Shadow Ball (move)
| Shadow Ball シャドーボール Shadow Ball | ||||||||||||
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Shadow Ball (Japanese: シャドーボール Shadow Ball) is a damage-dealing Ghost-type move introduced in Generation II. It has been TM30 since Generation II.
Effect
In battle
Shadow Ball deals damage and has a 20% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense.
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Shadow Ball is Mewtwo's standard special move in Super Smash Bros. Melee. It is chargeable and moves in a zigzag fashion. Lucario, who debuted in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, uses Aura Sphere, which functions similarly.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
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| II | III | IV | V | VI | ||||||||||
| 092 | 
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Gastly | Ghost | Poison | 36 | 29 | 29 | 29 | ||||||
| 093 | 
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Haunter | Ghost | Poison | 45 | 33 | 33 | 33 | ||||||
| 094 | 
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Gengar | Ghost | Poison | 45 | 33 | 33 | 33 | ||||||
| 200 | 
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Misdreavus | Ghost | 37 | 41 | 41 | ||||||||
| 292 | 
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Shedinja | Bug | Ghost | 38 | 59 | 59 | 59 | ||||||
| 302 | 
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Sableye | Dark | Ghost | 41 | 53 | 57 | 57 | ||||||
| 353 | 
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Shuppet | Ghost | 44 | 31 | 35 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
| 354 | 
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Banette | Ghost | 48 | 31 | 35 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
| 425 | 
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Drifloon | Ghost | Flying | 38 | 43 | 36 | 36 | ||||||
| 426 | 
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Drifblim | Ghost | Flying | 44 | 51 | 40 | 40 | ||||||
| 562 | 
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Yamask | Ghost | 37 | 37 | |||||||||
| 563 | 
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Cofagrigus | Ghost | 39 | 39 | |||||||||
| 607 | 
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Litwick | Ghost | Fire | 49 | 49 | ||||||||
| 608 | 
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Lampent | Ghost | Fire | 53 | 53 | ||||||||
| 655 | 
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Delphox | Fire | Psychic | -- | |||||||||
| 678 | 
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Meowstic | Psychic | 31 ♀ | ||||||||||
| 710 | 
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Pumpkaboo | Ghost | Grass | 36 | |||||||||
| 711 | 
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Gourgeist | Ghost | Grass | 36, 70 | |||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||||||
By TM
Special move
Generation IV
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In other games
Pokémon Conquest
Shadow Ball is the only move of Gengar, Drifblim, Mismagius, and Dusknoir.
In the anime
 Lampent  Mewtwo  Solrock  Flareon | |||
| The user forms a black ball out of energy. The user shoots it at its opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Mewtwo puts its hands together and forms a black ball of energy. Mewtwo then shoots it at the opponent. | ||
| Mewtwo (original series) | Mewtwo Strikes Back | Debut | |
| A mirage Mewtwo | The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon | None | |
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Gengar's hands spark with blue electricity. It then puts its hands together, forms a black ball, and shoots it at the opponent. | ||
| Morty's Gengar | Ghost of a Chance | None | |
| Agatha's Gengar | The Scheme Team | None | |
| Multiple wild Gengar | Celebrating the Hero's Comet! | None | |
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Two small black orbs appear at the tips of Sneasel's claws. Then, Sneasel brings them together forming one black orb and fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Harrison's Sneasel | Pop Goes the Sneasel | None | |
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Haunter's hands glow with a blue aura, then a black ball forms in between Haunter's hands and it shoots the ball at the opponent. | ||
| A wild Haunter | Hoenn Alone! | None | |
| A wild Haunter | Fear Factor Phony | None | |
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A black ball forms in Mightyena's mouth. It closes its mouth over the black ball, then releases the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Tabitha's Mightyena | A Three Team Scheme! | None | |
| Team Magma Grunts' multiple Mightyena | Gaining Groudon | None | |
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Sableye forms a black ball in its hands, then fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Cassidy's Sableye | A Date with Delcatty | None | |
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Ninjask forms a black ball in between its arms. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Colonel Hansen's two Ninjask | The Princess and the Togepi | None | |
| Goone's multiple Ninjask | Zoroark: Master of Illusions | None | |
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Slakoth forms a black ball of energy between its hands. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Norman's Slakoth | Balance of Power | None | |
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Poochyena forms a black ball of energy in front of its mouth, then fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Old Man Obee's three Poochyena | Grass Hysteria! | None | |
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Xatu's puts its wings together and forms a black ball of energy between them. Xatu then shoots it at the opponent. | ||
| Calista's Xatu | Me, Myself and Time | None | |
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Houndoom opens its mouth and forms a black ball of energy. Houndoom then shoots it at the opponent. | ||
