Competitive Information for Kricketune [Diamond/Pearl]
Bug
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Kricketune? 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.
Kricketune is a marvelous Bug-typed Pokemon. Kricketune are common Pokemon to see in the DP metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Kricketune is weak to Fire, Flying, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Slash / Return
- Night Slash / Knock Off
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Brick Break / Rock Smash
Physical Sweeper Kricketune
Kricketune is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Kricketune's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Kricketune's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Kricketune's bug-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 20-base power Dark-type move (target's item is lost and it cannot obtain another).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Kricketune steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Kricketune? 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: Swarm
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Slash / Return
- Night Slash / Knock Off
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Brick Break / Rock Smash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Kricketune
Kricketune is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Kricketune's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Kricketune's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Kricketune's bug-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 20-base power Dark-type move (target's item is lost and it cannot obtain another).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Kricketune steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Kricketune 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 Kricketune 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 Kricketune
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Perish song + Protect
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Kricketune's stats
- Silver Wind
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Kricketune
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Kricketune in Diamond and Pearl
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