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Honchkrow

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General

Honchkrow
dark flying

Abilities

Insomnia
This Pokémon cannot become Asleep.
Super Luck
This Pokémon has a higher chance to hit critically..

Damage Taken

Dex Numbers

Generation
Diamond/Pearl/Platinum DPPT
Red/Blue/Yellow Kanto
430
Gold/Silver/Crystal Johto
n/a
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Hoenn
n/a
Diamond/Pearl Sinnoh
75

Names

Japanese
ドンカラス
Romaji
Donkarasu

Flavor

Height
2'11.4" or 0.9 m
Weight
60.2 lb or 27.3 kg
Species
Big Boss
Color
black
Cry
mp3 here
Fire Red/Leaf Green Habitat
n/a
Pawprint

Misc

R/B/Y code
n/a

Breeding

Gender
½ male; ½ female (code: 127 or 0x7f)
Breeding groups
4: Flying
Steps to hatch
5,120
Compatible with
15 families; 31 total Pokémon

In the Wild

Base EXP
187 or 0xbb
Capture rate
30 or 0x1e
Base happiness
35 or 0x23
Growth rate
poly
Effort points
2 Attack
Wild held items
n/a

Evolution Chain

See also: Comparison of this evolution chain

BasicStage 1
198 Murkrow Base form 430 Honchkrow Use a Dusk Stone

Stats

Stat Base Max Stat %ile
L50 L100
HP
100
 207 404 88.4
Attack
125
 177 349 93.9
Defense
52
 104 203 31.6
Special Attack
105
 157 309 88.6
Special Defense
52
 104 203 30
Speed
71
 123 241 61.5
Average
84.2
 - - 80.5

Flavor

See also: All versions' flavor text and sprites

Diamond Becoming active at night, it is known to swarm with numerous MURKROW in tow.

Pearl It makes its MURKROW cronies bring it food. It idles its time away, grooming itself in its nest.

Locations

Note: this ONLY shows Diamond locations for the moment. (New Pokédex with all three games' encounters is in the works.)

Area Section Level Method

Move List

See also: This list in the move search

See also: Contest list

Honchkrow's Attack is higher, so it will inflict more damage with physical () moves.

Honchkrow gets the STAB from dark and flying moves.

Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Move Type Dmg PP Power Acc.* Pri. Description
-- Astonish ghost physical 15 30 100% Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch.
-- Haze ice none 30 -- 100% Resets all Pokemon's stats, Accuracy, and Evasion.
-- Pursuit dark physical 20 40 100% If the target leaves battle this turn, user will hit the target with double power and then hit its replacement normally.
-- Wing Attack flying physical 35 60 100% Inflicts regular damage.
25 Swagger normal none 15 -- 90% Raises the target's Attack by two levels and Confuses the target.
35 Nasty Plot dark none 20 -- 0% Raises the user's Special Attack by two levels.
45 Night Slash dark physical 15 70 100% Has an increased chance for a critical hit.
55 Dark Pulse dark special 15 80 100% Has a 20% chance to make the target Flinch.
Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Tutored moves
Platinum Swift normal special 20 60 100% Never misses.
Platinum Spite ghost none 10 -- 100% Lowers the PP of the target's last used move by 2 to 5 points.
Platinum Mud-Slap ground special 10 20 100% Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Accuracy.
Platinum Twister dragon special 20 40 100% Has chance to make the target Flinch.
Platinum Uproar normal special 10 50 100% Prevents any Pokemon from Sleeping for 2-5 turns.
Platinum Heat Wave fire special 10 100 90% Has a 10% chance to Burn the target.
Platinum Superpower fighting physical 5 120 100% Lowers the user's Attack and Defense after inflicting damage.
Platinum Air Cutter flying special 25 55 95% Has an increased chance for a critical hit.
Platinum Sucker Punch dark physical 5 80 100% 1 Goes first. Only works if the target uses a damaging move this turn.
Platinum Ominous Wind ghost special 5 60 100% Has a 10% chance to raise all of the user's stats.
Diamond/Pearl/Platinum TMs and HMs
Chains 40 Aerial Ace flying physical 20 60 100% Never misses.
Chains 45 Attract normal none 15 -- 100% Target falls in love if it has the opposite gender, and has a 50% chance to refuse attacking the user.
Chains 04 Calm Mind psychic none 20 -- 100% Raises the user's Special Attack and Special Defense.
Chains 78 Captivate normal none 20 -- 100% Lowers the target's Special Attack by two levels if it is the opposite gender.
Chains 79 Dark Pulse dark special 15 80 100% Has a 20% chance to make the target Flinch.
Chains H5 Defog flying none 15 -- 0% Lowers the target's Evade. Cancels the effects of Reflect and Light Screen.
Chains 32 Double Team normal none 15 -- 100% Raises the user's Evasion.
Chains 85 Dream Eater psychic special 15 100 100% Heals the user by half the damage the target receives. Only works on Sleeping Pokemon.
Chains 63 Embargo dark none 15 -- 100% Target cannot use held items until it leaves battle.
Chains 58 Endure normal none 10 -- 100% 3 Goes first. Prevents the user's HP from lowering below 1 this turn.
Chains 42 Facade normal physical 20 70 100% Power doubles if user is Burned, Paralyzed, or Poisoned.
Chains H2 Fly flying physical 15 90 95% User flies high into the air, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn.
Chains 21 Frustration normal physical 20 varies 100% Power increases as Happiness decreases, up to a maximum of 102.
Chains 68 Giga Impact normal physical 5 150 90% User foregoes its next turn to recharge.
Chains 10 Hidden Power normal special 15 varies 100% Power and type depend upon user's IVs. Power can range from 30 to 70.
Chains 15 Hyper Beam normal special 5 150 90% User foregoes its next turn to recharge.
Chains 83 Natural Gift normal physical 15 varies 100% Power and type depend on the held berry.
Chains 66 Payback dark physical 10 50 100% Inflicts double damage if the user receives damage before using this move.
Chains 88 Pluck flying physical 20 60 100% Inflicts double damage if the user is holding a berry.
Chains 17 Protect normal none 10 -- 0% 3 Goes first. Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.
Chains 77 Psych Up normal none 10 -- 100% Discards the user's stat changes and copies the target's.
Chains 29 Psychic psychic special 10 90 100% Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense.
Chains 18 Rain Dance water none 5 -- 0% Changes the weather to rain for five turns.
Chains 44 Rest psychic none 10 -- 100% User Sleeps, completely healing itself.
Chains 27 Return normal physical 20 varies 100% Power increases with Happiness, up to a maximum of 102.
Chains 51 Roost flying none 10 -- 0% Heals the user by half its max HP.
Chains 43 Secret Power normal physical 20 70 100% Has a 30% chance to inflict a status effect which depends upon the terrain.
Chains 30 Shadow Ball ghost special 15 80 100% Has a 20% chance to lower the target's Special Defense.
Chains 82 Sleep Talk normal none 10 -- 100% Randomly uses one of the user's other three moves. Only works if the user is Sleeping.
Chains 49 Snatch dark none 10 -- 100% 4 Goes first. Steals the target's move, if it is self-targeted.
Chains 47 Steel Wing steel physical 25 70 90% Has a 10% chance to raise the user's Defense.
Chains 90 Substitute normal none 10 -- 100% Transfers 1/4 of the user's max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks.
Chains 11 Sunny Day fire none 5 -- 0% Changes the weather to sunny for five turns.
Chains 87 Swagger normal none 15 -- 90% Raises the target's Attack by two levels and Confuses the target.
Chains 12 Taunt dark none 20 -- 100% For the next two turns, the target can only use moves that inflict damage.
Chains 46 Thief dark physical 10 40 100% Takes the target's item.
Chains 73 Thunder Wave electric none 20 -- 100% Paralyzes the target.
Chains 41 Torment dark none 15 -- 100% Prevents the target from using the same move twice in a row until it leaves battle.
Chains 06 Toxic poison none 10 -- 85% Badly Poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.

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