Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Honchkrow

Honchkrow

Big Boss Pokémon

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Honchkrow is a Dark and Flying Type Big Boss Pokémon, with a 3.9% Chance To Catch with a regular Pokeball. Honchkrow can be found with Insomnia, Super Luck and Moxie as an Ability and has a Medium Slow growth rate with a 2 Attack EV Yield. We recommend the Lonely Nature, based on 505 combined Base Stats.

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Honchkrow Stats & Abilities
Honchkrow Evolutions
Honchkrow Locations
Honchkrow Weakness
Honchkrow Best Moves
Honchkrow Level Up Moves
Honchkrow TM Moves
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Honchkrow Stats and Abilities

Based on Honchkrow Base IVs we consider this pokemon B-Tier choice. Honchkrow Highest IV Stat is Attack 125 and the Lowest being Defense 52.


Tier	Stat	Base	Min	Max
E	HP	100	310	404
A	Attack	125	229	383
F	Defense	52	98	223
B	Special Attack	105	193	339
F	Special Defense	52	98	223
E	Speed	71	132	265
B	Total	505


Honchkrow	Detail
Best Nature	Lonely ↑ +10% Attack ↓ -10% Defense
Caught in the Wild Held Item Chance
Like/Dislikes	Likes: Spicy Dislikes: Sour
EV Yield	2 Attack
Growth Rate	Medium Slow
Catch Rate	30 (3.9% with PokéBall, full HP)
Egg Groups	Flying
Egg Cycles	20 (4,884–5,140 steps)


Abilities	Description
Insomnia Ability 1	Insomnia prevents the ability-bearer from falling asleep, both from moves by other Pokémon like Sing, and self-inflicted sleep like Rest.
Super Luck Ability 2	Super Luck raises the ability-bearer's critical-hit ratio by one stage (for most moves this increases from a 1/16 chance to 1/8).
Moxie Hidden Ability	Moxie increases the user's Attack one stage upon fainting an opponent.

How To Evolve Honchkrow in BDSP

Murkrow requires (use Dusk Stone) to evolve into Honchkrow.


Base Form	Evolution Requirement	First Evolution
Murkrow	use Dusk Stone →	Honchkrow

Where To Find Honchkrow in BDSP

Honchkrow has spawn locations in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. You can find the Unevolved form Lv. , within the location using the method.

Underground Pokemon Spawns

After you reach Check Points in the game progression NEW Pokemon will begin to spawn in the Grand Underground.

Start = Default spawns in the Grand Underground

Strength = After obtaining the TM96 Strength

Defog = After obtaining the TM97 Defog

7th Badge = After obtaining the Icicle Badge from Candice

Waterfall = After obtaining the TM99 Waterfall

National = After obtaining the National Pokedex.

World Pokemon Spawns

Interact = Limited to one

Common = 20% ~ 100%

Uncommon = 5% ~ 20%

Rare = 1% ~ 5%

= Morning Time

= Day Time

= Night Time


Location	How To Catch	Pokemon Spawns
Lost Tower	20 - 5%	Murkrow Lv. 17
Eterna Forest	20 - 5%	Murkrow Lv. 10-11
Sunlit Cavern	Start	Murkrow Lv. 16-63
Still-Water Cavern	Start	Murkrow Lv. 16-63
Spacious Cave	Start	Murkrow Lv. 16-63
Riverbank Cave	Start	Murkrow Lv. 16-63
Grassland Cave	Start	Murkrow Lv. 16-63

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Honchkrow Weakness

Honchkrow is a Dark and Flying Type pokemon. This will cause Honchkrow to take More Damage from Fairy, Rock, Electric, Ice Type Moves, and Less Damage from Ghost, Dark, Grass, Psychic, Ground Type moves.

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Damage	Types
4.0x More Damage
2.0x More Damage	Fairy Rock Electric Ice
0.5x Less Damage	Ghost Dark Grass
0.25x Less Damage
Immune to Damage	Psychic Ground

What pokemon is Honchkrow Weak Against?


Tier	Pokemon
S	Tyranitar
S	Articuno
S	Zapdos
S	Raikou
S	Regirock

What pokemon is Honchkrow Strong Against?


Tier	Pokemon
S	Mewtwo
S	Lugia
S	Groudon
S	Tyranitar
S	Celebi

Best Moves Honchkrow in BDSP

Best Moveset for Honchkrow Lv Up Moves based on Power.


Lvl	Best Moves	Class	Power	Acc	PP	Effect
45	Foul Play	Physical	142.5	100	15	Uses the opponent's Attack stat.
75	Dark Pulse	Special	120	100	15	May cause flinching.
55	Night Slash	Physical	105	100	15	High critical hit ratio.
1	Sucker Punch	Physical	105	100	5	User attacks first, but only works if opponent is readying an attack.

Best Moveset for Honchkrow TM Moves based on Power.


