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Darkrai: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Darkrai is a fast, hard-hitting attacker, led by its Sp. Atk (135) and Speed (125), with a base stat total of 600. Competitively it is a staple of OverUsed, the main competitive singles tier. It currently appears on 9.4% of OU teams.

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What is Darkrai weak to?

How much damage Darkrai takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toBugFairyFighting
0.5×ResistsDarkGhost
0×Immune toPsychic

Darkrai takes super-effective damage from Bug, Fairy, Fighting. It resists Dark, Ghost and is immune to Psychic.

Best moveset for Darkrai

The most-used moves on Darkrai in OU (Smogon singles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • Dark PulseDark8026.1%
  • Ice BeamIce9020.7%
  • Sludge BombPoison9015.9%
  • Focus BlastFighting1209.7%
  • Nasty PlotDark-9.6%
  • Knock OffDark656.1%

Best nature for Darkrai

Timid. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Timid with 0/0/0/252/4/252 EVs (57.6% of sets).

Abilities

  • Bad DreamsCauses sleeping foes to lose 1/8 of their max HP at the end of each turn.

Best counters for Darkrai

Based on OU (Smogon singles) battle statistics, these Pokémon most reliably beat or force out Darkrai:

Best teammates for Darkrai

Pokémon most often paired with Darkrai on successful OU (Smogon singles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (60 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
BlizzardIce11070%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
Dream EaterPsychic100100%Special
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
PsychicPsychic90100%Special
Sludge BombPoison90100%Special
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
PsyshockPsychic80100%Special
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Drain PunchFighting75100%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
HexGhost65100%Special
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Icy WindIce5595%Special
SnarlDark5595%Special
Charge BeamElectric5090%Special
Quick AttackNormal40100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Night ShadeGhost?100%Special
Calm MindPsychic--Status
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
CurseGhost--Status
Dark VoidDark-50%Status
DisableNormal-100%Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
HazeIce--Status
HypnosisPsychic-60%Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
TrickPsychic-100%Status
Will-O-WispFire-85%Status