Top 10 MOST Underrated Dark Type Pokemon 

Grasss has to be the next type

Shiftry is one of my all-time favourite Pokémon! I'm glad I saw it on the list!

I would like to see some love for the Ice types next. The type is already ABYSMAL, so it's rarely seen in competitive, and outside of Snom, Lapras and Alolan Ninetails I don't see many others be talked about. Not even Frosmoth gets talked about, it's her pre-evolution.

Malamar is my favorite pokemon. It’s design and concept is just so well thought out, and contrary superpower is so fun to use along with a cotton down eldegoss in doubles.

Happy to see Cacturne and Malamar was a beast in my last Y playthrough, but I was mildly surprised Sharpedo and/or Crawdaunt didn't make the cut

I’ve used Pangoro on my latest x and y playthrough. It’s been a great Pokémon to use in game. Always thought about using shiftry in a hoenn playthrough

Hey so about Malamar! Did you know that in the pokémon TCG, there was actually 2 pretty darn good Malamar cards, one of both the Psychic and Dark types? Malamar EX was a card that allowed you to put the opponent to sleep whenever you power it up with energies, and then flipped coins for every energy on it, 60 damage per heads! That’s a lot of burst damage, but more importantly, a good ability, putting opponents to sleep with no real hinderance! Psychic Malamar from Forbidden light was pretty good as well, cheating the “one energy per turn” rule and allowing psychic pokémon to have a good setup going, carrying the type on its back! In addition, there was a Rapid Strike Malamar, doing lots of damage if set up correctly in a full rapid strike deck!

I really want to see ghost types because a lot of them are underrated. I mean haunter is also overshadowed by Gengar and it's really good ngl

Don't forget, Nickitt and Thievul also have a rivalry with Purloin and Liepard!

I think Shiftry is so underrated I wish he had the stats or maybe some forms but the design I love and I honestly couldn't really tell you why

I think next should be dragon types because so many pseudos and legendaries are dragon types so other dragon types could be really overlooked

Underrated FIRE type Pokémon!

Shiftry is SUPER underrated like why isn’t it talked more? It’s a pretty good physical attacker and learn pretty good moves. Using one in Ruby was awesome

I think Liepard is underrated. Its my favorite cat Pokémon

I used a Malamar in Alola recently, Contrary is op. That thing was an absolute monster

Quick note: may want to consider updating the outro as the DLC has been confirmed for almost a month now and we’re well into 2023 at this point.

I'm currently using Skuntank on my Scarlet Team. Not only can it learn Flamethrower, but it can now learn Trailblaze to take out Ground type PokeMon. I've used it before in other games and had it use Play Rough and Dig Shiftry I thought had more coverage moves, especially for the 4x weakness to Bug, such as Rockslide, Hurricane, and even Heatwave. It can also learn Extrasensory for Poison and Fighting types. Morpeko offers good coverage for its weaknesses. Ice Fang and Seed Bomb for Ground, Fire Fang for Bug, and then Psychic Fangs For Fighting. Plus it's ability Hangry Mode is interesting I think the reason Pangoro is underated is because we already have Scrafty with the Fighting/Dark typing, which can learn Dragon Dance, and has Moxie and Intimidate and both Poison and Steel type moves for Fairy Coverage (Sludge Bomb, Poison Jab, Iron Head) Spiritomb: One of Cynthia's orginal most powerful PokeMon, especially in the original Sinnoh games where the Fairy type didn't exist. Sadly a reason it gets overlooked is I think because it has no coverage moves to take out Fairy PokeMon Cacturne: Water Absorb is pretty good, reason I think is underated is because not only do we have Shiftry, we now have Meowscarada with protean and many coverage moves to change typing (Yes I aware Protean got nerfed to only its first turn) Malamar: I like Malamar and its typing and Contrary ability (Used it before in games and even Rom Hacks such as Radical Red where it can learn Psycho Boost and thanks to Contrary, can raise its Special Attack instead of lowering it). It can even learn Flamethrower, Pluck, and Rockslide to take out Bug types. Sadly there are people who don't like the Psychic/Dark typing because of how it doesn't resist any typing, only immune to other Psychic types. No moves to take out Fairy types.

I've used skunktank a few times in the past few years and I've really enjoyed using it.

Yooo Mystic, you'll be glad to hear that for the Battle Tower in Sword, Shiftry is one of my Sun Sweepers. I really wanted a good physical Chlorophyll user that had access to Solar Blade, and Shiftry was perfect. I do also run Knock off, and Rock Slide for coverage/finishing things up, and Swords Dance if I'm feeling ballsy. I wish I could just send you pictures of the team. Lol

Skuntank actually did get a serious bit of love by Michael in his Dark Gym Leader video (Kalos). Pesticide lived up to its name, eliminating Fairy pests. 😈

Let’s go! Love for my boy Shiftry! I love that thing!! Def wanna see Fire next!

I'm using #5 on my playthrough right now. Definitely underrated

I was literally having a conversation with my brother about Pikachu clones the other day and when I got to Gen 8 I completely forgot about Morpeko to the point I thought Yamper was the Gen 8 Pikachu clone 😅

Psychic type next

Mystic, you should make a best team video for Pokémon infinite fusion!! Love your videos, keep up the great work!

