Shadow Claw

Move · #165 of 453 by usage · 1,207 teams (1.34% of teams) · all moves

Games
12,396
Win rate
47.64%
46.94%–48.34%
Usage rank
#165 of 453

Pokémon that run it

PokémonTeamsShare of its teamsWin rate
Mimikyu46852.47%49.68%
Annihilape25614.80%55.23%
Absol19352.59%41.73%
Ceruledge452.34%43.38%
Aegislash431.63%39.67%
Garchomp320.11%35.61%
Sneasler300.10%35.69%
Gallade171.73%42.51%
Meowscarada141.28%32.06%
Metagross140.38%45.54%
Golisopod130.50%33.33%
Excadrill70.15%33.82%
Kingambit70.02%23.68%
Runerigus76.86%40.00%
Banette67.89%33.96%
Hisuian Decidueye61.97%42.03%
Lucario50.37%44.64%
Maushold50.12%39.02%
Sableye50.16%30.00%
Trevenant57.81%40.63%
Kangaskhan40.16%37.78%
Kommo-o40.12%45.00%
Aggron30.49%0.00%
Charizard30.01%6.25%
Typhlosion-Hisui30.31%35.00%
Tyranitar30.04%12.50%
Weavile30.48%0.00%
Cofagrigus21.27%38.10%
Decidueye25.71%30.00%
Feraligatr20.52%33.33%
Gengar20.04%25.00%
Ability: Defiant1100.00%50.00%
Aegislash Blade Forme19.09%33.33%
Charizard10.79%0.00%
Incineroar10.00%20.00%
Kangaskhan10.54%40.00%
Lycanroc Midnight15.26%50.00%
Metagross10.57%0.00%
Rhyperior10.69%0.00%
Skeledirge10.60%0.00%
Zoroark12.70%40.00%

All-time figures across every format. Method

Shadow Claw FAQ

All-time, whole corpus
Is Shadow Claw good in Pokémon Champions VGC?

Shadow Claw is ranked #165 of 453 moves by usage, carried by 1,207 teams (1.34% of teams). Those teams have won 47.64% of 12,396 games, below the 50% line. Usage says how many players trusted it; the win rate says how those games went.

Which Pokémon run Shadow Claw the most?

Mimikyu, Annihilape and Absol are the top species carrying it, by teams. The win rate beside each one is that species' own record, not this move's.

NameShare of its teamsWin rateGames
Mimikyu52.47%49.68%5,272
Annihilape14.80%55.23%2,895
Absol52.59%41.73%1,608
Ceruledge2.34%43.38%468
Aegislash1.63%39.67%426
Garchomp0.11%35.61%278
Sneasler0.10%35.69%283
Gallade1.73%42.51%167
Meowscarada1.28%32.06%131
Metagross0.38%45.54%101
Golisopod0.50%33.33%96
Excadrill0.15%33.82%68
Kingambit0.02%23.68%38
Runerigus6.86%40.00%65
Banette7.89%33.96%53
Hisuian Decidueye1.97%42.03%69
Lucario0.37%44.64%56
Maushold0.12%39.02%41
Sableye0.16%30.00%40
Trevenant7.81%40.63%32
Is Shadow Claw spread across the metagame, or concentrated on a few Pokémon?

Spread: Mimikyu alone carries 38.77% of the 1,207 teams running Shadow Claw, and its top three species together account for 75.97%.

How reliable is Shadow Claw's win rate?

The 47.64% figure is a posterior mean, not a raw average; the interval behind it is 46.94%–48.34%, from 12,396 games. That is a narrow band for a figure with this many games behind it.

Where do these numbers come from?

Tournament decklists and real match records for Pokémon Champions, ingested from Limitless, Victory Road and the official circuit. These figures are all-time over the whole corpus, not scoped to a format or window the way the boards above the search bar are. Win rates are shrunk toward the field average rather than printed raw, so a thin sample cannot top a board.