Shadow Punch (move)

Move data

Type Ghost
Category Physical  Physical
Power 60
Accuracy
PP 20  (max. 32)
Makes contact? Yes
Introduced Generation 3

Effects

Shadow Punch deals damage and ignores changes to the Accuracy and Evasion stats. However, it will not hit Pokémon during the invulnerable stage of Bounce, Dig, Dive, Fly, Phantom Force, Shadow Force or Sky Drop.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Ghostium Z and uses its Z-Power, Shadow Punch turns into Never-Ending Nightmare and has base power 120.

Move target

Foe
Foe
Foe
User
Ally
Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English Shadow Punch
Japanese シャドーパンチ (Shadow Punch)
German Finsterfaust
French Poing Ombre
Italian Pugnodombra
Spanish Puño Sombra
Korean 섀도펀치
Chinese (Simplified) 暗影拳
Chinese (Traditional) 暗影拳

Game descriptions

Ruby​/​Sapphire
Emerald
An unavoidable punch that is thrown from shadows.
FireRed​/​LeafGreen The user throws a punch from the shadows. It cannot be evaded.
Diamond​/​Pearl
Platinum
HeartGold​/​SoulSilver
The user throws a punch at the foe from the shadows. The punch lands without fail.
Black​/​White
Black 2​/​White 2
The user throws a punch from the shadows. The punch lands without fail.
X​/​Y
O.Ruby​/​A.Sapphire
The user throws a punch from the shadows. This attack never misses.
Sun​/​Moon
Ultra Sun​/​Ultra Moon
The user throws a punch from the shadows. This attack never misses.
Sword​/​Shield
B.Diamond​/​S.Pearl
The user throws a punch from the shadows. This attack never misses.
Scarlet​/​Violet The user throws a punch from the shadows. This attack never misses.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Shadow Punch at the level specified. The numbers given are for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet and may vary in other games; check the respective Pokédex pages for details.

Gengar Gengar
#0094 / Ghost · Poison
Level 1
Dusknoir Dusknoir
#0477 / Ghost
Level 1
Golett Golett
#0622 / Ground · Ghost
Level 12
Golurk Golurk
#0623 / Ground · Ghost
Level 12

Learnt upon evolution

Haunter Haunter
#0093 / Ghost · Poison
Dusclops Dusclops
#0356 / Ghost

Learnt by breeding

These Pokémon can learn Shadow Punch as an egg move. Their breeding groups are also shown for reference.