Shellder

No. 0090 · Gen 1

Shellder weakness and type

Hit SHELLDER with Electric and Grass for 2× damage.

Moves against Shellder

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

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

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Abilities

  • Shell ArmorNo change to type matchups
  • Skill LinkNo change to type matchups
  • OvercoatNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP30
  • Attack65
  • Defense100
  • Sp. Atk45
  • Sp. Def25
  • Speed40
  • Total305

Best nature

ImpishRaises its best defense and drops Sp. Atk, which it won't use.

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

Defeating Shellder gives 1 Defense EV.

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How Shellder evolves

ShellderWater
All evolutions

What Shellder 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
NormalExplosionPhysical250
WaterHydro Pumpsame typeSpecial110
IceBlizzardSpecial110
GroundMud ShotSpecial55
DarkPaybackPhysical50
BugTwineedlePhysical25
RockRock BlastPhysical25

Type counters to Shellder

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.