Shadow Sneak (move)

Shadow Sneak かげうち Shadow Strike

File:Shadow Sneak.png

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 adjacent to the user

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 Ghost-type 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.

Description

Games Description The user extends its shadow and attacks the foe from behind. This move always goes first. The user extends its shadow and attacks the target from behind. This move always goes first. PMDTDS Inflicts damage on a target up to 2 tiles away. Conq The user extends its shadow and attacks the enemy from behind.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	19				26			'
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison	28				28			'
292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost	38				38			''''
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost	25				25			''''
352		Kecleon	Normal		Normal	20		22	22			'
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost	20				20	16	''''
354		Banette	Ghost		Ghost	20				20	16	''''
355		Duskull	Ghost		Ghost	22				22			''''
356		Dusclops	Ghost		Ghost	22				22			''''
442		Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark	--				--			''''
477		Dusknoir	Ghost		Ghost	22				22			''''
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon		19		19			''''
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison
200		Misdreavus	Ghost		Ghost
280		Ralts	Psychic		Psychic
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost
442		Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0088 Grimer Poison Dream World - Dream Park Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Extending the shadows Sableye
The user extends its shadow and it attacks the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Sableye's shadow zooms forward until it is behind the opponent. The shadow then raises one of its fists and the fist comes out of the ground. Sableye's shadow then punches the opponent or a burst of energy erupts from the ground under the opponent from the shadows. Sometimes, when the light is bright, Sableye can make multiple shadows appear and stretch out from it.
Jupiter's Sableye	VS. Sableye		Debut

In other generations

The picture used in this section is unsatisfactory. Please feel free to replace it so it conforms to Bulbapedia conventions. Reason: Non animated

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Shadow Sneak is the only variation of Quick Attack not yet seen in the anime.
• Shadow Sneak and its variations are tied with Swift, its variations, Hyper Beam, and its variations with the largest number of variations to a single move.
• No Pokémon introduced in Generation V can learn Shadow Sneak by any means.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 影子偷襲 Yǐngzi Tōuxí Dutch Sluipschaduw French Ombre Portée German Schattenstoß Greek Λαθροσκιοβασία 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.