Competitive Information for Honchkrow [Diamond/Pearl]


Dark / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Honchkrow? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
BronzongInfernapeRotom-WashSnorlaxLucarioElectivireExeggutorHoundoomToxicroakDusknoir
Honchkrow is a phenomenal Dark and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's pretty regular to find yourself dealing with Honchkrow when battling in the 4th generation meta. Honchkrow is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Scope Lens / Shell Bell
Ability: Super Luck
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Night Slash / Sucker Punch
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Double-Edge / Return
- Superpower
Physical Sweeper Honchkrow (Super Luck)
Honchkrow is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Honchkrow critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Honchkrow's Super Luck ability will double these chances even further. With Super Luck, Honchkrow's critical hit ratio is raised by 1 stage.
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Honchkrow's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Scope Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Super Luck
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter
- Dark Pulse
- Psychic
- Heat Wave
Special Sweeper Honchkrow (Super Luck)
Honchkrow is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Honchkrow critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Honchkrow's Super Luck ability will double these chances even further. Life Orb boosts the power of Honchkrow's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Super Luck, Honchkrow's critical hit ratio is raised by 1 stage.
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 100-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Honchkrow? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
BronzongInfernapeRotom-WashSnorlaxLucarioElectivireExeggutorHoundoomToxicroakDusknoir
Item: Scope Lens / Shell Bell
Ability: Super Luck
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Night Slash / Sucker Punch
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Double-Edge / Return
- Superpower
Doubles Physical Sweeper Honchkrow (Super Luck)
Honchkrow is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Honchkrow critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Honchkrow's Super Luck ability will double these chances even further. With Super Luck, Honchkrow's critical hit ratio is raised by 1 stage.
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Honchkrow's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Scope Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Super Luck
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter
- Heat Wave
- Dark Pulse
- Icy Wind
Doubles Special Sweeper Honchkrow (Super Luck)
Honchkrow is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Honchkrow critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Honchkrow's Super Luck ability will double these chances even further. Life Orb boosts the power of Honchkrow's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Super Luck, Honchkrow's critical hit ratio is raised by 1 stage.
♦ Heat Wave is a special 100-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Honchkrow learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Honchkrow can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Honchkrow
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Psych up + Haze
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Perish song + Protect
- Ability: Super luck + Item: Scope lens
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Snatch, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Honchkrow's stats
- Calm Mind
- Nasty Plot
- Ominous Wind
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Honchkrow
- Brave Bird
- Heat Wave
- Protect
- Pursuit
- Rest
- Roost
- Sucker Punch
- Superpower
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Honchkrow in Diamond and Pearl
- Naive Nature ( 0/252/0/4/0/252/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Optimize Honchkrow's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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