Drakloak
Caretaker Pokémon
Without a Dreepy to place on its head and care for, it gets so uneasy it’ll try to substitute any Pokémon it finds for the missing Dreepy.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Drakloak
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Drakloak can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Dragon Pulse Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Dragon | Special | 85 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Infestation Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Bug | Special | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Quick Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 6 | Lock-On Ensures that the user’s next move will hit the target. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 12 | Assurance Power is doubled if the target has already received damage this turn. | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 18 | Hex Has double power if the target has a major status ailment. | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 24 | Agility Raises the user’s Speed by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 30 | Double Hit Hits twice in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 35 | 90 | 10 |
| 36 | U-turn User must switch out after attacking. | Bug | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 42 | Dragon Dance Raises the user’s Attack and Speed by one stage. | Dragon | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 48 | Phantom Force User vanishes, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. Hits through Protect and Detect. | Ghost | Physical | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 54 | Take Down User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 |
| 61 | Dragon Rush Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dragon | Physical | 100 | 75 | 10 |
| 66 | Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
| 72 | Last Resort Can only be used after all of the user’s other moves have been used. | Normal | Physical | 140 | 100 | 5 |
Sprites & renders
9 sprites & renders for Drakloak.






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“Drakloak”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/drakloak.
Species data from PokéAPI.