Shell Side Arm (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.

Shell Side Arm
シェルアームズ Shell Arms
Type  Poison
Category  Special
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  90
Accuracy  100%
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Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
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  

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.
BDSP This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.


Learnset

By leveling up
# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII
080 Slowbro
Galarian Form
Monster Water 1 1, Evo.SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Appearance

As a physical move

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 Stadium (JP) Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battrio MD: Red and Blue MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad MD: GTI SMD MD: RTDX Rumble Rumble Blast Masters EX

In other languages
Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 臂貝武器 Beibui Móuhhei
Mandarin 臂貝武器 / 臂贝武器 Bìbèi Wǔqì
Czech Mušlové Paže
French Kokiyarme
German Muschelwaffe
Italian Armaguscio
Korean 셸암즈 Syel Amjeu
Russian Панцирная Пушка Pantsirnaya Pushka
Spanish Moluscañón



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