Dark Pulse (Pokémon Move)

Dark Pulse Effect

Effect

The user releases a horrible aura imbued with dark thoughts. This may also make the target flinch.

In-Depth Effect

Inflicts regular damage. Has a 0% chance to make the target flinch.

Dark Pulse Move Data

Type	Dark
Category	Special
Introduced in	Generation 4
Power Points (PP)	15
Base Power	80
Accuracy	100
Speed Priority	0
Target	Selected Pokémon One other Pokémon on the field, selected by the trainer.

Machine/Record

Diamond Pearl	tm79
Platinum	tm79
HeartGold SoulSilver	tm79
X Y	tm97
Sun Moon	tm97
Ultra Sun Ultra Moon	tm97
Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee	tm20
Sword Shield	tr58

Game Descriptions

Diamond Pearl	The user releases a horrible aura imbued with dark thoughts. It may also make the target flinch.
Platinum	The user releases a horrible aura imbued with dark thoughts. It may also make the target flinch.
HeartGold SoulSilver	The user releases a horrible aura imbued with dark thoughts. It may also make the target flinch.
Black White	The user releases a horrible aura imbued with dark thoughts. It may also make the target flinch.
Black 2 White 2	The user releases a horrible aura imbued with dark thoughts. It may also make the target flinch.
X Y	The user releases a horrible aura imbued with dark thoughts. This may also make the target flinch.
Sun Moon	The user releases a horrible aura imbued with dark thoughts. This may also make the target flinch.
Ultra Sun Ultra Moon	The user releases a horrible aura imbued with dark thoughts. This may also make the target flinch.
Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee	The user releases a horrible aura imbued with dark thoughts. This may also make the target flinch.
Sword Shield	The user releases a horrible aura imbued with dark thoughts. This may also make the target flinch.

Pokémon that Learn Dark Pulse by Leveling Up

No.	Name	Type	Egg Group	Level
#147	Gastly	Ghost Poison	Amorphous	36
#148	Haunter	Ghost Poison	Amorphous	42
#149	Gengar	Ghost Poison	Amorphous	42
#221	Umbreon	Dark	Field	40
#340	Larvitar	Rock Ground	Monster	24
#341	Pupitar	Rock Ground	Monster	24
#342	Tyranitar	Rock Dark	Monster	24
#294	Honchkrow	Dark Flying	Flying	75
#567	Spiritomb	Ghost Dark	Amorphous	50
#573	Lucario	Fighting Steel	FieldHuman-Like	1
#313	Weavile	Dark Ice	Field	66
#605	Darkrai	Dark	No Eggs Discovered	93
#683	Yamask	Ghost	MineralAmorphous	44
#685	Cofagrigus	Ghost	MineralAmorphous	50
#752	Vullaby	Dark Flying	Flying	48
#753	Mandibuzz	Dark Flying	Flying	48
#764	Tornadus Incarnate	Flying	No Eggs Discovered	67
#766	Thundurus Incarnate	Electric Flying	No Eggs Discovered	67
#828	Clawitzer	Water	Water 1Water 3	1
#857	Yveltal	Dark Flying	No Eggs Discovered	40
#1043	Impidimp	Dark Fairy	FairyHuman-Like	33
#1044	Morgrem	Dark Fairy	FairyHuman-Like	35
#1045	Grimmsnarl	Dark Fairy	FairyHuman-Like	35
#765	Tornadus Therian	Flying	No Eggs Discovered	67
#767	Thundurus Therian	Electric Flying	No Eggs Discovered	67
#150	Gengar Mega	Ghost Poison	Amorphous	36
#343	Tyranitar Mega	Rock Dark	Monster	34
#866	Hoopa Unbound	Psychic Dark	No Eggs Discovered	55
#89	Meowth Alola	Dark	Field	55
#92	Persian Alola	Dark	Field	69

