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Shiftry, a Grass and Dark type Pokémon, official artwork

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Shiftry: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

GrassDarkZU

Shiftry is a straightforward attacker, led by its Attack (100) and HP (90), with a base stat total of 480. Competitively it is a lower-tier option.

Build a team with Shiftry

What is Shiftry weak to?

How much damage Shiftry takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toBug
2×Weak toFairyFightingFireFlyingIcePoison
0.5×ResistsDarkElectricGhostGrassGroundWater
0×Immune toPsychic

Shiftry takes super-effective damage from Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison (Bug hit it for 4x damage). It resists Dark, Electric, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Water and is immune to Psychic.

Best moveset for Shiftry

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

  • ExplosionNormal250
  • Leaf StormGrass130
  • Focus BlastFighting120
  • HurricaneFlying110

Best nature for Shiftry

Careful or Bold. Shiftry's mixed stats mean the best nature depends on the set: boost whichever defense or attacking stat your build leans on.

Abilities

  • ChlorophyllIf Sunny Day is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled.
  • Wind RiderAttack raised by 1 if hit by a wind move or Tailwind begins. Wind move immunity.
  • PickpocketIf this Pokemon has no item and is hit by a contact move, it steals the attacker's item.

Evolution line

Seedot
Nuzleaf
Shiftry
Full learnset (92 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
ExplosionNormal250100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Leaf StormGrass13090%Special
Solar BladeGrass125100%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
HurricaneFlying11070%Special
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
Heat WaveFire9590%Special
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Leaf BladeGrass90100%Physical
Petal BlizzardGrass90100%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
UproarNormal90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
DigGround80100%Physical
ExtrasensoryPsychic80100%Special
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Air SlashFlying7595%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
HexGhost65100%Special
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Low SweepFighting65100%Physical
Upper HandFighting65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Air CutterFlying6095%Special
Magical LeafGrass60-Special
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Grassy GlideGrass55100%Physical
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Razor LeafGrass5595%Physical
SnarlDark5595%Special
Chilling WaterWater50100%Special
PaybackDark50100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
Weather BallNormal50100%Special
Fake OutNormal40100%Physical
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
Mega DrainGrass40100%Special
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Vacuum WaveFighting40100%Special
AstonishGhost30100%Physical
RolloutRock3090%Physical
Bullet SeedGrass25100%Physical
AbsorbGrass20100%Special
Beat UpDark?100%Physical
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
AmnesiaPsychic--Status
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
CurseGhost--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Grassy TerrainGrass--Status
GrowthNormal--Status
HardenNormal--Status
ImprisonPsychic--Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
SynthesisGrass--Status
TailwindFlying--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
TormentDark-100%Status
Toxic SpikesPoison--Status
WhirlwindNormal--Status
Will-O-WispFire-85%Status