Ability profile
Shed Skin Pokemon Ability
Generation
Generation III
Pokémon with ability
21
Effect
After each turn, this Pokémon has a 33% of being cured of any major status ailment.
Flavor text
Heals the body by shedding.
Quick summary
Shed Skin is a main-series ability from Generation III. Open species profiles below to see typings, moves, and community fan rank where available.
Battle context
Generation debut
Generation III
Shed Skin first appeared in Generation III. Compare how newer releases reuse or power up the effect when building themed teams.
Main series
Yes
Shed Skin is used in main-series battles and links to 21 species profiles below.
21 Pokémon can have Shed Skin in the official dataset. 1 appear on the community favorite board — ranked species are listed first.
Fan favorite hub
See which fan favorites share this ability
Open linked Pokémon profiles to view community rank and save counts — context a plain ability listing cannot show.
Put reference data to work
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