Is Dusclops Good in Emerald Playthrough?
AbilityPressure doubles PP consumption. Dusclops is a defensive wall that stalls opponents out of PP. Phoebe uses two on her E4 team. The Wallace Champion fight is neutral for Ghost. Dusclops doesn't threaten the finish, but nothing at the finish threatens Dusclops either.
Duskull has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Duskull has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Duskull trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Duskull trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's team hits Duskull's weaknesses hard.
Duskull trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Dusclops has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Dusclops trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Dusclops trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Dusclops has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Dusclops has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Dusclops has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Dusclops trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catch Duskull
Catch Duskull in Mt. Pyre (walking, Lv 25-29, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 34GhostCursePower —Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Duskull to Dusclops
Duskull evolves into Dusclops at Level 37. Your Duskull should hit Level 37 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 41FireWill-O-WispPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 80Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORFireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Dusclops in Emerald
Dusclops never spawns wild. Catch a Duskull on Mt. Pyre and raise it to level 37, and the one-eyed specter is yours. That haunted mountain is where the whole line begins, well before you can reach the evolution.
Wild Dusclops may be holding when caught:
Spell Tag (5% chance) A hold item that raises the power of GHOST-type moves.Catch Duskull at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Dusclops.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Duskull
- 2Evolve Dusclopsat Lv.37
Badge 6How to Obtain Dusclops in E
Duskull is your first catch on the way to Dusclops. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 25-30 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Dusclops ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Duskull egg.
How to Get Shiny Dusclops in Emerald
Dusclops never roams the wild, so hunt its pre-evolution Duskull in Mt. Pyre and, once one comes up shiny, level it to 37 to seal that sparkle into the one-eyed guardian. Compare Shiny Dusclops odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Dusclops Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Dusclops in the Emerald Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Dusclops Weakness
Dusclops is weak to Ghost and Dark. On the flip side, it's immune to Normal and Fighting-type moves entirely. Dusclops's overall bulk (40/130/130) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Normal, Fighting |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Dusclops Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Dusclops
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dusclops View Absol builds →Shadow Ball 2x54-64% Bite 2x40-48% | ||
 Banette Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dusclops View Banette builds →Shadow Ball 2x72-86% Feint Attack 2x29-34% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dusclops View Shiftry builds →Shadow Ball 2x45-53% Thief 2x32-38% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dusclops View Houndoom builds →Bite 2x54-64% Shadow Ball 2x41-49% | ||
 Mightyena Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dusclops View Mightyena builds →Shadow Ball 2x41-49% Bite 2x35-41% | ||
 Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dusclops View Sableye builds →Shadow Ball 2x54-64% Feint Attack 2x37-45% | ||
 Shedinja BugGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dusclops View Shedinja builds →Shadow Ball 2x62-73% Thief 2x11-13% | ||
Duskull Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dusclops View Duskull builds →Shadow Ball 2x35-41% Pursuit 2x11-13% | ||
Dusclops Evolutions
Dusclops is what Duskull becomes. Breed it for Duskull eggs (average hatch time). A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Duskull pushed Dusclops to 455 total stats. Defense saw the largest single gain at +40. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Dusclops to get Duskull eggs easily using 22 partners from the Amorphous egg group. Notable egg moves include Destiny Bond, Feint Attack, Grudge and 3 more.
E Dusclops Best Moveset
130 in both defenses without an evolution item makes Dusclops one of the bulkiest Pokemon available in Emerald. The moveset runs MoveWill-O-Wisp to cripple physical attackers and MoveNight Shade for fixed damage, while AbilityPressure doubles PP consumption to stall opponents out of moves.
Best Build
Dusclops best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Will O Wisp
- Pain Split
- Shadow Ball
- Rest
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Dusclops gets Destiny Bond and Feint Attack exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Coverage across 9 types rounds out the picture alongside Shadow Ball and Shadow Punch.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
28 of 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is thought that its body is hollow with only a spectral ball of fire burning inside. However, no one has been able to confirm this theory as fact.
Dusclops Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Dusclops has 455 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Emerald, Dusclops plays as a balanced. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully.
In Emerald, Calm is the go-to nature for Dusclops. That's +Sp. Def / -Attack. Pair it with 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Dusclops appears in 16 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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