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Parting Shot

In Pokémon ChampionsGen VI
Game

Pokémon Champions

DarkStatus

target's Atk, Sp. Atk by 1. User switches.

Power
–
Accuracy
100%
PP
20
Hits
One Pokémon next to the user
On Showdown
5.9% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it

Changes over time

How Parting Shot changed from game to game, newest first.

  1. Gen VII

    … user does not switch out if added: the target's Attack and Special Attack stat stages were both unchanged, or if there are no unfainted party members.

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

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How it works in Champions

the target's Attack and Special Attack by 1 . If this move is successful, the user switches out even if it is trapped and is replaced immediately by a selected party member. The user does not switch out if the target's Attack and Special Attack stat stages were both unchanged, or if there are no unfainted party members.

  • Sound: goes through Substitute
  • Bounced back by

“With a parting threat, the user lowers the target's Attack and Sp. Atk stats. Then it switches places with a party Pokémon in waiting.”

In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

Good to know

Works with or against it

Eject Pack

Who runs Parting Shot on Showdown

  1. Incineroar95.8% of its sets
  2. Grimmsnarl91.9% of its sets
  3. Squawkabilly83.6% of its sets
  4. Alolan Persian80.4% of its sets
  5. Thievul25.4% of its sets

Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.

On the ladder today

Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Parting Shot among their most used moves.

Who learns Parting Shot

4 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.