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Forms · 3 variations
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Battle Strategy
Lycanroc-Dusk functions as a potent glass-cannon wallbreaker or late-game cleaner leveraging its Tough Claws ability to boost contact moves. It utilizes high Speed and Attack to force switches, often employing Accelerock for priority-assisted revenge killing.
Best Used In
It excels in the UU (UnderUsed) Smogon tier as a powerful wallbreaker and is a niche but effective 'cleaner' in VGC formats where it can exploit its priority STAB to pick off weakened legendary threats.
Strengths
- ›Tough Claws ability provides a 1.3x damage boost to most of its primary attacks.
- ›High base Speed (110) allows it to outpace a significant portion of the unboosted metagame.
- ›Access to STAB priority via Accelerock to bypass faster threats.
- ›Strong coverage moves like Close Combat and Psychic Fangs.
Weaknesses
- ›Extremely frail with 75/65/65 defensive stats, making it prone to being OHKO'd by neutral hits.
- ›Pure Rock typing leaves it vulnerable to common Fighting, Ground, Steel, Water, and Grass moves.
- ›Vulnerable to priority moves like Bullet Punch and Mach Punch.
- ›Reliant on items like Life Orb or Choice Band to achieve critical OHKOs.
Competitive Tips
- ›Equip a Life Orb or Choice Band to maximize the damage output of Tough Claws-boosted Stone Edge and Close Combat.
- ›Use Swords Dance on predicted switches to turn Lycanroc-Dusk into a lethal late-game sweeper.
- ›Utilize Psychic Fangs specifically to break through screens and hit Poison/Fighting types like Iron Valiant or Sneasler.
- ›Keep Lycanroc-Dusk in reserve until its checks are weakened, then clean up using Accelerock.
- ›Consider a Jolly nature to ensure you outspeed Base 100-108 threats like Enamorus or Garchomp.
Recommended Teammates
Corviknight
Provides a Slow U-turn for safe entry and resists the Steel and Grass moves that threaten Lycanroc.
Rillaboom
Sets Grassy Terrain to weaken Earthquake damage and checks the bulky Water types that entry-hazard Lycanroc.
Gholdengo
Blocks Rapid Spin and Defog to keep Lycanroc's Stealth Rock/chip damage on the field and resists Steel/Fighting.
Iron Valiant
Pressures the Physically defensive walls like Dondozo or Great Tusk that Lycanroc struggles to break.
Toxapex
Absorbs Toxic Spikes and acts as a pivot against Water and Fighting types that force Lycanroc out.
Game History
Introduced in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Lycanroc-Dusk was originally obtainable only via a special event Rockruff with the Own Tempo ability. It gained significant fame as Ash Ketchum's ace in the Alola region, famously winning the Manalo Conference finals against Gladion's Lycanroc-Midnight.
Trivia
- ◆It is the only Pokémon with the ability Tough Claws that is not a Mega Evolution, a Paradox Pokémon, or a Fossil/Legendary variant.
- ◆Its eyes glow green when attacking, a trait supposedly inherited from its Midday form, while its fur color mirrors the setting sun.
- ◆It can only evolve from a special Own Tempo Rockruff between 5:00 PM and 5:59 PM (in-game time).
- ◆Its base stats are a hybrid of its Midday and Midnight forms, possessing the high Attack of Midnight and the high Speed of Midday.
- ◆In the anime, Ash's Lycanroc evolved after witnessing a Rare Green Flash during a sunset, a real-world meteorological phenomenon.
- ◆Despite being a Rock-type, its movepool is heavily focused on biting and clawing maneuvers.
Moves · 80 total
Level-Up
6 movesTM / HM
12 movesMove Tutor
1 movesOther
61 movesWhere to find· 6 games
Sun
1 spot- •Vast Poni Canyon Outside
Moon
1 spot- •Vast Poni Canyon Outside
Ultra Sun
1 spot- •Vast Poni Canyon Outside
Ultra Moon
1 spot- •Vast Poni Canyon Outside
Sword
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Shield
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