Flareon 
Lampent 
Gengar 
Dusknoir |
| The user forms a black ball out of energy and fires it at the opponent. |
| Pokémon | Method |
|---|
| User | First Used In | Notes |
|---|
 | Mewtwo forms a black ball of energy from between its hands or from only one hand. Mewtwo then shoots it at the opponent; or, two balls of purple and black energy form in each of Mewtwo's hands and it fires them at the opponent. It can also make the ball grow to enormous proportions before throwing it. |
| Mewtwo (M01) | Mewtwo Strikes Back | Debut |
| A mirage Mewtwo | The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon | None |
 | Gengar's hands spark with blue electricity. It then puts its hands together, forms a black ball of energy, and shoots it at the opponent; or, Gengar opens its mouth and forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent; or, Gengar creates two purple and blacks balls of energy with purple static around them, one in each hand, and combines them into a bigger ball. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Morty's Gengar | Ghost of a Chance | None |
| Agatha's Gengar | The Scheme Team | None |
| Multiple wild Gengar | Celebrating the Hero's Comet! | None |
| Acerola's Greedy Rapooh | The Battlefield of Truth and Love! | None |
| Ash's Gengar | Best Friend...Worst Nightmare! | None |
 | Two small black orbs of energy appear at the tips of Sneasel's claws. Then, Sneasel brings them together, forming one black orb, and fires it at the opponent. |
| Harrison's Sneasel | Pop Goes the Sneasel | None |
 | Haunter's hands glow with a blue aura, then a black ball forms in between Haunter's hands and it shoots the ball at the opponent. |
| A wild Haunter | Hoenn Alone! | None |
| A wild Haunter | Fear Factor Phony | None |
 | A black ball of energy forms in Mightyena's mouth. It closes its mouth over the black ball, and then releases the ball at the opponent. |
| Tabitha's Mightyena | A Three Team Scheme! | None |
| Team Magma Grunts' multiple Mightyena | The Scuffle of Legends | None |
 | Sableye forms a black ball or a black and purple energy ball with black static around it in front of its mouth. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Cassidy's Sableye | A Date with Delcatty | None |
| Nanu's Sableye | Guiding an Awakening! | None |
 | Ninjask forms a black ball in between its arms. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Colonel Hansen's two Ninjask | The Princess and the Togepi | None |
| Goone's multiple Ninjask | Zoroark: Master of Illusions | None |
 | Slakoth forms a black ball of energy between its hands. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Norman's Slakoth | Balance of Power | None |
 | Poochyena forms a black ball of energy in front of its mouth, then fires it at the opponent. |
| Old Man Obee's three Poochyena | Grass Hysteria! | None |
| Team Rocket's Poochyena | Sobble Spies a Stealthy Strategy! | None |
 | Xatu's puts its wings together and forms a black ball of energy between them. Xatu then shoots it at the opponent. |
| Calista's Xatu | Me, Myself and Time | None |
 | Houndoom opens its mouth and forms a black ball of energy. Houndoom then shoots it at the opponent. |
| Joshua's Houndoom | Mean With Envy | None |
| A wild Houndoom | Genesect and the Legend Awakened | None |
 | Zigzagoon opens its mouth and forms a black ball of energy in front of it. It then fires it at the opponent. |
| A Coordinator's Zigzagoon | Hi Ho Silver Wind! | None |
 | Persian opens its mouth and forms a black ball out of energy. Persian then shoots it at the opponent. |
| Vivica's Persian | Saved by the Beldum | None |
| A wild Persian | Saved by the Beldum | None |
 | Swalot forms a black ball of energy in between its hands. It then fires multiple black balls of energy from the larger ball at the opponent. |
| Dominick's Swalot | From Brags to Riches | None |
 | Shiftry puts its hands in front of it and a black or black and purple ball of energy forms in front of them. It separates its hands and the ball is launched at the opponent. |
| Tyson's Shiftry | At the End of the Fray | None |
| Spenser's Shiftry | Ka Boom with a View! | None |
 | Weavile puts its claws together and creates a dark purple ball of energy in between its hands. It then fires it at the opponent. |
| Kidd Summers's two Weavile | Lucario and the Mystery of Mew | None |
| Two wild Weavile | Duels of the Jungle! | None |
 | Gastly creates a black ball of energy in front of its body and fires it at the opponent. |
| Two wild Gastly | Fear Factor Phony | None |
 | Duskull creates a black ball of energy in between its hands and fires it at the opponent. |
