Shadow Claw (move)
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| Shadow Claw シャドークロー Shadow Claw | ||||||||||||
| The user slashes with a sharp claw made from shadows. It has a high critical-hit ratio. | ||||||||||||
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Shadow Claw (Japanese: シャドークロー Shadow Claw) is a damage-dealing Ghost-type move introduced in Generation IV.
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Effect
Shadow Claw deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.
Learnset
Generation IV
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
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| 006 | 
| Charizard | Fire | Flying | -- |
| 302 | 
| Sableye | Dark | Ghost | 39 |
| 352 | 
| Kecleon | Normal | 55DP | |
| 352 |
| Kecleon | Normal | 49Pt | |
| 487 | 
| Giratina Altered Forme | Ghost | Dragon | 80 |
| 487 | 
| Giratina Origin Forme | Ghost | Dragon | 80 |
| 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 TM65
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | ||
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| 371 | 
| Bagon | Dragon | Charizard | |
| 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
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| Charging Shadow Claw | Zoey's Glameow | ||
| A dark-purple aura shaped into sharp claws envelops the users paw. The user then strikes the opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Episode Used In | Notes | |
 Glameow
| A dark-purple aura shaped into sharp claws envelops Glameow's paw. Glameow then strikes the opponent. | ||
| Zoey's Glameow | Arrival of a Rival | Debut | |
In other languages
- French: Griffe Ombre
- German: Dunkelklaue
- Italian: Ombrartigli
- Spanish: Garra Umbría
- Korean: 섀도크루 Shadow Claw
| Variations on the move Slash | |
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| Slash | Psycho Cut | Night Slash Shadow Claw | Cross Poison |
| 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 | 06 | 07 | 08 | |
| This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move. |
