Shelgon

No. 0372 · Gen 3

Shelgon weakness and type

Hit SHELGON with Ice, Dragon and Fairy for 2× damage.

Moves against Shelgon

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

In Pokémon GO: Ice deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • Rock HeadNo change to type matchups
  • OvercoatNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP65
  • Attack95
  • Defense100
  • Sp. Atk60
  • Sp. Def50
  • Speed50
  • Total420

Best nature

AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Shelgon gives 2 Defense EVs.

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How Shelgon evolves

BagonDragon
All evolutions

What Shelgon can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
DragonDraco Meteorsame typeSpecial130
NormalDouble-EdgePhysical120
FireFire BlastSpecial110
WaterHydro PumpSpecial110
DarkCrunchPhysical80
PsychicZen HeadbuttPhysical80
SteelIron HeadPhysical80
RockRock SlidePhysical75
FightingBrick BreakPhysical75
GhostShadow ClawPhysical70
ElectricThunder FangPhysical65
FlyingAerial AcePhysical60
BugFury CutterPhysical40
GroundMud-SlapSpecial20

Type counters to Shelgon

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.