| Two wild Duskull | Fear Factor Phony | None |
 | Shuppet creates a black ball of energy in front of its mouth and fires it at the opponent. |
| A wild Shuppet | Fear Factor Phony | None |
| Grings Kodai's Shuppet | Zoroark: Master of Illusions | None |
 | Armaldo creates a black and purple ball of energy in front of its mouth and fires it at the opponent. |
| A mirage Armaldo | The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon | Armaldo cannot legally learn Shadow Ball* |
 | Eevee opens its mouth and creates a black and purple ball of energy in front of its mouth. Eevee then fires it at the opponent. |
| May's Eevee | Cutting the Ties That Bind! | None |
 | Ariados's eyes flash purple and it creates a black and purple ball of energy at the top of the horn on its head. It then fires it at the opponent. |
| Harley's Ariados | New Plot, Odd Lot! | Ariados cannot legally learn Shadow Ball |
 | Solrock creates a black and purple ball in front of its body and fires it at the opponent. |
| Brandon's Solrock | Pace - The Final Frontier! | None |
| Lily's Solrock | A Performance Pop Quiz! | None |
 | Alakazam crosses its spoons and forms a black and purple ball of energy in front of them. Alakazam then fires the ball at the opponent. Sometimes, the ball is surrounded by black static. |
| Kenny's Alakazam | Settling a Not-So-Old Score! | None |
| Faba's Alakazam | The Prism Between Light and Darkness! | None |
 | Umbreon opens its mouth and forms a black and purple ball of energy in front of it. Umbreon then fires it at the opponent. |
| Gary's Umbreon | Ill-Will Hunting! | None |
| Johanna's Umbreon | Strategy Begins at Home! | None |
| Virgil's Umbreon | Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad! | None |
| A wild Umbreon | Eevee & Friends | None |
| Gladion's Umbreon | Mission: Total Recall! | None |
 | Murkrow opens its beak and creates a black and purple ball of energy in front of it. It then fires it at the opponent. |
| Paul's Murkrow | Glory Blaze! | None |
 | A purple-black ball of energy forms in front of Spiritomb's mouth. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| A wild Spiritomb | The Keystone Pops! | None |
| A wild Spiritomb | The Spectral Express! | None |
 | Golbat forms a black and purple ball of energy in front of its mouth and fires it at the opponent. |
| Team Galactic Grunts' multiple Golbat | Enter Galactic! | None |
| A Team Plasma Grunt's Golbat | Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot! | None |
| A wild Golbat | I Choose You! | None |
 | Glaceon opens its mouth and forms a black and purple ball of energy in front of it. It then fires it at the opponent. |
| May's Glaceon | Strategy with a Smile! | None |
 | Dusknoir opens the mouth on its stomach, puts its hands together in front of it, and the yellow lines on its body, as well as its iris, start to glow gold. Then, a black and purple ball of energy appears in between its hands and in front of its stomach and Dusknoir fires it at the opponent; or, Dusknoir raises its hands in the air and it opens the mouth on its stomach. Black and purple energy starts to form inside Dusknoir's stomach, and it starts sucking things in as the energy gets bigger. Finally, the energy forms into a ball and Dusknoir fires it at the opponent; or, Dusknoir forms a black and purple ball of energy between its hands and throws it at the opponent. |
| A wild Dusknoir | Ghoul Daze! | None |
| Dusknoir (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky) | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky- Beyond Time & Darkness | None |
| Multiple wild Dusknoir | Celebrating the Hero's Comet! | None |
| Team Rocket's Dusknoir | A Midsummer Night's Light! | None |
| Hamber's Dusknoir | HZ034 | Enhanceable by
Terastallization |
 | Purugly opens its mouth and a black and purple ball of energy appears in front of it. It then fires the ball from its mouth at the opponent. |
| Mars's Purugly | Double Team Turnover! | None |
 | Froslass puts her hands together and forms a black and purple ball of energy in between them. She then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| A wild Froslass | The Drifting Snorunt! | None |
 | Drowzee puts its hands together and forms a black and purple ball of energy in between them. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Azure's Drowzee | Beating the Bustle and Hustle! | None |
 | A black and purple ball appears in front of Beautifly's body and it fires it at the opponent. |
| Kiko's Beautifly | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None |
