Shadow Claw

Shadow Claw

シャドークロー Shadow Claw

Generation:	IV

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	70
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	15, max: ?
Affects:	Selected target
Secondary Effect:	High critical hit ratio
Priority:
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

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

Contest Data

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Shadow Claw (Japanese: シャドークロー, Hepburn: Shadow Claw) is a damaging Ghost-type move introduced in Generation IV that has a high critical-hit ratio.

Description

Games	Description
DPPtHGSS	The user slashes with a sharp claw made from shadows. It has a high critical-hit ratio.
BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUM SwShBDSP	The user slashes with a sharp claw made from shadows. Critical hits land more easily.
LA	The user slashes with a sharp claw made from shadows. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit.
SV	The user attacks by slashing the target with a sharp claw made from shadows. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit.

Effect

Shadow Claw inflicts damage and has an increased critical-hit ratio.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Charizard	fire/flying	Monster/Dragon	1	1	1	1SMUSUM
	Shedinja	bug/ghost	Mineral					1SwShBDSP
	Sableye	dark/ghost	Human-Like	39	39	39XY 29ORAS	29	33SwShBDSP	33
	Kecleon	normal	Field	55DP 49PtHGSS	49	49XY 33ORAS	33	33BDSP
	Giratina	ghost/dragon	Undiscovered	80DPPt 42HGSS	42	42	42	42SwShBDSP 19LA	42
	Cofagrigus	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					1, Evo.SwSh
	Zorua	normal/ghost	Field					34LA
	Zoroark	normal/ghost	Field					34LA	Evo.
	Trevenant	ghost/grass	Grass/Amorphous			55	1, Evo.	1, Evo.SwSh
	Mimikyu	ghost/fairy	Amorphous				37	42SwSh	42
	Runerigus	ground/ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					1, Evo.SwSh
	Ceruledge	fire/ghost	Human-Like						Evo.
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
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Charmander	fire	Monster/Dragon	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Charmeleon	fire	Monster/Dragon	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Charizard	fire/flying	Monster/Dragon	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Rattata	dark/normal	Field				TM65
	Raticate	dark/normal	Field				TM65
	Sandshrew	ground	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Sandshrew	ice/steel	Field				TM65	TM65
	Sandslash	ground	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Sandslash	ice/steel	Field				TM65	TM65
	Nidoran♀	poison	Monster/Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Nidorina	poison	Undiscovered	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Nidoqueen	poison/ground	Undiscovered	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Nidoran♂	poison	Monster/Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Nidorino	poison	Monster/Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Nidoking	poison/ground	Monster/Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Diglett	ground	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Diglett	ground/steel	Field				TM65	TM65	TM061
	Dugtrio	ground	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Dugtrio	ground/steel	Field				TM65	TM65	TM061
	Meowth	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Meowth	dark	Field				TM65	TM65	TM061
	Meowth	steel	Field					TM65	TM061
	Persian	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Persian	dark	Field				TM65	TM65	TM061
	Psyduck	water	Water 1/Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Golduck	water	Water 1/Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Mankey	fighting	Field						TM061
	Primeape	fighting	Field						TM061
	Haunter	ghost/poison	Amorphous	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Gengar	ghost/poison	Amorphous	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Rhydon	ground/rock	Monster/Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Kangaskhan	normal	Monster	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Typhlosion	fire	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP	TM061
	Typhlosion	fire/ghost	Field						TM061
	Totodile	water	Monster/Water 1	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Croconaw	water	Monster/Water 1	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Feraligatr	water	Monster/Water 1	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Sentret	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Furret	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Aipom	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Heracross	bug/fighting	Bug	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Sneasel	dark/ice	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Sneasel	fighting/poison	Field						TM061
	Teddiursa	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP	TM061
	Ursaring	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP	TM061
	Tyranitar	rock/dark	Monster	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Torchic	fire	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Combusken	fire/fighting	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Blaziken	fire/fighting	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Zigzagoon	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Zigzagoon	dark/normal	Field					TM65
