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Shadow Punch
シャドーパンチ Shadow Punch
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Foe
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Shadow Punch (Japanese: シャドーパンチ Shadow Punch) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.
Effect
Shadow Punch inflicts damage and is unaffected by modifications to the Accuracy stat and Evasion stat. It will not hit a Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of moves such as Dig, Fly and Dive.
Learnset
Generation III
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0088
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| style="background: #FFF" | Grimer
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Haunter, Gengar
Dusclops
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| 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.
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By leveling up
By breeding
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0088
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| style="background: #FFF" | Grimer
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Haunter, Gengar
Dusclops, Dusknoir
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| 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.
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By leveling up
By breeding
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0088
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| style="background: #FFF" | Grimer
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Haunter, Gengar
Dusclops, Dusknoir
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| 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.
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In the anime
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Dusclops's hands become outlined in a gray aura, then it punches the air and a black shadowy fist come out of its hand, outlined in a gray aura, and hits the opponent. It can fire many at once as well.
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| Timmy Grimm's Dusclops
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Disaster of Disguise
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Debut
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| Brandon's Dusclops
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Gathering the Gang of Four!
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Gengar raises one of its arms and purple sparks travel up its arm and appear around its fist. It then punches the air and sends a black fist with purple static electricity around it at the opponent.
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| Fantina's Gengar
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Shield with a Twist!
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Dusknoir's hands become outlined in a gray aura, then it punches the air and a black shadowy fist come out of its hand, outlined in a gray aura, and hits the opponent. Or a whole arm comes out with a gray aura and hits the opponent.
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DP185
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Trivia
- The only Pokémon that can learn Shadow Punch by either leveling up or breeding are either part of the Ghost or Poison type.
- Grimer is the only Pokémon that isn't of the Ghost type that can learn Shadow Punch.
In other languages
- French: Poing-Ombre
- German: Finsterfaust
- Greek: Γροθιά Σκιάς
- Italian: Pugnodombra
- Korean: 섀도펀치 Shadow Punch
- Portuguese (Brazilian): Punho das Sombras
- Spanish: Puño Sombra
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