Dark Pulse (move)

Dark Pulse あくのはどう Evil Pulse

Battles Type  Dark Category  Special PP  15 (max. 24) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation IV TM79 in Generation IV Move Tutor in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Dark Pulse (Japanese: あくのはどう Evil Pulse) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation IV. It was TM79 in Generation IV and is TM97 in Generation VI.

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.

Description

Games Description The user releases a horrible aura imbued with dark thoughts. It may also make the target flinch. PMDTDS Inflicts damage on enemies within a 1-tile range. It may also afflict enemies with a Cringe status condition, which makes its actions fail.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
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	47	'
491		Darkrai	Dark		Dark	93				93			'
629		Vullaby	Dark	Flying					46			'
630		Mandibuzz	Dark	Flying					46			'
641		Tornadus	Flying		Flying					73			'
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying					73			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
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. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II --		III --		IV TM79		V --		VI TM97
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. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					BW	B2W2
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											✔
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon											✔
491		Darkrai	Dark		Dark											✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal											✔
509		Purrloin	Dark		Dark											✔
510		Liepard	Dark		Dark											✔
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark											✔
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark											✔
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark											✔
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting											✔
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting											✔
561		Sigilyph	Psychic	Flying											✔
562		Yamask	Ghost		Ghost											✔
563		Cofagrigus	Ghost		Ghost											✔
568		Trubbish	Poison		Poison											✔
569		Garbodor	Poison		Poison											✔
570		Zorua	Dark		Dark											✔
571		Zoroark	Dark		Dark											✔
592		Frillish	Water	Ghost											✔
593		Jellicent	Water	Ghost											✔
605		Elgyem	Psychic		Psychic											✔
606		Beheeyem	Psychic		Psychic											✔
607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire											✔
608		Lampent	Ghost	Fire											✔
609		Chandelure	Ghost	Fire											✔
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon											✔
624		Pawniard	Dark	Steel											✔
625		Bisharp	Dark	Steel											✔
629		Vullaby	Dark	Flying											✔
630		Mandibuzz	Dark	Flying											✔
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon											✔
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon											✔
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon											✔
641		Tornadus	Flying		Flying											✔
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying											✔
649		Genesect	Bug	Steel											✔
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 with 0023 Ekans Poison Dream World - Dream Park 0037 Vulpix Fire Dream World - Pleasant Forest 0109 Koffing Poison Dream World - Rugged Mountain 0228 Houndour Dark Fire Dream World - Spooky Manor 0246 LarvitarLv.10 Rock Ground Dream World - Rugged Mountain 0261 Poochyena Dark Dream World - Pleasant Forest 0318 Carvanha Water Dark Dream World - Sparkling Sea 0386 Deoxys Psychic Masuda Deoxys Team Plasma Deoxys Plasma Deoxys 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 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 (M10)	The Rise of Darkrai		Debut
Tobias's Darkrai	The Semi-Final Frontier!		None
	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 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 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 fires a beam of black and purple circles at the opponent from its beak or chest.
Paul's Honchkrow	Aiding the Enemy!		None
	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 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 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 (M13)	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		None
	Mandibuzz opens its mouth and a light purple orb surrounded in black and purple circles appears inside it. It then fires a beam of black and purple circles from the orb inside its mouth at the opponent.
Katharine's Mandibuzz	Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Mismagius Darkrai
The user fires a blast of energy.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Mismagius fires a large blast of energy from its body at the opponent.
Fantina's Mismagius	Mirages of Mismagius II		Debut
	Darkrai releases a wave of dark energy from its body at the opponent.
Charon's Darkrai	Alternate Dimension Showdown VIII		None

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)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

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)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Dark Pulse, along with other moves with Pulse in their name (Dragon Pulse, Heal Pulse, Water Pulse) and Aura Sphere are the only non-Flying-type moves that can hit a non-adjacent Pokémon. Also, their Japanese names (including Aura Sphere) contain はどう hadō (wave/pulse).

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 Gelombang Kegelapan Italian Neropulsar Korean 악의파동 Ak-yi Padong Norwegian Mørketrykk Brazilian Portuguese Vibração Sombria Romanian Pulsul Negru Spanish Latin America Pulso Obscuro Spain Pulso Umbrío

Variations of the move Waterfall
Waterfall • Poison Jab • Iron Head • Zing Zap Extrasensory • Dark Pulse • Scald

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