	Linoone	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Linoone	dark/normal	Field					TM65
	Slakoth	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP	TM061
	Vigoroth	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP	TM061
	Slaking	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP	TM061
	Shedinja	bug/ghost	Mineral	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Sableye	dark/ghost	Human-Like	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Aron	steel/rock	Monster	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Lairon	steel/rock	Monster	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Aggron	steel/rock	Monster	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Zangoose	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP	TM061
	Armaldo	rock/bug	Water 3					TM65
	Kecleon	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Banette	ghost	Amorphous	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP	TM061
	Absol	dark	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Bagon	dragon	Dragon	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Shelgon	dragon	Dragon	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Salamence	dragon/flying	Dragon	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Registeel	steel	Undiscovered	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Latias	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Latios	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Groudon	ground	Undiscovered	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Rayquaza	dragon/flying	Undiscovered	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Chimchar	fire	Field/Human-Like	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Monferno	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Infernape	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Prinplup	water	Water 1/Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Empoleon	water/steel	Water 1/Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Ambipom	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Glameow	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Purugly	normal	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Stunky	poison/dark	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Skuntank	poison/dark	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Gible	dragon/ground	Monster/Dragon	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Gabite	dragon/ground	Monster/Dragon	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Garchomp	dragon/ground	Monster/Dragon	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Riolu	fighting	Undiscovered	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Lucario	fighting/steel	Field/Human-Like	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Weavile	dark/ice	Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Rhyperior	ground/rock	Monster/Field	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Gallade	psychic/fighting	Human-Like/Amorphous						TM061
	Dialga	steel/dragon	Undiscovered	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Palkia	water/dragon	Undiscovered	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Giratina	ghost/dragon	Undiscovered	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Darkrai	dark	Undiscovered	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP
	Arceus	normal	Undiscovered	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65BDSP	TM061
	Purrloin	dark	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Liepard	dark	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Pansage	grass	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65
	Simisage	grass	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65
	Pansear	fire	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65
	Simisear	fire	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65
	Panpour	water	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65
	Simipour	water	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65
	Drilbur	ground	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Excadrill	ground/steel	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Leavanny	bug/grass	Bug		TM65	TM65	TM65
	Sandile	ground/dark	Field						TM061
	Krokorok	ground/dark	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Krookodile	ground/dark	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Dwebble	bug/rock	Bug/Mineral		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Crustle	bug/rock	Bug/Mineral		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Cofagrigus	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					TM65
	Archen	rock/flying	Flying/Water 3		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Archeops	rock/flying	Flying/Water 3		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Zorua	dark	Field						TM061
	Zorua	normal/ghost	Field						TM061
	Zoroark	dark	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Zoroark	normal/ghost	Field						TM061
	Ferrothorn	grass/steel	Grass/Mineral		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Axew	dragon	Monster/Dragon						TM061
