Competitive Information for Crawdaunt [Diamond/Pearl]


Water / Dark
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Crawdaunt? 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.
Crawdaunt is a notable Water and Dark-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty regular sight to see Crawdaunt out in the 4th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Crawdaunt is weak to Bug, Electric, Fighting, and Grass-typed attacks.
Item: Expert Belt / Choice Band
Ability: Hyper Cutter
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Night Slash / Crunch
- X-Scissor / Avalanche
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Waterfall / Dive
Physical Sweeper Crawdaunt (Hyper Cutter)
Crawdaunt is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Crawdaunt's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Hyper Cutter, prevents other pokemon from lowering Crawdaunt's attack stat stage. X-Scissor or Avalanche are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Avalanche is a physical 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Crawdaunt is damaged by the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Crawdaunt's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Crawdaunt? 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: Razor Fang / Expert Belt
Ability: Hyper Cutter
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Night Slash / Crunch
- Rock Slide
- X-Scissor / Avalanche
- Waterfall
Doubles Physical Sweeper Crawdaunt (Hyper Cutter)
Crawdaunt is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Hyper Cutter, prevents other pokemon from lowering Crawdaunt's attack stat stage. X-Scissor or Avalanche are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ 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).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Avalanche is a physical 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Crawdaunt is damaged by the target).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Crawdaunt 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 Crawdaunt 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 Crawdaunt
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- 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 Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Crawdaunt's stats
- Ancient Power
- Dragon Dance
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Crawdaunt
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Crawdaunt in Diamond and Pearl
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