Dizasol

**Dizasol (Japanese:** **ディザソル** **/ Dizasol)** is a Dark-type Pokémon, and is one of the original Fakémon created for Pokémon Altair and Sirius, Vega, and Procyon and Deneb.

It evolves from Absol starting at level 30.

## Overview

Back before the Physical and Special Split in Gen 4, Absol was pretty unfortunate. The lack of a good Dark move was one thing, but using Shadow Ball as a "Physical" STAB back then was outright embarrassing, which a lot of the Hoenn Dark types ended up using except Cacturne, which got away with good Special Attack with Hidden Power Dark back then. The only good Dark types that used it well were still Tyranitar and Houndoom from Gen 2.

In Altair and Sirius, Absol was blessed with a much needed evolution. Dizasol was a huge improvement over Absol before the Physical and Special split, since it gained a huge Special Attack increase, making its Dark STAB viable, despite being 20 points lower than its Attack stat. Also, it had very good coverage to go with its solid Special Attack alongside Calm Mind, making it a pretty deadly Special sweeper in its own right. In addition, it gained Extreme Speed, which is a pretty powerful priority move in its own right, being 1 Attack higher than Dragonite. Because of this, Swords Dance variants are not far behind, despite resorting to Shadow Ball as a "Physical" STAB alongside a Hidden Power of coverage and Earthquake. In Vega, the Physical and Special split exists, allowing Dizasol to finally use Physical Dark moves for STAB instead of Shadow Ball from its 135 Attack. In addition, it has gained Nasty Plot to muscle physical walls by surprise along with its expansive Special options in form of Heat Wave, Raze Earth, Dark Resolve, and other diverse options under its belt.

In Procyon and Deneb, it has achieved its great success. STAB Sucker Punch is one thing that makes it a menace. Steel types no longer resisting Dark is another on top of Dark types being immune to Prankster. But, STAB Knock Off is a whole different thing. STAB Knock Off is pretty powerful that it is outdamaged by Yveltal, Hoopa-Unbound, and ties in strength with Kingambit without Supreme Overlord active. Since it can afford to run a damage boosting item, it even does more damage than Mega Absol. Speaking of damage, Dizasol can run a Critting set with Focus Energy and Super Luck. With +3 Crit, it is guarantee to land Critical Hits without resorting to high Crit ratio moves, like Psycho Cut and Night Slash. This allows Dizasol to smash past Reflect and Defense buffs with ease. Even if one does not intend of Critting their way, while not as common as say, Gen 1 Critical Hits, the 12.5% chance of Critting is very devastating every one in eight moves with a Swords Dance up instead of one in twenty-four moves of Critting since Generation 7, making it vastly preferred over Pressure.

The debate between STAB Sucker Punch and Extreme Speed is interesting to say the least. No Pokemon in the canon games gets both Extreme Speed and Sucker Punch. Not even Arceus or Mew. STAB Sucker Punch does more than Extreme Speed, but the catch is that Sucker Punch only works if the opponent tries to attack. Dizasol is below the overpopulated 90s and 100s Speed tier, meaning that if it's relying on Sucker Punch, chances are, they would set up on the failed Sucker Punches. In addition, Sucker Punch always fails if Extreme Speed is used. Extreme Speed is weaker than STAB Sucker Punch, but it does not require the opponent to use an attacking move, and Extreme Speed provides nice coverage against most Fairies except for Jawile. In addition, Extreme Speed has +2 Priority, allowing Dizasol to avoid +1 Priority users consistently. While Dizasol cannot effectively replicate the Extreme Killer Arceus experience, Dizasol does at least more damage than Non Tera Normal Dragonite's Extreme Speed thanks to Swords Dance and Life Orb over Dragonite's limited options thanks to locking itself to Multiscale. While the Ghosts can switch into Extreme Speed, none of them would live through a boosted Knock Off or risked getting Sucker Punch or Pursuit by surprise.

All in all, this might be the strongest that Dizasol has ever been. From a much needed buff on a single stage Pokemon to now an absolute powerhouse with mechanical changes in recent Gens, this thing, while not Demorigan levels of destruction and durability, is pretty up as a sweeping machine, even in spite of the the lower Speed tier. Even with Absol gaining Eviolite access, making it bulkier than Dizasol, Extreme Speed is what pushed it to the absolute edge to set itself from Absol.

## Base Stats

 * 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.

## Moves

### By TM/HM

Procyon

Deneb

### By a Prior Evolution

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

## Trivia

### Name Origin

Dizasol's name is a portmanteau of *disaster* and *Absol*.