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shiftry
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Shiftry

Wicked Pokémon

GrassDark

By flapping its leafy fan, it can whip up gusts of 100 ft/second that can level houses.

Base Stats

HP 90
Attack 100
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 60
Speed 80
Total 480

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
bug 4xfighting 2xflying 2xpoison 2xfire 2xice 2x
Resistant to
ground ½xghost ½xwater ½xgrass ½xelectric ½xdark ½x
Immune to
psychic 0x

Abilities

Chlorophyll Wind Rider Pickpocket (Hidden)

Held Items

Power Herb 5%

Evolution Chain

seedot Seedot
→
nuzleaf Nuzleaf Lv. 14
→
shiftry Shiftry Leaf Stone

Moves

Locations

Nature Sanctuary

Details

Category Wicked Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 59.6 kg
Base Exp 216
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Ground ,Plant

Sprites

shiftry Front Front
shiftry Back Back
shiftry Front Shiny Front Shiny
shiftry Back Shiny Back Shiny
shiftry Front ♀ Front ♀
shiftry Back ♀ Back ♀
shiftry Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
shiftry Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
shiftry Official Art Official Art
shiftry Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ubers
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Special Sweeper
Moves
Nasty Plot
Grass Knot
Dark Pulse
Focus Blast / Hidden Power Fire
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Many players instantly turn to Darkrai when looking for a fast Dark-type sweeper to use in Ubers, but teams carrying Groudon have another option they can consider. Shiftry isn't powerful by Uber standards, but it has Chlorophyll, which is a great ability in Ubers, as well as an excellent offensive typing for the metagame. Though it can augment its sub par Special Attack through Nasty Plot, due to its frailty it needs to select when it goes for the boost very carefully. Shiftry needs the support of its teammates to work well, but it can certainly pay off when played correctly.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc