Deals damage and has a 20% chance to make the target flinch.

Dark Pulse deals damage and has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch (if the target has not yet moved).
Pokémon with the ability Inner Focus or those behind a Substitute cannot be made to flinch.
Dark Pulse's power is boosted by 50% when the user has the ability Mega Launcher.

• In Gen 4 Dark Pulse is affected by King's Rock
• In
  LA
  Dark Pulse has 10 PP and does not cause the target to flinch. Instead, it ignores accuracy and evasion checks to always hit except when the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of moves such as Dig and Fly.