Shadow Ball
シャドーボール Shadow Ball
Shadow Ball VII.png
Shadow Ball VII 2.png
Type  Ghost
Category  Special
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  80
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Smart
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Shifts the judge's attention from others.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Condition  Clever
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Quite an appealing move.

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

Shadow Ball deals damage and has a 20% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage.

Pokémon with Bulletproof are unaffected by Shadow Ball.

Description

Games Description
Stad2 A Ghost-type attack. Has a one-in-five chance of reducing the target Spcl.Def.
GSC An attack that may lower Spcl. Def.
RSE Hurls a black blob that may lower Sp. Def.*
Hurls a dark lump at the foe. It may lower Sp. Def.*
FRLG A shadowy blob is hurled at the foe. May also lower the foe's Sp. Def.
Colo.XD Hurls a black blob that may lower the target's Sp. Def.*
Hurls a dark lump at the target. It may lower Sp. Def.*
DPPtHGSSPBR The user hurls a shadowy blob at the foe. It may also lower the foe's Sp. Def stat.
BWB2W2 The user hurls a shadowy blob at the target. It may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.
XYORAS
SMUSUM
The user hurls a shadowy blob at the target. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0092    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 36FRLG 29 29 29 29SMUSUM
26PE
0093    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 45FRLG 33 33 33 33SMUSUM
30PE
0094    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 45FRLG 33 33 33 33SMUSUM
30PE
0200     Amorphous Amorphous 37 41 41 41
0292    
 
Mineral Mineral 38 59 59 59XY
33ORAS
33
0302    
 
Human-Like Human-Like 41 53 57 57XY
39ORAS
39
0353     Amorphous Amorphous 44 31 35BW
30B2W2
30 30
0354     Amorphous Amorphous 48 31 35BW
30B2W2
30 30
0355     Amorphous Amorphous 41ORAS 41
0356     Amorphous Amorphous 45ORAS 45
0425    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 38 43BW
36B2W2
36 36
0426    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 44 51BW
40B2W2
40 40
0477     Amorphous Amorphous 45ORAS 45
0478    
 
Fairy Mineral 42ORAS 42
0562     Mineral Amorphous 37 37 37
0563     Mineral Amorphous 39 39 39
0607    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 49 49 49
0608    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 53 53 53
0655    
 
Field Field 1 1
678F  
Meowstic
Female
  Field Field 31 31
0710    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 36 36
0711    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 36, 70 36
0720  
Hoopa
Confined
 
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 68XY
55ORAS
55
0769    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 41
0770    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 41
0781    
 
Mineral Mineral 36
0792    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 23
0806    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 41USUM
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

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Machine
I
[[|]]
II
TM30
III
TM30
IV
TM30
V
TM30
VI
TM30
VII
TM30
VIII
--
IX
--
0012    
 
Bug Bug
0019     Field Field
019A  
Rattata
Alola Form
 
 
Field Field
0020     Field Field
020A  
Raticate
Alola Form
 
 
Field Field
0031    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0034    
 
Monster Field
0035     Fairy Fairy
0036     Fairy Fairy
0039    
 
Fairy Fairy
0040    
 
Fairy Fairy
0041    
 
Flying Flying
0042    
 
Flying Flying
0052     Field Field
052A  
Meowth
Alola Form
  Field Field
0053     Field Field
053A  
Persian
Alola Form
  Field Field
0063     Human-Like Human-Like
0064     Human-Like Human-Like
0065     Human-Like Human-Like
0079    
 
Monster Water 1
0080    
 
Monster Water 1
0088     Amorphous Amorphous
088A  
Grimer
Alola Form
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0089     Amorphous Amorphous
089A  
Muk
Alola Form
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0092    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0093    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0094    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0096     Human-Like Human-Like
0097     Human-Like Human-Like
105A  
Marowak
Alola Form
 
 
Monster Monster
0108     Monster Monster
0109     Amorphous Amorphous
0110     Amorphous Amorphous
0113     Fairy Fairy
0115     Monster Monster
0122    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0124    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0133     Field Field
0134     Field Field
0135     Field Field
0136     Field Field
0137     Mineral Mineral
0143     Monster Monster
0150     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0151     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0161     Field Field
0162     Field Field
0163    
 
Flying Flying
0164    
 
Flying Flying
0169    
 
Flying Flying
0173     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0174    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0175     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0176    
 
Flying Fairy
0177    
 
Flying Flying
0178    
 
Flying Flying
0190     Field Field
0193    
 
Bug Bug
0196     Field Field
0197     Field Field
0198    
 
Flying Flying
0199    
 
Monster Water 1
0200     Amorphous Amorphous
0203    
 
Field Field
0206     Field Field
0209     Field Fairy
0210     Field Fairy
0211    
 
Water 2 Water 2
0215    
 
Field Field
0222    
 
Water 1 Water 3
0228    
 
Field Field
0229    
 
Field Field
0233     Mineral Mineral
0234     Field Field
0238    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0241     Field Field
0242     Fairy Fairy
0243     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0244     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0245     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0249    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0250    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0251    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0261     Field Field
0262     Field Field
0263     Field Field
0264     Field Field
0267    
 
