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[[File:Mewtwo Shadow Ball.png|Mewtwo using a Shadow Ball in ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'', which was the first appearance of the move.|thumb]] | [[File:Mewtwo Shadow Ball.png|Mewtwo using a Shadow Ball in ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'', which was the first appearance of the move.|thumb]] | ||
Shadow Ball is a Ghost-type attack in the ''Pokémon'' games first introduced in the movie ''[[bulbapedia:M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', and introduced as a usable attack in the Generation II video games. It is learned by many Ghost-type Pokémon at somewhat high levels; since it is also a Technical Machine, many Pokémon of other types can also learn Shadow Ball. In battle, Shadow Ball is a strong attack with a base power of 80, 100% accuracy, and 15 PP; it is a physical attack in Generations II and III, but special in Generation IV onwards. It also has a 20% chance of lowering the opponent's Special Defense by one stage, allowing subsequent special moves to hit harder. Shadow Ball is known for being the strongest Ghost-type attack for Pokemon with high Special Attack stats. | Shadow Ball is a Ghost-type attack in the ''Pokémon'' games first introduced in the movie ''[[bulbapedia:M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', and introduced as a usable attack in the Generation II video games. It is learned by many Ghost-type Pokémon at somewhat high levels; since it is also a Technical Machine, many Pokémon of other types can also learn Shadow Ball. | ||
In battle, Shadow Ball is a strong attack with a base power of 80, 100% accuracy, and 15 PP; it is a physical attack in Generations II and III, but special in Generation IV onwards. It also has a 20% chance of lowering the opponent's Special Defense by one stage, allowing subsequent special moves to hit harder and is put to greater effect due to the stats rework in the aforementioned Generation IV. Shadow Ball is known for being the strongest Ghost-type attack for Pokemon with high Special Attack stats. | |||
Oddly enough, it shares its inverse stat lowering, damage, accuracy and PP amount with the Dark-type equivalent Crunch, which lowered physical defense instead despite it being a special-based attack due to being Dark-type. Both Shadow Ball and Crunch however, eventually benefit from their respective psychical and special stat alignments from Generation IV onwards. | |||
While Mewtwo is not capable of learning Shadow Ball naturally, it can learn it via TM30 in Generation II and future generations. The {{iw|bulbapedia|Mewtwo|original series}} seen in the ''Pokémon'' anime debuted the move in ''Mewtwo Strikes Back''. | While Mewtwo is not capable of learning Shadow Ball naturally, it can learn it via TM30 in Generation II and future generations. The {{iw|bulbapedia|Mewtwo|original series}} seen in the ''Pokémon'' anime debuted the move in ''Mewtwo Strikes Back''. | ||