Night Shade (move)

Night Shade ナイトヘッド Night Head

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

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

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 damage-dealing Ghost-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Night Shade inflicts damage equal to the user's level. Although Night Shade deals Ghost-type damage, its type does not alter the amount of damage it inflicts. Night Shade hits both Normal-type Pokémon and Psychic-type Pokémon, both of which have immunities to Ghost-type moves during Generation I.

Generation II and on

After Generation I, the type mechanics were altered so that Night Shade and all other Ghost-type moves hit Psychic-type Pokémon, leaving only Normal-type Pokémon immune to Night Shade. Night Shade will inflict damage equal to the user's level.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 092 Gastly Ghost Poison -- 093 Haunter Ghost Poison -- 094 Gengar Ghost Poison -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 092 Gastly Ghost Poison 21 093 Haunter Ghost Poison 21 094 Gengar Ghost Poison 21 167 Spinarak Bug Poison 17 168 Ariados Bug Poison 17 177 Natu Psychic Flying 10 178 Xatu Psychic Flying -- 10 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 26 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 092 Gastly Ghost Poison 21RSE 092 Gastly Ghost Poison 16FRLG 093 Haunter Ghost Poison 21RSE 093 Haunter Ghost Poison 16FRLG 094 Gengar Ghost Poison 21RSE 094 Gengar Ghost Poison 16FRLG 167 Spinarak Bug Poison 17 168 Ariados Bug Poison 17 177 Natu Psychic Flying 10 178 Xatu Psychic Flying 10 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 27 302 Sableye Dark Ghost 9 353 Shuppet Ghost 13 354 Banette Ghost -- 13 355 Duskull Ghost -- 356 Dusclops Ghost -- 386 Deoxys Normal Forme Psychic 5 386 Deoxys Attack Forme Psychic 5 386 Deoxys Defense Forme Psychic 5 386 Deoxys Speed Forme Psychic 5 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By move tutor

In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

#   Pokémon Type 151 Mew Psychic Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 092 Gastly Ghost Poison 15 093 Haunter Ghost Poison 15 094 Gengar Ghost Poison 15 167 Spinarak Bug Poison 15 168 Ariados Bug Poison 15 177 Natu Psychic Flying 6 178 Xatu Psychic Flying 6 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 21 302 Sableye Dark Ghost 8 353 Shuppet Ghost 8 354 Banette Ghost -- 5 355 Duskull Ghost -- 356 Dusclops Ghost -- 386 Deoxys Normal Forme Psychic 9 386 Deoxys Attack Forme Psychic 9 386 Deoxys Defense Forme Psychic 9 386 Deoxys Speed Forme Psychic 9 477 Dusknoir Ghost -- 491 Darkrai Dark --DP Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 163 Hoothoot Normal Flying Natu, Xatu Murkrow 441 Chatot Normal Flying Natu, Xatu Murkrow Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

In the anime

	Gastly
The user fires a black beam at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Gengar	Gengar fires a black beam, outlined in red or blue from its eyes or hands.
A giant Gengar	The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis		Debut
Drake's Gengar	Hello, Pumello!		None
Morty's Gengar	A Ghost of a Chance		None
Fantina's Gengar	A Shield with a Twist!		None
Gastly	Gastly fires black beams from its eyes, or it shoots a light purple beam from its face at the opponent.
Captain's Gastly	A Shipful of Shivers		None
Multiple wild Gastly	A Ghost of a Chance		None
Morty's Gastly	Ghost to Ghost		None
Haunter	Haunter's eyes glow red, then it fires black beams from its eyes.
Morty's Haunter	Ghost to Ghost		None
Multiple wild Haunter	Hoenn Alone!		None
Ariados	Ariados's horn glows black and it fires black beam from its horn, or Ariados shoots two black beams from its eyes.
Oakley's Ariados	Pokémon Heroes		None
Forrester Franklin's Ariados	All in a Day's Wurmple		None
Sableye	Sableye's eyes glow red and it fires two black beam from them to the opponent.
A wild Sableye	Ready, Willing, and Sableye		None

In other languages

• French: Ténèbres
• German: Nachtnebel
• Italian: Ombra nott
• Spanish: Tinieblas

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