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Accelgor

Shell Out Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Accelgor

Accelgor (shiny)

Height: 0.8 m
Weight: 25.3 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate75(17.5%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time15 cycles · ~4,080 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP173

Discarding its shell made it nimble. To keep itself from dehydrating, it wraps its body in bands of membrane.

In Pokémon GO · 2441 max CP 2 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

HP

80

Attack

70

Defense

40

Sp. Atk

100

Sp. Def

60

Speed

145

Total

495

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Cures any major status ailment after each turn during rain.

Prevents a held item from being removed by other Pokémon.

Doubles Speed upon using or losing a held item.

Egg groups: Bug

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Spikes

PU

Moves

Item

Heavy-Duty Boots

AbilitySticky Hold

NatureTimid+Spe/−Atk

EV spread

HP4

SpA252

Spe▲252

Throat Spray

PU

Moves

Item

Throat Spray

AbilityUnburden

NatureModest+SpA/−Atk

EV spread

SpA▲252

SpD4

Spe252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Accelgor

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Shield

Bridge Field Dappled Grove Rolling Fields South Lake Miloch

Isle of Armor (Sword)

Fields of Honor Forest of Focus Training Lowlands Workout Sea

Isle of Armor (Shield)

Fields of Honor Forest of Focus Training Lowlands Workout Sea

Crown Tundra (Sword)

Crown Tundra (Shield)

Evolution

Shelmet

Trade

Accelgor

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Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Accelgor can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Signal BeamSTAB

Skitter SmackSTAB

Moves

Find a move24 of 24

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Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Absorb Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	20	100	25
1	Acid Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Poison	Special	40	100	30
1	Acid Armor Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.	Poison	Status	—	—	20
1	Acid Spray Lowers the target’s Special Defense by two stages.	Poison	Special	40	100	20
1	Body Slam Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Normal	Physical	85	100	15
1	Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense.	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
1	Double Team Raises the user’s evasion by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	15
1	Guard Swap User swaps Defense and Special Defense changes with the target.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
1	Leech Life Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Bug	Physical	80	100	10
1	Quick Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	30
1	Water Shuriken Hits 2–5 times.	Water	Special	15	100	20
1	Yawn Target sleeps at the end of the next turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
12	Mega Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	40	100	15
16	Struggle Bug Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Attack by one stage.	Bug	Special	50	100	20
20	Swift Never misses.	Normal	Special	60	—	20
24	Agility Raises the user’s Speed by two stages.	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
28	Giga Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	75	100	10
28	Me First Uses the target’s move against it before it attacks, with power increased by half.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
32	Power Swap User swaps Attack and Special Attack changes with the target.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
36	U-turn User must switch out after attacking.	Bug	Physical	70	100	20
40	Recover Heals the user by half its max HP.	Normal	Status	—	—	5
44	Bug Buzz Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Bug	Special	90	100	10
48	Final Gambit Inflicts damage equal to the user’s remaining HP. User faints.	Fighting	Special	—	100	5
52	Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.	Poison	Status	—	90	10

Sprites & renders

14 sprites & renders for Accelgor.

Official artwork

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Cite this page

“Accelgor”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/accelgor.

Species data from PokéAPI.