Shiftry

No. 0275 · Gen 3

Shiftry weakness and type

Hit SHIFTRY with Bug for 4× damage. Fire, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Flying and Fairy also deal 2×.

Moves against Shiftry

4×Hits hardest
½×Not very effective
0×No effect

In Pokémon GO: Bug deals 2.56× instead of 4×. GO chart

Test a matchup against Shiftry

Abilities

  • ChlorophyllNo change to type matchups
  • Wind RiderNo change to type matchups
  • PickpocketNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP90
  • Attack100
  • Defense60
  • Sp. Atk90
  • Sp. Def60
  • Speed80
  • Total480

Best nature

JollyFor a physical moveset: more Speed, less Sp. Atk.
TimidFor a special moveset: more Speed, less Attack.

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

Defeating Shiftry gives 3 Attack EVs.

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How Shiftry evolves

SeedotGrass
All evolutions

What Shiftry 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
GrassLeaf Stormsame typeSpecial130
FightingFocus BlastSpecial120
FlyingHurricaneSpecial110
DarkFoul Playsame typePhysical95
FireHeat WaveSpecial95
GroundDigPhysical80
BugX-ScissorPhysical80
GhostShadow BallSpecial80
PsychicExtrasensorySpecial80
RockRock SlidePhysical75
IceIcy WindSpecial55
WaterChilling WaterSpecial50
DragonTwisterSpecial40

Type counters to Shiftry

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.