Shadow Hold (move)

Shadow Hold ダークホールド Dark Hold

Battles Type  Shadow Category  Status PP  N/A (max. N/A) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Self Ally Other Side: Affects the opponent's side of the field

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Shadow Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Shadow Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Shadow Appeal  0   Jamming  0

Shadow Hold (Japanese: ダークホールド Dark Hold) is one of several Shadow moves available only in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. Like other Shadow moves, it is forgotten and replaced with another move once the Pokémon is purified.

Effect

Shadow Hold is a Shadow version of Spider Web, Mean Look and Block, and prevents the target from switching out. It hits both enemy Pokémon in a Double Battle.

As Shadow Pokémon cannot be traded, and since Pokémon Contests do not exist in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Shadow Hold cannot be used in Contests.

Learnset

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					C	XD
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison	30
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire	18
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal	22
070		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	32
082		Magneton	Electric	Steel	30
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison	23
103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic	46
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock	46
113		Chansey	Normal		Normal	39
114		Tangela	Grass		Grass	30
128		Tauros	Normal		Normal	46
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark	10
273		Seedot	Grass		Grass	17
280		Ralts	Psychic		Psychic	20
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost	33
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison	17
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark	15
354		Banette	Ghost		Ghost	37
355		Duskull	Ghost		Ghost	19
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying	50
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other languages

Language Title French Blocage Noir German Cryptofessel Italian Retedombra Spanish Traba Oscuro

Shadow moves
Shadow Blast • Shadow Blitz • Shadow Break • Shadow End • Shadow Rush Shadow Bolt • Shadow Chill • Shadow Fire Shadow Rave • Shadow Storm • Shadow Wave Shadow Down • Shadow Half • Shadow Hold Shadow Mist • Shadow Panic • Shadow Shed • Shadow Sky

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