Shellder
Pokédex Entry

It swims backward by opening and closing its two shells. Its large tongue is always kept hanging out.

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Shellder

Gen 1
water
Height0.3 mWeight4.0 kgBST305
Abilities
Shell ArmorSkill LinkOvercoat(hidden)
SpeciesBivalve Pokémon
Egg GroupsWater3
HabitatSea
Capture Rate190
Growth RateSlow
Base Happiness70

Shellder Base Stats

HP
30
Attack
65
Defense
100
Sp. Atk
45
Sp. Def
25
Speed
40

Shellder Type Matchups

Weak 2×
electricgrass
Resists 0.5×
firewatericesteel
Move CoverageLevel-up moves
nor5fir0wat5ele0gra0ice3fig0poi0gro0fly0psy0bug0roc0gho0dra0dar0ste1fai0

shellder Evolution Chain

Use Water StoneCloysterCloyster#0091

Shellder Moves

Scarlet Violet
Lv.MoveTypeCategoryPowerAccuracyPP
1TacklenormalPhysical4010035
1Water GunwaterSpecial4010025
4WithdrawwaterStatus——40
8Ice ShardicePhysical4010030
12LeernormalStatus—10030
16WhirlpoolwaterSpecial358515
20SupersonicnormalStatus—5520
24Aurora BeamiceSpecial6510020
28ProtectnormalStatus——10
32Razor ShellwaterPhysical759510
36Iron DefensesteelStatus——15
40Ice BeamiceSpecial9010010
44Shell SmashnormalStatus——15
48Hydro PumpwaterSpecial110805

Shellder Pokédex entries

15 entries
Platinum

It swims backward by opening and closing its two shells. Its large tongue is always kept hanging out.

Emerald

At night, it burrows a hole in the seafloor with its broad tongue to make a place to sleep. While asleep, it closes its shell, but leaves its tongue hanging out.

Crystal

Clamping on to an opponent reveals its vulnerable parts, so it uses this move only as a last resort.

Yellow

The shell can withstand any attack. However, when it is open, the tender body is exposed.

Red

Its hard shell repels any kind of attack. It is vulnerable only when its shell is open.

Gold

It swims facing backward by open­ ing and closing its two-piece shell. It is surprisingly fast.

Silver

Grains of sand trapped in its shells mix with its body fluids to form beautiful pearls.

Ruby

At night, this POKéMON uses its broad tongue to burrow a hole in the seafloor sand and then sleep in it. While it is sleeping, SHELLDER closes its shell, but leaves its tongue hanging out.

Firered

It is encased in a shell that is harder than diamond. Inside, however, it is surprisingly tender.

Heartgold

It swims facing backward by opening and closing its two-piece shell. It is surprisingly fast.

Omega Ruby

At night, this Pokémon uses its broad tongue to burrow a hole in the seafloor sand and then sleep in it. While it is sleeping, Shellder closes its shell, but leaves its tongue hanging out.

Sun

The hardness of its shell surpasses the hardness of a diamond. In days gone by, people used the shells to make shields.

Moon

This Pokémon’s tongue is always hanging out. It uses its tongue with great dexterity to dig up sand from the seabed in its search for food.

Ultra Sun

The sand that accumulates inside its shell eventually becomes a pearl. But the pearl gets in the way, so it spits it out and discards it.

Ultra Moon

Even when its shell is closed, its tongue still hangs out. If you give its tongue a good yank, the shock will cause Shellder to open its shell.

About Shellder

Shellder is a Water-type Bivalve Pokémon introduced in Generation 1.

Its base stat total is 305. Its highest stat is Defense at 100, and its lowest is Sp. Def at 25.

It can have the abilities Shell Armor, Skill Link, Overcoat (hidden).

It evolves into Cloyster using Water Stone.

It takes super-effective damage from Electric, Grass.