Shellder (Pokémon)

Shellder シェルダー Shellder
Artwork from FR/LG
Pronunciation	shell-der [1]
Type	Water
Species	Bivalve Pokémon
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Johto Dex	#169
Hoenn Dex	#260*
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Height	1′00″ (0.3m)
Weight	8.8 lbs. (4.0kg)
Abilities	Shell Armor or Skill Link
Egg group	Water 3
Time to hatch	5,120 steps
Effort yield	1 Def
Exp. yield	97 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	1,250,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀/50% ♂
Pokédex color	Purple
Catch rate	190
Footprint
Body style
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Shellder (Japanese: シェルダー Shellder) is a Water-type Pokémon.

It evolves into Cloyster by Water Stone.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.2 Special abilities 1.3 Behavior 1.4 Habitat 1.5 Diet 2 In the anime 3 In the TCG 4 Game data 4.1 Pokédex entries 4.2 Game locations 4.2.1 In side games 4.3 Base stats 4.4 Type effectiveness 4.5 Learnset 4.5.1 By leveling up 4.5.2 By TM/HM 4.5.3 By breeding 4.5.4 By tutoring 4.5.5 Special moves 4.5.6 TCG-only Moves 4.6 Side game data 4.7 Evolution 4.8 Sprites 5 Trivia 5.1 Origin 5.1.1 Name origin 6 In other languages 7 Related articles 8 Notes 9 External links

Biology

Physiology

Shellder's shell is purplish-blue color and has two spikes on the top and also on the underside. It is unknown what Shellder looks like inside its shell. Shellder has a large, red tongue which serves as a means for burrowing.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Shellder's shell is harder than diamond and can withstand powerful attacks. When sand combines with the body fluids inside of Shellder, beautiful pearls are formed. When a Shellder latches onto the tail of a fishing Slowpoke, the two Pokémon undergo a molecular transformation as a Slowbro is created and the Shellder changes in appearance.

Behavior

Its tongue is always hanging out, as it sits on the sea floor. Shellder swims facing backward by opening and closing its two-piece shell. When Shellder sleeps it uses its broad tongue to burrow a hole in the sand and then sleeps in it. While Shellder is sleeping, it closes its shell, but leaves its tongue hanging out.

Habitat

Shellder lives on the sea floor.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

The first time a Shellder was seen was in The Bridge Bike Gang. It was sick and Nurse Joy sent Ash, Misty, and Brock over to Sunny Town, (where Shellder was), to deliver some medicine. Once the Sunny Town Nurse Joy gave Shellder the medicine, it got better instantly.

Jessie captured a Shellder in The Evolution Solution. Later in the episode, it bit on a Slowpoke's tail, making it into a Slowbro and leaving Jessie's team.

In the TCG

Main article: Shellder (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
I	Red	Its hard shell repels any kind of attack. It is vulnerable only when its shell is open.
	Blue
	Yellow	The shell can withstand any attack. However, when it is open, the tender body is exposed.
	Stadium	Its shell is harder than diamond. It hides in sand on the sea floor and catches prey with its soft tongue.
II	Gold	It swims facing backward by opening and closing its two-piece shell. It is surprisingly fast.
	Silver	Grains of sand trapped in its shells mix with its body fluids to form beautiful pearls.
	Crystal	Clamping on to an opponent reveals its vulnerable parts, so it uses this move only as a last resort.
	Stadium 2	It swims facing backward by opening and closing its two-piece shell. It is surprisingly fast.
III	Ruby	At night, this Pokémon uses its broad tongue to burrow a hole in the seafloor sand and then sleep in it. While it is sleeping, Shellder closes its shell, but leaves its tongue hanging out.
	Sapphire	At night, this Pokémon uses its broad tongue to burrow a hole in the seafloor sand and then sleep in it. While it is sleeping, Shellder closes its shell, but leaves its tongue hanging out.
	Emerald	At night, it burrows a hole in the seafloor with its broad tongue to make a place to sleep. While asleep, it closes its shell, but leaves its tongue hanging out.
	FireRed	It is encased in a shell that is harder than diamond. Inside, however, it is surprisingly tender.
	LeafGreen	Its hard shell repels any kind of attack. It is vulnerable only when its shell is open.
IV	Diamond	It swims backward by opening and closing its two shells. Its large tongue is always kept hanging out.
	Pearl	It swims backward by opening and closing its two shells. Its large tongue is always kept hanging out.
	Platinum	Currently unknown

Game locations

Gen	Game		Rarity	Location
I	Red	Blue	Common	Routes 6, 11, 19, 20, and 21, Vermilion City, Seafoam Islands, and Cinnabar Island
	Yellow		Common	Routes 17, 18, and S.S. Anne
II	Gold	Silver	Common	Routes 20, 21, 26, 27, and 41, Olivine City, Vermilion City, Cinnabar Island, Pallet Town, and New Bark Town (Fish with Good Rod or Super Rod)
	Crystal		Common	Routes 20, 21, 26, 27, and 41, Olivine City, Vermilion City, Cinnabar Island, Pallet Town, and New Bark Town (Fish with Good Rod or Super Rod)
III	Ruby	Sapphire	None	Trade
	Emerald		None	Trade
	FireRed	LeafGreen	Common	One Island, Five Island, Vermilion City
	Colosseum		None	Trade
	XD		One	Cipher Key Lair (Shadow)
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Rare	Route 205 (Floaroma Town side), Valley Windworks (Fish with Super Rod)
	Platinum		None	Trade
	Pal Park			Sea

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Snap	River
Pokémon Channel	Secret Cove
Pokémon Trozei!	SOL Laboratory 3 Secret Storage 14 Endless Level 33 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue)	Stormy Sea (1F-8F) Silver Trench (1F-8F) Far-off Sea (1F-8F) Marvelous Sea (B1-B5) Fantasy Strait (B1-B5)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness)	Beach Cave (B1-B4) Surrounded Sea (1F-20F)

Base stats

HP:	30
Attack:	65
Defense:	100
Special:	45
SpAtk:	45
SpDef:	25
Speed:	40

The Special stat was used only in Generation I; it was later split into Special Attack and Special Defense.

