An attack that may lower Sp.Def.
Shadow Ball is a Ghost-type special move with a base power of 80 and an accuracy of 100%. It has a 20% chance to lower the target's Special Defense stat by one stage. In Polished Crystal, Shadow Ball can be learned by various Ghost-type Pokémon, providing them with a strong offensive option that can also debilitate opponents by reducing their special defenses in battle.
| Types | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abra | TM | - | psychic | |
| Aipom | TM | - | normal | |
| Alakazam | TM | - | psychic | |
| Ambipom | TM | - | normal | |
| Articuno(galarian) | TM | - | psychic | |
| Blissey | TM | - | normal | |
| Butterfree | TM | - | bugpsychic | |
| Celebi | TM | - | grassfairy | |
| Chansey | TM | - | normal | |
| Clefable | TM | - | fairy | |
| Clefairy | TM | - | fairy | |
| Cleffa | TM | - | fairy | |
| Corsola | TM | - | waterrock | |
| Corsola(galarian) | TM | - | ghostrock | |
| Crobat | TM | - | poison | |
| Cursola | TM | - | ghostrock | |
| Drowzee | TM | - | psychic | |
| Dudunsparce | TM | - | normaldragon | |
| Dudunsparce(threesegment) | TM | - | normaldragon | |
| Dunsparce | TM | - | normalground | |
| Eevee | TM | - | normal | |
| Entei | TM | - | fire | |
| Espeon | TM | - | psychic | |
| Farigiraf | TM | - | psychicdark | |
| Flareon | TM | - | fire | |
| Furret | TM | - | normal | |
| Gastly | LevelTM | Level: 29 | ghostpoison | |
| Gengar | LevelTM | Level: 33 | ghostpoison | |
| Girafarig | TM | - | psychicdark | |
| Glaceon | TM | - | ice | |
| Golbat | TM | - | poison | |
| Granbull | TM | - | fairy | |
| Grimer | TM | - | poison | |
| Grimer(alolan) | TM | - | poisondark | |
| Happiny | TM | - | normal | |
| Haunter | LevelTM | Level: 33 | ghostpoison | |
| Honchkrow | TM | - | dark | |
| Ho-Oh | TM | - | fire | |
| Hoothoot | TM | - | normal | |
| Houndoom | TM | - | darkfire | |
| Houndour | TM | - | darkfire | |
| Hypno | TM | - | psychic | |
| Igglybuff | TM | - | normalfairy | |
| Jigglypuff | TM | - | normalfairy | |
| Jolteon | TM | - | electric | |
| Jynx | TM | - | icepsychic | |
| Kadabra | TM | - | psychic | |
| Kangaskhan | TM | - | normal | |
| Koffing | TM | - | poison | |
| Leafeon | TM | - | grass | |
| Lickilicky | TM | - | normal | |
| Lickitung | TM | - | normal | |
| Lugia | TM | - | water | |
| Marowak(alolan) | TM | - | fireghost | |
| Meowth | TM | - | normal | |
| Meowth(alolan) | TM | - | dark | |
| Meowth(galarian) | TM | - | steel | |
| Mew | TM | - | psychic | |
| Mewtwo | TM | - | psychic | |
| Mewtwo(armored) | TM | - | psychicsteel | |
| Miltank | TM | - | normal | |
| Mime Jr. | TM | - | psychicfairy | |
| Misdreavus | LevelTM | Level: 41 | ghost | |
| Mismagius | LevelTM | Level: 1 | ghostfairy | |
| Moltres(galarian) | TM | - | dark | |
| Mr.Mime | TM | - | psychicfairy | |
| Mr.Mime(galarian) | TM | - | icepsychic | |
| Mr.Rime | TM | - | icepsychic | |
| Muk | TM | - | poison | |
| Muk(alolan) | TM | - | poisondark | |
| Munchlax | TM | - | normal | |
| Murkrow | TM | - | dark | |
| Natu | TM | - | psychic | |
| Nidoking | TM | - | poisonground | |
| Nidoqueen | TM | - | poisonground | |
| Ninetales | TM | - | fireghost | |
| Ninetales(alolan) | TM | - | icefairy | |
| Noctowl | TM | - | ghost | |
| Overqwil | TM | - | darkpoison | |
| Perrserker | TM | - | steel | |
| Persian | TM | - | normal | |
| Persian(alolan) | TM | - | dark | |
| Porygon | TM | - | normal | |
| Porygon2 | TM | - | normal | |
| Porygon-Z | TM | - | normal | |
| Qwilfish | TM | - | waterpoison | |
| Qwilfish(hisuian) | TM | - | darkpoison | |
| Raikou | TM | - | electric | |
| Raticate | TM | - | normal | |
| Raticate(alolan) | TM | - | darknormal | |
| Rattata | TM | - | normal | |
| Rattata(alolan) | TM | - | darknormal | |
| Sentret | TM | - | normal | |
| Slowbro | TM | - | waterpsychic | |
| Slowbro(galarian) | TM | - | poisonpsychic | |
| Slowking | TM | - | waterpsychic | |
| Slowking(galarian) | TM | - | poisonpsychic | |
| Slowpoke | TM | - | waterpsychic | |
| Slowpoke(galarian) | TM | - | psychic | |
| Smoochum | TM | - | icepsychic | |
| Sneasel | TM | - | darkice | |
| Sneasel(hisuian) | TM | - | poisonfighting | |
| Sneasler | TM | - | poisonfighting | |
| Snorlax | TM | - | normal | |
| Snubbull | TM | - | fairy | |
| Stantler | TM | - | normalpsychic | |
| Starmie | TM | - | waterpsychic | |
| Suicune | TM | - | water | |
| Sylveon | TM | - | fairy | |
| Togekiss | TM | - | fairy | |
| Togepi | TM | - | fairy | |
| Togetic | TM | - | fairy | |
| Typhlosion(hisuian) | LevelTM | Level: 56 | fireghost | |
| Umbreon | TM | - | dark | |
| Ursaluna(bloodmoon) | LevelTM | Level: 25 | groundnormal | |
| Vaporeon | TM | - | water | |
| Vulpix | LevelTM | Level: 44 | fire | |
| Vulpix(alolan) | LevelTM | Level: 44 | ice | |
| Weavile | TM | - | darkice | |
| Weezing | TM | - | poison | |
| Weezing(galarian) | TM | - | poisonfairy | |
| Wigglytuff | TM | - | normalfairy | |
| Wyrdeer | TM | - | normalpsychic | |
| Xatu | TM | - | psychic | |
| Yanma | TM | - | bug | |
| Yanmega | TM | - | bugdragon | |
| Zubat | TM | - | poison |