Competitive Information for Shedinja [Ruby/Sapphire]
Bug / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Shedinja? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Shedinja is a fabulous Bug and Ghost-typed Pokemon. Shedinja is a pretty standard Pokemon to see in Generation 3. Shedinja is weak to Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Lum Berry / Bright Powder
Ability: Wonder Guard
Nature: Lonely (+Atk, -Def)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Shadow Ball
- Baton Pass / Mimic
- Sand Attack
- Toxic
Physical Sweeper Shedinja (Popular/Trending)
Shedinja is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Wonder Guard, Shedinja is only damaged by supereffective moves and indirect damage.
♦ Baton Pass is a status move (Shedinja switches, passing stat changes and more).
♦ Mimic is a status move (the last move the target used replaces this one).
♦ Sand Attack is a status move (lowers the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Wonder Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Shadow Ball
- Silver Wind / Leech Life
- Metal Claw
Physical Sweeper Shedinja (Wonder Guard)
Shedinja is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Wonder Guard, Shedinja is only damaged by supereffective moves and indirect damage.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Silver Wind is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 20-base power Bug-type move (Shedinja recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Metal Claw is a physical 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Shedinja's attack by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Shedinja? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Wonder Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Shadow Ball
- Silver Wind / Leech Life
- Metal Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Shedinja (Wonder Guard)
Shedinja is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the dark days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Wonder Guard, Shedinja is only damaged by supereffective moves and indirect damage.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Silver Wind is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 20-base power Bug-type move (Shedinja recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Metal Claw is a physical 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Shedinja's attack by 1 stage).
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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 Ruby/Sapphire. 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 RS 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
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Shedinja's stats
- Agility
- Harden
- Metal Claw
- Silver Wind
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Shedinja
- Aerial Ace
- Agility
- Baton Pass
- Fury Cutter
- Hidden Power Fighting
- Mimic
- Protect
- Rest
- Sand Attack
- Shadow Ball
- Sunny Day
- Swords Dance
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Shedinja in Ruby and Sapphire
- Lonely Nature ( 0/252/0/4/0/252/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/4/0/252/ )
- Optimize Shedinja's EV spread for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
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