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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.
Dusknoir Profile
- Height
- 2.2 m
- Weight
- 106.6 kg
- Abilities
- Pressure, Frisk (hidden)
- Egg groups
- Amorphous
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Catch rate
- 45 / 255 (18%)
- Gender
- 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
- Introduced
- Generation IV
Dusknoir Base Stats
Base stats are the starting point — a real Dusknoir's stats also depend on its Nature, EVs and IVs.
Attacking Dusknoir?
Dusknoir Resistances
Avoid these — Dusknoir is strong against these attack types
See the full Dusknoir weakness guide — best counters included →
Dusknoir Evolutions

Lv. 37
Where to Catch Dusknoir
In Legends: Arceus, Dusknoir can be found at 1 location.
- Deadwood Haunt
- Walking · Lv — ·
Dusknoir Moves
Star up to 4 moves to build a battle set, then open the Party battle planner to see which Pokémon and move beats any opponent.
| ★ | Move | Type | Category | Learn | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astonish | Ghost | Physical | Lv. 1 | 30 | 100% | 15 | |
| Bind | Normal | Physical | Lv. 1 | 15 | 85% | 20 | |
| Disable | Normal | Status | Lv. 1 | — | 100% | 20 | |
| Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | Lv. 1 | 75 | 100% | 15 | |
| Gravity | Psychic | Status | Lv. 1 | — | — | 5 | |
| Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | Lv. 1 | 75 | 100% | 15 | |
| Leer | Normal | Status | Lv. 1 | — | 100% | 30 | |
| Shadow Punch | Ghost | Physical | Lv. 1 | 60 | — | 20 | |
| Shadow Sneak | Ghost | Physical | Lv. 1 | 40 | 100% | 30 | |
| Thunder Punch | Electric | Physical | Lv. 1 | 75 | 100% | 15 | |
| Confuse Ray | Ghost | Status | Lv. 12 | — | 100% | 10 | |
| Night Shade | Ghost | Special | Lv. 16 | — | 100% | 15 | |
| Payback | Dark | Physical | Lv. 20 | 50 | 100% | 10 | |
| Will-O-Wisp | Fire | Status | Lv. 24 | — | 85% | 15 | |
| Mean Look | Normal | Status | Lv. 28 | — | — | 5 | |
| Hex | Ghost | Special | Lv. 32 | 65 | 100% | 10 | |
| Curse | Ghost | Status | Lv. 36 | — | — | 10 | |
| Shadow Ball | Ghost | Special | Lv. 42 | 80 | 100% | 15 | |
| Future Sight | Psychic | Special | Lv. 48 | 120 | 100% | 10 | |
| Destiny Bond | Ghost | Status | Lv. 54 | — | — | 5 | |
| Blizzard | Ice | Special | TM / HM | 110 | 70% | 5 | |
| Body Slam | Normal | Physical | TM / HM | 85 | 100% | 15 | |
| Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | TM / HM | 75 | 100% | 15 | |
| Calm Mind | Psychic | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 20 | |
| Charge Beam | Electric | Special | TM / HM | 50 | 90% | 10 | |
| Dark Pulse | Dark | Special | TM / HM | 80 | 100% | 15 | |
| Earthquake | Ground | Physical | TM / HM | 100 | 100% | 10 | |
| Endure | Normal | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 10 | |
| Facade | Normal | Physical | TM / HM | 70 | 100% | 20 | |
| Fling | Dark | Physical | TM / HM | — | 100% | 10 | |
| Focus Blast | Fighting | Special | TM / HM | 120 | 70% | 5 | |
| Focus Punch | Fighting | Physical | TM / HM | 150 | 100% | 20 | |
| Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | TM / HM | 150 | 90% | 5 | |
| Hard Press | Steel | Physical | TM / HM | 0 | 100% | 10 | |
| Helping Hand | Normal | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 20 | |
| Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | TM / HM | 150 | 90% | 5 | |
| Ice Beam | Ice | Special | TM / HM | 90 | 100% | 10 | |
| Icy Wind | Ice | Special | TM / HM | 55 | 95% | 15 | |
| Imprison | Psychic | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 10 | |
| Leech Life | Bug | Physical | TM / HM | 80 | 100% | 10 | |
| Metronome | Normal | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 10 | |
| Phantom Force | Ghost | Physical | TM / HM | 90 | 100% | 10 | |
| Poltergeist | Ghost | Physical | TM / HM | 110 | 90% | 5 | |
| Protect | Normal | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 10 | |
| Psych Up | Normal | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 10 | |
| Psychic | Psychic | Special | TM / HM | 90 | 100% | 10 | |
| Rain Dance | Water | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 5 | |
| Rest | Psychic | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 5 | |
| Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | TM / HM | 75 | 90% | 10 | |
| Rock Tomb | Rock | Physical | TM / HM | 60 | 95% | 15 | |
| Skill Swap | Psychic | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 10 | |
| Skitter Smack | Bug | Physical | TM / HM | 70 | 90% | 10 | |
| Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 10 | |
| Spite | Ghost | Status | TM / HM | — | 100% | 10 | |
| Substitute | Normal | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 10 | |
| Sunny Day | Fire | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 5 | |
| Swift | Normal | Special | TM / HM | 60 | — | 20 | |
| Taunt | Dark | Status | TM / HM | — | 100% | 20 | |
| Tera Blast | Normal | Special | TM / HM | 80 | 100% | 10 | |
| Thief | Dark | Physical | TM / HM | 60 | 100% | 25 | |
| Trick | Psychic | Status | TM / HM | — | 100% | 10 | |
| Trick Room | Psychic | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 5 | |
| Haze | Ice | Status | Egg | — | — | 30 | |
| Memento | Dark | Status | Egg | — | 100% | 10 | |
| Pain Split | Normal | Status | Egg | — | — | 20 |
Dusknoir Questions & Answers
- What is Dusknoir weak to?
- Dusknoir takes extra damage from Ghost (2×) and Dark (2×) type attacks.
- What is Dusknoir resistant to?
- Dusknoir takes reduced damage from Poison (½×) and Bug (½×) type attacks and is immune to Normal and Fighting type attacks.
- What is Dusknoir strong against?
- Dusknoir's Ghost type attacks are super effective against Ghost and Psychic Pokémon.
- What type is Dusknoir?
- Dusknoir is a Ghost-type Pokémon.
- What are Dusknoir's base stats?
- Dusknoir has a base stat total of 525 — HP 45, Attack 100, Defense 135, Sp. Atk 65, Sp. Def 135, Speed 45.