| Joshua's Houndoom | Mean With Envy | None | |
| A wild Houndoom | Genesect and the Legend Awakened | None | |
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Zigzagoon opens its mouth and forms a black ball of energy in front of it. It then fires it at the opponent. | ||
| A Coordinator's Zigzagoon | Hi Ho Silver Wind! | None | |
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Persian opens its mouth and forms a black ball out of energy. Persian then shoots it at the opponent. | ||
| Vivica's Persian | Saved by the Beldum | None | |
| A wild Persian | Saved by the Beldum | None | |
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Swalot forms a black ball in between its hands. Then it fires multiple black balls from the larger ball at the opponent. | ||
| Dominick's Swalot | From Brags to Riches | None | |
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Shiftry puts its hands in front of it and a black or black and purple ball forms in front of them. It separates its hands and the ball is launched at the opponent. | ||
| Tyson's Shiftry | At the End of the Fray | None | |
| Spenser's Shiftry | Ka Boom with a View! | None | |
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Weavile puts its claws together and creates a dark purple ball in between its hands. It then fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Kidd Summers's Weavile | Lucario and the Mystery of Mew | None | |
| Two wild Weavile | Duels of the Jungle! | None | |
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Gastly creates a black ball in front of its body and fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Two wild Gastly | Fear Factor Phony | None | |
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Duskull creates a black ball in between its hands and fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Two wild Duskull | Fear Factor Phony | None | |
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Shuppet creates a black ball in front of its mouth and fires it at the opponent. | ||
| A wild Shuppet | Fear Factor Phony | None | |
| Grings Kodai's Shuppet | Zoroark: Master of Illusions | None | |
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Armaldo creates a black and purple ball in front of its mouth and fires it at the opponent. | ||
| A mirage Armaldo | The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon | Armaldo cannot legally learn Shadow Ball* | |
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Eevee opens its mouth and creates a black and purple ball in front of its mouth. Eevee then fires it at the opponent. | ||
| May's Eevee | Cutting the Ties That Bind! | None | |
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Ariados's eyes flash purple. Then, it creates a black and purple ball at the top of the horn on its head and fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Harley's Ariados | New Plot, Odd Lot! | Ariados cannot legally learn Shadow Ball | |
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Solrock creates a black and purple ball in front of its body and fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Brandon's Solrock | Pace - The Final Frontier! | None | |
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Alakazam crosses its spoons and forms a black and purple ball in front of them. Alakazam then fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Kenny's Alakazam | Settling a Not-So-Old Score! | None | |
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Umbreon opens its mouth and forms a black and purple ball in front of it. Umbreon then fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Gary's Umbreon | Ill-Will Hunting! | None | |
| Johanna's Umbreon | Strategy Begins at Home! | None | |
| Virgil's Umbreon | Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad! | None | |
| A wild Umbreon | Eevee & Friends | None | |
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Murkrow opens its beak and creates a black and purple ball in front of it. It then fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Paul's Murkrow | Glory Blaze! | None | |
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A purple-black ball forms in front of Spiritomb's mouth. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| A wild Spiritomb | The Keystone Pops! | None | |
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Golbat forms a black and purple ball in front of its mouth and fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Galactic Grunts' multiple Golbat | Enter Galactic! | None | |
| A Team Plasma Grunt's Golbat | Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot! | None | |
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Glaceon opens its mouth and forms a black and purple ball of energy in front of it. It then fires it at the opponent. | ||
| May's Glaceon | Strategy with a Smile! | None | |
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Dusknoir opens the mouth on its stomach, puts its hands together in front of it, and the yellow lines on its body, as well as its iris, start to glow gold. Then, a black and purple ball appears in between its hands and in front of its stomach and Dusknoir fires it at the opponent, or Dusknoir rises its hands in the air and it opens the mouth on its stomach. Black and purple energy starts to form inside Dusknoir's stomach, and it starts sucking things in as the energy gets bigger. Finally, the energy forms into a ball and Dusknoir fires it at the opponent. | ||
| A wild Dusknoir | Ghoul Daze! | None | |
| Dusknoir (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky) | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky- Beyond Time & Darkness | None | |
| Multiple wild Dusknoir | Celebrating the Hero's Comet! | None | |
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Purugly opens its mouth and a black and purple ball appears in front of it. It then fires the ball from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