Type effectiveness

Weak to	Resistant to	Immune to	Normal effectiveness
Grass : 2×  Electric : 2×	Steel : ½×  Fire : ½×  Water : ½×  Ice : ½×		Normal : 1×  Fighting : 1×  Flying : 1×  Poison : 1×  Ground : 1×  Rock : 1×  Bug : 1×  Ghost : 1×  Psychic : 1×  Dragon : 1×  Dark : 1×

Learnset

Shellder is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply. Moves in Italics aren't STAB for Shellder, but are for some/all evolutions.

By leveling up

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: I - II - III
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Start	Tackle	Normal	Physical	35	95%	35	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
4	Withdraw	Water	Status	—	—%	40	Cute	2 ♥♥
8	Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
13	Icicle Spear	Ice	Physical	10	100%	30	Beauty	2 ♥♥
16	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
20	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100%	30	Cool	2 ♥♥
25	Clamp	Water	Physical	35	75%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
28	Ice Shard	Ice	Physical	40	100%	30	Beauty	2 ♥♥
32	Aurora Beam	Ice	Special	65	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
37	Whirlpool	Water	Special	15	70%	15	Beauty	0
40	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
44	Brine	Water	Special	65	100%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
49	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	95	100%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By TM/HM

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: I - II - III
TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
TM03	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	85%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM07	Hail	Ice	Status	—	—%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15	Smart	1 ♥
TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	95	100%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120	70%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	—	—%	25	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM55	Brine	Water	Special	65	100%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM64	Explosion	Normal	Physical	250	100%	5	Beauty	0
TM66	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100%	10	Cool	1 ♥
TM78	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
TM83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
HM03	Surf	Water	Special	95	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By breeding

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Tentacool, Tentacruel	Barrier	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30	Cool	2 ♥♥
Tentacool, Tentacruel Krabby, Kingler Corsola Corphish, Crawdaunt	BubbleBeam	Water	Special	65	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Shellder, Cloyster	Icicle Spear	Ice	Physical	10	100%	30	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Krabby, Kingler Omanyte, Omastar Kabuto, Kabutops	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
Tentacool, Tentacruel Kabuto, Kabutops Anorith, Armaldo	Rapid Spin*	Normal	Physical	20	100%	40	Cool	2 ♥♥
Tentacool, Tentacruel	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85%	40	Smart	2 ♥♥
Shellder, Cloyster	Take Down*	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB from an evolution of this Pokémon *Indicates a move only available by chain breeding

By tutoring

Generation III and IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Game							Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Dive	Water	Physical	80	100%	10	Beauty	1 ♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15	Tough	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Explosion	Normal	Physical	250	100%	5	Beauty	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Selfdestruct	Normal	Physical	200	100%	5	Beauty	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Snore	Normal	Special	40	100%	15	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game, while a colored background indicates that the move is available.

Special moves

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Shadow moves		Level 29+	Purified moves
Shadow Blitz	???		Refresh	Normal
Shadow Shed	???		Take Down	Normal
--			Surf	Water
--			Aurora Beam	Ice

TCG-only Moves

• Lick
• Minimize

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball
	Acquisition: Catch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 12.2%	Friend Area: Bountiful Sea
Phrases
51%-100% HP	My shell is harder than any diamond!
26%-50% HP	My HP is down to half...
1%-25% HP	No more... I feel faint... Help...
Level Up	Awesome! I leveled up! I need to work that much harder!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 6.4%	IQ Group: E

Evolution

	Unevolved	→ Water Stone	First evolution
	Shellder  Water		Cloyster  Water  Ice

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
			Image:Spr 3e 090 s.gif
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
			Image:Spr 4p 090.png
			Image:Spr 4p 090 s.png

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

Trivia

• It shares a bond with Slowbro and Slowking.
• The change in Shellder's evolution when linked to a Slowpoke seems to only occur when attached to a 'living' part of the creature, as with the introduction of the item Slowpoketail in Generation II does not force a spiral evolution as one might suspect.
• Shellder and Cloyster share the same species name with Clamperl. They are all known as Bivalve Pokémon.
• No sprites have Shellder's tongue unexposed, excluding its back sprites, except a frame in its Crystal sprite.
• Even though Shellder changes when it bonds with Slowpoke to become Slowbro or Slowking, it is not considered an evolution.
• Shellder's Generation II shiny sprite gives the impression that its shell is rusty.
• Despite always having it's tongue exposed, it cannot learn the move Lick.
• Though Slowbro's Silver Pokédex entry mentions that Shellder secretes venom, it cannot learn any Poison-type attacks by leveling up.

Origin

It is similar to clams and other bivalves.

Name origin

Shellder's name seems to be a corruption of shell. It also sounds like shelter, perhaps referring to Slowbro and hermit crabs.

In other languages

• German: Muschas
• French: Kokiyas - Coquille means shell.
• Korean: 셀러 Sella

Related articles

• Jessie's Shellder

Notes

1. ↑ Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-10397-5

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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