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Shedinja, a Bug and Ghost type Pokémon, official artwork

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Shedinja: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Shedinja is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Attack (90) and Defense (45), with a base stat total of 236.

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What is Shedinja weak to?

How much damage Shedinja takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toDarkFireFlyingGhostRock
0.5×ResistsBugGrassGroundPoison
0×Immune toFightingNormal

With Wonder Guard, only super-effective attacks do anything at all (Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Rock).

Shedinja takes super-effective damage from Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Rock. It resists Bug, Grass, Ground, Poison and is immune to Fighting, Normal. That is by type alone: with Wonder Guard, only super-effective attacks do anything at all (Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Rock).

Best moveset for Shedinja

Shedinja has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Solar BeamGrass120
  • PoltergeistGhost110
  • Dream EaterPsychic100

Best nature for Shedinja

Adamant. Shedinja is a physical attacker (90 Attack vs 30 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Wonder GuardThis Pokemon can only be damaged by supereffective moves and indirect damage.

Evolution line

Nincada
NinjaskShedinja
Full learnset (70 moves; tap to expand)

Shedinja is not obtainable in Scarlet/Violet, so this is its National Dex movepool.

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
PoltergeistGhost11090%Physical
Dream EaterPsychic100100%Special
Bug BuzzBug90100%Special
Phantom ForceGhost90100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Leech LifeBug80100%Physical
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Secret PowerNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
Skitter SmackBug7090%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
HexGhost65100%Special
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Bug BiteBug60100%Physical
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
RoundNormal60100%Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
CutNormal5095%Physical
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Struggle BugBug50100%Special
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
Fury CutterBug4095%Physical
ScratchNormal40100%Physical
Shadow SneakGhost40100%Physical
AbsorbGrass20100%Special
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
Fury SwipesNormal1880%Physical
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Natural GiftNormal?100%Physical
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
AgilityPsychic--Status
Ally SwitchPsychic--Status
Baton PassNormal--Status
ConfideNormal--Status
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
FlashNormal-100%Status
GrudgeGhost--Status
HardenNormal--Status
Heal BlockPsychic-100%Status
Hone ClawsDark--Status
MimicNormal--Status
Mind ReaderNormal--Status
NightmareGhost-100%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Sand AttackGround-100%Status
SandstormRock--Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
String ShotBug-95%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
TelekinesisPsychic--Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
TrickPsychic-100%Status
Will-O-WispFire-85%Status