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Darkrai

Darkrai

SpeedsterMeleeSpecialExpert

Wreak terror on your opponents’ dreams of victory! Darkrai is ready to show them their worst nightmares in Pokémon UNITE.

Tier
A+
Solo queue
A
Rated
December 27, 2025

How Darkrai plays

Darkrai’s Unite Move, Worst Nightmare, resets Darkrai’s move cooldowns and sends a Pokémon into a nightmare. Then Darkrai itself suddenly appears in the nightmare! The Pokémon inside the nightmare takes damage over time, and when Darkrai damages it, that same Pokémon outside the nightmare also takes damage.

Builds 4

Recommended held items, battle items and move paths for Darkrai.

Dark Plot (Opportunity Burst)

Anywhere Damage

Held items

Alternative: Sp. Atk Specs

Battle item

Alternative: Eject Button

Move path

  1. Hypnosis
  2. Calm Mind
  3. Dark Void
  4. Nasty Plot
Curse Incense can replace Wise Glasses into enemy compositions that have sustain through healing. Choice Specs may be considered for last hitting for Hypnosis's initial hit but will not proc from basic attack and attack extensions from Nasty Plot. Shell Bell is a good option to increase CDR choices as well as keeping Darkrai topped off and giving CDR. On more open maps such as Groudon Theia Sky Ruins, Full Heal should be considered. With more covered maps such as Kyogre Theia Sky Ruins the listed battle items are stronger.

Dark Dark

Anywhere Damage

Held items

Alternative: Choice Specs

Battle item

Alternative: Potion

Move path

  1. Hypnosis
  2. Calm Mind
  3. Dark Void
  4. Dark Pulse
Curse Incense can replace Wise Glasses into enemy compositions that have sustain through healing. Energy Amplifier can be played when enemy composition has high quantities of unstoppable or hindrance resistance to refund Unite Charge upon being cancelled or diligence in using Unite on non-unstoppable targets.

Shadow Pulse

Anywhere Damage

Held items

Alternative: Choice Specs

Battle item

Alternative: Full Heal

Move path

  1. Hypnosis
  2. Calm Mind
  3. Shadow Claw
  4. Dark Pulse
Curse Incense can replace Wise Glasses into enemy compositions that have sustain through healing. Energy Amplifier can be played when enemy composition has high quantities of unstoppable or hindrance resistance to refund Unite Charge upon being cancelled or diligence in using Unite on non-unstoppable targets.

Moves 5

Both upgrade branches are shown for each move — you only pick one.

Stats

How Darkrai scales from level 1 to 15, and where it lands against the rest of the roster.

HP7500
Attack360
Sp. Atk720
Defense350
Sp. Def260

Level 15, scaled between the lowest and highest value across all 98 Pokémon rather than from zero — a full bar means best in the game.

Growth curve

How each stat scales from level 1 to max.

0%25%50%75%100%13691215

Each line is scaled to its own maximum so the curves stay comparable — HP is far larger in absolute terms than the other stats. Exact values are in the table below.

Stats by level

Values are as displayed in game. Percentages are additive with held items and emblems.

LvlHPAttackDefenseSp. AtkSp. DefCritCDRLifestealAtk Spd
136001608090600%0%0%10%
2373916790112670%0%0%10.71%
33892175101137750%0%0%11.49%
44060184113164840%0%0%12.35%
54244193126194930%10%0%13.3%
644472031402271030%10%0%14.34%
746702141552631140%10%0%15.49%
849162271723031270%10%0%16.75%
951872411913471410%20%0%18.14%
1054862562123951560%20%0%19.67%
1158162732354481730%20%0%21.36%
1261782922605071920%20%0%23.22%
1365773122875712120%20%0%25.27%
1470163353176422350%20%0%27.52%
1575003603507202600%20%0%30%