Hey so about Shiftry! Fun fact for those who wanna see it succeed, there was a brief period in the pokémon TCG that got a Shiftry card banned! This is due to a card combination with Forest of Giant Plants, that allowed you to evolve from a Seedot straight to Shiftry, Shiftry having an ability to remove any of your opponents pokémon from play, and item cards that let you use this ability many times a turn! For those who are unaware, when an opponent has no pokémon in play, that is one way to win the game! And of course, you winning before the opponent can draw a card in a turn based game, pretty problematic huh? Eventually, Forest of Giant Plants was banned and Shiftry was unbanned, because you can’t abuse Shiftry on the first turn of the game!

Yeeeeeeessss Skuntank! It is truthfully one of my favorite Pokemon of all time (in my top 10-15). Also thanks for mentioning Thievul. One of my best Pokemon in my first playthrough of Shield

Morpeko is honestly cool. Way, WAY better than Dedenne, Plusle/Minun and Pachirisu (minus the one man who won a championship with it)

Ended up using Skuntank through most of my Scarlet playthrough (used dark types only for most of the run)

My favorite guzzlord set is max sp def and hp assault vest letting it take moonblasts from the strongest fairy types

Cacturne is currently NU as of July 23. Fun af to use ngl. Spikey shield and sucker punch is dope.

Malamar has become one of my favorite Pokémon

Guzzlord is the very first Pokémon I actually decided to SR in USUM and it’s the very first SR fail. So very memorable to me 😅

I have used Shiftry in-game. I like the typing combination.

Yessss the shiftry is one of my top 3 favorite im glad to finally see him🥺

Do you record wifi battles at all? I think that would be pretty interesting to see

Super Power Contrary Malamar was a great mon for my Shield Nuzlocke.

I think Fairy would make for a rather interesting video, due to it being a very small type, but also because there are quite a few pokemon that gained the fairy type in gen 6

Would love to see my favorite type, Bug, be next up. Ice would also be cool though

Do Ghost-types next!

Used a Cacturne in Emerald, Grass and Dark are kind of OP in that Gen with the lack of Physical/Special split.

I feel like bug would always be the most interesting one

You didn't mentioned how Iron Jugulis can be a decent tailwind setter.

When i played ORAS i used shiftry for the first time bc i didnt get to use him in og sapphire. I really wish i would have used him sooner

In scarlet, I use a Cacturne with Power trip, trailblaze, and swords dance with a shell bell and max hp. Shit's crazy when it works lol

Nice video do ghost type next

Love it, how about ice type?

I'm a person who genuinely likes Theivul and used it for a pretty solid chunk of my Sword playthrough and Pangoro is my favorite of the three big bear pokemon out of Itself,Ursaring,and Beartic

I love Pangoro. He's a big bad bear Pokémon. And I use it fairly often, even in my first play through of it's debut. Shiftry is amazing, I use one every chance I get. I enjoy Spiritomb. It was a terror when it debuted, and humiliated Ash recently in the show. I love grass types, they are my favorites, but I just don't like Cacturne that much. It's usable, but I like Shiftry better.

I used a shiny Skuntank on my first file for Legends Arceus. It’s not a bad Pokemon. Also Pangoro is ironically to this list is one of my favourite dark type Pokemon as I like pandas. I did use Pangoro on one of my Shield teams. Shiftry I have used in Pokemon Go’s Battle League before and it’s pretty good there.

If you ask me what the most underrated dark type and I wish it was included on this list, I would say it is honchkrow. Seriously, I really don’t see enough people taking about him, which is a shame because his design and concept are so hecking amazing with the whole mafia boss look and the murkrow as his goons. The name is also great with the English name coming from “Head Honcho” and his Japanese name has the word “Don” which is a word for an Italian crime boss. He also has a ton of personality, with him being an arrogant and prideful on himself who just sits around until someone threatens or betrays him. Plus he has one of the greatest fainting animations in Pokémon history, in Battle Revolution, he basically falls to the ground and literally tips his hat like a chad before he faints like if you don’t think that great then I don’t know what’s up with you. He’s also pretty good at competitively thanks to his abilities like moxie and brave bird though he is pretty slow hence why people don’t use him often but he’s still is really good in competitive play though not in a long shot.

headcanon, skuntank's fire type moves are just it's spiciest farts from spicy foods

Hey Mystic. I am wanting to be a poketuber like you and lots of others. might i have some advice?

Fire!

My team: Houndoom, Malamar, Pangoro, Spiritomb, Shiftry, Skuntank

I agree sooo many underated grass types

I vote you do Bug types next!

I've used the dark fox from gen 8 in my sword team like him a lot more than the yamper line

My fav dark Mon is Houndoom. I'm actually glad he's not here, which means I'm not the only one using him, In Pokémon go for example.

The thing about Shiftry is its, (COUNTER PART) in Ludicolo as Water/Grass is just an AMAZING combo!!! Better than Dark/Grass

I like this but we need more of the gym leader videos

Like this idea, what about normal type it has a large pool to choose from

I think ghost and/or dragon would be difficult because the number of species is low… almost would have to combine them.

