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Night Shade ナイトヘッド
The user makes the foe see a mirage. It inflicts damage matching the user's level.
Battles
Type	Ghost
Category	Special
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	Varies
Accuracy	100%
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock
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Contests
Category	Smart
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	1 ♥
Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.
Super Contests
Category	Smart
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Night Shade on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Night Shade on Eevee's Movedex

Night Shade (Japanese: ナイトヘッド Night Head) is a Ghost-type move introduced in Generation I that deals a varying amount of damage.

Contents 1 Effect 1.1 Generation I 2 In the anime 2.1 Pokémon 3 Learnset 3.1 Generation I 3.1.1 By leveling up 3.2 Generation II 3.2.1 By leveling up 3.3 Generation III 3.3.1 By leveling up 3.4 Generation IV 3.4.1 By leveling up 3.4.2 By breeding 4 In other languages

Effect

Generation I

Night Shade does damage equal to the user's level. Although Night Shade deals ghost damage, its type does not alter the amount of damage it inflicts.

In the anime

Pokémon

Gastly. Gastly fires black beams from its eyes.

• Used by a wild Gastly in A Ghost of a Chance.
• Used by Morty's Gastly in Ghost to Ghost.

Haunter. Haunter fires black beams from its eyes.

• Used by Morty's Haunter in Ghost to Ghost.

Gengar. Gengar fires a black beam from its eyes.

• Used by Drake's Gengar in Hello Pumello.
• Used by Morty's Gengar from Ghost of a Chance to Ghost to Ghost.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

French: Ténèbres, German: Nachtnebel, Italian: Ombra nott., Spanish: Tinieblas

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.