--- title: "Shelmet (#0616): Stats, Weaknesses, Moves & Lore | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/pokemon/shelmet" description: "Shelmet (#0616): Bug-type Snail Pokémon from Unova. Base stat total 305. Stats, matchups, evolutions, moves, every Pokédex entry and lore on pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-21" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" last_checked: "2026-10-20" --- #0616 · Unova · Generation 5 # Shelmet Snail Pokémon · Bug-type ![Shelmet official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/616.webp) Shelmet is a [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug)-type Pokémon, the Snail Pokémon, number 616 (#0616) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the [Unova](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/unova) region. It is 0.4 m tall and weighs 7.7 kg. Shelmet is the Snail Pokémon, a Bug type in a helmet-like shell that evolves only when it is traded for Karrablast, the very Pokémon that can pry its lid open. The Pokédex says the two evolve together for reasons nobody knows. ## How to pronounce Shelmet Shelmet is pronounced **SHEL-mit**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable. Listen to Shelmet said out loud: [Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/616.mp3) In Japanese it is チョボマキ (Chobomaki). Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce). ## Lore ### Biology Shelmet is a snail-like Pokémon, 0.4 m tall and 7.7 kg. Its grey shell is shaped like a knight's visor, and a spiral coils behind it, and protrusions underneath that it seems to use as legs. Its soft body is pink, and it has green marks under its eyes and a long mouth that looks puckered. ### Behaviour When attacked, Shelmet shuts the lid of its shell tight, and the Black Pokédex says it can spit a sticky liquid that is poisonous. The defence does not work against Karrablast, which can still get inside. Bulbapedia calls Karrablast its rival and natural predator. ### Habitat Bulbapedia says Shelmet thrives in moist places such as bogs and swamps. ### Powers Shelmet's Abilities are Hydration, which cures status problems in rain, and Shell Armor, which blocks critical hits, with Overcoat hidden. It learns Acid Armor, Giga Drain, Bug Buzz and Final Gambit. Its Defence of 85 is its best stat, and its Speed of 25 is very slow. ### Name origin Shelmet combines 'shell' and 'helmet'. The Japanese name is Chobomaki (チョボマキ), possibly from ochoboguchi ('puckered-up mouth') and makigai ('snail' or 'conch'). ### Design inspiration Tomohiro Kitakaze designed Shelmet. It appears to combine a snail, possibly the iron-shelled scaly-foot snail, with a close helmet, and its feud with Karrablast might nod to medieval drawings that joked about knights fighting giant snails. These are fan readings, not official statements. ### Evolution notes Shelmet becomes Accelgor in a trade with a Karrablast, which turns into Escavalier at the same moment. If either holds an Everstone, neither evolves. ### In the games In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Shelmet is a student in Serene Village's school, where it works as a lackey for the bully Pancham, with a crush on the nurse, Audino. It first appeared in Black and White and was catchable in Sword and Shield, but it is not available in Scarlet and Violet or Legends: Z-A. ### In the anime Bianca's Shelmet debuted in 'Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!', where it was quickly beaten by Elesa's Zebstrika. It evolved in 'Evolution Exchange Excitement!' after Bianca traded it with Professor Juniper for her Karrablast. ### Fun facts - No other Pokémon needs a trade with one named species to evolve: Shelmet and Karrablast have to swap with each other. - Escavalier gains a Steel type from its armour, yet Shelmet, which Bulbapedia says wears the same armour, is a pure Bug type. - Bulbapedia notes that Shelmet shares its category, Snail Pokémon, with Hisuian Sliggoo. - Bulbapedia says Shelmet and Accelgor are the only Bug types not based on arthropods. Sources: [Bulbapedia: Shelmet (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shelmet_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Shelmet (Sword/Shield Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/shelmet/) ## Base stats - HP: **50** - Attack: **40** - Defense: **85** - Sp. Atk: **40** - Sp. Def: **65** - Speed: **25** Shelmet’s base stat total is **305**. Its highest stat is Defense. ## Type matchups ### What is Shelmet weak to? Shelmet takes extra damage from [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire) (2×), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying) (2×), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock) (2×) moves. It resists [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass) (½×), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting) (½×), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground) (½×). ## Evolution ### How does Shelmet evolve? Shelmet evolves into [Accelgor](https://pokee.si/pokemon/accelgor) (Trade for Karrablast). The whole family: **Shelmet**, [Accelgor](https://pokee.si/pokemon/accelgor). ## Abilities - [Hydration](https://pokee.si/abilities/hydration): Cures any major status ailment