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Dusknoir, a Ghost type Pokémon, official artwork

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Dusknoir: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

GhostZU

Dusknoir is a defensive wall, led by its Defense (135) and Sp. Def (135), with a base stat total of 525. Competitively it is a lower-tier option.

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What is Dusknoir weak to?

How much damage Dusknoir takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toDarkGhost
0.5×ResistsBugPoison
0×Immune toFightingNormal

Dusknoir takes super-effective damage from Dark, Ghost. It resists Bug, Poison and is immune to Fighting, Normal.

Best moveset for Dusknoir

Dusknoir has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Focus PunchFighting150
  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Future SightPsychic120
  • BlizzardIce110

Best nature for Dusknoir

Adamant. Dusknoir is a physical attacker (100 Attack vs 65 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • PressureIf this Pokemon is the target of a foe's move, that move loses one additional PP.
  • FriskOn switch-in, this Pokemon identifies the held items of all opposing Pokemon.

Evolution line

Duskull
Dusclops
Dusknoir
Full learnset (64 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Future SightPsychic120100%Special
BlizzardIce11070%Special
PoltergeistGhost11090%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
Phantom ForceGhost90100%Physical
PsychicPsychic90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
Leech LifeBug80100%Physical
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Ice PunchIce75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Skitter SmackBug7090%Physical
HexGhost65100%Special
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Shadow PunchGhost60-Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Charge BeamElectric5090%Special
PaybackDark50100%Physical
Shadow SneakGhost40100%Physical
AstonishGhost30100%Physical
BindNormal1585%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Hard PressSteel?100%Physical
Night ShadeGhost?100%Special
Calm MindPsychic--Status
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
CurseGhost--Status
Destiny BondGhost--Status
DisableNormal-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
GravityPsychic--Status
HazeIce--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
ImprisonPsychic--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
Mean LookNormal--Status
MetronomeNormal--Status
Pain SplitNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Skill SwapPsychic--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
TrickPsychic-100%Status
Trick RoomPsychic--Status
Will-O-WispFire-85%Status