Competitive Information for Crabrawler [Sun/Moon]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Crabrawler? 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.
Crabrawler is an extraordinary Fighting-typed Pokemon. Crabrawler is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Crabrawler can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Crabrawler is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Fightinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Crabhammer
- Return / Dizzy Punch
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Crabrawler (Iron Fist)
Crabrawler is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Crabrawler's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Iron Fist, Crabrawler'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 (Crabrawler recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Crabhammer is a physical 100-base power Water-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Dizzy Punch is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Fightinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Anger Point
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Crabhammer
- Return
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Crabrawler (Anger Point)
Crabrawler is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Crabrawler's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Anger Point, if Crabrawler (not its substitute) takes a critical hit its attack is raised 12 stages.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Crabrawler recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Crabhammer is a physical 100-base power Water-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Crabrawler? 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.
Item: Fightinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Crabhammer
Doubles Physical Sweeper Crabrawler (Iron Fist)
Crabrawler is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Crabrawler's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Iron Fist, Crabrawler'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 (Crabrawler recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ 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).
♦ Crabhammer is a physical 100-base power Water-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Fightinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Anger Point
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Crabhammer
Doubles Physical Sweeper Crabrawler (Anger Point)
Crabrawler is popular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Crabrawler's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Anger Point, if Crabrawler (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).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Crabhammer is a physical 100-base power Water-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Crabrawler 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 Crabrawler 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 Crabrawler
- 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: Ice 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: Focus Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Drain Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Power-Up Punch
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Wide Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Crabrawler's stats
- Amnesia
- Bulk Up
- Iron Defense
- Power-Up Punch
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Crabrawler
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Crabrawler in Sun and Moon
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