Competitive Information for Crabominable [Sun/Moon]
Fighting / Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Crabominable? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Crabominable is a notable Fighting and Ice-typed Pokemon. It's a not-uncommon sight to see Crabominable out in the 7th generation battlefield. Crabominable is weak to Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Assault Vest
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 248 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 Def
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Ice Hammer
- Drain Punch
- Thunder Punch
Physical Tank Crabominable (Popular/Trending)
Crabominable is pretty popular Physical Tank. This moveset is designed to take a decent amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Crabominable's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Iron Fist, Crabominable's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted.
♦ Ice Hammer is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ice-type move (lowers your Crabominable's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Crabominable recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Item: Fightinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Iron Fist / Anger Point
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 184 Hp / 252 Atk / 72 SpD
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Ice Hammer / Ice Punch
- Crabhammer
- Thunder Punch / Return
Physical Sweeper Crabominable (Iron Fist)
Crabominable is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Crabominable's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Iron Fist, Crabominable's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Crabominable recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Ice Hammer is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ice-type move (lowers your Crabominable's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Crabhammer is a physical 100-base power Water-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Crabominable? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Item: Fightinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 184 Hp / 252 Atk / 72 SpD
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Ice Hammer / Ice Punch
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
Doubles Physical Sweeper Crabominable (Iron Fist)
Crabominable is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Crabominable's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Iron Fist, Crabominable's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Crabominable recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Ice Hammer is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ice-type move (lowers your Crabominable's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Item: Fightinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Anger Point
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 184 Hp / 252 Atk / 72 SpD
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Ice Hammer / Ice Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Crabominable (Anger Point)
Crabominable is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Crabominable's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Anger Point, if Crabominable (not its substitute) takes a critical hit its attack is raised 12 stages.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Ice Hammer is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ice-type move (lowers your Crabominable's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Crabominable 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 Crabominable can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Crabominable
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Iron fist + Item: Punching glove
- 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
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Dizzy Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Drain Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Focus Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Ice Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Power-Up Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Thunder Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Dynamic Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Ice Hammer
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Wide Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Scald, Toxic
Moves that boost Crabominable's stats
- Amnesia
- Bulk Up
- Iron Defense
- Power-Up Punch
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Crabominable
- Drain Punch
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power
- Ice Beam
- Ice Hammer
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Thunder Punch
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Crabominable in Sun and Moon
- Brave Nature ( 248/252/8/0/0/0/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 252/252/0/0/4/0/ )
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