Competitive Information for Crustle [Sword/Shield]
Bug / Rock
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Crustle? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Crustle is pretty popular Bug and Rock-typed Pokemon. It's a normal sight to see Crustle out in the 8th generation battlefield. Crustle is weak to Rock, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Weakness Policy / Focus Sash
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 20 Hp / 252 Atk / 236 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- X-Scissor
- Rock Slide / Rock Wrecker
- Shell Smash
Physical Sweeper Crustle (Popular/Trending)
Crustle is a notable Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Crustle from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out (usually Shell Smash to boost Crustle for the following turns). Weakness Policy activates if Crustle is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Crustle it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Wrecker is a physical STAB-boosted 150-base power Rock-type move (Crustle cannot move next turn).
◆ Shell Smash is a status move (lowers def, spd by 1 stage; raises atk, spa, spe by 2 stages).
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Item: White Herb / Weakness Policy
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 220 Hp / 252 Atk / 36 SpD
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / Skitter Smack
- Rock Wrecker / Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Knock Off / Night Slash
Physical Sweeper Crustle (Weak Armor)
Crustle is a sensational Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Crustle's negative stat changes once. Weakness Policy activates if Crustle is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Crustle it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
◆ Skitter Smack is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Rock Wrecker is a physical STAB-boosted 150-base power Rock-type move (Crustle cannot move next turn).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Crustle? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: White Herb / Weakness Policy
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 220 Hp / 252 Atk / 36 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Wrecker
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- X-Scissor / Skitter Smack
- Knock Off / Night Slash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Crustle (Weak Armor)
Crustle is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Crustle's negative stat changes once. Weakness Policy activates if Crustle is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Crustle it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
◆ Rock Wrecker is a physical STAB-boosted 150-base power Rock-type move (Crustle cannot move next turn).
◆ 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 Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
◆ Skitter Smack is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Crustle learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Crustle can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Crustle
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Body Press + Curse
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Moves: Body Press + Withdraw
- Ability: Weak armor + Item: White herb
- Ability: Weak armor + Item: Weakness policy
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Meteor Beam + Item: Power Herb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Wide Guard
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Crustle's stats
- Curse
- