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 decent Water and Dark-typed Pokemon. Crawdaunt are common Pokemon to see in the DP metagame. Crawdaunt is weak to Bug, Electric, Fighting, and Grass-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Silver Powder
Ability: Hyper Cutter
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / Avalanche
- Waterfall
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Crunch / Night Slash
Physical Sweeper Crawdaunt (Hyper Cutter)
Crawdaunt is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Crawdaunt's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Crawdaunt from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Crawdaunt's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hyper Cutter, prevents other pokemon from lowering Crawdaunt's attack stat stage. X-Scissor or Avalanche are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ 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).
♦ 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).
♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dragon Dance
- Crunch
- Substitute / Superpower
- Waterfall
Crawdaunt Physical Sweeper (Crawfish Dance)
Crawdaunt is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Crawdaunt last longer regaining it's life every turn.
♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Crawdaunt takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Crawdaunt's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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: Life Orb / Hard Stone
Ability: Hyper Cutter
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- X-Scissor / Avalanche
- Waterfall / Dive
- Superpower / Brick Break
Doubles Physical Sweeper Crawdaunt (Hyper Cutter)
Crawdaunt is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Crawdaunt's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Crawdaunt from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Crawdaunt's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hyper Cutter, prevents other pokemon from lowering Crawdaunt's attack stat stage. X-Scissor or Avalanche are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a good 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).
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ 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).
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
- 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
Optimize Crawdaunt's EVs for Diamond/Pearl
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