Darkrai (UNITE)

	Darkrai; ダークライ Darkrai
Role	Speedster
Attack type	Melee
Damage type	Special
Difficulty	Expert
; Does not evolve
License availability; International: 790 / 1,960 Mainland China: 380 / 8,000

Darkrai (Japanese: ダークライ Darkrai) is a playable Pokémon in Pokémon UNITE. It became available as a playable character on October 17, 2024.

Darkrai is a Speedster who fights by constantly putting opponents to sleep, hiding in the shadows, and taking advantage of its Bad Dreams ability to do large amounts of damage.

Stats

Darkrai
Offense
Endurance
Mobility
Scoring
Support

Abilities

Passive Ability

	Bad Dreams ナイトメア Nightmare
Description The Pokémon deals damage over time to nearby sleeping opposing Pokémon. The damage dealt by this Ability will not wake the opposing Pokémon. Opposing Pokémon affected by this Ability take increased damage from the next attack.

Basic Attack

	Damage category: Physical (as a basic attack)
	Damage category: Special (as a boosted attack)
Description Basic attacks made against sleeping opposing Pokémon will become boosted attacks with increased range. Boosted attacks deal damage to opposing Pokémon with an attack from a void and restore the user's HP.

Moveset

Move slot 1

	Hypnosis さいみんじゅつ Hypnosis	Learned at Lv. 1 or 3 Cooldown: 5 seconds Upgrades into Dark Void or Shadow Claw
Ranged	Description
Has the user employ hypnotic suggestion in the designated direction, dealing damage to opposing Pokémon it hits and making them fall asleep after a short time.

	Dark Void ダークホール Dark Hole	Learned at Lv. 5 Cooldown: 5 seconds Upgrades into Dark Void+ at Lv. 11
Sure Hit	Description
Has the user deal damage with a dark power to the designated opposing Pokémon and Pokémon near it and mark them. When the user deals damage to marked opposing Pokémon, the marks are removed and the opposing Pokémon fall asleep. Upgrade: Applies a slowing effect when applying a mark an opposing Pokémon.

	Shadow Claw シャドークロー Shadow Claw	Learned at Lv. 5 Cooldown: 6 seconds Upgrades into Shadow Claw+ at Lv. 11
Area	Description
Has the user slash in the designated direction with sharp claws made from shadows, dealing damage, applying a slowing effect, and marking opposing Pokémon it hits When the user deals damage twice to marked opposing Pokémon, the mark is removed and the opposing Pokémon falls asleep. When the move hits, this move can be used again, and the user deals damage to the designated opposing Pokémon with huge claws. This damage increases if there are opposing Pokémon that activated Bad Dreams around the user. Upgrade: Increases the damage dealt by this move.

Move slot 2

	Calm Mind めいそう Meditation	Learned at Lv. 1 or 3 Cooldown: 9 seconds Upgrades into Nasty Plot or Dark Pulse
Buff	Description
Has the user quietly focus its mind and increases its Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and movement speed for a short time.

	Nasty Plot わるだくみ Wiles	Learned at Lv. 7 Cooldown: 4 seconds Upgrades into Nasty Plot+ at Lv. 13
Dash	Description
Has the user gain 1 Nasty Plot counter while moving in the designated direction. A maximum of 2 Nasty Plot counters can be stored. When the user uses its next basic attack or boosted attack, the user consumes all Nasty Plot counters and deals additional damage based on the number of counters consumed. A maximum of 2 uses can be kept in reserve for this move. Upgrade: Keeps 1 use of this move in reserve when a opposing Pokémon falls asleep.

	Dark Pulse あくのはどう Evil Pulse	Learned at Lv. 7 Cooldown: 7 seconds Upgrades into Dark Pulse+ at Lv. 13
Dash Area	Description
Has the user hide in a shadow and create additional shadows around itself. The user can freely move between the shadows. When this move is used again, the user appears from a shadow, deals damage to opposing Pokémon it hits, then returns to the shadow. At this time, if the move button is held down, the move ends without the user returing to the shadow. If this move is used again after returning to the shadows, the user attacks opposing Pokémon one more time. While the user is hiding in a shadow, it can use Shadow Claw to attack with claws from that shadow and deal damage to opposing Pokémon. Upgrade: Grants the user a shield when this move hits.

