Dusclops
Beckon Pokémon
There are rumors that peeking inside its bandage-wrapped body will cause one to get pulled in through the gaps between the bandages, never to return. I've been too scared to verify.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
Defensive Wall
NFESource: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows
Where to find Dusclops
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 Dusclops can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Shadow Punch Never misses. | Ghost | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 1 | Absorb Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Bind Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 1 | Disable Disables the target’s last used move for 1-8 turns. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Fire Punch Has a chance to burn the target. | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Gravity Disables moves and immunities that involve flying or levitating for five turns. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Ice Punch Has a chance to freeze the target. | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Shadow Sneak Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Ghost | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Thunder Punch Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| 12 | Confuse Ray Confuses the target. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 14 | Foresight Forces the target to have no Evade, and allows it to be hit by Normal and Fighting moves even if it’s a Ghost. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 16 | Night Shade Inflicts damage equal to the user’s level. | Ghost | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 18 | Leech Life Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| 20 | Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn. | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 22 | Pursuit Has double power against, and can hit, Pokémon attempting to switch out. | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 24 | Will-O-Wisp Burns the target. | Fire | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| 25 | Dark Pulse Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 28 | Mean Look Prevents the target from leaving battle. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 32 | Hex Has double power if the target has a major status ailment. | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 36 | Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 42 | Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 43 | Psychic Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 48 | Future Sight Hits the target two turns later. | Psychic | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
Breeding & egg moves
Dusclops can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
19 sprites & renders for Dusclops.






Across the games













More Ghost-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
No reader notes on Dusclops yet.
Cite this page
“Dusclops”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/dusclops.
Species data from PokéAPI.