| Mars's Purugly | Double Team Turnover! | None | |
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Froslass puts its hands together and forms a black and purple ball in between them. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| A wild Froslass | The Drifting Snorunt! | None | |
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Drowzee puts its hands together and forms a black and purple ball in between them. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Azure's Drowzee | Beating the Bustle and Hustle! | None | |
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A black and purple ball appears in front of Beautifly's body and it fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Kiko's Beautifly | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
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Glameow opens its mouth and forms a black and purple ball in front of it. It then fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Johanna's Glameow | Strategy Begins at Home! | None | |
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Metagross opens its mouth and forms a black and purple ball in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| A wild Metagross | Regaining the Home Advantage! | None | |
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Stantler fires a black and purple ball from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
| A Coordinator's Stantler | Playing the Performance Encore! | None | |
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Flareon opens its mouth and forms a black and purple ball in front of it. It then fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Ursula's Flareon | Opposites Interact! | None | |
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Jolteon opens its mouth and forms a black and purple ball in front of it. Jolteon then closes its mouth and fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Volkner's Jolteon | The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World! | None | |
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Baltoy forms a black and purple ball of energy in front of it and fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Buck's Baltoy | Bucking the Treasure Trend! | None | |
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Lillipup opens its mouth and forms a black and purple ball of energy in front of it. The ball then condenses slightly and Lillipup fires it at the opponent. When it hits, it explodes into a burst of deep purple energy. | ||
| Lenora's Lillipup | The Battle According to Lenora! | None | |
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Herdier opens its mouth and four small black and purple balls of energy appear in front of it in a diamond shape form, one after the other. Herdier then fires the balls into the air. As they speed at the opponent, the balls grow larger and then rain down on the opponent, one after the other. Sometimes, only one large orb is formed instead of four. | ||
| Lenora's Herdier | Rematch at the Nacrene Gym! | None | |
| Officer Jenny's Herdier | Ash Versus the Champion! | None | |
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Lampent raises its arms above its head and forms a black and purple ball of energy. It then lowers it until the ball is in front of it and it separates its arms, firing the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Trip's Lampent | A Venipede Stampede! | None | |
| A wild Lampent | Climbing the Tower of Success! | None | |
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Litwick stretches out the purple flame on its head into the air above it. Then, a purple and black orb of energy appears in front of it and Litwick fires the orb at the opponent. | ||
| Four wild Litwick | Scare at the Litwick Mansion! | None | |
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Yamask puts its hands together in front of it and forms a purple and black orb of energy with black static around it in between them. Yamask then throws the ball at the opponent. | ||
| James's Yamask | Scare at the Litwick Mansion! | None | |
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Audino puts its hands together in front of it and forms a black and purple orb of energy with black static around it in between them. Audino then fires the orb at the opponent. | ||
| Unknown Trainer's Audino | Where Did You Go, Audino? | None | |
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Reuniclus holds its hands forward and forms a black and purple ball of energy with purple static around it in front of its body and in between its hands. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Damon's Reuniclus | White—Victini and Zekrom | None | |
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Zorua opens its mouth and forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Luke's Zorua | Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"! | None | |
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Golett puts its hands together in front of it and forms a black and purple orb of energy with black static around it in between them. It then raises its hands above its head and the orb grows as large as its body. Golett then throws the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Luke's Golett | Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"! | None | |
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Mandibuzz raises one of its wings across its chest and forms a black and purple orb of energy with black static around it at the tip of its wing. It then waves its wing, throwing the orb at the opponent. | ||
| Two wild Mandibuzz | Meowth's Scrafty Tactics! | None | |
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Gothorita puts its hands together in front of its body and a black and dark purple orb of energy forms in between them. It then fires the orb at the opponent. | ||
| Lewis's Gothorita | Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2 | None | |