	Fraxure	dragon	Monster/Dragon		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Haxorus	dragon	Monster/Dragon		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Cubchoo	ice	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Beartic	ice	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Druddigon	dragon	Dragon/Monster		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Pawniard	dark/steel	Human-Like		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Bisharp	dark/steel	Human-Like		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Rufflet	normal/flying	Flying		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Braviary	normal/flying	Flying		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Braviary	psychic/flying	Flying						TM061
	Heatmor	fire	Field		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Durant	bug/steel	Bug		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Reshiram	dragon/fire	Undiscovered		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Zekrom	dragon/electric	Undiscovered		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Kyurem	dragon/ice	Undiscovered		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Kyurem	dragon/ice	Undiscovered		TM65B2W2	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Kyurem	dragon/ice	Undiscovered		TM65B2W2	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Meloetta	normal/psychic	Undiscovered		TM65	TM65	TM65		TM061
	Genesect	bug/steel	Undiscovered		TM65	TM65	TM65	TM65
	Chespin	grass	Field			TM65	TM65		TM061
	Quilladin	grass	Field			TM65	TM65		TM061
	Chesnaught	grass/fighting	Field			TM65	TM65		TM061
	Pancham	fighting	Field/Human-Like			TM65	TM65	TM65
	Pangoro	fighting/dark	Field/Human-Like			TM65	TM65	TM65
	Honedge	steel/ghost	Mineral			TM65	TM65	TM65
	Doublade	steel/ghost	Mineral			TM65	TM65	TM65
	Aegislash	steel/ghost	Mineral			TM65	TM65	TM65
	Binacle	rock/water	Water 3			TM65	TM65	TM65
	Barbaracle	rock/water	Water 3			TM65	TM65	TM65
	Phantump	ghost/grass	Grass/Amorphous			TM65	TM65	TM65
	Trevenant	ghost/grass	Grass/Amorphous			TM65	TM65	TM65
	Noibat	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon			TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Noivern	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon			TM65	TM65	TM65	TM061
	Yveltal	dark/flying	Undiscovered			TM65	TM65	TM65
	Rowlet	grass/flying	Flying				TM65	TM65	TM061
	Dartrix	grass/flying	Flying				TM65	TM65	TM061
	Decidueye	grass/ghost	Flying				TM65	TM65	TM061
	Decidueye	grass/fighting	Flying						TM061
	Litten	fire	Field				TM65	TM65
	Torracat	fire	Field				TM65	TM65
	Incineroar	fire/dark	Field				TM65	TM65
	Lycanroc	rock	Field						TM061
	Salandit	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon				TM65	TM65	TM061
	Salazzle	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon				TM65	TM65	TM061
	Bewear	normal/fighting	Field				TM65	TM65
	Golisopod	bug/water	Bug/Water 3				TM65	TM65
	Type: Null	normal	Undiscovered				TM65	TM65
	Silvally	normal	Undiscovered				TM65	TM65
	Komala	normal	Field				TM65		TM061
	Mimikyu	ghost/fairy	Amorphous				TM65	TM65	TM061
	Drampa	normal/dragon	Monster/Dragon				TM65	TM65
	Dhelmise	ghost/grass	Mineral				TM65	TM65
	Jangmo-o	dragon	Dragon				TM65	TM65
	Hakamo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon				TM65	TM65
	Kommo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon				TM65	TM65
	Lunala	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered				TM65	TM65
	Guzzlord	dark/dragon	Undiscovered				TM65	TM65
	Necrozma	psychic	Undiscovered				TM65	TM65
	Necrozma	psychic/steel	Undiscovered				TM65USUM	TM65
	Necrozma	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered				TM65USUM	TM65
	Marshadow	fighting/ghost	Undiscovered				TM65	TM65
	Naganadel	poison/dragon	Undiscovered				TM65USUM	TM65
	Blacephalon	fire/ghost	Undiscovered				TM65USUM	TM65
	Thievul	dark	Field					TM65
	Hatterene	psychic/fairy	Fairy					TM65	TM061
	Morgrem	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like					TM65	TM061
	Grimmsnarl	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like					TM65	TM061
	Obstagoon	dark/normal	Field					TM65
	Perrserker	steel	Field					TM65	TM061
	Runerigus	ground/ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					TM65
	Ursaluna	ground/normal	Field						TM061
	Sneasler	fighting/poison	Field						TM061
	Sprigatito	grass	Field/Grass						TM061
	Floragato	grass	Field/Grass						TM061
	Meowscarada	grass/dark	Field/Grass						TM061
	Skeledirge	fire/ghost	Field						TM061
	Tarountula	bug	Bug						TM061
	Spidops	bug	Bug						TM061
	Tandemaus	normal	Field/Fairy						TM061
	Maushold	normal	Field/Fairy						TM061
	Ceruledge	fire/ghost	Human-Like						TM061
	Grafaiai	poison/normal	Field						TM061
	Klawf	rock	Water 3						TM061
	Annihilape	fighting/ghost	Field						TM061
	Kingambit	dark/steel	Human-Like						TM061
	Roaring Moon	dragon/dark	Undiscovered						TM061
	Iron Valiant	fairy/fighting	Undiscovered						TM061
	Koraidon	fighting/dragon	Undiscovered						TM061
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

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Main games

Shadow Claw depicted in Generation V

Shadow Claw depicted in Generation VII

Shadow Claw depicted in Generation VIII

Main series

Shadow Claw performed by Zoey's Glameow.

Shadow Claw performed by Giovanni's Persian.

Shadow Claw performed by Stephan's Liepard.

Shadow Claw performed by Astrid's Absol.

Shadow Claw being used by Jessie's Mimikyu.

Shadow Claw being used by Mohn's Zoroark.

Pokémon Adventures

Shadow Claw performed by Giratina.