Dark · Status move · Gen 6
Parting Shot
Parting Shot is a Dark-type status move introduced in Generation 6. It has 100% accuracy and has 20 PP (32 with PP Max). 35 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Dark
Category
Status
Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
20 (max 32)
Priority
0
Effect
Lowers target's Atk, Sp. Atk by 1. User switches. Lowers the target's Attack and Special Attack by 1 stage. If this move is successful, the user switches out even if it is trapped and is replaced immediately by a selected party member. The user does not switch out if the target's Attack and Special Attack stat stages were both unchanged, or if there are no unfainted party members.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Sound move
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (17 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (7 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Usable (20 Pokémon)
Pokémon that learn Parting Shot
35 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Dark | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | |
| Dark/Normal | 8 | ||||
| Dark/Normal | 8 | ||||
| Dark/Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Electric/Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Dark | ✓ | ||||
| Dark | ✓ | ||||
| Dark/Fighting | ✓ | ||||
| Dark/Fighting | ✓ | ||||
| Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Fighting | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Fighting/Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 6–8 | ||
| Fire | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Fire/Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Normal | 7–8 | ||||
| Dark | ✓ | ||||
| Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | ||
| Dark/Fairy | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Dark/Fairy | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Dark/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Dark/Normal | 8 | ||||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Electric/Dark | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | |
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Poison/Normal | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Poison/Normal | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Flying/Dark | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Steel/Poison | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Steel/Poison | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Poison/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Poison/Ghost | ✓ | 9 |
Parting Shot FAQ
What does Parting Shot do?
Parting Shot is a Dark-type status move. Lowers the target's Attack and Special Attack by 1 stage. If this move is successful, the user switches out even if it is trapped and is replaced immediately by a selected party member. The user does not switch out if the target's Attack and Special Attack stat stages were both unchanged, or if there are no unfainted party members.
Which Pokémon can learn Parting Shot?
35 Pokémon and forms can learn Parting Shot in at least one game: 17 in Scarlet & Violet, 7 in Pokémon Champions and 20 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Alolan Meowth, Alolan Persian, Galarian Zigzagoon, Galarian Linoone, Sableye and Rotom.
Is Parting Shot in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 7 Pokémon can use Parting Shot in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.