This was a good Lost Theavils is underrated because their is a far better Dark type Fox in Zoroark and do the most underrated for either Psychic or Fairy next.

Pangoro is fantastic! I used him in my unbound playthrough and radical red and he was great in both! Max attack, iron fist is nothing to sneeze at. His defenses are quite low which is his main downside in my opinion.

With my pokemon teams I LOVE dark type pokemon. I use 3 dark types, 1 poison and ghost, then the starter I used Skuntank, Pangoro and Malamar on my X and Y main playthrough team And Thievul and Morpeko on my Shield Playthrough main team I used Shiftry in Ultra Moon And I used Spiritomb and Cacturne in Alpha Sapphire

tou should do psychic type next

I love how many of my favorite dark types are here😂

I like Mightyena. Both for RSE nuzlockes or even Hack Roms such as radical red, it has its strenghts, uyou just have to know how to use it

Go for ice types next because this typing is also underrated...

Guzzlord was great with dynamax and weaknesses policy

Bug! Bug types are my favorite.

Most of these pokemon I have used on teams but not in competitive

I put spiritomb in trick room and he was just a battery of misery for everything that was trapped in there with her 😂

Mystic you haven't done best best team Gale of Darkness along with Ultra Sun & Moon No Restrictions. Hope to see them in the future before the release date for Scarlet & Violet's DLC.

Jokes on you skunktank was on my OG diamond twam and came back for my BD team 😤

Morpeko was based off of the Switch joycons, what is pawmi’s New gen gimmick?

Unironically, I actually like Pangoro and Morpeko. They're really cool and I think Pangoro's actually decent in battle despite having a quad-weakness against Fairy and while Morpeko is not that great of a Pokemon, it's still fairly adorable and cool. I also think Skuntank is actually fairly solid.

when is the next mystic read video coming out

Okay I think I get it with the Paradox that said I like the Scarlet ones better besides Valet. I have a shiny Skunktank and for a while I wanted Jessie to catch one. Swiper no Swiping! I love Pangro if it wasn't for Tyranturm it would be my fav mon on the gen. And it's one of my fav fighting types and fighting is my favorite type. When I no longer had aces to my Pinsir Ghostbuster and her mega evolution powered False swipe I looked for a scrappy Pancham and named it ALL MIGHT! Pangoro is great for beining a catching buddy, they can have Scrappy, False Swipe and Entertainment for when you need one with the right ability. Man as such a big Marnie fan I feel bad for this. James has one also. This is a cool Tangu, I put one on my random Fan Rival team once, didn't even have a charter to go with it just thought okay she's a Tsunderie she picks the strong starter, also has a final team of Scizor, Toxacrok, the Eevee weak to your starter and a dark/remaining starter type. I love naming them Legion. I ran one of these back in Gen III. Malamar is scary. I think that creep in Alola should have been using one instead of Hypno. If I made a new Pokemon snagging game this would be the Final Pokemon of the final boss. I was going to say do water but Let's here Bug, I want to see if you talk about Pinsir.

Not having Scrafty on here tells me it should be on here

Pangoro is my favorite Pokémon, and seeing it on the list stung me a little.

I've never seen my favourite pokemon on any list of best or most Underrated

Fighting types next

Do grass type next

I'm voting for Bug types next. I want to see Yanmega get some respect.

Me, I think there are a lot of Normal type Pokemon who don't get the love they deserve. So a Normal type video would be great.

High sp atk + decent spd + Tera type normal + hyper beam for iron jugulis

i’m not usually one to point out mistakes but, calling Cacturne bad in a fight bc of its fertility is really funny hahahaha 10:20

Pangro is one of favorite

Mystical umbreon eres mi idolo perro

Yes, Thievul love!

Skunktank not that bad if you know what you doing

Darkrai has become underrated

I feel like hunchcrow should be on this list on the grounds that he hits like a ton of bricks and for years this poor soul has been in the shadows even when it was a murkcrow plus it looks real gangster so yeah Hunchcrow

Iron Jugulis is not a bad Pokemon but because he has nothing crazy... he's bad... it's hard to justify using him without a viable Electric Terrain setter... and he's also flying which means even with Electric Terrain he'll fall asleep. It's sad, I know... Thievul has one of the best shinnies ever... I named mine Sly Cooper. Pangoro would spike in usage if it had Sucker Punch, which is a cardinal sin not to have. Shiftry can be good for annoying leads with... Fake Out, Leaf Blade, Sucker Punch, Explosion. Imagine a Tera Normal, Explosion Chlorophyll user?! 👌 Cacturne needs Sand Rush to make him at least RU. Malmar isn't that underrated... I seen him a lot in gimmick teams back in Gen 8 DOU, and NatDex.

Let me tell you Mightyena and Cacturne can be good competitively. I surprise powerful physical attackers with Mightyena counter and sucker punch... Cacturne can hit really really hard with swords danced sucker punch. These 2 doesn't disappoint

nice

Ice types please

I feel houndoom is also verry underrated. Best "bad" boi.