Shed Skin (Ability)

Shed Skin だっぴ
Shed Skin
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Generation III
Heals the body by shedding.
Generation IV
The Pokémon may heal its own status problems.
Generation V
The Pokémon may heal its own status problems.
Generation VI
The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions.
Generation VII
The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin.
Generation VIII
The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin.
Generation IX
The Pokémon may cure its own status conditions by shedding its skin.

Shed Skin (Japanese: だっぴ Shed Skin) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

At the end of each turn, Shed Skin has a chance of curing the Pokémon of a non-volatile status condition. If it cures a status condition, it does so before burn or poison damage is dealt on that turn.

Generation III

Shed Skin has a 1/3 chance of curing the Pokémon.

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire only, due to an oversight, if a Pokémon cures itself of sleep with Shed Skin, it will not be cured of Nightmare even after waking up.

Generation IV

Shed Skin has a 30% chance of curing the Pokémon.

Generation V onward

Shed Skin has a 1/3 chance of curing the Pokémon.

Outside of battle

Shed Skin has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Shed Skin

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0011   Metapod
Bug Bug Shed Skin None None
0014   Kakuna
Bug Poison Shed Skin None None
0023   Ekans
Poison Poison Intimidate Shed Skin Unnerve
0024   Arbok
Poison Poison Intimidate Shed Skin Unnerve
0147   Dratini
Dragon Dragon Shed Skin None Marvel Scale
0148   Dragonair
Dragon Dragon Shed Skin None Marvel Scale
0247   Pupitar
Rock Ground Shed Skin None None
0266   Silcoon
Bug Bug Shed Skin None None
0268   Cascoon
Bug Bug Shed Skin None None
0336   Seviper
Poison Poison Shed Skin None Infiltrator
0401   Kricketot
Bug Bug Shed Skin None Run Away
0412   Burmy
Bug Bug Shed Skin None Overcoat
0559   Scraggy
Dark Fighting Shed Skin Moxie Intimidate
0560   Scrafty
Dark Fighting Shed Skin Moxie Intimidate
0588   Karrablast
Bug Bug Swarm Shed Skin No Guard
0665   Spewpa
Bug Bug Shed Skin None Friend Guard
0843   Silicobra
Ground Ground Sand Spit Shed Skin Sand Veil
0844   Sandaconda
Ground Ground Sand Spit Shed Skin Sand Veil
0953   Rellor
Bug Bug Compound Eyes None Shed Skin
0967   Cyclizar
Dragon Normal Shed Skin None Regenerator
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later.
  • For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Description

Games Description
MDRB Recovers easily from status problems.
MDTDS Helps the Pokémon recover more easily from status problems.
BSL じぶんが こうどう したあとに わるいじょうたいが なおることがある
Conq. The Pokémon may heal its own status ailments.
MDGtI Sometimes heals the Pokémon's negative status conditions.*
Sometimes it cures every single bad status condition the Pokémon has!*
SMD Sometimes it cures every single bad status condition the Pokémon has!
MDRTDX This Ability sometimes cures every bad status condition the Pokémon has.


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 蛻皮 Teuipèih *
脫皮 Tyutpèih *
Mandarin 蛻皮 / 蜕皮 Tuìpí *
脫皮 Tuōpí *
  French Mue
  German Expidermis
  Italian Muta
  Korean 탈피 Talpi
  Brazilian Portuguese Pele Vertente
  Spanish Mudar
  Vietnamese Lột da


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