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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.
Details
Height2.2 m
Weight106.6 kg
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate45
Base friendship35
Growth ratefast
Appears in these games
Base stats
HP
45
Attack
100
Defense
135
Sp. Atk
65
Sp. Def
135
Speed
45
Total
525
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Bulky Attacker
- Item
- Weakness Policy
- Nature
- Adamant
- EVs
- 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
- Tera
- BugFairy
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Dusknoir can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
17 sprites & renders for Dusknoir.






Across the games











Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Astonish | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Bind | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 1 | Disable | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Gravity | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Shadow Punch | Ghost | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 1 | Shadow Sneak | Ghost | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Thunder Punch | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| 12 | Confuse Ray | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 14 | Foresight | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 16 | Night Shade | Ghost | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 18 | Leech Life | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| 20 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 22 | Pursuit | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 24 | Will-O-Wisp | Fire | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| 25 | Dark Pulse | Dark | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 28 | Mean Look | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 32 | Hex | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 36 | Curse | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 42 | Shadow Ball | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 43 | Psychic | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 48 | Future Sight | Psychic | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 54 | Destiny Bond | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Dusknoir can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.