Darcula

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Darcula Tarantula Pokémon #779
Type Bug Dark Unknown
Abilities Swarm or Unnerve		Hidden Ability Immunity
Mega Ability
Gender ratio 50% male, 50% female		Catch rate 190 (24.8%)
Breeding Egg group Bug Hatch time 6630 steps
Height 0.3 m 0 m		Weight 4.9 kg 0 kg
Regional numbers Pokédex #058 Rikoto
Base experience yield 64		Leveling rate Medium Slow
EV yield Total: 1 0 HP 1 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Body style		Footprint
Pokédex color   Black		Base friendship 35

Darcula is a dual-type Bug/Dark Pokémon.

It evolves into Taraterror starting at level 26.

Biology

Physiology

Gender Differences

None

Behavior

Darcula love to feed on bacteria and parasites found in natural objects. They are commonly mistaken for spreading bacteria and parasites. Although they are plentiful, they constantly avoid being dicovered, and travel in clusters to devour things, while one would often keep watch. They are fast, and are hard to catch, and prove a nuisance to urban households.

Habitat

Darcula live inside dead tree trunks in dark forests.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Pokédex entry Darcula live in dark forests and usually in big groups. They're able to create a web so thick, even the strongest Pokémon have trouble escaping.

Game locations

Availability None This Pokémon cannot be obtained. Common Blackleaf Woods Uncommon Fossil Rare One

Held items

Held item(s) None This Pokémon cannot be found holding an item. Common Uncommon Rare Always

Stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 44	104 - 151	198 - 292
Attack: 67	64 - 130	125 - 256
Defense: 48	47 - 110	90 - 214
Sp.Atk: 33	34 - 93	63 - 181
Sp.Def: 47	46 - 108	89 - 212
Speed: 66	63 - 129	123 - 254
Total: 305   Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground ½× Rock 2× Bug 2× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic 0× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Doubly resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground ½× Rock 2× Bug 2× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic 0× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground ½× Rock 2× Bug 2× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic 0× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground ½× Rock 2× Bug 2× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic 0× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground ½× Rock 2× Bug 2× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic 0× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Doubly weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground ½× Rock 2× Bug 2× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic 0× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Learnset

By leveling up

By leveling up

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Start Leech Life Bug Physical 20 100% 15 Start String Shot Bug Status — 95% 40 6 Thief Dark Physical 60 100% 25 9 Spider Web Bug Status — —% 10 13 Fury Cutter Bug Physical 40 95% 20 17 Disable Normal Status — 100% 20 20 Bite Dark Physical 60 100% 25 24 Torment Dark Status — 100% 15 28 Mean Look Normal Status — —% 5 31 Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100% 20 35 Sticky Web Bug Status — —% 20 39 Destiny Bond Ghost Status — —% 5 42 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100% 15 46 Nasty Plot Dark Status — —% 20 50 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100% 15

A level of "Start" indicates a move that will be known by a Darcula obtained at level 1 Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Darcula Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Darcula

By TM/HM

By TM/HM

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM01 Hone Claws Dark Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM09 Venoshock Poison Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM12 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM23 Smack Down Rock Physical 05050 100}}100% 15 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM28 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM30 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM36 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM41 Torment Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM54 False Swipe Normal Physical 04040 100}}100% 40 TM56 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM63 Embargo Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM65 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 100}}100% 15 TM66 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM76 Struggle Bug Bug Special 05050 100}}100% 20 TM81 X-Scissor Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM84 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 090}}90% 15 TM89 U-Turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM97 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM98 Power-Up Punch Fighting Physical 04040 100}}100% 20 TM101 Secret Power Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 HM01 Cut Normal Physical 05050 095}}95% 30

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Darcula Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Darcula

By tutoring

By Move Tutor

Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Cost  Block Normal Status — —% 5 1 Bounce Flying Physical 85 85% 5 5 Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100% 20 2 Fury Cutter Bug Physical 40 95% 20 No longer a tutor move Gastro Acid Poison Status — 100% 10 1 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100% 20 4 Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100% 10 No longer a tutor move Pain Split Normal Status — —% 20 4 Rollout Rock Physical 30 90% 20 No longer a tutor move Signal Beam Bug Special 75 100% 15 2 Snore Normal Special 50 100% 20 1 Spite Ghost Status — 100% 10 1 Undefined Unknown Status Please Report% As a bug None Sucker Punch Dark Physical 70 100% 5 4 Super Fang Normal Physical Varies 90% 10 1

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Darcula Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Darcula

Evolution

Unevolved Darcula  Bug  Dark

level 26 →

First evolution Taraterror  Bug  Dark

Trivia

Darcula and its evolution are the only Dark/Bug types.

Origin

Darcula is based off a Tarantula.

Name origin

Darcula's name comes from the words Dark and Tarantula.

In other languages

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