>>34135283I agree with you on almost all points, however the skull motif is already gone by the time Duskull evolves. Also, Dusclops isn't better than Dusknoir whatsoever, except maybe for situations where your opponent has no special and/or special sweeper to take advantage of Dusclops' non-existent offensive presence left.
That said, I really like the whole line design-wise, its a shame that te whole line is unusable in battle.