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Jellicent fires a purple and black orb toward the opponent. | ||
| Marlon's Jellicent | The Road to Humilau! | None | |
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Vaporeon flicks a purple and black orb off the end of its tail at the opponent. | ||
| Virgil's Vaporeon | Curtain Up, Unova League! | None | |
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Liepard opens its mouth and forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Stephan's Liepard | Strong Strategy Steals the Show! | None | |
| Aldith's Liepard | Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation! | None | |
| Barret's Liepard | Team Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony! | None | |
| A Team Plasma Grunt's Liepard | Team Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony! | None | |
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Frillish puts two of its tentacles together and forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around between them. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Jessie's Frillish | The Name's N! | None | |
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Golurk forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around between its hands. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Cedric Juniper's assistant's two Golurk | Team Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony! | None | |
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Mismagius forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Multiple wild Mismagius | Mystery on a Deserted Island! | None | |
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Pumpkaboo forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Jessie's Pumpkaboo | The Bamboozling Forest! | None | |
In the manga
In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga
 Mismagius
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| The user fires several spheres of energy at the opponent. | |||
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Mismagius fires several spheres of energy at the opponent. | ||
| Lily's Mismagius | Lily Regains Her Memories! | Debut | |
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
| The user fires a ball of dark colored energy at the opponent. | |||
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Gastly releases a dark ball of energy from the front of its mouth at the opponent. | ||
| The Masked Man's Gastly | The Ariados up There | Debut | |
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Castform releases a dark ball of energy from the front of its body at the opponent. | ||
| Ruby's Popo | I More Than Like You, Luvdisc I | None | |
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Banette jumps into the air and holds its hands above its head. A black ball of energy then appears in between its hands and Banette slams the ball into the opponent. | ||
| Sird's Banette | Viridian in the Heart | None | |
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Shedinja fires a black ball of energy from the front of its body at the opponent. | ||
| Crys's Shedinja | VS. Regirock | None | |
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Sableye extends one of its arms and releases a black ball of energy from it at the opponent. | ||
| Honoka's Sableye | VS. Vileplume I | None | |
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Dusclops swings one of its hands to the side, releasing a black orb of energy from the hand at the opponent. | ||
| Emerald's Dusclops | VS. Kirlia | None | |
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Jellicent forms a black orb of energy on the tip of its tentacle and fires it at the opponent. | ||
| Shauntal's Jellicent | Black & White chapter | None | |
In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
 Misdreavus
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| The user hurls a blob in the shape of a ball. | |||
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Misdreavus hurls a blob in the shape of a ball from its mouth. | ||
| Hareta's Misdreavus | A Battle of Wills | Debut | |
In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team manga
 Dusknoir
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| The user forms a ball from its hand. | |||
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Dusknoir forms a ball from its hand. | ||
| A wild Dusknoir | Take Back the Time Gears! | Debut | |
In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!! manga
 Drifblim
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| The user fires a spherical dark ball at the opponent. | |||
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Drifblim fires a spherical dark ball at the opponent. | ||
| An Unknown Trainer's Drifblim | The Road to Becoming Battle King!! | Debut | |
In other generations
Trivia
- Despite Ghost-type moves running off the Pokémon's Attack prior to Generation IV, Shadow Ball has always lowered Special Defense.
- Although it is a Ghost-type move, which does not affect Normal-type Pokémon, it has hit Normal-type Pokémon multiple times in the anime.
In other languages
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| Generation II TMs | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 • 08RSE | |
| Generation IV TMs | |
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| 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 | |
| Generation V TMs | |
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| 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 • 93 • 94 • 95 | |
| Generation V HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 | |
| Generation VI TMs | |
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| 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 • 93 • 94 (XY • ORAS) • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100 | |
| Generation VI HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06ORAS • 07ORAS | |
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