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	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe
Self	Ally
Affects all foes

Availability

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

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.

Description

Games	Description
	The opponent Pokémon cannot escape.

Learnset

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
#	Pokémon		Type		C	XD
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison	✓
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire	✓
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal	✓
070		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	✓
082		Magneton	Electric	Steel	✓
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison	✓
103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic	✓
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock	✓
113		Chansey	Normal		Normal	✓
114		Tangela	Grass		Grass	✓
128		Tauros	Normal		Normal	✓
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark	✓
273		Seedot	Grass		Grass	✓
280		Ralts	Psychic		Psychic	✓
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost	✓
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison	✓
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark	✓
354		Banette	Ghost		Ghost	✓
355		Duskull	Ghost		Ghost	✓
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying	✓
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

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.