Competitive Information for Croagunk [Black/White]
Poison / Fighting
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Dry Skin ability are immune to Water attacks but also take more damage from Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Croagunk? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Croagunk is a spectacular Poison and Fighting-typed Pokemon. Croagunk is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Croagunk can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Croagunk is weak to Flying, Ground, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Payapa Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Drain Punch / Brick Break
- Thunder Punch / Frustration
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Croagunk (Dry Skin)
Croagunk is popular Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Croagunk from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Croagunk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Dry Skin, Croagunk is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Croagunk recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Payapa Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Shadow Ball
- Dark Pulse
- Vacuum Wave
Special Sweeper Croagunk (Dry Skin)
Croagunk is a fabulous Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Croagunk from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Croagunk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Dry Skin, Croagunk is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Vacuum Wave is a special STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Fighting-type move (usually goes first).
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Item: Eviolite
Ability: Anticipation
Nature: Naughty (+Atk, -SpD)
EVs: 233 Atk / 213 SpD / 64 Spe
Moveset:
- Drain Punch
- Sucker Punch
- Bounce
- Super Fang
Croagunk Physical Tank (Not The Jab)
Croagunk is a sensational Physical Tank. This moveset attempts to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Croagunk is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached to it. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Anticipation, on switch-in Croagunk shudders if any foe has a supereffective or ohko move.
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Bounce is a physical 85-base power Flying-type move (bounces turn 1. hits turn 2. 30% paralyze).
♦ Super Fang is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (does damage equal to 1/2 target's current hp).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Croagunk? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Payapa Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Poison Jab
- Drain Punch / Brick Break
Doubles Physical Sweeper Croagunk (Dry Skin)
Croagunk is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Croagunk from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Croagunk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Dry Skin, Croagunk is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Croagunk recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Item: Payapa Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Icy Wind
- Shadow Ball
- Dark Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Croagunk (Dry Skin)
Croagunk is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Croagunk from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Croagunk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Dry Skin, Croagunk is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Croagunk learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Croagunk can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Croagunk
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Snatch, Helping Hand, Feint, Sucker Punch, Bullet Punch, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Croagunk's stats
- Acupressure
- Bulk Up
- Meditate
- Nasty Plot
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Croagunk
- Earthquake
- Fake Out
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Croagunk in Black and White
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