after each turn during rain. - [Shell Armor](https://pokee.si/abilities/shell-armor): Protects against critical hits. - [Overcoat](https://pokee.si/abilities/overcoat) (hidden ability): Protects against damage from weather. ## Moves ### Moves Shelmet learns by level up in Sword / Shield | Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Absorb](https://pokee.si/moves/absorb) | Grass | Special | 20 | | 1 | [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect) | Normal | Status | — | | 4 | [Acid](https://pokee.si/moves/acid) | Poison | Special | 40 | | 8 | [Curse](https://pokee.si/moves/curse) | Ghost | Status | — | | 12 | [Mega Drain](https://pokee.si/moves/mega-drain) | Grass | Special | 40 | | 16 | [Struggle Bug](https://pokee.si/moves/struggle-bug) | Bug | Special | 50 | | 20 | [Yawn](https://pokee.si/moves/yawn) | Normal | Status | — | | 24 | [Acid Armor](https://pokee.si/moves/acid-armor) | Poison | Status | — | | 28 | [Giga Drain](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-drain) | Grass | Special | 75 | | 32 | [Guard Swap](https://pokee.si/moves/guard-swap) | Psychic | Status | — | | 36 | [Body Slam](https://pokee.si/moves/body-slam) | Normal | Physical | 85 | | 40 | [Recover](https://pokee.si/moves/recover) | Normal | Status | — | | 44 | [Bug Buzz](https://pokee.si/moves/bug-buzz) | Bug | Special | 90 | | 48 | [Final Gambit](https://pokee.si/moves/final-gambit) | Fighting | Special | — | ### TM moves (23) Shelmet can learn 23 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: [Rest](https://pokee.si/moves/rest), [Snore](https://pokee.si/moves/snore), [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect), [Giga Drain](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-drain), [Attract](https://pokee.si/moves/attract), [Rain Dance](https://pokee.si/moves/rain-dance), [Facade](https://pokee.si/moves/facade), [Mud Shot](https://pokee.si/moves/mud-shot), [Guard Swap](https://pokee.si/moves/guard-swap), [Venoshock](https://pokee.si/moves/venoshock), [Round](https://pokee.si/moves/round), [Body Slam](https://pokee.si/moves/body-slam), [Leech Life](https://pokee.si/moves/leech-life), [Substitute](https://pokee.si/moves/substitute), [Sludge Bomb](https://pokee.si/moves/sludge-bomb), [Spikes](https://pokee.si/moves/spikes), [Endure](https://pokee.si/moves/endure), [Sleep Talk](https://pokee.si/moves/sleep-talk), [Baton Pass](https://pokee.si/moves/baton-pass), [Encore](https://pokee.si/moves/encore), [Toxic Spikes](https://pokee.si/moves/toxic-spikes), [Bug Buzz](https://pokee.si/moves/bug-buzz), [Energy Ball](https://pokee.si/moves/energy-ball). Egg moves (4):[Double-Edge](https://pokee.si/moves/double-edge), [Feint](https://pokee.si/moves/feint), [Guard Split](https://pokee.si/moves/guard-split), [Mind Reader](https://pokee.si/moves/mind-reader). Move tutor moves (1): [Skitter Smack](https://pokee.si/moves/skitter-smack). ## Breeding & training - Gender: 50% male, 50% female. - Egg groups: Bug. - Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920). - Catch rate: 200 out of 255. - Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50. - Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100). - Defeating it gives 1 Defense effort value. - Base experience yield: 61. ## Pokédex entries It has a strange physiology that responds to electricity. When together with Karrablast, Shelmet evolves for some reason. *(Shield)* When attacked, it tightly shuts the lid of its shell. This reaction fails to protect it from Karrablast, however, because they can still get into the shell. *(Sword)* It evolves when bathed in an electric-like energy along with Karrablast. The reason is still unknown. *(White, Y, Alpha Sapphire)* When it and Karrablast are together, and both receive electrical stimulation, they both evolve. *(Black 2, White 2, X, Omega Ruby)* When attacked, it defends itself by closing the lid of its shell. It can spit a sticky, poisonous liquid. *(Black)* ## Names around the world - **Japanese**: チョボマキ - **Romaji**: Chobomaki - **French**: Escargaume - **German**: Schnuthelm - **Spanish**: Shelmet - **Italian**: Shelmet - **Korean**: 쪼마리 - **Chinese (Simplified)**: 小嘴蜗 - **Chinese (Traditional)**: 小嘴蝸 ## Trivia - Taller than 11% of all Pokémon (0.4 m). - Heavier than 22% of all Pokémon (7.7 kg). - Base stat total 305, ranked #833 of 1,025. - One of 92 Bug-type Pokémon (counting dual types). - One of 97 red Pokémon. - Number 123 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova). - Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon. - Can learn 37 different moves in Sword / Shield. - Catch rate 200: about 26.1% per Poké Ball at full health. - Appears in 5 distinct Pokédex entries. ## Sources and fact-checking - Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: [PokéAPI](https://pokeapi.co) open game data. - Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Shelmet (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shelmet_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Shelmet (Sword/Shield Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/shelmet/). - Pronunciation (SHEL-mit): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it. **Last checked:** 20 October 2026. 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