Honchkrow #0430

The Big Boss Pokémon

Typing	DarkFlying
Abilities	Insomnia - Ability 1 Super Luck - Ability 2 Moxie - Hidden
Classification	The Big Boss Pokémon
National ID	#0430
Regional ID	#0233

Type Effectiveness

Weak x2

RockElectricIceFairy

Resists x½

GhostGrassDark

Immune x0

GroundPsychic

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This page displays data from Violet (the most recent standard appearance of this Pokémon). To view data from other games, use the game selector in the sidebar.

Official Artwork

Base Stats

Stat	Amount	Stat Range
HP	100	160—207
Attack	125	117—194
Defense	52	51—114
Sp. Attack	105	99—172
Sp. Defense	52	51—114
Speed	71	68—135
Total	505	Calculated Stat Range

Calculated stats: Lv. 50

Lv. 100Nature details:

Evolutionary Family

Use Dusk Stone

Breeding and Species Information

Egg Group(s)	Flying
Egg Cycles	20
Egg Steps	5120 - Generations II, III, and VII 5100 - Generations IV 5140 - Generations V and VI 5100 - Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl 2560 - Sword, Shield, Scarlet, and Violet
Gender Ratio	50.00% 50.00%
Height	0.9 m (2'11")
Weight	27.3 kg (60.2 lbs.)

Battle Information

EV Yield	2 Attack
Base Exp. Yield	177
Catch Rate	30
Catch Chance	~8.81% Success (Poké Ball, Lvl. 50, Full HP)
Exp. Growth Rate	Medium Slow
Base Friendship	35

Pokédex Entries

Scarlet "It is merciless by nature. It is said that it never forgives the mistakes of its Murkrow followers." Violet "A single cry from this nocturnal Pokémon, and more than 100 of its Murkrow cronies will assemble."
Brilliant Diamond "Becoming active at night, it is known to form flocks with numerous Murkrow in tow." Shining Pearl "It makes its Murkrow cronies bring it food. It idles its time away, grooming itself in its nest."
Legends: Arceus "One cry from this Pokémon, and a murder of Murkrow come flying. At such times, one would think the curtain of night had fallen, plunging the world into jet-black darkness."
Sun "A single cry from this nocturnal Pokémon, and more than a hundred of its Murkrow cronies will assemble." Moon "If its Murkrow cronies fail to catch food for it, or if it feels they have betrayed it, it will hunt them down wherever they are and punish them."
Ultra Sun "It will absolutely not forgive failure from or betrayal by its goons. It has no choice in this if it wants to maintain the order of the flock." Ultra Moon "Its goons take care of most of the fighting for it. The only time it dirties its own hands is in delivering a final blow to finish off an opponent."
X "If one utters a deep cry, many Murkrow gather quickly. For this, it is called “Summoner of Night.”" Y "Becoming active at night, it is known to swarm with numerous Murkrow in tow."
Alpha Sapphire "Becoming active at night, it is known to swarm with numerous Murkrow in tow." Omega Ruby "If one utters a deep cry, many Murkrow gather quickly. For this, it is called “Summoner of Night.”"
Black White "If one utters a deep cry, many Murkrow gather quickly. For this, it is called “Summoner of Night.”"
Black 2 White 2 "If one utters a deep cry, many Murkrow gather quickly. For this, it is called “Summoner of Night.”"
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."
Platinum "If one utters a deep cry, many MURKROW gather quickly. For this, it is called “Summoner of Night.”"
HeartGold SoulSilver "It is merciless by nature. It is said that it never forgives the mistakes of its MURKROW followers."

Learnset

Level-up Pre-evo TM

Learnset via Level-up

The following moves are learned by Honchkrow via level-up in Pokémon Violet:

Level	Name	Power	Acc.	Type	Cat.
1	Astonish	30	100	Ghost	Phys.
1	Haze	—	—	Ice	Stat.
1	Night Slash	70	100	Dark	Phys.
1	Quash	—	100	Dark	Stat.
1	Sucker Punch	70	100	Dark	Phys.
1	Wing Attack	60	100	Flying	Phys.
25	Swagger	—	85	Normal	Stat.
35	Nasty Plot	—	—	Dark	Stat.
45	Foul Play	95	100	Dark	Phys.
55	Dark Pulse	80	100	Dark	Spec.
65	Comeuppance	1	100	Dark	Phys.

Pre-evolution Moves

The following moves are learned by Honchkrow via a pre-evolution:

Name	Power	Acc.	Type	Cat.
Assurance (Murkrow)Levelup	60	100	Dark	Phys.
Drill Peck (Murkrow)Egg	80	100	Flying	Phys.
Flatter (Murkrow)Egg	—	100	Dark	Stat.
Gust (Murkrow)Levelup	40	100	Flying	Spec.
Mean Look (Murkrow)Levelup	—	—	Normal	Stat.
Peck (Murkrow)Levelup	35	100	Flying	Phys.
Perish Song (Murkrow)Egg	—	—	Normal	Stat.
Screech (Murkrow)Egg	—	85	Normal	Stat.
Sky Attack (Murkrow)Egg	140	90	Flying	Phys.
Torment (Murkrow)Levelup	—	100	Dark	Stat.
Whirlwind (Murkrow)Egg	—	—	Normal	Stat.

Learnset via TM

The following moves are learned by Honchkrow via TM in Pokémon Violet:

TM	Name	Power	Acc.	Type	Cat.
TM001	Take Down	90	85	Normal	Phys.
TM005	Mud-Slap	20	100	Ground	Spec.
TM006	Scary Face	—	100	Normal	Stat.
TM007	Protect	—	—	Normal	Stat.
TM014	Acrobatics	55	100	Flying	Phys.
TM017	Confuse Ray	—	100	Ghost	Stat.
TM018	Thief	60	100	Dark	Phys.
TM022	Chilling Water	50	100	Water	Spec.
TM025	Facade	70	100	Normal	Phys.
TM027	Aerial Ace	60	—	Flying	Phys.
TM029	Hex	65	100	Ghost	Spec.
TM030	Snarl	55	95	Dark	Spec.
TM034	Icy Wind	55	95	Ice	Spec.
TM040	Air Cutter	60	95	Flying	Spec.
TM042	Night Shade	1	100	Ghost	Spec.
TM047	Endure	—	—	Normal	Stat.
TM049	Sunny Day	—	—	Fire	Stat.
TM050	Rain Dance	—	—	Water	Stat.
TM060	U-turn	70	100	Bug	Phys.
TM062	Foul Play	95	100	Dark	Phys.
TM065	Air Slash	75	95	Flying	Spec.
TM070	Sleep Talk	—	—	Normal	Stat.
TM082	Thunder Wave	—	90	Electric	Stat.
TM085	Rest	—	—	Psychic	Stat.
TM087	Taunt	—	100	Dark	Stat.
TM094	Dark Pulse	80	100	Dark	Spec.
TM097	Fly	90	95	Flying	Phys.
TM103	Substitute	—	—	Normal	Stat.
TM113	Tailwind	—	—	Flying	Stat.
TM114	Shadow Ball	80	100	Ghost	Spec.
TM118	Heat Wave	95	90	Fire	Spec.
TM120	Psychic	90	100	Psychic	Spec.
TM129	Calm Mind	—	—	Psychic	Stat.
TM130	Helping Hand	—	—	Normal	Stat.
TM140	Nasty Plot	—	—	Dark	Stat.
TM152	Giga Impact	150	90	Normal	Phys.
TM160	Hurricane	110	70	Flying	Spec.
TM163	Hyper Beam	150	90	Normal	Spec.
TM164	Brave Bird	120	100	Flying	Phys.
TM171	Tera Blast	80	100	Normal	Spec.
TM174	Haze	—	—	Ice	Stat.
TM177	Spite	—	100	Ghost	Stat.
TM191	Uproar	90	100	Normal	Spec.
TM197	Dual Wingbeat	40	90	Flying	Phys.
TM199	Lash Out	75	100	Dark	Phys.
TM203	Psych Up	—	—	Normal	Stat.
TM204	Double-Edge	120	100	Normal	Phys.
TM205	Endeavor	1	100	Normal	Phys.
TM216	Feather Dance	—	100	Flying	Stat.
TM228	Psychic Noise	75	100	Psychic	Spec.

How to Obtain

Available In

Generation IV

Diamond

Evolve

Pearl

Transfer

Platinum

Transfer

HeartGold

Evolve

SoulSilver

Evolve

Generation V

Black

Catchable

White

Transfer

Black 2

Evolve

White 2

Evolve

Generation VI

X

Evolve

Y

Evolve

Alpha Sapphire

Evolve

Omega Ruby

Evolve

Generation VII

Sun

Evolve

Moon

Evolve

Ultra Sun

Catchable

Ultra Moon

Catchable

Generation VIII

Brilliant Diamond

Evolve

Shining Pearl

Transfer

Legends: Arceus

Catchable

Generation IX

Scarlet

Catchable

Violet

Catchable

What does each category mean?

Catchable Can be caught in the base game without special requirements. It spawns somewhere in game.

Obtainable Available only through an in-game gift, such as a starter or in-game trade with an NPC.

Evolve Only available through evolution. A pre-evolution is available for catching or obtaining.

Event Only available through some sort of event or distribution.

Transfer Exists within the game's data, but can only be obtained via a trade with another player (version exclusive) or transfer through another means like Pokémon HOME.

In-Game Images

Standard Sprites

Main Sprite

Shiny Sprites

Main Sprite

Mismagius(#0429)

Glameow(#0431)

Legends: Z-A

Scarlet and Violet

Other Games

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Shiny Rates

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Honchkrow #0430

The Big Boss Pokémon

Type Effectiveness

Official Artwork

Base Stats

Evolutionary Family

Breeding and Species Information

Battle Information

Pokédex Entries

Learnset

Learnset via Level-up

Pre-evolution Moves

Learnset via TM

How to Obtain

Available In

Generation IV

Generation V

Generation VI

Generation VII

Generation VIII

Generation IX

In-Game Images

Standard Sprites

Shiny Sprites