Is Dusclops Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
AbilityPressure doubles PP drain. Dusclops is a defensive wall with Ghost typing. Can't deal damage but can stall almost anything out. Phoebe uses Dusclops on her E4 team. If you want a Pokemon that never dies but never kills anything either, Dusclops is the answer.
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.
Wattson's typing presses Duskull's defenses.
Duskull trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's Pokemon outpace and outclass Duskull here.
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 Wallace'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 Steven's team.
Catch Duskull
Catch Duskull on Route 121 (walking, Lv 26-28, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 34GhostCursePower —Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 49PsychicFuture SightPower 80Accuracy 90%PP 15
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
- STARTING (Lv 37)
- LV 37GhostShadow PunchPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 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
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
How to Get Dusclops in Ruby & Sapphire
Ruby players can catch Dusclops wild at one late-game spot, uncommon at levels 48 to 56. Sapphire skips that population, leaving a level-37 Duskull evolution as the only route over there.
Wild Dusclops may be holding when caught:
Spell Tag (5% chance) A hold item that raises the power of GHOST-type moves.1 location to catch Dusclops3 locations to catch Duskull
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Duskull at any of the 3 locations below, then level it up to 37 — it evolves into Dusclops.
Badge 6Where To Catch Dusclops in RS
The only way to get Dusclops during the story is evolving Duskull (Lv 37).
- Step 1Catch DuskullMt. Pyre - 1FLv.22-29CaveRubyRate 100%Mt. Pyre - 2FLv.22-29CaveRubyRate 100%Mt. Pyre - 3FLv.22-29CaveRubyRate 100%Mt. Pyre - 4FLv.22-29CaveRubyRate 90%Mt. Pyre - 5FLv.22-29CaveRubyRate 90%Mt. Pyre - 6FLv.22-29CaveRubyRate 90%Mt. Pyre - SummitLv.24-30CaveRubyRate 85%Mt. Pyre - OutsideLv.27-29CaveRubyRate 40%Route 121Lv.26-28GrassRubyRate 30%Route 123Lv.26-28GrassRubyRate 30%Mt. Pyre - SummitLv.26-30CaveSapphireRate 13%Mt. Pyre - 4FLv.25-29CaveSapphireRate 10%Mt. Pyre - 5FLv.25-29CaveSapphireRate 10%Mt. Pyre - 6FLv.25-29CaveSapphireRate 10%
- Step 2Dusclops ✓Sky Pillar - 1FLv.48-50FloorRubyRate 15%Sky Pillar - 3FLv.51-53FloorRubyRate 15%Sky Pillar - 5FLv.54-56FloorRubyRate 15%or evolve from Duskull (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Dusclops catch odds in the Ruby & Sapphire Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Dusclops in Ruby & Sapphire
In Ruby, Dusclops turns up among the high-level wild Pokemon of Sky Pillar, so battle through them until one is shiny. Compare Shiny Dusclops odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire 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 2x39-46% | ||
 Banette Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dusclops View Banette builds →Shadow Ball 2x73-86% Feint Attack 2x28-33% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dusclops View Shiftry builds →Shadow Ball 2x43-51% Thief 2x31-36% | ||
 Mightyena Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dusclops View Mightyena builds →Crunch 2x43-52% Shadow Ball 2x39-47% | ||
 Shedinja BugGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dusclops View Shedinja builds →Shadow Ball 2x60-71% Thief 2x10-11% | ||
Duskull Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dusclops View Duskull builds →Shadow Ball 2x32-38% Pursuit 2x10-11% | ||
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.
RS Dusclops Best Moveset
130 Defense and 130 Sp. Def tank both sides without Held ItemEviolite (which doesn't exist yet). AbilityPressure doubles opponent PP usage while MoveWill-O-Wisp burns attackers and MoveSeismic Toss deals fixed damage. MoveRest plus MoveSleep Talk sustains. Held ItemLeftovers recovers. Dual-defense Ghost with PP stalling.
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 7 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
DUSCLOPS’s body is completely hollow - there is nothing at all inside. It is said that its body is like a black hole. This POKéMON will absorb anything into its body, but nothing will ever come back out.
DUSCLOPS absorbs anything, however large the object may be. This POKéMON hypnotizes its foe by waving its hands in a macabre manner and by bringing its single eye to bear. The hypnotized foe is made to do DUSCLOPS’s bidding.
Dusclops Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Yes. Wild Dusclops in Ruby & Sapphire can hold Spell Tag (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Spell Tag.
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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