Shed Tail (move)

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Shed Tail しっぽきり Tail Shedding

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

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

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Shed Tail (Japanese: しっぽきり Tail Shedding) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation IX.

Effect

Shed Tail creates a substitute by using half of the user's HP (rounded up), then switches the user out. The Pokémon that switches in will then have the substitute.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0944		Orthworm		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Unknown egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Unknown	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Unknown egg color;" | Unknown	52SV
0953		Cyclizar		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Unknown egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Unknown	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Unknown egg color;" | Unknown	31SV
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.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 斷尾 Tyúhnméih Mandarin 斷尾 / 断尾 Duànwěi French Queulonage German Schwanzabwurf Italian Tagliacoda Korean 꼬리자르기 Kkori Jareugi Spanish Autotomía

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