Shell Side Arm (move)

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Shell Side Arm
シェルアームズ Shell Arms
Shell Side Arm VIII.png
Shell Side Arm VIII 2.png
Type  Poison
Category  Special
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  90
Accuracy  100%
Priority  0
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation VIII
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Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
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Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Does contact if physical move.

Shell Side Arm (Japanese: シェルアームズ Shell Arms) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature move of Galarian Slowbro.

Effect

Shell Side Arm deals damage and has a 20% chance of poisoning the target.

Shell Side Arm forecasts whether its base damage would be higher as a physical move or special move, and becomes the category that it predicts would inflict more damage (chosen randomly if they are tied). For the forecast only, stat modifiers other than stat stages are ignored, and Wonder Room is applied to stat stage modifiers but not to the original stats.

Shell Side Arm has a different animation depending on whether it is a physical or a special move. If it is a physical move, it makes contact; if it is a special move, it does not.

Description

Games Description
SwSh This move inflicts physical or special damage, whichever will be more effective. This may also poison the target.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
080G Slowbro
Slowbro
Galarian Form
PoisonIC Big.png
PsychicIC Big.png
Monster Water 1 1, Evo.
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.


Appearance

As a physical move

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 臂貝武器 Beibui Móuhhei
Mandarin 臂貝武器 / 臂贝武器 Bìbèi Wǔqì
The Czech Republic Flag.png Czech Mušlové Paže
France Flag.png French Kokiyarme
Germany Flag.png German Muschelwaffe
Italy Flag.png Italian Armaguscio
South Korea Flag.png Korean 셸암즈 Syel Amjeu
Russia Flag.png Russian Панцирная Пушка Pantsirnaya Pushka
Spain Flag.png Spanish Moluscañón


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