When a Pokemon with the Dancer ability copies a move, who does it target?

Question

So I'm assuming that when Oricorio copies a dance move, it uses the move against the same opponent as the original attacker...but I wanted to make sure I was right.

Answer 1

We could summarize these tests overall in the following way:
If a Pokemon uses a dance move on some target, then the Dancer Pokemon is forced to use new its dance move on that original dance move user.
If an ally to Dancer uses a dance move on some opposing target, then the Dancer Pokemon is forced to use its new dance move on that original target.

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I would trust Smogon's research threads more than Showdown! replays.

Answer 2

The move used by dancer targets a random opponent.
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Comments

Seems kinda weird that it targets a random one, but I guess in some cases it would be annoying if they just targeted the same opponent every time. Thanks!

Answer 3

It targets the Pokemon that used the move.