Marshadow (Pokémon)

This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Marshadow.

**Marshadow** (Japanese: **マーシャドー** *Marshadow*) is a dual-type Fighting/Ghost Mythical Pokémon introduced in Generation VII.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Marshadow was officially revealed on April 7, 2017.

## Biology

Marshadow is a humanoid Pokémon that appears to be made of smoky gray shadows. The area around its face resembles headgear, such as a helmet. On top of the helmet are two curled horns or ears with a wispy horn between them. Its eyes are orange-red with yellow pupils, and above each eye is a yellow, oval marking. Each arm has a small bump on the wrist. Around its neck is a smoky collar, and there is a trail of shadows on each foot.

When angered or attacking, such as using its exclusive Z-Move, Marshadow's fighting spirit will begin to burn, causing it to become Zenith Marshadow. In this state, its headgear, wrist bumps, and collar flare up and resemble green and yellow flames. Marshadow's eyes also flare up when in this state, but do not change in color.

Very few people have seen it, so its existence was the stuff of legends and myths. A cautious Pokémon, Marshadow sinks into the shadows to ensure it is not noticed while it observes its surroundings, much like how Gengar can. While in hiding in the shadows of others, it can understand their feelings and copies their abilities. Through mimicry, it will eventually become more powerful than those it imitates. It can even learn the ultimate technique of martial arts masters it copies. As seen in the anime, Marshadow is also capable of causing nightmares. Marshadow is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Spectral Thief and exclusive Z-Move Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike.

## Game data

### Pokédex entries

 Ultra Moon  | It sinks into the shadows of people and Pokémon, where it can understand their feelings and copy their capabilities.

 Shield  | This Pokémon can conceal itself in any shadow, so it went undiscovered for a long time.

### Stats

#### Base stats

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

### Learnset

#### By breeding

 * Moves marked with an asterisk (\*) must be chain bred onto Marshadow in Generation VIII
* Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
* Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Marshadow in that game.
* **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Marshadow
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Marshadow

### Sprites

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## Trivia

* Marshadow's effort value yield of 2 Attack and 1 Speed is unique.
* No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Marshadow.
* Marshadow is the only Pokémon whose STAB combination is unresisted by any existing Pokémon—the only type combination to resist both Ghost and Fighting is the currently unused Normal/Ghost.
* Marshadow is the last Pokémon in the Alola Pokédex in Pokémon Sun and Moon.
* Marshadow's Japanese name and its romanization were revealed in a tweet of their trademark on April 10, 2016.
* In Pokémon Sun and Moon, Marshadow has a base experience yield of 120.

### Origin

Marshadow may be based on the shadowboxing exercise. It also shares traits with Nightmarchers and Menehune from Hawaiian mythology.

#### Name origin

Marshadow may be a combination of *martial arts*, *nightmarcher*, *marsh*, *mar*, and *shadow*.

## Related articles

* Marshadow (M20)
* Mythical Pokémon