Shadow Ball (move)

Shadow Ball (Japanese: シャドーボール Shadow Ball) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation II.
It is:
* TM30 from Generation II to Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, and in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
* TM43 in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
* TR33 in Pokémon Sword and Shield.
* TM114 in Generation IX.
==Effect==
Shadow Ball deals damage and has a 20% chance of lowering the target's by one stage, despite the fact that it was a physical move prior to Generation IV.
Pokémon with are unaffected by Shadow Ball.
===Generation VIII===
====Pokémon Legends: Arceus====
Shadow Ball's PP has been reduced to 10, and it has a 20% chance of lowering the target's defensive stats.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
===By TM/TR/Move Tutor===
===Special move===
====Generation IV====
====Generation IX====
==In other games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
Shadow Ball inflicts damage and may lower the enemy's Special Defense by one stage.
===Super Smash Bros. series===
 is 's standard special move. It is chargeable and moves in a zigzag fashion. Mewtwo holds its hands the same way it does in Mewtwo Strikes Back when forming a Shadow Ball, but the ball itself has a unique design. The blue color of the ball resembles how it looks in . In Super Smash Bros. Melee, while Mewtwo charges, any enemy that touches the charging Shadow Ball gets damaged. This was changed in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U, where it no longer can damage opponents while charging. Mewtwo also uses Shadow Ball on its opponent when ing them .
, who debuted in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, uses , which functions similarly.
===Pokémon Conquest===
===Pokémon GO===
====Updates====
;Gyms & Raids
* July 30, 2016
** Power: 40 → 45
* February 16, 2017
** Power: 45 → 100
** Energy cost: 33 → 50
** Duration: 3.08 → 3 seconds
** Damage window: 2.3 - 2.6 → 2.4 - 2.8 seconds
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===Pokémon Masters EX===
Name 	 	Move gauge cost	MP(uses)	Base	Max 	 	Target 	Effect tag 	Description 	Playable 	
Shadow Ball 	 	3 	— 	99 	118 	100% 	An opponent	— 	Has a chance (20%) of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stat rank.	() () (Strike/tech roles only)Users of (small chance)	
Shadow Ball 	 	4 	— 	148 	177 	100% 	An opponent	— 	Has a chance (20%) of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stat rank.	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Summer Hues Shadow Ball 	2 	— 	180 	216 	100% 	All opponents 	— 	Activation Condition: When the user uses any move once.
Deactivation Condition: Cannot be deactivated.
Lowers the target's Attack and Sp. Atk by one stat rank. Has a chance (20%) of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stat rank. Turns the field of play's zone into a Ghost Zone the first time this attack move is successful each battle. (A Ghost Zone powers up Ghost-type attacks.)	 	 	
Terrifying Shadow Ball 	4 	1 	150 	180 	—% 	All opponents 	— 	Activation Condition: When the user uses any move once.
Deactivation Condition: When this move is used.
Never misses. Lowers the target's Sp. Def by two stat ranks. Lowers the target's Ghost Type Rebuff by one rank the first time this attack move is successful each battle. The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets.	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Name 	 	State 	State 	Base	Max 	Target 	Target 	Effect tag 	Description 	Playable 	
Dark Tales of the Shadow Ball	Default6★ EX	Default6★ EX 	250 	300 	An opponentAll opponents	An opponentAll opponents	— 	No additional effect.	 	 	
Soulful Dancer Shadow Ball 	Default6★ EX	Default6★ EX 	250 	300 	An opponentAll opponents	An opponentAll opponents	— 	No additional effect.	 	 	
Notes:
* Shadow Ball:
** Description prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Has a small chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def.
* Soulful Dancer Shadow Ball:
** Unlike some sync moves, this attack could not be raised to since its release date (of March 19, 2020) until 1011 days later (on December 25, 2022).
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In Pokémon UNITE, Shadow Ball is 's and 's first move.
Gengar can obtain the move by reaching level 7 as and upgrading into it instead of . The user hurls a shadowy ball forward in a line – damaging, slowing, and reducing the Special Defense of enemies hit. This ball pierces through wild Pokémon. At level 13, its damage increases.
Hoopa can obtain the move by upgrading at level 6 into it instead of . The move has the user unleash a shadowy blob in front of itself, dealing damage to opposing Pokémon it hits and decreasing their movement speed and Sp. Def for a short time. If the user then hits the same opposing Pokémon with a move or boosted attack within a set amount of time, it deals additional damage to the opposing Pokémon and leaves them unable to act for a short time. When using this move, if there is a nearby ally Pokémon linked by Trick, this move will also unleash a shadowy blob at the same target from that ally’s location. At level 12, the shadowy blob will now explode before it disappears. Opposing Pokémon hit by the explosion are affected as if they were hit by the shadowy blob itself. In Unbound form, this move is replaced by .
===Description===
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
===Pokémon Generations===
===POKÉTOON===
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
===Be the Best! Pokémon B+W===
===Movie adaptations===
===Phantom Thief Pokémon 7===
===Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!!===
===Pokémon Adventures===
* In Cunning Kirlia, 's , Rara, was revealed to know Shadow Ball when she used to prevent 's from using the move against her.
* Bruno's was revealed to know Shadow Ball on the official website, but it has never been shown using the move. Moreover, Hitmonlee is unable to learn Shadow Ball.
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team===
===Pokémon Try Adventure===
==In other generations==
===Core series games===
===Side series games===
===Spin-off series games===
==Trivia==
* Due to Shadow Ball being a physical move prior to Generation IV, Shadow Ball is the only damaging move to have ever dealt damage in a different category from , excluding Max Moves.
* Shadow Ball was introduced in the prior to the .
* In , in Mt. Battle Area 10 in Battle Mode Singles as well as in Battle Now, Cruik's knows Shadow Ball, although Muk cannot learn this move until Generation IV.
* In Generation III and , Shadow Ball was the only Ghost-type move that could be taught via TM.
** In Generation VIII, Shadow Ball is the only Ghost-type move that can be taught via TR.
* Shadow Ball is the only Ghost-type move to change damage categories in the transaction from Generation III to Generation IV.
** While also became a special attack, it is a fixed damage attack and is therefore not affected by the change in damage category.
==In other languages==
Category:Ball and bomb moves
Category:Moves that can lower the target's Special Defense
Category:Moves in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves in Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
Category:Moves that were used in the animated series before their game debut
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ja:シャドーボール
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