TM	Best Moves	Class	Power	Acc	PP	Effect
TM68	Giga Impact	Physical	150	90	5	User must recharge next turn.
TM15	Hyper Beam	Special	150	90	5	User must recharge next turn.
TM85	Dream Eater	Special	100	100	15	User recovers half the HP inflicted on a sleeping opponent.
TM94	Fly	Physical	135	95	15	Flies up on first turn, attacks on second turn.

STAB: (Same Type Attack Bonus) When a Pokemon uses a Move Type that is the Same as the Pokemon's Type, it will receive a 50% Bonus to Power. Moves Affected by this Highlighted in

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Honchkrow Lv Up Moves

Honchkrow TM Moves

Honchkrow Level Up Moves

List of Moves Honchkrow can learn by reaching higher levels in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.


Lvl	Move	Desc
55	Night Slash	Power: 105 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Physical High critical hit ratio.
1	Sucker Punch	Power: 105 Acc: 100 PP: 5 Physical User attacks first, but only works if opponent is readying an attack.
1	Astonish	Power: 30 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Physical May cause flinching.
1	Haze	Power: — Acc: — PP: 30 Status Resets all stat changes.
1	Wing Attack	Power: 90 Acc: 100 PP: 35 Physical
25	Swagger	Power: — Acc: 85 PP: 15 Status Opponent becomes confused, but its Attack is sharply raised.
35	Nasty Plot	Power: — Acc: — PP: 20 Status Sharply raises user's Special Attack.
45	Foul Play	Power: 142.5 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Physical Uses the opponent's Attack stat.
65	Quash	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 15 Status Makes the target act last this turn.
75	Dark Pulse	Power: 120 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Special May cause flinching.

Honchkrow TM Moves

List of Moves Honchkrow can learn using (TMs) Technical Machine Items.


TM	Move	Desc
TM04	Calm Mind	Power: — Acc: — PP: 20 Status Raises user's Special Attack and Special Defense.
TM11	Sunny Day	Power: — Acc: — PP: 5 Status Makes it sunny for 5 turns.
TM12	Taunt	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 20 Status Opponent can only use moves that attack.
TM15	Hyper Beam	Power: 150 Acc: 90 PP: 5 Special User must recharge next turn.
TM17	Protect	Power: — Acc: — PP: 10 Status Protects the user, but may fail if used consecutively.
TM18	Rain Dance	Power: — Acc: — PP: 5 Status Makes it rain for 5 turns.
TM29	Psychic	Power: 90 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Special May lower opponent's Special Defense.
TM30	Shadow Ball	Power: 80 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Special May lower opponent's Special Defense.
TM32	Double Team	Power: — Acc: — PP: 15 Status Raises user's Evasiveness.
TM40	Aerial Ace	Power: 90 Acc: — PP: 20 Physical Ignores Accuracy and Evasiveness.
TM41	Torment	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 15 Status Opponent cannot use the same move in a row.
TM42	Facade	Power: 70 Acc: 100 PP: 20 Physical Power doubles if user is burned, poisoned, or paralyzed.
TM44	Rest	Power: — Acc: — PP: 10 Status User sleeps for 2 turns, but user is fully healed.
TM45	Attract	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 15 Status If opponent is the opposite gender, it's less likely to attack.
TM46	Thief	Power: 90 Acc: 100 PP: 25 Physical Also steals opponent's held item.
TM47	Steel Wing	Power: 70 Acc: 90 PP: 25 Physical May raise user's Defense.
TM51	Roost	Power: — Acc: — PP: 10 Status User recovers half of its max HP and loses the Flying type temporarily.
TM58	Endure	Power: — Acc: — PP: 10 Status Always left with at least 1 HP, but may fail if used consecutively.
TM63	Nasty Plot	Power: — Acc: — PP: 20 Status Sharply raises user's Special Attack.
TM66	Payback	Power: 75 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Physical Power doubles if the user was attacked first.
TM68	Giga Impact	Power: 150 Acc: 90 PP: 5 Physical User must recharge next turn.
TM73	Thunder Wave	Power: — Acc: 90 PP: 20 Status Paralyzes opponent.
TM77	Psych Up	Power: — Acc: — PP: 10 Status Copies the opponent's stat changes.
TM78	Snarl	Power: 82.5 Acc: 95 PP: 15 Special Lowers opponent's Special Attack.
TM79	Dark Pulse	Power: 120 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Special May cause flinching.
TM82	Sleep Talk	Power: — Acc: — PP: 10 Status User performs one of its own moves while sleeping.
TM85	Dream Eater	Power: 100 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Special User recovers half the HP inflicted on a sleeping opponent.
TM87	Swagger	Power: — Acc: 85 PP: 15 Status Opponent becomes confused, but its Attack is sharply raised.
TM88	Pluck	Power: 90 Acc: 100 PP: 20 Physical If the opponent is holding a berry, its effect is stolen by user.
TM90	Substitute	Power: — Acc: — PP: 10 Status Uses HP to creates a decoy that takes hits.
TM94	Fly	Power: 135 Acc: 95 PP: 15 Physical Flies up on first turn, attacks on second turn.
TM97	Defog	Power: — Acc: — PP: 15 Status Lowers opponent's Evasiveness and clears fog.

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