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Shadow Bone シャドーボーン Shadow Bone

Battles Type  Ghost Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  85 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VII Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Shadow Bone (Japanese: シャドーボーン Shadow Bone) is a damage-dealing Ghost-type move introduced in Generation VII. It is one of the signature moves of Alolan Marowak.

Effect

Shadow Bone does damage and has a 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense stat by one stage.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
105A		Marowak Alola Form		Monster		Monster	27
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the anime

Alolan Marowak
The user attacks by beating the target with a bone that contains a spirit.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Alolan Marowak spins its bone, with a purple flame gathering around one of the ends and a blue aura briefly flashing inside the center. It then stops spinning and strikes the opponent with the bone, creating a burst of both purple and blue flames once it makes contact.
Kiawe's Marowak	A Crowning Moment of Truth!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Alolan Marowak
The user attacks the opponent with their bone.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Alolan Marowak uppercuts the opponent with its bone.
Kiawe's Marowak	Going Ashore and Neighboring Akala Island		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 暗影之骨 Amyíng-jī Gwāt Mandarin 暗影之骨 Ànyǐng-zhī Gǔ French Os'Ombre German Schattenknochen Italian Ossotetro Korean 섀도본 Shadow Bone Polish Cienista Kość Spanish Hueso Sombrío

Variations of the move Shadow Bone
Shadow Bone • Liquidation

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