Competitive Information for Shedinja [X/Y]
Bug / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Shedinja? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
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Shedinja is an outstanding Bug and Ghost-typed Pokemon. It's a normal sight to see Shedinja out in the 6th generation battlefield. 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 / Return
- Shadow Claw / Phantom Force
- Sucker Punch / Night Slash
Physical Sweeper Shedinja (Wonder Guard)
Shedinja is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It 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).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Phantom Force is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Ghost-type move (disappears turn 1. hits turn 2. breaks protection).
♦ 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).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Shedinja? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
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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 / Return
- Shadow Claw / Phantom Force
- Sucker Punch / Night Slash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Shedinja (Wonder Guard)
Shedinja is popular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is 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).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Phantom Force is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Ghost-type move (disappears turn 1. hits turn 2. breaks protection).
♦ 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).
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 X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Shedinja
- Moves: Sunny Day + Solar Beam
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch, Shadow Sneak
Optimize Shedinja's EVs for X/Y
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