Night Shade (move)

Night Shade (Japanese: ナイトヘッド Night Head) is a Template:Type2 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 Template:Type2 Pokémon and Template:Type2 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.

In the anime

• Gastly nightshade.jpg

  Gastly using Night Shade

Pokémon

Gengar. Gengar fires a black beam, outlines in red from its eyes or hands.

• Used by a giant Gengar in The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis. Debut.
• Used by Drake's Gengar in Hello Pumello.
• Used by Morty's Gengar from Ghost of a Chance to Ghost to Ghost.

Gastly. Gastly fires black beams from its eyes, or it shoots a light purple beam from its face at the opponent.

• Used by Captain's Gastly in A Shipful of Shivers.
• 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.
• Used by Fantina's Gengar in Shield with a Twist!.

Ariados. Ariados fires black beams from its eyes.

• Used by Forrester's Ariados in All in a Day's Wurmple.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison -- 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison -- 0094 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 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 21 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 21 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 21 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 17 0168 Ariados Bug Poison 17 0177 Natu Psychic Flying 10 0178 Xatu Psychic Flying -- 10 0198 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 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 21 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 16 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 21 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 16 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 21 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 16 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 17 0168 Ariados Bug Poison 17 0177 Natu Psychic Flying 10 0178 Xatu Psychic Flying 10 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying 27 0302 Sableye Dark Ghost 9 0353 Shuppet Ghost 13 0354 Banette Ghost -- 13 0355 Duskull Ghost -- 0356 Dusclops Ghost -- 0386 Deoxys Psychic 5 0386 Deoxys Psychic 5 0386 Deoxys Psychic 5 0386 Deoxys 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 0151 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 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 15 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 15 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 15 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 15 0168 Ariados Bug Poison 15 0177 Natu Psychic Flying 6 0178 Xatu Psychic Flying 6 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying 21 0302 Sableye Dark Ghost 8 0353 Shuppet Ghost 8 0354 Banette Ghost -- 5 0355 Duskull Ghost -- 0356 Dusclops Ghost -- 0386 Deoxys Psychic 9 0386 Deoxys Psychic 9 0386 Deoxys Psychic 9 0386 Deoxys Psychic 9 0477 Dusknoir Ghost -- 0491 Darkrai Dark -- 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0163 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Hoothoot
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Natu, Xatu
Murkrow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0441 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chatot
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Natu, Xatu
Murkrow

|- | colspan="6" | 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 other languages

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

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