Shed Skin (Ability)

Shed Skin	だっぴ
	Molting
Flavor text Generation III Heals the body by shedding. Generation IV The Pokémon may heal its own status problems. Generation V The Pokémon may heal its own status problems. Generation VI The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions. Generation VII The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin. Generation VIII The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin. Generation IX The Pokémon may cure its own status conditions by shedding its skin.

Shed Skin (Japanese: だっぴ Molting) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

At the end of each turn, Shed Skin has a chance of curing the Pokémon of a non-volatile status condition. If it cures a status condition, it does so before burn or poison damage is dealt on that turn.

Generation III

Shed Skin has a 1/3 chance of curing the Pokémon.

Generation IV

Shed Skin has a 30% chance of curing the Pokémon.

Generation V onward

Shed Skin has a 1/3 chance of curing the Pokémon.

Outside of battle

Shed Skin has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Shed Skin

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Metapod	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None	None
	Kakuna	Bug	Poison	Shed Skin	None	None
	Ekans	Poison		Poison	Intimidate	Shed Skin	Unnerve
	Arbok	Poison		Poison	Intimidate	Shed Skin	Unnerve
	Dratini	Dragon		Dragon	Shed Skin	None	Marvel Scale
	Dragonair	Dragon		Dragon	Shed Skin	None	Marvel Scale
	Pupitar	Rock	Ground	Shed Skin	None	None
	Silcoon	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None	None
	Cascoon	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None	None
	Seviper	Poison		Poison	Shed Skin	None	Infiltrator
	Kricketot	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None	Run Away
	Burmy	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None	Overcoat
	Scraggy	Dark	Fighting	Shed Skin	Moxie	Intimidate
	Scrafty	Dark	Fighting	Shed Skin	Moxie	Intimidate
	Karrablast	Bug		Bug	Swarm	Shed Skin	No Guard
	Spewpa	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None	Friend Guard
	Silicobra	Ground		Ground	Sand Spit	Shed Skin	Sand Veil
	Sandaconda	Ground		Ground	Sand Spit	Shed Skin	Sand Veil
	Rellor	Bug		Bug	Compound Eyes	None	Shed Skin
	Cyclizar	Dragon	Normal	Shed Skin	None	Regenerator
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation IX games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII or later. For Generation VII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VIII or later. For Generation VIII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IX or later.

In other games

Description

Games Description MDRB Recovers easily from status problems. MDTDS Helps the Pokémon recover more easily from status problems. BSL じぶんが こうどう したあとに わるいじょうたいが なおることがある Conq. The Pokémon may heal its own status ailments. MDGtI Sometimes heals the Pokémon's negative status conditions.* Sometimes it cures every single bad status condition the Pokémon has!* SMD Sometimes it cures every single bad status condition the Pokémon has! MDRTDX This Ability sometimes cures every bad status condition the Pokémon has.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Seviper
The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Seviper may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin.
Lucy's Seviper	Swanky Showdown with Swalot		Debut

• Yellow's Metapod, Kitty, Bugsy's Kakuna, Lance's Dragonair and Pupitar, and Paka's Burmy were revealed to have Shed Skin as their Ability.

Trivia

• Prior to becoming an Ability, Shed Skin appeared as a TCG Attack.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 蛻皮 Teuipèih * 脫皮 Tyutpèih * Mandarin 蛻皮 / 蜕皮 Tuìpí * 脫皮 Tuōpí * French Mue German Expidermis Italian Muta Korean 탈피 Talpi Brazilian Portuguese Pele Vertente Spanish Mudar Vietnamese Lột da

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