Shed Tail
Pokémon Champions
User takes 1/2 its max HP to pass a substitute.
- Power
- –
- Accuracy
- —
- PP
- 10
- Hits
- The user
See it in the games
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How it works in Champions
The user takes 1/2 of its maximum HP, rounded up, and creates a substitute that has 1/4 of the user's maximum HP, rounded down. The user is replaced with another Pokémon in its party and the selected Pokémon has the substitute transferred to it. Fails if the user would faint, or if there are no unfainted party members.
“The user creates a substitute for itself using its own HP before switching places with a party Pokémon in waiting.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
Good to know
- Switches the user out and leaves a Substitute for the next Pokémon.Pivot moves
- Can't be used through: Metronome.
Works with or against it
Who runs Shed Tail on Showdown
Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.
On the ladder today
Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Shed Tail among their most used moves.
Who learns Shed Tail
4 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
SceptileAll 4 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →