Shiftry is a large brown Pokémon with menacing features. It has long shaggy white hair which covers most of its face, the hair bearing strong resemblance to a spider web. It has long ears, a very long pointed nose and teeth that are usually gritted. Its hands consist of three broad leaves with brown 'spokes', which it can use to create powerful winds. Its feet are unusual in that they resemble Japanese tengu-geta, footwear with only a single central "tooth" strongly associated to the mythical figure of tengu. Its eyes are yellow.