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darkrai
#491

Darkrai

Pitch-Black Pokémon

Dark

It can lull people to sleep and make them dream. It is active during nights of the new moon.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 90
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 135
Sp. Def 90
Speed 125
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Resistant to
Immune to

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Pitch-Black Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 50.5 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Mythical Pokémon

Sprites

darkrai Front Front
darkrai Back Back
darkrai Front Shiny Front Shiny
darkrai Back Shiny Back Shiny
darkrai Official Art Official Art
darkrai Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ubers Usage: 30.4%
Nasty Plot
Moves
Nasty Plot / Thunder
Focus Blast / Substitute
Item
Lum Berry / Life Orb / Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Trick or Treat
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
SubSalac
Item
Salac Berry
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

With its incredible 125 base Speed—outsped by only a handful of Pokemon regularly seen in the Uber tier—and respectable 135 base Special Attack, this terror of twilight induces nighttime horrors throughout the land it travels. With Dark Void capturing opponents in its enveloping slumber 80% of the time and Nasty Plot raising an already impressive Special Attack, Darkrai is one of the most successful boosting sweepers in the Uber metagame. Darkrai's ability, Bad Dreams, deals damage to any sleeping Pokemon, allowing it to render opponents' Focus Sashes useless. On top of this, Darkrai's Dark typing grants it an immunity to Mirror Coat, allowing Darkrai to take on Wobbuffet extremely well.

Most Used Moves

Dark Void
98.7%
Trick
32.7%
Ice Beam
24.1%

Most Used Items

Lum Berry
22.8%
Leftovers
18.3%
Life Orb
13.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc