Honchkrow Pokemon Guide: Stats, Best Moves, Abilities and More

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Honchkrow Pokemon Guide

Honchkrow is a Dark and Flying-type Pokemon known as the Big Boss Pokemon and evolution from Murkrow.

Normal Form

Honchkrow

Shiny Form

Shiny Honchkrow

Honchkrow Description

Honchkrow evolves from Murkrow when exposed to a Dusk Stone in supported games.

Honchkrow Quick Facts

Here are the key facts to know about Honchkrow, including its type, abilities, height, weight and species information.

Name

Honchkrow

National Dex

#0430

Type

Dark / Flying

Species

Big Boss Pokemon

Height

2’11” / 0.9 m

Weight

60.2 lbs / 27.3 kg

Abilities

Insomnia, Super Luck, Moxie

Honchkrow Stats

Honchkrow has high Attack and Special Attack with lower Speed and defenses.

Honchkrow Best Moves Across Pokemon Games

Honchkrow uses Dark, Flying, Fighting, Fire and recovery moves across Pokemon games.

Brave Bird

High-power Flying-type physical damage with recoil.

Drill Peck

Reliable Flying-type physical damage.

Night Slash

Dark-type damage with increased critical-hit chance.

Sucker Punch

Priority Dark-type damage when the target attacks.

Superpower

Fighting-type coverage with stat drops.

Heat Wave

Fire-type coverage in supported games.

Roost

Recovery in games where it is available.

Nasty Plot

Boosts Special Attack for special sets.

Honchkrow All Moves

Honchkrow can learn a different move pool depending on the Pokemon game. Use the section below to view Honchkrow’s move list by learn method.

Move data shown from: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Level-Up Moves

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
1	Astonish	Ghost	Physical	30	100
1	Haze	Ice	Status	–	–
1	Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100
1	Quash	Dark	Status	–	100
1	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100
1	Wing Attack	Flying	Physical	60	100
25	Swagger	Normal	Status	–	85
35	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	–	–
45	Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100
55	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100
65	Comeuppance	Dark	Physical	1	100

TM Moves

Method	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
TM	Acrobatics	Flying	Physical	55	100
TM	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	–
TM	Air Cutter	Flying	Special	60	95
TM	Air Slash	Flying	Special	75	95
TM	Brave Bird	Flying	Physical	120	100
TM	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Chilling Water	Water	Special	50	100
TM	Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	–	100
TM	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100
TM	Double Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100
TM	Dual Wingbeat	Flying	Physical	40	90
TM	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	–	100
TM	Endure	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
TM	Feather Dance	Flying	Status	–	100
TM	Fly	Flying	Physical	90	95
TM	Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100
TM	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90
TM	Haze	Ice	Status	–	–
TM	Heat Wave	Fire	Special	95	90
TM	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Hex	Ghost	Special	65	100
TM	Hurricane	Flying	Special	110	70
TM	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90
TM	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95
TM	Lash Out	Dark	Physical	75	100
TM	Mud Slap	Ground	Special	20	100
TM	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	–	–
TM	Night Shade	Ghost	Special	–	100
TM	Protect	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Psych Up	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100
TM	Psychic Noise	Psychic	Special	75	100
TM	Rain Dance	Water	Status	–	–
TM	Rest	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Scary Face	Normal	Status	–	100
TM	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100
TM	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Snarl	Dark	Special	55	95
TM	Spite	Ghost	Status	–	100
TM	Substitute	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	–	–
TM	Tailwind	Flying	Status	–	–
TM	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85
TM	Taunt	Dark	Status	–	100
TM	Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100
TM	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100
TM	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	–	90
TM	U Turn	Bug	Physical	70	100
TM	Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100

Honchkrow Typing, Weaknesses and Resistances

Honchkrow is a Dark / Flying-type Pokemon. This gives it resistances to Ghost, Grass and Dark-type moves plus immunities to Ground and Psychic-type moves, but leaves it weak to Rock, Electric, Ice and Fairy-type attacks.

Type

Dark, Flying

Weaknesses

Rock, Electric, Ice, Fairy

Resistances

Ghost, Grass, Dark

Immunity

Ground, Psychic

Honchkrow Abilities

Honchkrow’s abilities prevent sleep, improve critical-hit odds or boost Attack after knockouts.

Honchkrow Evolution

Honchkrow evolves from Murkrow with a Dusk Stone.

Stage 1

Murkrow

Starting form

Stage 2

Honchkrow

Evolves with a Dusk Stone

Where to Find Honchkrow in Pokemon Games

Honchkrow is usually obtained by evolving Murkrow with a Dusk Stone.

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