Competitive Information for Crobat [Diamond/Pearl]
Poison / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Crobat? 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.
Crobat is a wonderful Poison and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's a frequent sight to see Crobat out in the 4th generation battlefield. Crobat is weak to Electric, Ice, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Black Sludge / Leftovers
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 248 Hp / 112 Def / 4 SpD / 144 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird
- U-turn
- Roost
- Taunt
Physical Wall Crobat (Popular/Trending)
Crobat is pretty popular Physical Wall. It was designed to take a considerable amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Crobat last longer regaining it's HP every turn. With Inner Focus, Crobat cannot be made to flinch.
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Crobat switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Taunt is a status move (for 3-5 turns, the target can't use status moves).
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Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Cross Poison / Poison Fang
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Bite / Double-Edge
- X-Scissor / U-turn
Physical Sweeper Crobat
Crobat is an astounding Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Crobat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Inner Focus, Crobat cannot be made to flinch. Bite was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Poison Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to badly poison the target).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Crobat switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Sludge Bomb
- Heat Wave
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Crobat
Crobat is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Crobat's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Crobat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Inner Focus, Crobat cannot be made to flinch.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 100-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Crobat? 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: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Cross Poison / Poison Fang
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Bite / Double-Edge
- X-Scissor / U-turn
Doubles Physical Sweeper Crobat
Crobat is popular Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Crobat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Inner Focus, Crobat cannot be made to flinch. Bite was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Poison Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to badly poison the target).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Crobat switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave
- Sludge Bomb
- Twister
Doubles Special Sweeper Crobat
Crobat is a remarkable Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Crobat's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Crobat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Inner Focus, Crobat cannot be made to flinch.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 100-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Crobat 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 Crobat 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 Crobat
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Snatch, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Hypnosis, Toxic
Moves that boost Crobat's stats
- Curse
- Nasty Plot
- Ominous Wind
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Crobat
- Air Slash
- Brave Bird
- Facade
- Nasty Plot
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Sleep Talk
- Sludge Bomb
- Super Fang
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Crobat in Diamond and Pearl
- Jolly Nature ( 248/0/112/0/4/144/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 240/16/56/0/16/180/ )
- Optimize Crobat's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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