Shadow Half (move)

Shadow Half ダークハーフ Dark Half

Battles Type  — Category  Status PP  N/A (max. N/A) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Self Ally All: Affects all Pokémon on the field

Availability Introduced  Generation III 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

Shadow Half (Japanese: ダークハーフ Dark Half) is one of several Shadow moves available only in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. Like other Shadow moves, it is forgotten and replaced with another move once the Pokémon is purified.

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• Effect
• Description
• Learnset
• Trivia
• In other languages

Effect

Shadow Half deals damage equal to 50% of each Pokémon's current HP, rounded down, to all Pokémon in battle, including the user. It cannot cause fainting. The user is forced to recharge during the next turn.

Shadow Half cannot be used if the user is under the effect of Taunt. Damage dealt by Shadow Half is counted as an attack for the purpose of Bide, Mirror Coat (but not Counter), and Focus Punch.

As Shadow Pokémon cannot be traded, and since Pokémon Contests do not exist in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Shadow Half cannot be used in Contests.

Description

Games Description XD A shadowy aura's energy cuts everyone's HP by half.

Learnset

#	Pokémon		Types
0024		Arbok
0106		Hitmonlee
0125		Electabuzz
0277		Swellow
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.

Trivia

• Shadow Half is the only:
  • Damaging move that targets all Pokémon on the field, including the user.
  • Status move that requires the user to recharge if successfully executed.
  • Status move affected by Mirror Coat.

In other languages

Language		Title
French		Chute Noire
German		Cryptozorn
Italian		Iraoscura
Spanish		Mitad Oscura

Shadow moves
Shadow Blast • Shadow Blitz • Shadow Break • Shadow End • Shadow Rush Shadow Bolt • Shadow Chill • Shadow Fire Shadow Rave • Shadow Storm • Shadow Wave Shadow Down • Shadow Half • Shadow Hold Shadow Mist • Shadow Panic • Shadow Shed • Shadow Sky

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.