Shadow move

Shadow moves (Japanese: ダークわざ Dark moves) are moves known only by Shadow Pokémon.

Mechanics

Shadow moves have no type and display a blank space where the type would normally go on the summary and battle screens. In Pokémon Colosseum, there is only one Shadow move, Shadow Rush, which has regular effectiveness against any type. In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Shadow moves are super effective on any non-Shadow Pokémon and are not very effective on Shadow Pokémon. All Shadow moves have unlimited PP, and display "--" (two dashes) as their current and maximum PP at all times. Shadow moves cannot be copied by Mimic or Sketch. Using Mirror Move on a Shadow move will result in Mirror Move failing.

In Pokémon XD, the area on the summary screen that would normally display type effectiveness instead displays no icon at all for every type (instead of either a super effective, effective, not very effective, or immune icon).

Damage-dealing Shadow moves can be either physical or special, despite damage categories being otherwise solely dependent on type at the time. Other moves would not be categorized separately from type until the following generation.

Since Shadow Pokémon cannot be traded, all of these moves are exclusive to the two GameCube games, with all but Shadow Rush exclusive to Pokémon XD. This also excludes them from use in Contests, as there are no Contests in Orre.

All Legendary Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon XD have a signature Shadow move. This move appears as a dark, corrupted counterpart of a move that the Pokémon would normally learn, and has lower base power than its non-Shadow counterpart, but still inflicts more damage due to usually being in a situation where it will be super effective.

Moves

Pokémon Colosseum

Game	Move	Category	Power	Accuracy	Target	Description
C	Shadow Rush	Physical	90	100%	Anyone	An attack that is so harsh, it also hurts the attacker.

Pokémon XD

Game	Move	Category	Power	Accuracy	Target	Description
XD	Shadow Blast	Physical	80	100%	Anyone	A wicked blade of air is formed using a shadowy aura.
XD	Shadow Blitz	Physical	40	100%	Anyone	A Pokémon throws this tackle while casting a shadowy aura.
XD	Shadow Bolt	Special	75	100%	Anyone	A shadowy thunder attack that may paralyze.
XD	Shadow Break	Physical	75	100%	Anyone	A shattering ram attack with a shadowy aura.
XD	Shadow Chill	Special	75	100%	Anyone	A shadowy ice attack that may freeze.
XD	Shadow Down	Status	—	100%	All foes	A shadowy aura sharply cuts the foe's Defense.
XD	Shadow End	Physical	120	60%	Anyone	A shadowy aura ram attack that also rebounds on the user.
XD	Shadow Fire	Special	75	100%	Anyone	A shadowy fireball attack that may inflict a burn.
XD	Shadow Half	Status	—	100%	All Pokémon	A shadowy aura's energy cuts everyone's HP by half.
XD	Shadow Hold	Status	—	80%	All foes	The opponent Pokémon cannot escape.
XD	Shadow Mist	Status	—	100%	All foes	A shadowy aura sharply cuts the foe's evasiveness.
XD	Shadow Panic	Status	—	60%	All foes	A shadowy aura emanates to cause a confuse condition.
XD	Shadow Rave	Special	70	100%	All foes	A shadowy aura in the ground is used to launch spikes.
XD	Shadow Rush	Physical	55	100%	Anyone	A Pokémon executes a tackle while exuding a shadowy aura.
XD	Shadow Shed	Status	—	100%	All Pokémon	A shadowy aura eliminates Reflect and similar moves.
XD	Shadow Sky	Status	—	100%	All Pokémon	Darkness hurts all but Shadow Pokémon for 5 turns.
XD	Shadow Storm	Special	95	100%	All foes	A shadowy aura is used to whip up a vicious tornado.
XD	Shadow Wave	Special	50	100%	All foes	Shadowy aura waves are loosed to inflict damage.

Trivia

• Shadow moves introduced in XD are the only damage-dealing moves which are incapable of dealing neutral damage.
• All Shadow status moves inflict negative effects to the opponent and non-Shadow Pokémon, with none of the moves providing positive stat changes to the user.

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.