Spectral Thief (move)

Spectral Thief (Japanese: シャドースチール Shadow Steal) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature move of. It can be upgraded to the special Z-Move by Marshadow holding Marshadium Z.

Effect
Spectral Thief does damage. If successful, it also steals the target's stat boosts (if any) right before doing damage. Spectral Thief bypasses s.

Spectral Thief will only steal enough boosts to reach +6 stages in each stat; if the sum of the user's existing stat boosts and the target's stat boosts exceeds +6 in a stat, the target will retain any excess boosts. If the user has the Ability, then the stolen stat boosts will be doubled; if the user has the Ability , then the stat boosts will be inverted.

Description

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In the anime

 * In I Choose You!, was confirmed to know Spectral Thief through its use of . However, it was never been seen using it.

Trivia

 * If Battle Effects are turned off, Spectral Thief will still display one if it steals any stat boosts.

In other languages
Diebesschatten Robasombra Clepto-Mânes Ombrafurto シャドースチール 暗影偷盗（招式）