Shadow Ball
シャドーボール Shadow Ball

Battles

Type	Ghost
Category	Special
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	80
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	Opponent
Self	Ally	Ally
Unknown

Availability

Introduced	[[Generation {{{gen}}}]]
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests

Condition	Smart
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
Jam	0
Shifts the judge's attention from others.

Super Contests

Condition	Smart
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Smart
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:
- Generation IX

Shadow Ball is a damage-dealing Ghost-type move introduced in the first movie Mewtwo Strikes Back, the move was first introduced in the Generation II video games.

In the anime

File:Sneasel using Shadow Ball.GIF

Harrison's Sneasel using Shadow Ball.

Pokémon

Sneasel: Both of its hands turn black. It then puts its hands together and a black ball is formed.

Used by Harrison's Sneasel in Playing with Fire.

Mewtwo: Mewtwo puts its hands together and a black ball is formed, causing its hands to move apart.

Used by Mewtwo in Pokemon: The First Movie and Mewtwo Returns.

Template:Eevee: Eevee opens its mouth and a black ball of energy is formed; when Eevee closes its mouth the ball is released towards the target.

Used by May's Eevee, usually in contests.

Learnset

Generation II

By TM30

Generation III

By leveling up

Gastly at Lv.36 (FR/LG)
Haunter at Lv.45 (FR/LG)
Gengar at Lv.45 (FR/LG)
Shedinja at Lv.38
Sableye at Lv.41
Shuppet at Lv.44
Banette at Lv.48

By TM30

Generation IV

By leveling up

Gastly at Lv.29
Haunter at Lv.33
Gengar at Lv.33
Misdreavus at Lv.37
Shedinja at Lv.59
Sableye at Lv.53
Shuppet at Lv.31
Banette at Lv.31
Drifloon at Lv.38
Drifblim at Lv.44

By TM30

In other languages

French: ball'ombre, German: spukball, Italian: Palla Ombra, Spanish: bola de sombra, Dutch: schaduwbal.

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Generation II TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50
Generation II HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07

Generation III TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50
Generation III HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08^RSE

Generation IV TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92
Generation IV HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08

Shadow Ball (move)

Contents

In the anime

Pokémon

Learnset

Generation II

By TM30

Generation III

By leveling up

By TM30

Generation IV

By leveling up

By TM30

In other languages