Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Murkrow

Murkrow

Darkness Pokémon

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Murkrow is a Dark and Flying Type Darkness Pokémon, with a 3.9% Chance To Catch with a regular Pokeball. Murkrow can be found with Insomnia, Super Luck and Prankster as an Ability and has a Medium Slow growth rate with a 1 Speed EV Yield. We recommend the Hasty Nature, based on 405 combined Base Stats.

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

Based on Murkrow Base IVs we consider this pokemon D-Tier choice. Murkrow Highest IV Stat is Speed 91 and the Lowest being Defense 42.


Tier	Stat	Base	Min	Max
F	HP	60	230	324
D	Attack	85	157	295
F	Defense	42	80	201
D	Special Attack	85	157	295
F	Special Defense	42	80	201
D	Speed	91	168	309
D	Total	405


Murkrow	Detail
Best Held Items	Black Glasses Dread Plate Iron Ball Sharp Beak Sky Plate
Best Nature	Hasty ↑ +10% Speed ↓ -10% Defense
Caught in the Wild Held Item Chance
Like/Dislikes	Likes: Sweet Dislikes: Sour
EV Yield	1 Speed
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).
Prankster Hidden Ability	Prankster increases the priority of status moves by +1.

How To Evolve Murkrow 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 Murkrow in BDSP

Murkrow has 7 spawn locations in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. You can find the Unevolved form Lv. 16-63 Murkrow, within the Grassland Cave location using the Walking 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 Murkrow Weakness

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

You can Click/Tap the Type Icons to view the best pokemon to Counter Murkrow Weaknesses


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 Murkrow Weak Against?


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

What pokemon is Murkrow Strong Against?


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

Best Moves Murkrow in BDSP

Best Moveset for Murkrow 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.
55	Sucker Punch	Physical	105	100	5	User attacks first, but only works if opponent is readying an attack.
35	Air Cutter	Special	90	95	25	High critical hit ratio.
25	Assurance	Physical	90	100	10	Power doubles if opponent already took damage in the same turn.

Best Moveset for Murkrow TM Moves based on Power.


TM	Best Moves	Class	Power	Acc	PP	Effect
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.
TM29	Psychic	Special	90	100	10	May lower opponent's Special Defense.
TM79	Dark Pulse	Special	120	100	15	May cause flinching.

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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Murkrow Lv Up Moves

Murkrow TM Moves

Murkrow Egg Moves

Murkrow Level Up Moves

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


Lvl	Move	Desc
1	Peck	Power: 52.5 Acc: 100 PP: 35 Physical
1	Astonish	Power: 30 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Physical May cause flinching.
5	Gust	Power: 60 Acc: 100 PP: 35 Special Hits Pokémon using Fly/Bounce with double power.
11	Haze	Power: — Acc: — PP: 30 Status Resets all stat changes.
15	Wing Attack	Power: 90 Acc: 100 PP: 35 Physical
21	Night Shade	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 15 Special Inflicts damage equal to user's level.
25	Assurance	Power: 90 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Physical Power doubles if opponent already took damage in the same turn.
31	Taunt	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 20 Status Opponent can only use moves that attack.
35	Air Cutter	Power: 90 Acc: 95 PP: 25 Special High critical hit ratio.
41	Mean Look	Power: — Acc: — PP: 5 Status Opponent cannot flee or switch.
45	Foul Play	Power: 142.5 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Physical Uses the opponent's Attack stat.
50	Tailwind	Power: — Acc: — PP: 30 Status Doubles Speed for 4 turns.
55	Sucker Punch	Power: 105 Acc: 100 PP: 5 Physical User attacks first, but only works if opponent is readying an attack.
61	Torment	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 15 Status Opponent cannot use the same move in a row.
65	Quash	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 15 Status Makes the target act last this turn.

Murkrow TM Moves

List of Moves Murkrow 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.
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.
TM66	Payback	Power: 75 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Physical Power doubles if the user was attacked first.
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.

Murkrow Egg Moves

List of Egg Moves Murkrow can learn.


Egg Move	Desc
Whirlwind	Power: — Acc: — PP: 20 Status In battles, the opponent switches. In the wild, the Pokémon runs.
Drill Peck	Power: 120 Acc: 100 PP: 20 Physical
Wing Attack	Power: 90 Acc: 100 PP: 35 Physical
Sky Attack	Power: 210 Acc: 90 PP: 5 Physical Charges on first turn, attacks on second. May cause flinching.
Confuse Ray	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 10 Status Confuses opponent.
Feather Dance	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 15 Status Sharply lowers opponent's Attack.
Perish Song	Power: — Acc: — PP: 5 Status Any Pokémon in play when this attack is used faints in 3 turns.
Psycho Shift	Power: — Acc: 90 PP: 10 Status Gives the opponent the user's status condition, if it hits.
Screech	Power: — Acc: 85 PP: 40 Status Sharply lowers opponent's Defense.
Brave Bird	Power: 180 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Physical User receives recoil damage.
Assurance	Power: 90 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Physical Power doubles if opponent already took damage in the same turn.
Flatter	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 15 Status Confuses opponent, but raises its Special Attack by two stages.

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