The moves list compares all 64.
• Buff moves take one of your four slots and deal no damage. The game stops offering buff moves once you carry two, so a third one never crowds out your attacks.
• Only the moves in your active slot fire, so a buff in a slot you are not using adds no stacks. A bond, which a rift win gives you, fuses loose moves into one group that fires together, each with its own cooldown, so a buff can share a slot with an attack.
• Swords Dance and Dragon Dance build the same attack stack. They share one stack counter, and each cast sets the bonus per stack and the stack cap to its own values, so carrying both never gives more than the better of the two alone.

Dragon Dance in Pokemon Survivor FAQ

What does Dragon Dance do in Pokemon Survivor?

Deals no damage: builds attack faster than Swords Dance. It is a Dragon-type buff move with 5 levels. It gives +11% damage per stack at level 1.

How many stacks does Dragon Dance give?

5 stacks at level 1 and 7 at level 5, each worth +22% damage per stack at max level. The stacks last 10.5 s after the last cast.

Which Pokemon can learn Dragon Dance?

The 67 Dragon-type Pokemon, including dual types. None of them start with it.

Browse all 64 moves in the Pokemon Survivor moves list, or read the Pokemon Survivor guides.