Dark Pulse (move)

Dark Pulse あくのはどう Evil Pulse

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Battles Type  Dark Category  Special PP  15 (max. 24) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV TM79 in Generation IV

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Dark Pulse on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Dark Pulse on Eevee's Movedex

Dark Pulse (Japanese: あくのはどう Evil Pulse) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Dark Pulse inflicts damage and has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.

Generation V

Dark Pulse can hit non-adjacent opponents in triple battles.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison	36				36
093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison	44				44
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison	44				44
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground	28				32
247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground	28				34
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	28				34
430		Honchkrow	Dark	Flying	55				75
442		Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark	49				49
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel	--				--
461		Weavile	Dark	Ice	49				51
491		Darkrai	Dark		Dark	93				93
629		Vullaby	Dark	Flying	no				46
630		Mandibuzz	Dark	Flying	no				46
641		Tornadus	Flying		Flying	no				73
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying	no				73
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II --		III --		IV TM79		V --
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison	✔
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison	✔
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire	✔
038		Ninetales	Fire		Fire	✔
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal	✔
053		Persian	Normal		Normal	✔
089		Muk	Poison		Poison	✔
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison	✔
093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison	✔
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison	✔
109		Koffing	Poison		Poison	✔
110		Weezing	Poison		Poison	✔
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying	✔
197		Umbreon	Dark		Dark	✔
198		Murkrow	Dark	Flying	✔
200		Misdreavus	Ghost		Ghost	✔
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	✔
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground	✔
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice	✔
227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying	✔
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	✔
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	✔
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground	✔
247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground	✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	✔
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark	✔
262		Mightyena	Dark		Dark	✔
274		Nuzleaf	Grass	Dark	✔
275		Shiftry	Grass	Dark	✔
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost	✔
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel	✔
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock	✔
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark	✔
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark	✔
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass	✔
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark	✔
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison	✔
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark	✔
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost	✔
354		Banette	Ghost		Ghost	✔
355		Duskull	Ghost		Ghost	✔
356		Dusclops	Ghost		Ghost	✔
359		Absol	Dark		Dark	✔
362		Glalie	Ice		Ice	✔
429		Mismagius	Ghost		Ghost	✔
430		Honchkrow	Dark	Flying	✔
434		Stunky	Poison	Dark	✔
435		Skuntank	Poison	Dark	✔
442		Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark	✔
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel	✔
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug	✔
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark	✔
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	✔
454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting	✔
461		Weavile	Dark	Ice	✔
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying	✔
474		Porygon-Z	Normal		Normal	✔
477		Dusknoir	Ghost		Ghost	✔
479		Rotom	Electric	Ghost	✔
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel	✔
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon	✔
491		Darkrai	Dark		Dark	✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
355		Duskull	Ghost		Ghost	no
570		Zorua	Dark		Dark	no
574		Gothita	Psychic		Psychic	no
633		Deino*	Dark	Dragon	no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 037 Vulpix Fire Dream World - Pleasant Forest 109 Koffing Poison Dream World - Rugged Mountain 228 Houndour Dark Fire Dream World - Spooky Manor 246 LarvitarLv.10 Rock Ground Dream World - Rugged Mountain 261 Poochyena Dark Dream World - Pleasant Forest 318 Carvanha Water Dark Dream World - Sparkling Sea Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Darkrai	Mandibuzz	Zoroark	Spiritomb
The user shoots a beam of purple circles at its target.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Darkrai	Darkrai crouches together and it extends its arms quickly, making a wave of purple circles come out of its body and hit the opponent, or Darkrai puts its hands together and forms a ball of black and purple circles. Then crouches and spins while holding out one of its hands, making the orb float over to the end of the hand. Finally, it fires a beam of black and purple circles from the orb at the opponent.
Darkrai (movie 10)	The Rise of Darkrai		Debut
Tobias's Darkrai	The Semi-Final Frontier!		None
Spiritomb	A ball of purple circles appears in front of Spiritomb's mouth. It then fires a beam of purple circles at the opponent from the ball.
A wild Spiritomb	The Keystone Pops!		None
Toxicroak	Toxicroak puts its hands together and creates a ball of black and purple circles. It then fires the circles as a beam of circles at the opponent.
Saturn's Toxicroak	Enter Galactic!		None
Crawdaunt	Crawdaunt points its claws at the opponent and fires two beams of purple and black circles from the insides of its claws at the opponent.
Kyle's Crawdaunt	Strategy With a Smile!		None
Honchkrow	Honchkrow fires a beam of black and purple circles at the opponent from its beak or chest.
Paul's Honchkrow	Aiding the Enemy!		None
Mismagius	The three gems on Mismagius's body flashes red, and a ball of black and purple circles appear in front of them. It then fires the circles as a beam at the opponent.
Fantina's Mismagius	Shield with a Twist!		None
Dusknoir	Dusknoir puts its hands together and forms a small black ball of energy. It then separates its hands and fires a beam of black and purple circles at the opponent from the ball, or Dusknoir puts its hands together and forms a ball of black and purple circles. It then brings its hands forward and fires a beam of black and purple circles from the ball at the opponent.
Dusknoir (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness		None
Zoroark	Zoroark puts its hands together in front of its chest and fires a beam of black and purple or dark blue circles from in between them at the opponent, or Zoroark crosses its arms in front of its face and an orb of black and dark blue circles appears in front of them. Zoroark then separates its arms and the orb moves in front of Zoroark's chest. It then fires a beam of black and dark blue circles from the orb at the opponent.
Zoroark (movie 13)	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		None
Mandibuzz	A white orb appears in Mandibuzz's beak. It then fires a beam of purple circles at the opponent from the orb.
Koharu's Mandibuzz	BW055		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Mismagius
The user fires a blast of energy.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Mismagius	Mismagius fires a large blast of energy from its body at the opponent.
Fantina's Mismagius	VS. Mismagius I		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• All Dark-type moves were classed, due to their type, as special moves prior to Generation IV. Due to the damage category split, however, all Dark-type moves from Generations II and III became physical moves, and until Generation V, Dark Pulse was the only special Dark-type move available.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 惡波動 È Bōdòng Dutch Duistere Puls French Vibrobscur German Finsteraura Greek Σκοτεινός Παλμός Indonesian Gelombang Jahat Italian Neropulsar Korean 악의파동 Ak-yi Padong Norwegian Mørke trykk Brazilian Portuguese Vibração Sombria Spanish Latin America Energía Negra (anime) Spain Pulso Umbrío

Variations of the move Waterfall
Iron Head • Poison Jab • Waterfall Scald • Dark Pulse • Discharge • Lava Plume

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