Pokémon that Learn Dark Pulse by Move Tutor

No.	Name	Type	Egg Group
#32	Ekans	Poison	FieldDragon
#33	Arbok	Poison	FieldDragon
#66	Vulpix	Fire	Field
#68	Ninetales	Fire	Field
#88	Meowth	Normal	Field
#91	Persian	Normal	Field
#143	Muk	Poison	Amorphous
#147	Gastly	Ghost Poison	Amorphous
#148	Haunter	Ghost Poison	Amorphous
#149	Gengar	Ghost Poison	Amorphous
#173	Koffing	Poison	Amorphous
#174	Weezing	Poison	Amorphous
#211	Gyarados	Water Flying	Water 2Dragon
#248	Mew	Psychic	No Eggs Discovered
#75	Crobat	Poison Flying	Flying
#221	Umbreon	Dark	Field
#293	Murkrow	Dark Flying	Flying
#295	Misdreavus	Ghost	Amorphous
#304	Gligar	Ground Flying	Bug
#152	Steelix	Steel Ground	Mineral
#312	Sneasel	Dark Ice	Field
#328	Skarmory	Steel Flying	Flying
#329	Houndour	Dark Fire	Field
#330	Houndoom	Dark Fire	Field
#340	Larvitar	Rock Ground	Monster
#341	Pupitar	Rock Ground	Monster
#342	Tyranitar	Rock Dark	Monster
#359	Poochyena	Dark	Field
#360	Mightyena	Dark	Field
#374	Nuzleaf	Grass Dark	FieldGrass
#375	Shiftry	Grass Dark	FieldGrass
#405	Sableye	Dark Ghost	Human-Like
#407	Mawile	Steel Fairy	FieldFairy
#411	Aggron	Steel Rock	Monster
#428	Carvanha	Water Dark	Water 2
#429	Sharpedo	Water Dark	Water 2
#443	Cacnea	Grass	GrassHuman-Like
#444	Cacturne	Grass Dark	GrassHuman-Like
#449	Seviper	Poison	FieldDragon
#455	Crawdaunt	Water Dark	Water 1Water 3
#469	Shuppet	Ghost	Amorphous
#470	Banette	Ghost	Amorphous
#472	Duskull	Ghost	Amorphous
#473	Dusclops	Ghost	Amorphous
#478	Absol	Dark	Field
#481	Glalie	Ice	FairyMineral
#296	Mismagius	Ghost	Amorphous
#294	Honchkrow	Dark Flying	Flying
#562	Stunky	Poison Dark	Field
#563	Skuntank	Poison Dark	Field
#567	Spiritomb	Ghost Dark	Amorphous
#573	Lucario	Fighting Steel	FieldHuman-Like
#577	Skorupi	Poison Bug	BugWater 3
#578	Drapion	Poison Dark	BugWater 3
#579	Croagunk	Poison Fighting	Human-Like
#580	Toxicroak	Poison Fighting	Human-Like
#313	Weavile	Dark Ice	Field
#305	Gliscor	Ground Flying	Bug
#227	Porygon Z	Normal	Mineral
#474	Dusknoir	Ghost	Amorphous
#587	Rotom	Electric Ghost	Amorphous
#598	Heatran	Fire Steel	No Eggs Discovered
#600	Giratina Altered	Ghost Dragon	No Eggs Discovered
#605	Darkrai	Dark	No Eggs Discovered
#608	Arceus	Normal	No Eggs Discovered
#624	Purrloin	Dark	Field
#625	Liepard	Dark	Field
#668	Sandile	Ground Dark	Field
#669	Krokorok	Ground Dark	Field
#670	Krookodile	Ground Dark	Field
#680	Scraggy	Dark Fighting	FieldDragon
#681	Scrafty	Dark Fighting	FieldDragon
#682	Sigilyph	Psychic Flying	Flying
#683	Yamask	Ghost	MineralAmorphous
#685	Cofagrigus	Ghost	MineralAmorphous
#690	Trubbish	Poison	Mineral
#691	Garbodor	Poison	Mineral
#692	Zorua	Dark	Field
#693	Zoroark	Dark	Field
#714	Frillish	Water Ghost	Amorphous
#715	Jellicent	Water Ghost	Amorphous
#727	Elgyem	Psychic	Human-Like
#728	Beheeyem	Psychic	Human-Like
#729	Litwick	Ghost Fire	Amorphous
#730	Lampent	Ghost Fire	Amorphous
#731	Chandelure	Ghost Fire	Amorphous
#744	Druddigon	Dragon	MonsterDragon
#747	Pawniard	Dark Steel	Human-Like
#748	Bisharp	Dark Steel	Human-Like
#752	Vullaby	Dark Flying	Flying
#753	Mandibuzz	Dark Flying	Flying
#756	Deino	Dark Dragon	Dragon
#757	Zweilous	Dark Dragon	Dragon
#758	Hydreigon	Dark Dragon	Dragon
#764	Tornadus Incarnate	Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#766	Thundurus Incarnate	Electric Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#779	Genesect	Bug Steel	No Eggs Discovered
#601	Giratina Origin	Ghost Dragon	No Eggs Discovered
#588	Rotom Heat	Electric Fire	Amorphous
#589	Rotom Wash	Electric Water	Amorphous
#590	Rotom Frost	Electric Ice	Amorphous
#591	Rotom Fan	Electric Flying	Amorphous
#592	Rotom Mow	Electric Grass	Amorphous
#765	Tornadus Therian	Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#767	Thundurus Therian	Electric Flying	No Eggs Discovered