Bug Bug
0269    
 
Bug Bug
0273     Field Grass
0274    
 
Field Grass
0275    
 
Field Grass
0280    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0281    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0282    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0283    
 
Water 1 Bug
0284    
 
Water 1 Bug
0287     Field Field
0288     Field Field
0289     Field Field
0290    
 
Bug Bug
0291    
 
Bug Bug
0292    
 
Mineral Mineral
0293     Monster Field
0294     Monster Field
0295     Monster Field
0300     Field Fairy
0301     Field Fairy
0302    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0303    
 
Field Fairy
0307    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0308    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0313     Bug Human-Like
0314     Bug Human-Like
0315    
 
Fairy Grass
0316     Amorphous Amorphous
0317     Amorphous Amorphous
0325     Field Field
0326     Field Field
0327     Field Human-Like
0335     Field Field
0337    
 
Mineral Mineral
0338    
 
Mineral Mineral
0343    
 
Mineral Mineral
0344    
 
Mineral Mineral
0351     Fairy Amorphous
0352     Field Field
0353     Amorphous Amorphous
0354     Amorphous Amorphous
0355     Amorphous Amorphous
0356     Amorphous Amorphous
0358     Amorphous Amorphous
0359     Field Field
0361     Fairy Mineral
0362     Fairy Mineral
0368     Water 1 Water 1
0375    
 
Mineral Mineral
0376    
 
Mineral Mineral
0380    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0381    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0385    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0386     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0399     Water 1 Field
0400    
 
Water 1 Field
0406    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0407    
 
Fairy Grass
0413  
Wormadam
Plant Cloak
 
 
Bug Bug
413G  
Wormadam
Sandy Cloak
 
 
Bug Bug
413S  
Wormadam
Trash Cloak
 
 
Bug Bug
0414    
 
Bug Bug
0424     Field Field
0425    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0426    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0427     Field Human-Like
0428     Field Human-Like
0429     Amorphous Amorphous
0430    
 
Flying Flying
0431     Field Field
0432     Field Field
0433     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0434    
 
Field Field
0435    
 
Field Field
0436    
 
Mineral Mineral
0437    
 
Mineral Mineral
0439    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0440     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0442    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0446     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0448    
 
Field Human-Like
0451    
 
Bug Water 3
0452    
 
Bug Water 3
0453    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0454    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0459    
 
Monster Grass
0460    
 
Monster Grass
0461    
 
Field Field
0463     Monster Monster
0468    
 
Flying Fairy
0469    
 
Bug Bug
0470     Field Field
0471     Field Field
0474     Mineral Mineral
0475    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0477     Amorphous Amorphous
0478    
 
Fairy Mineral
0479    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0480     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0481     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0482     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0487    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0488     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0490     Water 1 Fairy
0491     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0493     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0494    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0504     Field Field
0505     Field Field
0506     Field Field
0507     Field Field
0508     Field Field
0509     Field Field
0510     Field Field
0517     Field Field
0518     Field Field
0527    
 
Field Flying
0528    
 
Field Flying
0531     Fairy Fairy
0547    
 
Grass Fairy
0561    
 
Flying Flying
0562     Mineral Amorphous
0563     Mineral Amorphous
0570     Field Field
0571     Field Field
0574     Human-Like Human-Like
0575     Human-Like Human-Like
0576     Human-Like Human-Like
0577     Amorphous Amorphous
0578     Amorphous Amorphous
0579     Amorphous Amorphous
0585    
 
Field Field
0586    
 
Field Field
0592    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0593    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0594     Water 1 Water 2
0605     Human-Like Human-Like
0606     Human-Like Human-Like
0607    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0608    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0609    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0622    
 
Mineral Mineral
0623    
 
Mineral Mineral
0629    
 
Flying Flying
0630    
 
Flying Flying
0643    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0644    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0646  
Kyurem
Normal Kyurem
 
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
646W  
Kyurem
White Kyurem
 
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered B2W2
646B  
Kyurem
Black Kyurem
 
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered B2W2
0648    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0655    
 
Field Field
0678     Field Field
678F  
Meowstic
Female
  Field Field
0681    
 
Mineral Mineral
0690    
 
Water 1 Dragon
0691    
 
Water 1 Dragon
0693     Water 1 Water 3
0700     Field Field
0708    
 
Grass Amorphous
0709    
 
Grass Amorphous
0710    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0711    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0714    
 
Flying Flying
0715    
 
Flying Flying
0717    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0720  
Hoopa
Confined
 
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
720U  
Hoopa
Unbound
 
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0724    
 
Flying Flying
0730    
 
Water 1 Field
0765    
 
Field Field
0766     Field Field
0769    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0770    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0773     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0778    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0780    
 
Monster Dragon
0781    
 
Mineral Mineral
0786    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0788    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0792    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0801    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0802    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0806    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered USUM
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.


