Shellder Species

Attributes

  • Base Happiness: 50
  • Capture Rate: 190
  • Color: Purple
  • Egg Groups: Water3
  • Gender Rate: 4
  • Hatch Counter: 20
  • Has Gender Differences: False
  • Is Baby: False
  • Is Legendary: False
  • Is Mythical: False
  • Shape: Ball
  • Generation: Generation-I

Shellder Varieties

shellder
Shellder

90 - Water

Flavor Text Entries

  • Red: Its hard shell repels any kind of attack. It is vulnerable only when its shell is open.
  • Blue: Its hard shell repels any kind of attack. It is vulnerable only when its shell is open.
  • Yellow: The shell can withstand any attack. However, when it is open, the tender body is exposed.
  • Gold: It swims facing backward by open­ ing and closing its two-piece shell. It is surprisingly fast.
  • Silver: Grains of sand trapped in its shells mix with its body fluids to form beautiful pearls.
  • Crystal: Clamping on to an opponent reveals its vulnerable parts, so it uses this move only as a last resort.
  • Ruby: At night, this POKéMON uses its broad tongue to burrow a hole in the seafloor sand and then sleep in it. While it is sleeping, SHELLDER closes its shell, but leaves its tongue hanging out.
  • Sapphire: At night, this POKéMON uses its broad tongue to burrow a hole in the seafloor sand and then sleep in it. While it is sleeping, SHELLDER closes its shell, but leaves its tongue hanging out.
  • Emerald: At night, it burrows a hole in the seafloor with its broad tongue to make a place to sleep. While asleep, it closes its shell, but leaves its tongue hanging out.
  • Firered: It is encased in a shell that is harder than diamond. Inside, however, it is surprisingly tender.
  • Leafgreen: Its hard shell repels any kind of attack. It is vulnerable only when its shell is open.
  • Diamond: It swims backward by opening and closing its two shells. Its large tongue is always kept hanging out.
  • Pearl: It swims backward by opening and closing its two shells. Its large tongue is always kept hanging out.
  • Platinum: It swims backward by opening and closing its two shells. Its large tongue is always kept hanging out.
  • Heartgold: It swims facing backward by opening and closing its two-piece shell. It is surprisingly fast.
  • Soulsilver: Grains of sand trapped in its shells mix with its body fluids to form beautiful pearls.
  • Black: It swims backward by opening and closing its two shells. Its large tongue is always kept hanging out.
  • White: It swims backward by opening and closing its two shells. Its large tongue is always kept hanging out.
  • Black-2: It swims backward by opening and closing its two shells. Its large tongue is always kept hanging out.
  • White-2: It swims backward by opening and closing its two shells. Its large tongue is always kept hanging out.
  • X: Its hard shell repels any kind of attack. It is vulnerable only when its shell is open.
  • Y: Clamping on to an opponent reveals its vulnerable parts, so it uses this move only as a last resort.
  • Omega-Ruby: At night, this Pokémon uses its broad tongue to burrow a hole in the seafloor sand and then sleep in it. While it is sleeping, Shellder closes its shell, but leaves its tongue hanging out.
  • Alpha-Sapphire: At night, this Pokémon uses its broad tongue to burrow a hole in the seafloor sand and then sleep in it. While it is sleeping, Shellder closes its shell, but leaves its tongue hanging out.
  • Sun: The hardness of its shell surpasses the hardness of a diamond. In days gone by, people used the shells to make shields.
  • Moon: This Pokémon’s tongue is always hanging out. It uses its tongue with great dexterity to dig up sand from the seabed in its search for food.
  • Ultra-Sun: The sand that accumulates inside its shell eventually becomes a pearl. But the pearl gets in the way, so it spits it out and discards it.
  • Ultra-Moon: Even when its shell is closed, its tongue still hangs out. If you give its tongue a good yank, the shock will cause Shellder to open its shell.
  • Lets-Go-Pikachu: The shell can withstand any attack. However, when it is open, the tender body is exposed.
  • Lets-Go-Eevee: The shell can withstand any attack. However, when it is open, the tender body is exposed.
  • Sword: It swims facing backward by opening and closing its two-piece shell. It is surprisingly fast.
  • Shield: Its hard shell repels any kind of attack. It is vulnerable only when its shell is open.