Shadow Bone (move)

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, 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

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

Games Description SMUSUM The user attacks by beating the target with a bone that contains a spirit. This may also lower the target's Defense stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
105		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.

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
Marowak	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
Marowak	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 Spanish Hueso Sombrío

Variations of the move Liquidation
Liquidation • Shadow Bone

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