 | Glameow opens its mouth and forms a black and purple ball of energy in front of it. It then fires it at the opponent. |
| Johanna's Glameow | Strategy Begins at Home! | None |
 | Metagross opens its mouth and forms a black and purple ball of energy in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| A wild Metagross | Regaining the Home Advantage! | None |
 | Stantler fires a black and purple ball from its mouth at the opponent. |
| A Coordinator's Stantler | Playing the Performance Encore! | None |
 | Flareon opens its mouth and forms a black and purple ball of energy in front of it. It then fires it at the opponent. |
| Ursula's Flareon | Opposites Interact! | None |
 | Jolteon opens its mouth and forms a black and purple ball of energy in front of it. Jolteon then closes its mouth and fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Volkner's Jolteon | The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World! | None |
 | Baltoy forms a black and purple ball of energy in front of it and fires it at the opponent. |
| Buck's Baltoy | Bucking the Treasure Trend! | None |
 | Lillipup opens its mouth and forms a black and purple ball of energy in front of it. The ball then condenses slightly and Lillipup fires it at the opponent. When it hits, it explodes into a burst of deep purple energy. |
| Lenora's Lillipup | The Battle According to Lenora! | None |
 | Herdier opens its mouth and four small black and purple balls of energy appear in front of it in a diamond formation, one after the other. Herdier then fires the balls into the air. As they speed at the opponent, the balls grow larger and then rain down on the opponent, one after the other. Sometimes, only one large orb is formed instead of four. |
| Lenora's Herdier | Rematch at the Nacrene Gym! | None |
| Officer Jenny's Herdier | Ash Versus the Champion! | None |
 | Lampent raises its arms above its head and forms a black and purple ball of energy. It then lowers it until the ball is in front of it and it separates its arms, firing the ball at the opponent. |
| Trip's Lampent | A Venipede Stampede! | None |
| A wild Lampent | Climbing the Tower of Success! | None |
 | Litwick stretches out the purple flame on its head into the air above it. Then, a purple and black orb of energy appears in front of it and Litwick fires the orb at the opponent. |
| Four wild Litwick | Scare at the Litwick Mansion! | None |
 | Yamask puts its hands together in front of it and forms a purple and black orb of energy with black static around it in between them. Yamask then throws the ball at the opponent. |
| James's Yamask | Scare at the Litwick Mansion! | None |
 | Audino puts its hands together in front of it and forms a black and purple orb of energy with black static around it in between them. Audino then fires the orb at the opponent. |
| A Trainer's Audino | Where Did You Go, Audino? | None |
 | Reuniclus holds its hands forward and forms a black and purple ball of energy with purple static around it in front of its body and in between its hands. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Damon's Reuniclus | White—Victini and Zekrom | None |
 | Zorua opens its mouth and forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Luke's Zorua | Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"! | None |
 | Golett puts its hands together in front of it and forms a black and purple orb of energy with black static around it in between them. It then raises its hands above its head and the orb grows as large as its body. Golett then throws the ball at the opponent. |
| Luke's Golett | Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"! | None |
 | Mandibuzz raises one of her wings across her chest and forms a black and purple orb of energy with black static around it at the tip of her wing. She then waves her wing, throwing the orb at the opponent. |
| Two wild Mandibuzz | Meowth's Scrafty Tactics! | None |
 | Gothorita puts its hands together in front of its body and a black and dark purple orb of energy forms in between them. It then fires the orb at the opponent. |
| Lewis's Gothorita | Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2 | None |
 | Jellicent fires a purple and black orb toward the opponent. |
| Marlon's Jellicent | The Road to Humilau! | None |
 | Vaporeon flicks a purple and black orb off the end of its tail at the opponent. |
| Virgil's Vaporeon | Curtain Up, Unova League! | None |
 | Liepard opens its mouth and forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it in front of it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Stephan's Liepard | Strong Strategy Steals the Show! | None |
