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Shadow Punch シャドーパンチ Shadow Punch
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Target
Foe
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Foe
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Foe
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Self
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Ally
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Ally
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May affect anyone adjacent to the user
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Availability
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Shadow Punch (Japanese: シャドーパンチ Shadow Punch) is a damage-dealing Ghost-type move introduced in Generation III.
Effect
Shadow Punch inflicts damage and bypasses accuracy checks to always hit, unless the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly.
Description
Games
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Description
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RSEColo.XD
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An unavoidable punch that is thrown from shadows.
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FRLG
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The user throws a punch from the shadows. It cannot be evaded.
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DPPtHGSSPBR
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The user throws a punch at the foe from the shadows. The punch lands without fail.
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BWB2W2
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The user throws a punch from the shadows. The punch lands without fail.
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XYORAS SMUSUM SwSh
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The user throws a punch from the shadows. This attack never misses.
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Learnset
Special move
In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, and Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Shadow Punch is a move with 6 power and 8PP that ignores accuracy and evasion checks. The user targets enemy in the front.
In Pokémon GO, Shadow Punch has been an available move since the release of the game in July 6, 2016, but it hadn't been assigned to any Pokémon until February 16, 2017, when it was assigned to Haunter.
Updates
- Gyms & Raids
- July 30, 2016
- February 16, 2017
- Power: 25 → 40
- Energy cost: 25 → 33
- Duration: 2.1 → 1.7 seconds
- Damage window: 1.4 - 1.7 → 1.3 - 1.5 seconds
Description
Games
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Description
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MDRB MDTDS
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Inflicts damage on the target. It never misses.
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BSL
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てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる かならず めいちゅうする
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MDGtI SMD MDRTDX
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It damages an enemy. It never misses.
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In the anime
In the main series
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Dusclops
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Golett
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Gengar
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Dusknoir
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The user throws a punch at the foe from the shadows.
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Pokémon
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Method
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User
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First Used In
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Notes
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Dusclops
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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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None
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Gengar
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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 or one of its fists becomes surrounded in a light and dark purple misty energy and punches through the ground. The fist then comes back up through the ground and punches the opponent.
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Fantina's Gengar
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Shield with a Twist!
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None
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Acerola's Greedy Rapooh
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The Battlefield of Truth and Love!
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None
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Dusknoir
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Dusknoir's hands become surrounded in a shadowy aura, and it reaches its arms out. Two fists in the shape of Dusknoir's fire out of Dusknoir's fists and slam into the opponent. While flying towards the opponent, the fists have a gray trail that connects to Dusknoir's fists, and when the attack hits, the fists merge back with Dusknoir's fists.
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Conway's Dusknoir
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Working on a Right Move!
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None
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Golett
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Golett pulls back one of its arms and purple and black energy appears around it and forms into its arm, causing it to turn black and become outlined in purple. Golett then brings its fist forward and releases a black fist in the shape of Golett's fist with a purple outline. The fist then hits the opponent.
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Luke's Golett
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Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!
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None
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In Pokémon Origins
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Haunter
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The user throws a punch at the foe from the shadows.
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Pokémon
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Method
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User
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First Used In
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Notes
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Haunter
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Haunter's hand become outlined in a black and purple aura. It then punches the opponent.
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Red's Haunter
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File 3: Giovanni
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Debut Shadow Punch did not exist in Generation I
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In the manga
In the Ash & Pikachu manga
In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
In other languages