Special move

Generation IV

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0133     Field Field My Pokémon Ranch
0491     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia - Liberate the Tower!
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 games

Super Smash Bros. series

Shadow Ball is Mewtwo's standard special move. It is chargeable and moves in a zigzag fashion. In Super Smash Bros. Melee, while Mewtwo charges, any enemy that touches the charging Shadow Ball gets damaged. This was changed in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U, where it no longer can damage opponents while charging. Mewtwo also uses Shadow Ball on its opponent when throwing them forwards.

Lucario, who debuted in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, uses Aura Sphere, which functions similarly.

Pokémon Conquest

 
>
 
Stars: ★★★★
Power: 43
Accuracy: 100%
Effect: Has a 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense.
Users:              
Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Pokémon GO

  Shadow Ball
Charged Attack
Gyms & Raids
Power 100
Energy cost ?
Duration 3.0 seconds
Damage window ? seconds
 
Trainer Battles
Power ?
Energy cost ?
Secondary effect ?
Effect chance ?%
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility
      
      
      
      
      
  
By Elite Charged TM
By GO Snapshot
As Shadow Pokémon
As Purified Pokémon
Formerly eligible
None
  • Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Shadow Ball had a power of 40.
  • Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Shadow Ball had a power of 45, an energy bar of  , and a duration of 3.08 seconds.

Haunter and Hypno may only know this move if they were obtained before February 16, 2017.

Raikou could only learn this move from February 1, 2019 onwards.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target, even at a distance. It may also lower the target's Special Defense by one level.
MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target, even at a distance. It may also reduce the target's Special Defense by 1 level.
BSL はなれたポケモンに ダメージをあたえる しかも いっていのかくりつで とくぼうを 1だんかいさげる
Conq. Attack the enemy with a ball of dark shadows, lowering the enemy's Defense.
MDGtI It damages even a faraway Pokémon. It could also lower its Special Defense.
SMD It damages even a faraway Pokémon. It could also lower the enemy's Sp. Def.


In the anime

In the main series


In Pokémon Generations


In the manga

In the Ash & Pikachu manga


In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga


In the movie adaptations


In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga


In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga


In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team manga


In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!! manga


In the Pokémon Try Adventure manga


In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 暗影球 Amyíng Kàuh *
影子球 Yíngjí Kàuh *
Mandarin 暗影球 Ànyǐng Qiú *
影子球 Yǐngzi Qiú *
  Danish Skyggekugle
  Dutch Schaduwbal
  Finnish Varjopallo
  French Ball'Ombre
  German Spukball
  Greek Σφαίρα Ερέβους Sfaíra Erévous
  Hindi छाया का गोला Chhaya Ka Gola
  Indonesian Bola Bayangan
Bola Gelap
  Italian Palla Ombra
  Korean 섀도볼 Shadow Ball
  Norwegian Skyggeball
  Polish Kula Cienia*
Cień Kuli*
Cień Kulisty*
Cienista Piłka*
  Brazilian Portuguese Bola Sombria (games, XY series-present, TCG, manga)
Bola das Sombras (early anime)
  Romanian Bulgărele Umbră
  Russian Тёмный шар Tyomnyy shar
  Serbian Lopta Senke
  Spanish Bola Sombra
  Vietnamese Quả Cầu Bóng Đêm*
Quả Bóng Bóng Đêm*



Variations of the move Crunch
  Crunch
  Shadow BallFlash Cannon
Formerly a variation
  Energy Ball


Generation II TMs
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Generation II HMs
01020304050607
Generation III TMs
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26272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950
Generation III HMs
0102030405060708RSE
Generation IV TMs
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4748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869
7071727374757677787980818283848586878889909192
Generation IV HMs
01020304 • 05 (DPPtHGSS) • 060708
Generation V TMs
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20212223242526272829303132333435363738
39404142434445464748495051525354555657
58596061626364656667686970717273747576
77787980818283848586878889909192939495
Generation V HMs
010203040506
Generation VI TMs
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2728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152
5354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778
798081828384858687888990919293 • 94 (XYORAS) • 9596979899100
Generation VI HMs
010203040506ORAS07ORAS
Generation VII TMs
SMUSUM
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4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
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81828384858687888990919293949596979899100
PE
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4142434445464748495051525354555657585960


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