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Revision as of 05:51, 12 March 2011
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Shadow Ball (Japanese: シャドーボール Shadow Ball) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move first introduced in the movie Mewtwo Strikes Back. It was first introduced as a usable attack in the Generation II video games.
Effect
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. Lucario, who debuted in Super Smash Brothers Brawl, has Aura Sphere, which functions similarly.
Learnset
Generation II
By TM30
Generation III
By leveling up
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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Generation V
By leveling up
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In the anime
| 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 (anime) | 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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | None | |
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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! | None | |
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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 | |
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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' Golbat | Enter Galactic! | 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 Dusnoir 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 | |
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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 in front of it. Lillipup fires the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Lenora's Lillipup | BW015 | None | |
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Herdier opens its mouth and forms four small black and purple balls in front of its face. Herdier fires the balls at the opponent. | ||
| Lenora's Herdier | BW016 | None | |
In the manga
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| The user fires several spheres of energy at the opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Mismagius fires several spheres of energy at the opponent. | ||
| Lily's Mismagius | Lily Regains Her Memories! | Debut | |
Pokémon Adventures
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| The user fires a ball of dark colored energy at the opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Castform releases a dark ball of energy from the front of its body at the opponent. | ||
| Ruby's Popo | VS. Luvdisc I | Debut | |
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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 | |
Trivia
- Despite Template:Type2 moves running off the Pokémon's Attack prior to Generation IV, Shadow Ball has always lowered Special Defense.
- Although it is a Template:Type2 move, which does not affect Template:Type2 Pokémon, it has hit Template:Type2 Pokémon multiple times in the anime.
- Mewtwo used Shadow Ball in Mewtwo Strikes Back, despite it not being released until Generation II.
In other languages
- Chinese: 影子球 Yǐngzi Qiú
- Dutch: Schaduwbal
- Finnish: Varjopallo
- French: Ball'Ombre
- German: Spukball
- Greek: Σφαίρα Ερέβους
- Hindi: Chaya Ka Gola
- Italian: Palla Ombra
- Korean: 섀도볼 Shadow Ball
- Portuguese (Brazilian): Bola das Sombras, Bola das Trevas, Esfera Obscura
- Spanish: Bola Sombra
- Serbian: Lopta Senke
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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 | |
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