Competitive Information for Cranidos [Diamond/Pearl]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Cranidos? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Cranidos is an astounding Rock-typed Pokemon. Cranidos is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Cranidos can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Cranidos is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Mold Breaker
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunder Punch / Double-Edge
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Cranidos (Mold Breaker)
Cranidos is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Cranidos's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Cranidos's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Mold Breaker, Cranidos's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Cranidos's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Cranidos's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Cranidos? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Mold Breaker
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Thunder Punch / Double-Edge
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Cranidos (Mold Breaker)
Cranidos is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Cranidos's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Cranidos's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Mold Breaker, Cranidos's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Cranidos's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Cranidos's speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Cranidos learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Cranidos can perform in Diamond/Pearl. 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 DP Move and Ability Combos for Cranidos
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Cranidos's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Rock Polish
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Cranidos
- Earthquake
- Head Smash
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Cranidos in Diamond and Pearl
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