#0477

Dusknoir

Gripper Pokémon

Comes to those whose lives have come to an end and escorts their souls to the afterlife. Known to mistakenly take the souls of those who yet have life left in them, albeit rarely.

In Pokémon GO · 2388 max CP 2 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height2.2 m

Weight106.6 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship35Low

Hatch time25 cycles · ~6,630 steps

Growth ratefast

Base EXP236

Abilities

Pressure

Increases the PP cost of moves targetting the Pokémon by one.

FriskHidden

Reveals an opponent's held item upon entering battle.

Egg groups: Amorphous

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Breeding
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

100

Defense

135

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

135

Speed

Total

525

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Ghost2×

Dark2×

Resistant to

Poison½×

Bug½×

Immune to

Normal0×

Fighting0×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Bulky Attacker

Moves

Item

Weakness Policy

NatureAdamant+Atk/−SpA

TeraBugFairy

EV spread

HP252

Atk▲252

SpD4

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Where to find Dusknoir

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Sword

Stony Wilderness

Shield

Stony Wilderness

Evolution

#0355Duskull

Lv. 37

#0356Dusclops

Trade

#0477Dusknoir

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Dusknoir can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
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 Punch Never misses.	Ghost	Physical	60	—	20
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
54	Destiny Bond If the user faints this turn, the target automatically will, too.	Ghost	Status	—	—	5