Unite Move

	Worst Nightmare 深き悪夢へのいざない Invitation to the Deep Nightmare	Learned at Lv. 9
Sure Hit	Description
Has the user send the designated opposing Pokémon into a nightmare. The user then suddenly appears in the nightmare. Pokémon inside the nightmare take damage over time. When the user deals damage to the opposing Pokémon inside the nightmare, damage is also dealt to that same opposing Pokémon outside of the nightmare. When this move is used, all of the user's move cooldowns are reset.

Holowear

Blue-tag Holowear

Name	Holowear	Release Date	Unlock Method	Audio/Visual FX
Costume Party Style		October 17, 2024	Darkrai's Nightmare Periphery Challenge 1,290*	Movement

Purple-tag Holowear

Name	Holowear	Portrait Frame	Release Date	Unlock Method	Audio/Visual FX
Dark Lord Style			October 23, 2025	Premium Battle Pass - Season 35*	Unite Move Scoring Returning KO Movement

Crystal-tag Holowear

Name	Holowear	Portrait Frame	Release Date	Unlock Method	Audio/Visual FX
Neo Street Style			January 23, 2026	Treasure Chest Challenge	Unite Move Score (Deluxe) Return (Deluxe) Move Effect KO Movement Basic Attack Effect Revive Goal Zone Destruction

Gallery

Halloween 2024 banner featuring Darkrai

Trivia

Darkrai is the first:
- Mythical Pokémon since Mew to be released in the game, spanning 776 days.
  - It is also the first Mythical (and non-Legendary) Pokémon to appear in the dice event.
- Speedster with Special attack damage to be released since the game first launched with Gengar.
- Pokémon to not include a background with a Pokémon for Unite Snapshots with its release (or after its release like Ho-Oh) since the introduction of commemorative events for new Pokémon releases, which started with Ceruledge's release.
- Pokémon to be added in the game post-launch to inflict sleep status conditions.
Before Darkrai was released, it was classified as having Physical attack damage and ranged basic attacks in the Public Test Server, though this was likely due to Cinderace's data being used as placeholder data at the time.
Worst Nightmare may be based on the move Nightmare.

In other languages

Worst Nightmare


Language		Title
Japanese		深き悪夢へのいざない Fukaiki Akumu e no Izanai (Invitation to the Deep Nightmare)
Chinese	Cantonese	深淵惡夢之誘惑 Sāmyūn Okmuhng jī Yáuhwaahk (Allure of the Abyssal Dream)
Chinese	Mandarin	深淵惡夢之誘惑 / 深渊恶梦之诱惑 Shēnyuān Èmèng zhī Yòuhuò (Allure of the Abyssal Dream)
French		Pire Cauchemar (Worst Nightmare)
German		Finsterer Alptraum (Dark Nightmare)
Hindi		सपनों की दुनिया Sapnõ kī Duniyā (World of Dreams)
Indonesian		Undangan Mimpi Buruk (Nightmare Invitation)
Italian		Incubo Peggiore (Worst Nightmare)
Korean		깊은악몽으로의유인 Gipeun Angmong'euro Uiyuin (Invitation to the Deep Nightmare)
Brazilian Portuguese		Pior Pesadelo (Worst Nightmare)
Russian		Худший Кошмар Xudšij Košmar (Worst Nightmare)
Spanish		Tu Peor Pesadilla (Your Worst Nightmare)
Thai		เล่ห์ลวงสู่ฝันร้ายห้วงลึก Le Luang su Fanrai Luek (Tricky Deception to Vast Deep Nightmare)
Turkish		Karabasan (Nightmare)