Pokémon that Learn Dark Pulse by Breeding

No.	Name	Type	Egg Group
#472	Duskull	Ghost	Amorphous
#692	Zorua	Dark	Field
#696	Gothita	Psychic	Human-Like
#756	Deino	Dark Dragon	Dragon

Pokémon that Learn Dark Pulse by Machine

No.	Name	Type	Egg Group
#12	Blastoise	Water	MonsterWater 1
#32	Ekans	Poison	FieldDragon
#33	Arbok	Poison	FieldDragon
#66	Vulpix	Fire	Field
#68	Ninetales	Fire	Field
#88	Meowth	Normal	Field
#91	Persian	Normal	Field
#143	Muk	Poison	Amorphous
#147	Gastly	Ghost Poison	Amorphous
#148	Haunter	Ghost Poison	Amorphous
#149	Gengar	Ghost Poison	Amorphous
#173	Koffing	Poison	Amorphous
#174	Weezing	Poison	Amorphous
#211	Gyarados	Water Flying	Water 2Dragon
#248	Mew	Psychic	No Eggs Discovered
#75	Crobat	Poison Flying	Flying
#221	Umbreon	Dark	Field
#293	Murkrow	Dark Flying	Flying
#295	Misdreavus	Ghost	Amorphous
#304	Gligar	Ground Flying	Bug
#152	Steelix	Steel Ground	Mineral
#312	Sneasel	Dark Ice	Field
#328	Skarmory	Steel Flying	Flying
#329	Houndour	Dark Fire	Field
#330	Houndoom	Dark Fire	Field
#340	Larvitar	Rock Ground	Monster
#341	Pupitar	Rock Ground	Monster
#342	Tyranitar	Rock Dark	Monster
#359	Poochyena	Dark	Field
#360	Mightyena	Dark	Field
#374	Nuzleaf	Grass Dark	FieldGrass
#375	Shiftry	Grass Dark	FieldGrass
#405	Sableye	Dark Ghost	Human-Like
#407	Mawile	Steel Fairy	FieldFairy
#411	Aggron	Steel Rock	Monster
#428	Carvanha	Water Dark	Water 2
#429	Sharpedo	Water Dark	Water 2
#443	Cacnea	Grass	GrassHuman-Like
#444	Cacturne	Grass Dark	GrassHuman-Like
#449	Seviper	Poison	FieldDragon
#455	Crawdaunt	Water Dark	Water 1Water 3
#469	Shuppet	Ghost	Amorphous
#470	Banette	Ghost	Amorphous
#472	Duskull	Ghost	Amorphous
#473	Dusclops	Ghost	Amorphous
#478	Absol	Dark	Field
#481	Glalie	Ice	FairyMineral
#514	Deoxys Normal	Psychic	No Eggs Discovered
#296	Mismagius	Ghost	Amorphous
#294	Honchkrow	Dark Flying	Flying
#562	Stunky	Poison Dark	Field
#563	Skuntank	Poison Dark	Field
#567	Spiritomb	Ghost Dark	Amorphous
#573	Lucario	Fighting Steel	FieldHuman-Like
#577	Skorupi	Poison Bug	BugWater 3
#578	Drapion	Poison Dark	BugWater 3
#579	Croagunk	Poison Fighting	Human-Like
#580	Toxicroak	Poison Fighting	Human-Like
#313	Weavile	Dark Ice	Field
#305	Gliscor	Ground Flying	Bug
#227	Porygon Z	Normal	Mineral
#474	Dusknoir	Ghost	Amorphous
#587	Rotom	Electric Ghost	Amorphous
#598	Heatran	Fire Steel	No Eggs Discovered
#600	Giratina Altered	Ghost Dragon	No Eggs Discovered
#605	Darkrai	Dark	No Eggs Discovered
#608	Arceus	Normal	No Eggs Discovered
#624	Purrloin	Dark	Field
#625	Liepard	Dark	Field
#668	Sandile	Ground Dark	Field
#669	Krokorok	Ground Dark	Field
#670	Krookodile	Ground Dark	Field
#680	Scraggy	Dark Fighting	FieldDragon
#681	Scrafty	Dark Fighting	FieldDragon
#682	Sigilyph	Psychic Flying	Flying
#683	Yamask	Ghost	MineralAmorphous
#685	Cofagrigus	Ghost	MineralAmorphous
#690	Trubbish	Poison	Mineral
