Night Shade

ナイトヘッド Night Head

Introduced:	Generation I

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	Varies
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	15, max: 24
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Detect/Protect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Contests (RS E)

Condition:	Smart
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Jam:	1 ♥
Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Condition:	Smart
Appeal:	3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Condition:	Clever
Appeal:	3 ♥♥♥
Jam:	0
An appealing move that can used repeatedly without boring the audience.

Night Shade is a Ghost-type move introduced in Generation I. It was the signature move of the Gastly evolutionary line in Generation I.

Description[]

Games	Description
GS C	The user's level equals damage HP.
RS E	Inflicts damage indentical to the user's level.
FRLG	An attack with a mirage that inflicts damage matching the user's level.
DP Pt HGSS	The user makes the foe see a mirage. It inflicts damage matching the user's level.
BW B2W2	The user makes the target see a frightening mirage. It inflicts damage matching the user's level.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA SV	The user makes the target see a frightening mirage. It inflicts damage equal to the user's level.

Effect[]

In battle[]

Night Shade does damage to the target that is equal to the user's level. In a Double Battle, Night Shade can target any Pokémon around the user. In a Triple Battle, Night Shade can only target a Pokémon that's adjacent to the user.

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Kadabra	psychic	Human-Like							19PE
	Alakazam	psychic	Human-Like							19PE
	Gastly	ghost/poison	Amorphous	1	21	21RS E 16FRLG	15	15	15	15SM USUM 12PE	30	30
	Haunter	ghost/poison	Amorphous	1	21	21RS E 16FRLG	15	15	15	15SM USUM 12PE	30	30
	Gengar	ghost/poison	Amorphous	1	21	21RS E 16FRLG	15	15	15	15SM USUM 12PE	30	30
	Spinarak	bug/poison	Amorphous		17	17	15	15	15	15	15BDSP
	Ariados	bug/poison	Amorphous		17	17	15	15	15	15	15BDSP
	Natu	psychic/flying	Flying		10	10	6	6	6	6	20
	Xatu	psychic/flying	Flying		1, 10	10	6	6	6XY 1, 6ORAS	1, 6	20
	Murkrow	dark/flying	Flying		26	27	21	21	21	21	21BDSP	21
	Corsola	ghost	Water 1/Water 3								45
	Sableye	dark/ghost	Human-Like			9	8	8	8XY 6ORAS	6	21	21
	Shuppet	ghost	Amorphous			13	8	8BW 7B2W2	7	7	7BDSP	7
	Banette	ghost	Amorphous			1, 13	1, 8	1, 8BW 1, 7B2W2	1, 7	1, 7	1, 7BDSP	7
	Duskull	ghost	Amorphous			1	1	1	1	1	16
	Dusclops	ghost	Amorphous			1	1	1	1	1	16
	Deoxys	psychic	Undiscovered			5	9	9	9XY 7ORAS	7	7BDSP
	Deoxys	psychic	Undiscovered			5	9	9	9XY 7ORAS	7	7BDSP
	Deoxys	psychic	Undiscovered			5	9	9	9XY 7ORAS	7	7BDSP
	Deoxys	psychic	Undiscovered			5	9	9	9XY 7ORAS	7	7BDSP
	Honchkrow	dark/flying	Flying								1BDSP
	Spiritomb	ghost/dark	Amorphous								1	1
	Dusknoir	ghost	Amorphous				1	1	1	1	16
	Darkrai	dark	Undiscovered				1DP
	Yamask	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					13	13	13	8
	Yamask	ground/ghost	Mineral/Amorphous								8
	Cofagrigus	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					13	13	13	1
	Frillish	water/ghost	Amorphous					9	9	9	8
	Jellicent	water/ghost	Amorphous					1, 9	1, 9	1, 9	1
	Litwick	ghost/fire	Amorphous					13	13	13	28
	Lampent	ghost/fire	Amorphous					13	13	13	28
	Chandelure	ghost/fire	Amorphous								1
	Golett	ground/ghost	Mineral					35	35	40	20
	Golurk	ground/ghost	Mineral					35	35	40	20
	Lunala	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered							7	7
	Blacephalon	fire/ghost	Undiscovered							23USUM	15
	Cursola	ghost	Water 1/Water 3								45
	Runerigus	ground/ghost	Mineral/Amorphous								1
	Charcadet	fire	Human-Like									20
	Armarouge	fire/psychic	Human-Like									20
	Ceruledge	fire/ghost	Human-Like									20
	Gholdengo	steel/ghost	Undiscovered									7
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM[]

