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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Darkrai in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use with Darkrai, as well as its strengths and weakness.
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| Nat. Dex #491 | Type | |
|---|---|---|
Darkrai
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| Abilities | ||
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Bad Dreams |
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| Weak to: | ||
| (2x) | ||
| Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
| Resists: | (0.5x) | |
| Immune to: | (0x) | |
| Ability Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Bad Dreams | Reduces the HP of a sleeping opponent. | |
| Stat | Value | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| HP | 70 | 383 |
| Atk | 90 | 286 |
| Def | 90 | 192 |
| SpAtk | 135 | 26 |
| SpDef | 90 | 176 |
| Speed | 125 | 27 |
| Total | 600 | 38 |
| Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 177 | 177 | 145 | 145 | 130 |
| Atk | 156 | 142 | 110 | 99 | 85 |
| Def | 156 | 142 | 110 | 99 | 85 |
| SpAtk | 205 | 187 | 155 | 139 | 126 |
| SpDef | 156 | 142 | 110 | 99 | 85 |
| Spd | 194 | 177 | 145 | 130 | 117 |
| Best Natures | ||
|---|---|---|
| Timid (+Spe, -Atk) |
Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk) |
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| Build Name | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Disruptive Darkrai | ★★★★★ |
| Nature | Timid (+Spe, -Atk) |
|---|---|
| EV Spread | 252 Sp. Atk / 4 Sp. Def / 252 Spe |
| Final Stat Values | 145 HP / 110 Def / 187 Sp. Atk / 111 Sp. Def / 194 Spe |
| Ability | Bad Dreams |
| Tera Type |
|
| Held Item | Focus Sash |
| Moveset | ・
Dark Void
・ Dark Pulse ・ Sucker Punch ・ Protect |
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|---|---|---|
| Ability | Held Item | |
| Bad Dreams |
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Darkrai's Ability is Bad Dreams, which is also its only Ability. Bad Dreams drains the HP of sleeping Pokemon on your opponent's side of the field as long as Darkrai is in play.
Because of Darkrai's paper-thin defenses, Focus Sash is used to make sure it survives more than one hit.
| Dark Void | Dark Pulse |
| Sucker Punch | Protect |
Dark Void is Darkrai's Signature Move and is this set's most important Attack. This can put both opponents to Sleep but is not very accurate.
Dark Pulse is Darkrai's main damaging move which can cause opponents to flinch.
Sucker Punch is a Priority option which can help Darkrai against faster opponents.
Protect can keep Darkrai safe especially when it's in danger of getting double targeted.
| Ghost Tera Type Matchup | ||
|---|---|---|
| Weak to: | ||
| (2x) | ||
| Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
| Resists: | (0.5x) | |
| Immune to: | (0x) | |
Ghost is the best Tera Type for Darkrai as it gives it a valuable immunity to Fighting. It also allows it to take neutral damage from Fairy.
A Timid Nature and a full 252 EV allocation to Special Attack maximizes Darkrai's damage output and Speed.
The remaining 4 EVs are put into Special Defense to give Darkrai a point of extra tankiness on the Special Defense end.
| Knock Off | Knock Off is another great Dark-type Attack that Darkrai can learn which can remove an opposing Pokemon's Held Item. |
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Pokemon who can reduce Evasion with Gravity are great partners for Darkrai to have. Reduced Evasion raises the odds of putting opponents to Sleep with Dark Void.
A Sun Team involving Sandy Shocks is a great team composition to put Darkrai in. Timid Sandy Shocks with Booster Energy can outspeed most Pokemon on the field, allowing it to quickly use Gravity, for a Dark Void follow up from Darkrai.
| Disruption | Support |
|---|---|
Darkrai
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Sandy Shocks
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| Physical Attacker | Special Attacker |
Groudon
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Flutter Mane
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Sandy Shocks complements Darkrai with Gravity, which can boost Dark Void's success rate of putting the opponent's Pokemon to Sleep.
Groudon enables Sun Teams with its Drought Ability, while Flutter Mane also benefits from Sun thanks to its Protosynthesis.
Bulky Fighting-types like Hariyama can easily resist Darkrai's Dark-type Attacks. Additionally, Hariyama often have Flame Orb as their Held Items, which can Burn them and protect them from other Status Conditions.
Fast Fairy-types like Flutter Mane can outspeed and bring Darkrai down to its Focus Sash with a successful Dazzling Gleam or Moonblast. It also benefits from your team's Sun, which you don't want for your opponent's team.
The presence of Flutter Mane could also force Darkrai to Terastallize, but even Tera Ghost will make it susceptible to Flutter Mane's Shadow Ball.
| Pokemon | Description |
|---|---|
Hariyama
|
Ranking: ★★★★★
・Hariyama can threaten super-effective damage on Darkrai if it can avoid being put to sleep by Dark Void. ・Can avoid being put to sleep thanks to its Flame Orb which gives it a Burn. ・Can break Darkrai's Focus Sash with Fake Out. ・Is able to resist Darkrai's Dark-type Attacks. ▶️Hariyama Movesets and Best Builds |
Flutter Mane
|
Ranking: ★★★★★
・Can outspeed and hit Darkrai for super-effective damage ▶️Flutter Mane Movesets and Best Builds |

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