Competitive Information for Shedinja [Black/White]
Bug / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Shedinja? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Shedinja is an astounding Bug and Ghost-typed Pokemon. Shedinja are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. Shedinja is weak to Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Silver Powder
Ability: Wonder Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Shadow Claw / Shadow Sneak
- Sucker Punch / Night Slash
Physical Sweeper Shedinja (Wonder Guard)
Shedinja is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Shedinja from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Shedinja's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Wonder Guard, Shedinja can only be damaged by supereffective moves and indirect damage.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Shedinja steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Shadow Sneak is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ghost-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Shedinja? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Silver Powder
Ability: Wonder Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Shadow Claw / Shadow Sneak
- Sucker Punch / Night Slash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Shedinja (Wonder Guard)
Shedinja is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Shedinja from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Shedinja's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Wonder Guard, Shedinja can only be damaged by supereffective moves and indirect damage.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Shedinja steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Shadow Sneak is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ghost-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Shedinja learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Shedinja can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Shedinja
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Shadow Sneak, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Shedinja's stats
- Agility
- Harden
- Hone Claws
- Metal Claw
- Silver Wind
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Shedinja
- Baton Pass
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Shedinja in Black and White
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