Pokémon Ability

Shed Skin

The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin.

In-depth effect

Every turn, it has a 1 in 3 chance of healing from a status condition (BURN, PARALYZE, SLEEP, POISON, FREEZE).

Pokémon with Shed Skin

2 Pokémon known to have Shed Skin (Gen 9 dataset)

Cyclizar

Rellor

About the Shed Skin ability

Shed Skin is one of 112+ abilities in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Each Pokémon has one active ability at a time, drawn from a list of 1-3 possible abilities per species (the third slot, when present, is the Hidden Ability — only accessible via Tera raids, Mass Outbreaks, or Ability Patch).

Official game text: The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin.

How it works: Every turn, it has a 1 in 3 chance of healing from a status condition (BURN, PARALYZE, SLEEP, POISON, FREEZE).

How to get a Pokémon with Shed Skin

If Shed Skin is a regular ability (not Hidden Ability), simply catch the Pokémon and it has a 50% chance per slot of having Shed Skin. You can use an Ability Capsule (50 BP at Chansey Supply) to swap between regular ability slots. If Shed Skin is the Hidden Ability of one of the 2 Pokémon listed above, you'll need either:

To catch the Pokémon from a 5-star or 6-star Tera raid
To use an Ability Patch (consumable from picnic crafting / raid rewards) on a Pokémon that already has Shed Skin as a regular ability
To transfer a Pokémon with Hidden Ability via Pokémon HOME from older games

For the full list of abilities and their competitive impact, see our abilities reference. To check how an ability affects damage calculations, use our damage calculator.