Shadow Force
Scarlet & Violet
Disappears turn 1. Hits turn 2. Breaks .
- Power
- 120
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 5
- Hits
- One Pokémon next to the user
Changes over time
How Shadow Force changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen VII
If this move is successful, it breaks through the target's added: Baneful Bunker, Detect, King's Shield, Protect, or Spiky … the move completes in one turn.
dropped: Damage doubles and no accuracy check is done if the target has used Minimize while active. - Gen VI
If this move is successful, it breaks through the target's
dropped: Detectadded: Detect, King's Shield, Protect, ordropped: Protectadded: Spiky Shield for this turn, allowing other Pokémon to attack the target normally. If thedropped: target is an opponent and itsadded: target's side is protected by added: Crafty Shield, Mat Block, Quickdropped: Guardadded: Guard, or Wide Guard, that protection is … and other Pokémon may attack thedropped: opponent'sadded: target's side normally. This attack charges on … the move completes in one turn. added: Damage doubles and no accuracy check is done if the target has used Minimize while active.
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 Gen IX
If this move is successful, it breaks through the target's Baneful Bunker, Detect, King's Shield, Protect, or Spiky Shield for this turn, allowing other Pokémon to attack the target normally. If the target's side is protected by Crafty Shield, Mat Block, Quick Guard, or Wide Guard, that is also broken for this turn and other Pokémon may attack the target's side normally. This attack charges on the first turn and executes on the second. On the first turn, the user avoids all attacks. If the user is holding a Power Herb, the move completes in one turn.
- Makes contact
- Takes a turn to charge
- Hits through Protect
“The user disappears on the first turn, then attacks on the next turn. This move hits even if the target protects itself.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
Good to know
- Makes contact: Rough Skin, Iron Barbs and Rocky Helmet hurt the attacker; Protective Pads prevents it.Contact moves
- Charges for a turn before attacking; Power Herb skips the wait once.Charging moves
- Goes through Protect.Moves that go through Protect
- Breaks through Protect and similar moves, ending their protection.
- Can't be used through: Assist, Sleep Talk, Instruct.
Who learns Shadow Force
It isn’t in Pokémon Champions.