#691	Garbodor	Poison	Mineral
#692	Zorua	Dark	Field
#693	Zoroark	Dark	Field
#696	Gothita	Psychic	Human-Like
#697	Gothorita	Psychic	Human-Like
#698	Gothitelle	Psychic	Human-Like
#714	Frillish	Water Ghost	Amorphous
#715	Jellicent	Water Ghost	Amorphous
#727	Elgyem	Psychic	Human-Like
#728	Beheeyem	Psychic	Human-Like
#729	Litwick	Ghost Fire	Amorphous
#730	Lampent	Ghost Fire	Amorphous
#731	Chandelure	Ghost Fire	Amorphous
#744	Druddigon	Dragon	MonsterDragon
#747	Pawniard	Dark Steel	Human-Like
#748	Bisharp	Dark Steel	Human-Like
#752	Vullaby	Dark Flying	Flying
#753	Mandibuzz	Dark Flying	Flying
#756	Deino	Dark Dragon	Dragon
#757	Zweilous	Dark Dragon	Dragon
#758	Hydreigon	Dark Dragon	Dragon
#764	Tornadus Incarnate	Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#766	Thundurus Incarnate	Electric Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#779	Genesect	Bug Steel	No Eggs Discovered
#787	Frogadier	Water	Water 1
#788	Greninja	Water Dark	Water 1
#799	Litleo	Fire Normal	Field
#800	Pyroar	Fire Normal	Field
#807	Pancham	Fighting	FieldHuman-Like
#808	Pangoro	Fighting Dark	FieldHuman-Like
#809	Furfrou	Normal	Field
#810	Espurr	Psychic	Field
#811	Meowstic Male	Psychic	Field
#821	Inkay	Dark Psychic	Water 1Water 2
#822	Malamar	Dark Psychic	Water 1Water 2
#828	Clawitzer	Water	Water 1Water 3
#829	Helioptile	Electric Normal	MonsterDragon
#830	Heliolisk	Electric Normal	MonsterDragon
#831	Tyrunt	Rock Dragon	MonsterDragon
#832	Tyrantrum	Rock Dragon	MonsterDragon
#833	Amaura	Rock Ice	Monster
#834	Aurorus	Rock Ice	Monster
#842	Phantump	Ghost Grass	GrassAmorphous
#843	Trevenant	Ghost Grass	GrassAmorphous
#844	Pumpkaboo Average	Ghost Grass	Amorphous
#848	Gourgeist Average	Ghost Grass	Amorphous
#854	Noibat	Flying Dragon	FlyingDragon
#855	Noivern	Flying Dragon	FlyingDragon
#857	Yveltal	Dark Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#865	Hoopa	Psychic Ghost	No Eggs Discovered
#873	Incineroar	Fire Dark	Field
#927	Golisopod	Bug Water	BugWater 3
#951	Mimikyu Disguised	Ghost Fairy	Amorphous
#976	Guzzlord	Dark Dragon	No Eggs Discovered
#977	Necrozma	Psychic	No Eggs Discovered
#985	Naganadel	Poison Dragon	No Eggs Discovered
#987	Blacephalon	Fire Ghost	No Eggs Discovered
#999	Inteleon	Water	Water 1Field
#1009	Thievul	Dark	Field
#1038	Sinistea	Ghost	MineralAmorphous
#1039	Polteageist	Ghost	MineralAmorphous
#1040	Hatenna	Psychic	Fairy
#1041	Hattrem	Psychic	Fairy
#1042	Hatterene	Psychic Fairy	Fairy
#1043	Impidimp	Dark Fairy	FairyHuman-Like
#1044	Morgrem	Dark Fairy	FairyHuman-Like
#1045	Grimmsnarl	Dark Fairy	FairyHuman-Like
#1047	Perrserker	Steel	Field
#1051	Runerigus	Ground Ghost	MineralAmorphous
#1063	Morpeko Full Belly	Electric Dark	FieldFairy
#1071	Duraludon	Steel Dragon	MineralDragon
#1082	Urshifu Single Strike	Fighting Dark	No Eggs Discovered
#1084	Zarude	Dark Grass	No Eggs Discovered
