Sinister Arrow Raid (move)

Sinister Arrow Raid シャドーアローズストライク Shadow Arrows Strike

Battles Type  Ghost Category  Physical PP  — (max. —) Power  180 Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VII Generation VIII

Sinister Arrow Raid (Japanese: シャドーアローズストライク Shadow Arrows Strike) is a damage-dealing Ghost-type Z-Move introduced in Generation VII. It is the exclusive Z-Move of Decidueye and an upgraded version of its signature move, Spirit Shackle.

Effect

Generation VII

Sinister Arrow Raid inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Generation VIII

Sinister Arrow Raid cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description SMUSUM The user, Decidueye, creates countless arrows using its Z-Power and shoots the target with full force. SwShBDSPLA This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

Decidueye can use Sinister Arrow Raid if it knows Spirit Shackle, holds a Decidium Z, and if its Trainer wears a Z-Ring^SM or Z-Power Ring^USUM.

In the anime

Hau	Preparing	Decidueye
The user creates countless arrows using its Z-Power and shoots the target with full force.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Decidueye	Decidueye strikes a series of synchronized poses with its Trainer to build Z-Power. It then files into the sky and forms an arc of arrows around its body. It then dives towards the target alongside the arrows, which strike the opponent and explode as Decidueye swoops past.
Hau's Decidueye	Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Strategy!		Debut

Appearance

Pose

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 遮天蔽日暗影箭 Jētīn-Baiyaht Amyíngjin Mandarin 遮天蔽日暗影箭 Zhētiān-Bìrì Ànyǐngjiàn French Fureur des Plumes Spectrales German Schatten-Pfeilregen Italian Dardoassalto Spettrale Korean 섀도애로우즈스트라이크 Shadow Arrows Strike Polish Nalot Złowieszczych Strzał Brazilian Portuguese Chuva de Flechas Sombrias Russian Зловещий Град Стрел Zloveshchiy Grad Strel* Нападение небесных стрел Napadeniye nebesnykh strel* Spanish Aluvión de Flechas Sombrías

Type-based Z-Moves
Breakneck Blitz • All-Out Pummeling • Supersonic Skystrike • Acid Downpour • Tectonic Rage Continental Crush • Savage Spin-Out • Never-Ending Nightmare • Corkscrew Crash Inferno Overdrive • Hydro Vortex • Bloom Doom • Gigavolt Havoc • Shattered Psyche Subzero Slammer • Devastating Drake • Black Hole Eclipse • Twinkle Tackle
Species-based Z-Moves
Catastropika • 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt • Stoked Sparksurfer • Extreme Evoboost Pulverizing Pancake • Genesis Supernova • Sinister Arrow Raid • Malicious Moonsault Oceanic Operetta • Splintered Stormshards • Let's Snuggle Forever • Clangorous Soulblaze Guardian of Alola • Searing Sunraze Smash • Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom Light That Burns the Sky • Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike

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.