Shadow Sneak (move)

Shadow Sneak かげうち Shadow Strike

Battles Type  Ghost Category  Physical PP  30 (max. 48) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  +1 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Shadow Sneak (Japanese: かげうち Shadow Strike) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Shadow Sneak inflicts damage, and is an increased priority move. If the target does not use an increased priority move during the round that it is used, Shadow Sneak will go first regardless of the user's or target's speed. If the target also uses a move with an increased priority of +1 during the same round that the user uses Shadow Sneak, the attack order of the users will be determined normally. If the user is put to sleep or frozen during the round that Shadow Sneak is (or attempts to be) used, Shadow Sneak's increased speed priority will not be reset. Subsequently, it will only be reset on the turn after the user wakes up or is defrosted, or if the user switches out.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 19 0168 Ariados Bug Poison 28 0292 Shedinja Bug Ghost 38 0302 Sableye Dark Ghost 25 0352 Kecleon Normal 20 0352 Kecleon Normal 22 0353 Shuppet Ghost 20 0354 Banette Ghost 20 0355 Duskull Ghost 22 0356 Dusclops Ghost 22 0442 Spiritomb Ghost Dark -- 0477 Dusknoir Ghost 22 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 19 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 19 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0088 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet, Banette
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Spiritomb |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0200 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet, Banette
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Spiritomb |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0280 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ralts
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet, Banette
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Spiritomb |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0353 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet, Banette
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Spiritomb |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0442 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spiritomb
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#624D4E" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet, Banette
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Spiritomb

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 26 0168 Ariados Bug Poison 28 0292 Shedinja Bug Ghost 38 0302 Sableye Dark Ghost 25 0352 Kecleon Normal 22 0353 Shuppet Ghost 20 0354 Banette Ghost 20 0355 Duskull Ghost 22 0356 Dusclops Ghost 22 0442 Spiritomb Ghost Dark -- 0477 Dusknoir Ghost 22 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 19 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 19 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0088 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet, Banette
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Spiritomb |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0200 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet, Banette
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Spiritomb |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0280 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ralts
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet, Banette
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Spiritomb |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0353 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet, Banette
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Spiritomb |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0442 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spiritomb
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#624D4E" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet, Banette
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Spiritomb

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Sableye Shadow Sneak Adventures 1.png Extending the shadows File:Sableye Shadow Sneak Adventures 2.png Attacking
The user extends its shadow and it attacks the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Sableye extends its shadow so that it is behind the opponent and the shadow punches the opponent.
Jupiter's Sableye	VS. Sableye		Debut

Trivia

• Shadow Sneak is the only variation of Quick Attack not yet seen in the anime.
• Kecleon, Spinarak and its evolution are the only non-ghost type Pokémon able to learn this move.

In other languages

• Dutch: Sluipschaduw
• French: Ombre Portée
• German: Schattenstoß
• Italian: Furtivombra
• Korean: 야습 Yaseup
• Spanish: Sombra Vil

Variations of the move Quick Attack
Quick Attack • Mach Punch • Bullet Punch Ice Shard • Shadow Sneak Vacuum Wave

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.