Shed Skin (Ability)

Shed Skin	だっぴ
	Shed Skin
Flavor text Generation III Heals the body by shedding. Generation IV The Pokémon may heal its own status problems. Generation V The Pokémon may heal its own status problems. Generation VI The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions. Generation VII The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin. Generation VIII The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin. Generation IX The Pokémon may cure its own status conditions by shedding its skin.

Shed Skin (Japanese: だっぴ Shed Skin) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

At the end of each turn, Shed Skin has a chance of curing the Pokémon of a non-volatile status condition. If it cures a status condition, it does so before burn or poison damage is dealt on that turn.

Generation III

Shed Skin has a 1/3 chance of curing the Pokémon.

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire only, due to an oversight, if a Pokémon cures itself of sleep with Shed Skin, it will not be cured of Nightmare even after waking up.

Generation IV

Shed Skin has a 30% chance of curing the Pokémon.

Generation V onward

Shed Skin has a 1/3 chance of curing the Pokémon.

Outside of battle

Shed Skin has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Shed Skin

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0011		Metapod	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None	None
0014		Kakuna	Bug	Poison	Shed Skin	None	None
0023		Ekans	Poison		Poison	Intimidate	Shed Skin	Unnerve
0024		Arbok	Poison		Poison	Intimidate	Shed Skin	Unnerve
0147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon	Shed Skin	None	Marvel Scale
0148		Dragonair	Dragon		Dragon	Shed Skin	None	Marvel Scale
0247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground	Shed Skin	None	None
0266		Silcoon	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None	None
0268		Cascoon	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None	None
0336		Seviper	Poison		Poison	Shed Skin	None	Infiltrator
0401		Kricketot	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None	Run Away
0412		Burmy	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None	Overcoat
0559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting	Shed Skin	Moxie	Intimidate
0560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting	Shed Skin	Moxie	Intimidate
0588		Karrablast	Bug		Bug	Swarm	Shed Skin	No Guard
0665		Spewpa	Bug		Bug	Shed Skin	None	Friend Guard
0843		Silicobra	Ground		Ground	Sand Spit	Shed Skin	Sand Veil
0844		Sandaconda	Ground		Ground	Sand Spit	Shed Skin	Sand Veil
0953		Rellor	Bug		Bug	Compound Eyes	None	Shed Skin
0967		Cyclizar	Dragon	Normal	Shed Skin	None	Regenerator
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Description

Games Description MDRB Recovers easily from status problems. MDTDS Helps the Pokémon recover more easily from status problems. BSL じぶんが こうどう したあとに わるいじょうたいが なおることがある Conq. The Pokémon may heal its own status ailments. MDGtI Sometimes heals the Pokémon's negative status conditions.* Sometimes it cures every single bad status condition the Pokémon has!* SMD Sometimes it cures every single bad status condition the Pokémon has! MDRTDX This Ability sometimes cures every bad status condition the Pokémon has.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Seviper
The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Seviper may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin.
Lucy's Seviper	Swanky Showdown with Swalot		Debut

• Yellow's Metapod, Kitty, Bugsy's Kakuna, Lance's Dragonair and Pupitar, and Paka's Burmy were revealed to have Shed Skin as their Ability.

Trivia

• Prior to becoming an Ability, Shed Skin appeared as a TCG Attack.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 蛻皮 Teuipèih * 脫皮 Tyutpèih * Mandarin 蛻皮 / 蜕皮 Tuìpí * 脫皮 Tuōpí * French Mue German Expidermis Italian Muta Korean 탈피 Talpi Brazilian Portuguese Pele Vertente Spanish Mudar Vietnamese Lột da

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