Talk:Darkness Manipulation/@comment-1498951-20180505052421

"Most Dark-type Pokémon (Pokémon)" - Ironically, most Dark-type Pokémon moves are crime-based moves rather than being darkness-based moves as the typing is called "Evil" (Aku) in the Japanese versions of the games. Most darkness/shadow-based moves are Ghost type (Shadow Claw, Shadow Ball, Night Shade, Shadow Bone, Shadow Force, Shadow Punch, Shadow Sneak.

As for Dark moves you would think would be darkness should be associated with the typing but it mostly isn't. Dark Pulse is known as Evil Pulse in Japan ("The user releases a horrible aura imbued with dark thoughts"). And Night Slash is Crossroad Killing in Japan ("The user slashes the target the instant an opportunity arises. Critical hits land more easily." Yeah, basically an assassination attack).

Dark moves that are actually related to darkness, as far as I'm aware, are Dark Void and Z-Move Black Hole Eclipse, and maybe Darkest Lariat and Malicious Moonsault (but that does sound "evil"). But other than that, most dark moves I see on the list of moves are crime-based or wickedness.