Competitive Information for Croconaw [Black/White]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Croconaw? 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.
Croconaw is a remarkable Water-typed Pokemon. Croconaw is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Croconaw's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Ice Punch / Double-Edge
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Dragon Claw
Physical Sweeper Croconaw
Croconaw is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Croconaw is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until it was realized Eviolite would make it quite viable. 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%. White Herb will reset Croconaw's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Croconaw from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Croconaw's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Torrent, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Croconaw's attacking stat is 1.5x with water attacks. Ice Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Croconaw's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Croconaw? 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: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Ice Punch / Double-Edge
- Superpower
Doubles Physical Sweeper Croconaw
Croconaw is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Croconaw is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached. 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%. White Herb will reset Croconaw's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Croconaw from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Croconaw's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Torrent, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Croconaw's attacking stat is 1.5x with water attacks. Ice Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Croconaw's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Croconaw 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 Croconaw 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 Croconaw
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Torrent + Item: Focus sash
- 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, Aqua Jet
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Croconaw's stats
- Ancient Power
- Dragon Dance
- Hone Claws
- Metal Claw
- Rage
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Croconaw
- Hydro Cannon
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Croconaw in Black and White
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