#0356 · Hoenn · Generation 3

Dusclops

Beckon Pokémon · Ghost-type

Dusclops is a Ghost-type Pokémon, the Beckon Pokémon, number 356 (#0356) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 1.6 m tall and weighs 30.6 kg.

Dusclops is the Beckon Pokémon, a bandaged ghost with a hollow body that the Pokédex compares to a black hole. Nobody has ever confirmed what is inside.

How to pronounce Dusclops

Dusclops is pronounced DUS-klops. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Dusclops said out loud:

In Japanese it is サマヨール (Samayouru).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Dusclops is a roundish grey ghost, 1.6 m tall and 30.6 kg, with stubby legs, one red eye and three tooth-like points, wrapped in bandages. The Pokédex says its body is hollow and that anything it absorbs never comes back out. Its real self is rumoured to be a bright red eye burning inside, though nobody has seen it.

Behaviour

Dusclops waves its hands and fixes its single eye on a foe to hypnotise it, and the foe then does its bidding, according to Sapphire's entry. A Legends: Arceus entry reports a rumour that peeking inside gets you pulled in through the bandage gaps, and its author admits to being too scared to check.

Habitat

Bulbapedia places it in forests and on mountainsides. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in Kitakami's Wilds and Timeless Woods from The Teal Mask onwards, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A.

Diet

The Pokédex says it hunts will-o'-the-wisps as they drift past, drawing them into its hollow body.

Powers

Its Ability is Pressure, with Frisk hidden. Besides Shadow Ball, Hex, Will-O-Wisp and Future Sight, it learns Fire Punch, Ice Punch and Thunder Punch, and it can use Trick Room. With 130 base Defense and Special Defense against only 40 base HP and 25 Speed, it is a slow, very sturdy wall.

Name origin

Dusclops may combine 'dusk' and 'cyclops'. The Japanese name is Samayouru (サマヨール), which may blend samayou (to wander) and yoru (night).

Design inspiration

Its hollow, segmented body with a flame inside may recall a chōchin-obake, a haunted Japanese paper lantern, and the bandages suggest a mummy. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Dusclops evolves from Duskull at level 37 and becomes Dusknoir when traded holding a Reaper Cloth.

In the games

In Legends: Arceus Dusclops turns up in the Cobalt Coastlands, the Coronet Highlands and the Alabaster Icelands, and in Scarlet and Violet it also appears in 4-star Tera Raid Battles; it debuted in Ruby and Sapphire.

In the anime

Dusclops debuted in the film Jirachi: Wish Maker as Butler's partner, which he used in a magic act. On television, Timmy Grimm's Dusclops, which he has owned since it was a Duskull, first appeared in 'Disaster of Disguise'.

Fun facts

• It was the tallest and heaviest of the Ghost types introduced in Generation III, according to the poke.si game data.
• Of Ruby and Sapphire, only Ruby had wild Dusclops, while only Sapphire had wild Banette.
• In Pokémon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire, you must hit 20 Duskull to make Dusclops appear, and it sucks the ball in if you hit it from the front.
• Brandon's Dusclops beat Ash's Charizard at the Battle Pyramid before Bulbasaur defeated it.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Dusclops (Pokémon) · Serebii: Dusclops (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 40
• Attack: 70
• Defense: 130
• Sp. Atk: 60
• Sp. Def: 130
• Speed: 25

Dusclops’s base stat total is 455. Its highest stat is Defense and Sp. Def.

Type matchups

What is Dusclops weak to?

Dusclops takes extra damage from Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Poison (½×), Bug (½×).

It is immune to Normal, Fighting moves.

Evolution

What does Dusclops evolve from?

Dusclops evolves from Duskull at level 37.

How does Dusclops evolve?

Dusclops evolves into Dusknoir (Trade holding Reaper Cloth).

The whole family: Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir.

Abilities

• Pressure: Increases the PP cost of moves targetting the Pokémon by one.
• Frisk (hidden ability): Reveals an opponent's held item upon entering battle.

Moves

Moves Dusclops learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Dusclops learns the move the moment it evolves: Shadow Punch.

TM moves (49)

Dusclops can learn 49 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Protect, Confuse Ray, Thief, Charge Beam, Facade, Hex, Icy Wind, Night Shade, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Brick Break, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Metronome, Rest, Taunt, Imprison, Dark Pulse, Leech Life, Skill Swap, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Trick, Shadow Ball, Psychic, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Phantom Force, Giga Impact, Trick Room, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Haze, Spite, Gravity, Focus Punch, Poltergeist, Pain Split, Psych Up, Future Sight, Skitter Smack, Curse.

Egg moves (3):Haze, Memento, Pain Split.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Amorphous.
• Egg cycles: 25 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,200).
• Catch rate: 90 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 35.
• Growth rate: Fast (800,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Defense and 1 Sp. Def effort values.
• Base experience yield: 159.

Pokédex entries

There are rumors that peeking inside its bandage-wrapped body will cause one to get pulled in through the gaps between the bandages, never to return. I've been too scared to verify. (Legends: Arceus)

It seeks drifting will-o'-the-wisps and sucks them into its empty body. What happens inside is a mystery. (Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, Shield)

Its body is entirely hollow. When it opens its mouth, it sucks everything in as if it were a black hole. (FireRed, LeafGreen, Sword)

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. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)

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. (Ruby, Omega Ruby)

Its body is hollow. It is said that those who look into its body are sucked into the void. (Diamond, Pearl, Y)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Ghost type in Gen 3: 30.6 kg.
• Tallest Ghost type in Gen 3: 1.6 m.
• Slowest Ghost type in Gen 3: 25 Speed, shared with 1 other.
• Highest Defense among Ghost types in Gen 3: 130.
• Highest Sp. Def among Ghost types in Gen 3: 130.
• Highest base stat total among Ghost types in Gen 3: 455, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 77% of all Pokémon (1.6 m).
• Heavier than 53% of all Pokémon (30.6 kg).
• Base stat total 455, ranked #494 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Def, ranked #24 of 1,025.
• One of 65 Ghost-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 51 black Pokémon.
• Number 105 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 58 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 90: about 11.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 8 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Dusclops (Pokémon), Serebii: Dusclops (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (DUS-klops): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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