#1089	Spectrier	Ghost	No Eggs Discovered
#515	Deoxys Attack	Psychic	No Eggs Discovered
#516	Deoxys Defense	Psychic	No Eggs Discovered
#517	Deoxys Speed	Psychic	No Eggs Discovered
#601	Giratina Origin	Ghost Dragon	No Eggs Discovered
#588	Rotom Heat	Electric Fire	Amorphous
#589	Rotom Wash	Electric Water	Amorphous
#590	Rotom Frost	Electric Ice	Amorphous
#591	Rotom Fan	Electric Flying	Amorphous
#592	Rotom Mow	Electric Grass	Amorphous
#765	Tornadus Therian	Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#767	Thundurus Therian	Electric Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#812	Meowstic Female	Psychic	Field
#845	Pumpkaboo Small	Ghost Grass	Amorphous
#846	Pumpkaboo Large	Ghost Grass	Amorphous
#847	Pumpkaboo Super	Ghost Grass	Amorphous
#849	Gourgeist Small	Ghost Grass	Amorphous
#850	Gourgeist Large	Ghost Grass	Amorphous
#851	Gourgeist Super	Ghost Grass	Amorphous
#13	Blastoise Mega	Water	MonsterWater 1
#150	Gengar Mega	Ghost Poison	Amorphous
#212	Gyarados Mega	Water Dark	Water 2Dragon
#331	Houndoom Mega	Dark Fire	Field
#343	Tyranitar Mega	Rock Dark	Monster
#408	Mawile Mega	Steel Fairy	FieldFairy
#412	Aggron Mega	Steel	Monster
#471	Banette Mega	Ghost	Amorphous
#479	Absol Mega	Dark	Field
#574	Lucario Mega	Fighting Steel	FieldHuman-Like
#406	Sableye Mega	Dark Ghost	Human-Like
#430	Sharpedo Mega	Water Dark	Water 2
#153	Steelix Mega	Steel Ground	Mineral
#482	Glalie Mega	Ice	FairyMineral
#866	Hoopa Unbound	Psychic Dark	No Eggs Discovered
#26	Rattata Alola	Dark Normal	Field
#28	Raticate Alola	Dark Normal	Field
#29	Raticate Totem Alola	Dark Normal	Field
#67	Vulpix Alola	Ice	Field
#69	Ninetales Alola	Ice Fairy	Field
#89	Meowth Alola	Dark	Field
#92	Persian Alola	Dark	Field
#144	Muk Alola	Poison Dark	Amorphous
#165	Marowak Alola	Fire Ghost	Monster
#789	Greninja Battle Bond	Water Dark	Water 1
#790	Greninja Ash	Water Dark	Water 1
#952	Mimikyu Busted	Ghost Fairy	Amorphous
#953	Mimikyu Totem Disguised	Ghost Fairy	Amorphous
#954	Mimikyu Totem Busted	Ghost Fairy	Amorphous
#166	Marowak Totem	Fire Ghost	Monster
#978	Necrozma Dusk	Psychic Steel	No Eggs Discovered
#979	Necrozma Dawn	Psychic Ghost	No Eggs Discovered
#980	Necrozma Ultra	Psychic Dragon	No Eggs Discovered
#90	Meowth Galar	Steel	Field
#175	Weezing Galar	Poison Fairy	Amorphous
#241	Moltres Galar	Dark Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#684	Yamask Galar	Ground Ghost	MineralAmorphous
#1064	Morpeko Hangry	Electric Dark	FieldFairy
#1085	Zarude Dada	Dark Grass	No Eggs Discovered
#1092	Calyrex Shadow	Psychic Ghost	No Eggs Discovered

Available

Red Blue	No
Yellow	No
Ruby Sapphire	No
Emerald	No
FireRed LeafGreen	No
Diamond Pearl	Yes
Platinum	Yes
HeartGold SoulSilver	Yes
Black White	Yes
Black 2 White 2	Yes
X Y	Yes
Sun Moon	Yes
Ultra Sun Ultra Moon	Yes
Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee	Yes
Sword Shield	Yes