Pokémon

Type

Egg groups

Machine

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

Venonat

bug/poison

Bug

TM042

Venomoth

bug/poison

Bug

TM042

Gastly

ghost/poison

Amorphous

TM042

Haunter

ghost/poison

Amorphous

TM042

Gengar

ghost/poison

Amorphous

TM042

Drowzee

psychic

Human-Like

TM042

Hypno

psychic

Human-Like

TM042

Mewtwo

psychic

Undiscovered

TM042

Mew

psychic

Undiscovered

TM042

Typhlosion

fire/ghost

Field

TM042

Murkrow

dark/flying

Flying

TM042

Misdreavus

ghost

Amorphous

TM042

Gardevoir

psychic/fairy

Human-Like/Amorphous

TM042

Sableye

dark/ghost

Human-Like

TM042

Meditite

fighting/psychic

Human-Like

TM042

Medicham

fighting/psychic

Human-Like

TM042

Spoink

psychic

Field

TM042

Grumpig

psychic

Field

TM042

Shuppet

ghost

Amorphous

TM042

Banette

ghost

Amorphous

TM042

Drifloon

ghost/flying

Amorphous

TM042

Drifblim

ghost/flying

Amorphous

TM042

Mismagius

ghost

Amorphous

TM042

Honchkrow

dark/flying

Flying

TM042

Bronzong

steel/psychic

Mineral

TM042

Spiritomb

ghost/dark

Amorphous

TM042

Gallade

psychic/fighting

Human-Like/Amorphous

TM042

Froslass

ice/ghost

Fairy/Mineral

TM042

Rotom

electric/ghost

Amorphous

TM042

Zorua

dark

Field

TM042

Zorua

normal/ghost

Field

TM042

Zoroark

dark

Field

TM042

Zoroark

normal/ghost

Field

TM042

Braviary

psychic/flying

Flying

TM042

Delphox

fire/psychic

Field

TM042

Rowlet

grass/flying

Flying

TM042

Dartrix

grass/flying

Flying

TM042

Decidueye

grass/ghost

Flying

TM042

Sandygast

ghost/ground

Amorphous

TM042

Palossand

ghost/ground

Amorphous

TM042

Mimikyu

ghost/fairy

Amorphous

TM042

Sinistea

ghost

Mineral/Amorphous

TM042

Polteageist

ghost

Mineral/Amorphous

TM042

Drakloak

dragon/ghost

Amorphous/Dragon

TM042

Dragapult

dragon/ghost

Amorphous/Dragon

TM042

Spectrier

ghost

Undiscovered

TM042

Calyrex

psychic/ghost

Undiscovered

TM042

Basculegion

water/ghost

Water 2

TM042

Skeledirge

fire/ghost

Field

TM042

Charcadet

fire

Human-Like

TM042

Armarouge

fire/psychic

Human-Like

TM042

Ceruledge

fire/ghost

Human-Like

TM042

Bramblin

grass/ghost

Grass

TM042

Brambleghast

grass/ghost

Grass

TM042

Espathra

psychic

Flying

TM042

Greavard

ghost

Field

TM042

Houndstone

ghost

Field

TM042

Annihilape

fighting/ghost

Field

TM042

Farigiraf

normal/psychic

Field

TM042

Flutter Mane

ghost/fairy

Undiscovered

TM042

Gimmighoul

ghost

Undiscovered

TM042

Gholdengo

steel/ghost

Undiscovered

TM042

Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.
Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg Groups	Father
Pokémon		Type	Egg Groups	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Hoothoot	normal/flying
	Chatot	normal/flying
	Solosis	psychic
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates a Pokémon that can only learn this move through chain breeding.

Gallery[]

Main games

Main series

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#201–229	201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII TMs TRs

Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet

v · d · e List of Ghost-type moves

Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX

A	Astonish Astral Barrage

B	Bitter Malice

C	Confuse Ray Curse

D	Destiny Bond

G	Grudge

H	Hex

I	Infernal Parade

L	Last Respects Lick

M	Moongeist Beam

N	Night Shade Nightmare

O	Ominous Wind

P	Phantom Force Poltergeist

R	Rage Fist

S	Shadow Ball Shadow Bone Shadow Claw Shadow Force Shadow Punch Shadow Sneak Spectral Thief Spirit Shackle Spite

T	Trick-or-Treat

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Normal-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation I

Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type

A	Absorb Acid Acid Armor Agility Amnesia Aurora Beam

B	Barrage Barrier Bide Bind Bite Blizzard Body Slam Bone Club Bonemerang Bubble Bubble Beam

C	Clamp Comet Punch Confuse Ray Confusion Constrict Conversion Counter Crabhammer Cut

D	Defense Curl Dig Disable Dizzy Punch Double Kick Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge Dragon Rage Dream Eater Drill Peck

E	Earthquake Egg Bomb Ember Explosion

F	Fire Blast Fire Punch Fire Spin Fissure Flamethrower Flash Fly Focus Energy Fury Attack Fury Swipes

G	Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust

H	Harden Haze Headbutt High Jump Kick Horn Attack Horn Drill Hydro Pump Hyper Beam Hyper Fang Hypnosis

I	Ice Beam Ice Punch

J	Jump Kick

K	Karate Chop Kinesis

L	Leech Life Leech Seed Leer Lick Light Screen Lovely Kiss Low Kick

M	Meditate Mega Drain Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Mimic Minimize Mirror Move Mist

N	Night Shade

P	Pay Day Peck Petal Dance Pin Missile Poison Gas Poison Powder Poison Sting Pound Psybeam Psychic Psywave

Q	Quick Attack

R	Rage Razor Leaf Razor Wind Recover Reflect Rest Roar Rock Slide Rock Throw Rolling Kick

S	Sand Attack Scratch Screech Seismic Toss Self-Destruct Sharpen Sing Skull Bash Sky Attack Slam Slash Sleep Powder Sludge Smog Smokescreen Soft-Boiled Solar Beam Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Splash Spore Stomp Strength String Shot Struggle Stun Spore Submission Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Surf Swift Swords Dance

T	Tackle Tail Whip Take Down Teleport Thrash Thunder Thunder Punch Thunder Shock Thunder Wave Thunderbolt Toxic Transform Tri Attack Twineedle

V	Vine Whip ViceGrip

W	Water Gun Waterfall Whirlwind Wing Attack Withdraw Wrap

See also	Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation I