Shuppet
Puppet Pokémon
There’s a proverb that says, “Shun the house where Shuppet gather in the growing dusk.”
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
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Where to find Shuppet
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Shuppet can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Knock Off Target drops its held item. | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 4 | Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| 7 | Night Shade Inflicts damage equal to the user’s level. | Ghost | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 10 | Spite Lowers the PP of the target’s last used move by 4. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 16 | Will-O-Wisp Burns the target. | Fire | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| 19 | Feint Attack Never misses. | Dark | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 19 | Pain Split Sets the user’s and targets’s HP to the average of their current HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 19 | Shadow Sneak Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Ghost | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 22 | Hex Has double power if the target has a major status ailment. | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 26 | Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 30 | Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 34 | Embargo Target cannot use held items. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 34 | Role Play Copies the target’s ability. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 38 | Sucker Punch Only works if the target is about to use a damaging move. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 |
| 42 | Snatch Steals the target’s move, if it’s self-targeted. | Dark | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 42 | Trick User and target swap items. | Psychic | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 46 | Grudge If the user faints this turn, the PP of the move that fainted it drops to 0. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 48 | Phantom Force User vanishes, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. Hits through Protect and Detect. | Ghost | Physical | 90 | 100 | 10 |
Breeding & egg moves
Shuppet can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
19 sprites & renders for Shuppet.






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Cite this page
“Shuppet”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/shuppet.
Species data from PokéAPI.