>>15810293Dusknoir's main advantage over Dusclops is its 100 base Attack.
Eviolite Dusclops made it a far better defensive mon than Dusknoir due to how little bulk it gained upon evolution.
Dusclops rarely can afford to invest into Attack when its bulk isn't that great to begin with.
In order for Dusknoir to stand out, it has to rely on either using offensive moves (which will put it further behind in bulk than EvioDusclops, compounded with poor base power STAB in Shadow Punch (not even Claw)), or rely on moves EvioDusclops doesn't have space to run, like Trick Room.
I always wanted to like Dusknoir, and had a decent time ingame, but in any competitive setting (even things like Maison/PWT/etc), it comes up lacking.
Poor thing.
