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Introduced in Generation VII
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The Darkinium Z (Japanese: アクＺ Evil Z ) is a type of Z-Crystal introduced in Pokémon Sun and Moon . It is the type -specific Z-Crystal associated with the Dark type and allows Pokémon to upgrade their Dark-type moves to Z-Moves .
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Effect Can create Darkinium Z held items for Pokémon in the party.
In battle Allows the holder to upgrade its Dark-type damaging moves to the Z-Move Black Hole Eclipse or upgrade its Dark-type status moves into Z-Moves.
Unaffected by item negating effects (such as Embargo and Klutz ). Item manipulating effects (such as Trick and Fling ) cannot remove a Z-Crystal from a Pokémon.
Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Dark-type form . Rayquaza cannot Mega Evolve if it holds a Z-Crystal.
Outside of battle A held Darkinium Z is automatically removed if the Pokémon is traded between players.
Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Dark-type form .
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S M US UM It converts Z-Power into crystals that upgrade Dark-type moves to Dark-type Z-Moves.
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S M US UM This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades Dark-type moves to Z-Moves.
Acquisition In the anime Darkinium Z in the anime Team Rocket obtained a Darkinium Z in A Team-on-Team Tussle! Team Skull Grunts also tried to obtain from a nest of Alolan Rattata and Raticate , with one of the Raticate being a Totem Pokémon . The same Z-Crystal reappeared in SM062 , when Jessie and James believed that with the Dark-type Alolan Meowth, they would be able to use the Dark-type Z-Move , only to be told that they would also need a Z-Ring .
A full set of replicas of the type -specific Z-Crystals , including the Darkinium Z, appeared in A Team-on-Team Tussle! Ash and his classmates by Professor Kukui .
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