| Aldith's Liepard | Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation! | None |
| Barret's Liepard | Team Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony! | None |
| A Team Plasma Grunt's Liepard | Team Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony! | None |
| Shinobu's Liepard | A Festival of Decisions! | None |
 | Frillish puts two of its tentacles together and forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around between them. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Jessie's Frillish | The Name's N! | None |
 | Golurk forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around between its hands. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Cedric Juniper's assistant's two Golurk | Team Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony! | None |
 | Mismagius forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Multiple wild Mismagius | Mystery on a Deserted Island! | None |
 | Pumpkaboo forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Jessie's Pumpkaboo | The Bamboozling Forest! | None |
 | Gardevoir forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Diantha's Gardevoir | The Bonds of Evolution! | None |
 | Mega Gardevoir forms a barrage of balls of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Diantha's Gardevoir | The Bonds of Evolution! | None |
| A Trainer's Gardevoir | Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction | None |
 | Yveltal forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Yveltal (M17) | Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction | None |
 | Grumpig forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then throws the ball at the opponent. |
| A wild Grumpig | An Oasis of Hope! | None |
 | Spoink forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then throws the ball at the opponent. |
| Multiple wild Spoink | An Oasis of Hope! | None |
 | Giratina forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| A Giratina summoned by Hoopa | Hoopa and the Clash of Ages | None |
 | Hoopa Unbound forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Hoopa (anime) | Hoopa and the Clash of Ages | None |
 | Gourgeist forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then fires the ball at the opponent; or, Gourgeist forms three balls of black and purple energy with black static around them. It then fires the balls at the opponent. |
| Count Pumpka's steward's Gourgeist | A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell? | None |
| Jessie's Gourgeist | A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell? | None |
 | Mega Banette forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then throws the ball at the opponent. |
| A Trainer's Banette | Mega Evolution Special IV | None |
 | Phantump form a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it in front of its mouth. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Multiple wild Phantump | Making Friends and Influencing Villains! | None |
 | A small purple ball of energy with purple sparks of aura moving around the outside of it, with a white aura in the inside of the ball and white sparks coming out of the core, forms in front of Mega Gengar's mouth. The ball grows until it reaches the size of Mega Gengar's mouth and is then fired at the opponent. |
| Alva's Gengar | Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel | None |
 | Mimikyu forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| Jessie's Mimikyu | Loading the Dex! | None |
 | Sandygast forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| A wild Sandygast | A Shivering Shovel Search! | None |
 | Palossand forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it. It then fires the ball at the opponent. |
| A wild Palossand | A Shivering Shovel Search! | None |
 | Marshadow puts its hands together and forms a black and purple ball of energy with purple static around it. Marshadow then shoots it at the opponent. |
| Marshadow (M20) | I Choose You! | None |
 | Banette forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it between its hands. It then throws the ball at the opponent. |
| A Trainer's Banette | Narrowing the Chaser Chase! | None |
 | Mew forms a ball of black and purple energy with black static around it between its hands. It then throws the ball at the opponent. |
| Mew (anime) | In the Palms of our Hands! | None |
 | Annihilape forms a black orb around one or both of its fists. It then punches the air, firing the orbs at the opponent. |
| Three wild Annihilape | HZ053 | Debut |
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