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dusclops
#356

Dusclops

Beckon Pokémon

Ghost

Anyone who dares peer into its body to see its spectral ball of fire will have their spirit stolen away.

Base Stats

HP 40
Attack 70
Defense 130
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 130
Speed 25
Total 455

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Pressure Frisk (Hidden)

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Beckon Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 30.6 kg
Base Exp 159
Growth Rate Fast
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Indeterminate

Sprites

dusclops Front Front
dusclops Back Back
dusclops Front Shiny Front Shiny
dusclops Back Shiny Back Shiny
dusclops Official Art Official Art
dusclops Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 3.7%
Calm Mind
Moves
Will-O-Wisp / Shadow Ball
Ice Beam / Dark Pulse
Item
Eviolite
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 124
SpA 132

Strategy Overview

Dusclops carves itself a niche in PU as an incredibly bulky Calm Mind sweeper, avoiding the 2HKO from the majority of PU. Even some of the Pokemon that check Dusclops, such as Misdreavus and Leafeon, fail to OHKO it and are hit very hard in return, thus needing Dusclops weakened to effectively defeat it. However, Dusclops's low offensive presence makes it really passive, so it's set up fodder for Pokemon, such as Ninetales and Nasty Plot Simipour. Calm Mind solves this to an extent, but the problem is still there. Furthermore, Dusclops has huge Knock Off and Taunt weaknesses, the former being very annoying, as Dusclops relies heavily on Eviolite to set up, and the latter being especially noticeable because of Dusclops's low Speed. Its big reliance on Rest to heal off any damage or status also makes it even easier to take advantage of. Last but not least, Dusclops faces a lot of competition from other Ghost-types that have more uses in PU, such as Misdreavus, but nevertheless, Dusclops fits on defensive teams that need a spinblocker and a win condition in one Pokemon.

Most Used Moves

Rest
50.9%
Hex
24.1%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
99.3%
Nothing
0.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc