Shedinja (Pokémon)

Shedinja ヌケニン Nukenin

Artwork from R/S/E

Types Species  Bug  Ghost  Shed Pokémon Ability Exp. at 100 Wonder Guard 600,000 Pokédex National #292 Johto #— Hoenn #044 Sinnoh #— Browser Fiore R-033 Almia R— Height Weight 2'07" 2.6 lbs. Pokédex color Body style Footprint Catch rate Brown 45 Gender ratio Genderless Egg groups Egg cycles Mineral 16 (4080 steps*) EV yield HP 2 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 95 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Pokémon Palace Network Pokédex (Gen. III) On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) On Serebii's Pokédex: Generation III (Spin-Off games) Generation IV (Spin-Off games) On Ultimate Pokémon Center Pokédex (Gen. I-IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Shedinja (Japanese: ヌケニン Nukenin) is a dual-type Bug/Ghost Pokémon. It is considered a "special" evolution of Nincada, appearing only when it evolves into Ninjask and there is an extra space in the player's party and an extra Poké Ball in their bag.

Biology

Physiology

Shedinja is a brownish Pokémon resembling an insect's exoskeleton. Shedinja has a white halo floating over its head and a black hole on its back. It is actually the shed remains of a Nincada after it evolves into a Ninjask. However, there is no logical explanation as to how Shedinja gained a "life" of its own.

Gender differences

Shedinja is a genderless species.

Special abilities

It is rumored that if a human peers into its back, their soul will be stolen. Shedinja is impervious to direct-damage from all attacks that its type combination isn't weak to. However, any direct-damage from attacks that Shedinja is weak to (or any form of indirect damage) will always knock it out.

Shedinja's movepool is the same as Ninjask's, but with the addition of several Ghost-type moves.

Behavior

Shedinja appear to be wise and intelligent Pokémon. They are also very quiet and stealthy, like a Ninja. They are protective over Ninjask but otherwise very little is known about them.

Habitat

Shedinja probably live in forests, anywhere where there are Nincada and Ninjask and many other bug Pokémon.

Forest Pokémon

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Shedinja do not eat anything at all.

In the anime

Shedinja in the anime

Shedinja made its debut appearance in The Princess and the Togepi under the ownership of Colonel Hansen. It also appeared in A Togepi Mirage!.

It has made a number of cameo appearances in some Pokémon Contests.

In the TCG

Main article: Shedinja (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Shedinja can also be damaged by Struggle and any of the Shadow moves from Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD. Also, the moves Future Sight and Doom Desire can still hit it.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and its sequel, the standard A-button tackle will do one HP damage and wild Shedinja always has a maximum of 5 HP. However, as a team member, Shedinja's HP is not capped.

Learnset

Shedinja is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.

• Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.

In addition to its normal movepool, Shedinja will also learn any and all moves that the Ninjask it is shed from has at the time of evolution.

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Evolve
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: Evolve	Friend Area: Secretive Forest
Phrases
51%-100% HP	I'm an empty shell, but still I'll fight!
26%-50% HP	My health has dipped to around half the peak level.
1%-25% HP	It's looking grim. I even feel like an empty shell now...
Level Up	I'm just an empty shell, but I can still level up!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:  Bug	Loops: 6	Minimum Experience: 36
Poké Assist: ( Ghost )	Field Move: None	Maximum Experience: 70
"Shedinja is difficult to capture because it fades in and out of view."
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: -12%	IQ Group: D

Evolution

	Unevolved	→ Level 20	First evolution
	Nincada  Bug  Ground		Ninjask  Bug  Flying
	If...	→ Space in party	Castoff evolution
	Poké Ball in bag		Shedinja  Bug  Ghost

Note: In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2, Shedinja will not be mentioned when evolving Nincada, but will subsequently appear in Chimecho's Assembly.

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	File:Spr 3r 292 s.png		File:Spr 3e 292 s.gif	File:Spr 3f 292 s.png		File:Spr b g3 292 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
				NO SPRITES AVAILABLE

For other sprites and images, please see Shedinja images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Shedinja is the only Pokémon whose HP IV cannot be determined, due to it always having the same amount of HP. To figure out a Shedinja's HP IV, one must find out the HP IV of the Ninjask that shed it.
• A Poké Ball is only needed to obtain a Shedinja in the Generation IV games. In other games, Shedinja copies the ball that Nincada was in.
  • The Poké Ball that is required in Generation IV must be a basic Poké Ball.
• No other Pokémon shares the same type combination as Shedinja.
• Shedinja has the lowest base HP stat of all Pokémon.
  • Shedinja's base HP stat is also the lowest base stat number of any legitimate Pokémon (although it is higher than Missingno.'s base Defense stat, which is 0).
• Shedinja has the lowest base stat total of all fully evolved Pokémon.
  • Oddly, Shedinja is also the only fully evolved Pokémon that has lower base stat total than its pre-evolved form.
• Shedinja is one of only three Pokémon that is not a baby Pokémon to have a different egg group than its evolutionary relatives (if Nincada and Ninjask are considered part of its evolutionary line), being in the Mineral egg group while Nincada and Ninjask are in the Bug group. It cannot breed normally with Mineral group Pokémon either way, however, as it has no gender. The other two Pokémon that share this trait are Nidorina and Nidoqueen.
• Shedinja is one of three Ghost-types whose color isn't in the black or purple category. The others are Froslass (white) and Rotom (red).
• Shedinja is one of the only two Ghost-types that cannot learn Psychic, the other being Rotom.
• During Generation III, Shedinja's entire body was shown as a dull shade of gold. Shedinja's colors were changed to match its official artwork more closely in Generation IV.
• A Shedinja that appears upon the evolution of a Nincada will always appear with its default name, SHEDINJA, while its Poké Ball will always be the normal kind. Its IVs and EVs are inherited by the creating Nincada, as are its OT and ID numbers. This means that it is impossible to rename a Shedinja which is generated by a traded Nincada unless the Shedinja is traded back to the original game.

Origin

It is based on the shed husk that cicadas leave behind when they finish their metamorphosis into adults. It may also be based off a guardian angel, due to the 'halo' floating over its head and the fact it's said to be very protective of Ninjask. Its ability Wonder Guard probably alludes to this.

Name origin

Shedinja's name is a combination of shed, casting off of skin or exoskeleton, and ninja. Its Japanese name is a combination of 抜け殻 nukegara, casting off skin, and 忍者 ninja. Nukenin is also a term describing ninja who have abandoned their clan and lord.

In other languages

• German: Ninjatom - A combination of ninja and tomb.
• French: Munja - From mue (shed skin) and ninja.
• Korean: 껍질몬 Kkeopjilmon

External links

This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.