Is it possible to have negative stats in battle?

Is it possible to have negative stats in battle? Or the minimum is 1 or 0?

Example - Shuckle at level 1 with Sassy Nature (-Speed +Sp.Def) with -6 speed and paralyze.

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All Pokemon have what are called stats. At the bottom of this picture with Landorus’s information, you can see his base stats.

Base statscannothave a negative number. The lowest they can be is 1.

However in battle, if a Pokemon receives a stat drop or raise, then it’s stat stage will become either more powerful, or weaker. These are known as stat stage modifiers and only last the duration of the battle, until the Pokemon is switched out, or a move such as Clear Smog or Haze is used.

Moves such as Leer, Sticky Web, and Growl all cause stat stage drops. Abilities like Gooey and Intimidate also cause stat stage drops. A statcannotbe lowered past -6.

Moves that raise stat stage such as Swords Dance, Dragon Dance, or Amnesia raise the stat stage of the affected Pokemon. Abilities such as Defiant and Competitive also raise stat stage. Stat stagecannotbe raised past +6.

No, it is not possible for a stat to be negative.

The lowest a Pokémon stat can be is 1. Any time a stat would be lowered to zero, it will be made 1 instead.

Note that a stat stage of -6does not mean that 6 is subtracted from the stat; it means the value of the stat is multiplied by 2/8, or 0.25 (you can find more information on how stat stages workhere). There is no in-battle effect that adds to or subtracts from a stat, only effects that multiply or divide them. Soeven if stats could be zero, it would still be impossible for them to be negative, simply because taking a positive number and multiplying or dividing it by another positive number will always give you a positive number.