Competitive Information for Scrafty [Black/White]
Dark / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Scrafty? 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.
Scrafty is pretty popular Dark and Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to see Scrafty show up as a Black/White opponent. Scrafty is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Scrafty's only type-related weaknesses are Fighting and Flying.
Item: Life Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Drain Punch
- Foul Play / Crunch
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Frustration / Return
Physical Sweeper Scrafty (Intimidate)
Scrafty is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Scrafty's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Intimidate, on switch-in Scrafty lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Scrafty recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Scrafty afterwards).
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Moxie
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Drain Punch / High Jump Kick
- Dragon Dance
- Crunch
- Ice Punch / Zen Headbutt
Scrafty Physical Sweeper (Moxie Swagmaster)
Scrafty is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Scrafty's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Moxie, Scrafty's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Scrafty is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
♦ Dragon Dance is a status move (raises your Scrafty's attack and speed by 1 stage).
♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Moxie
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Stone Edge
- Dragon Dance
- Outrage
- Ice Punch
Scrafty Support (Got Swag)
Scrafty is an astounding Support. Life Orb boosts the power of Scrafty's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Moxie, Scrafty's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Dragon Dance is a status move (raises your Scrafty's attack and speed by 1 stage).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Scrafty afterwards).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Scrafty? 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: Life Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Drain Punch
- Foul Play / Crunch
- Rock Slide
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Scrafty (Intimidate)
Scrafty is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Scrafty's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Intimidate, on switch-in Scrafty lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Scrafty recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Scrafty afterwards).
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Scrafty 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 Scrafty 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 Scrafty
- 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
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Protect, Snatch, Fake Out
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Scrafty's stats
- Amnesia
- Bulk Up
- Dragon Dance
- Iron Defense
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Scrafty
- Bulk Up
- Crunch
- Dragon Dance
- Drain Punch
- Fake Out
- Head Smash
- Knock Off
- Other
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Scrafty in Black and White
- Jolly Nature ( 248/8/0/0/0/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252/ )
- Optimize Scrafty's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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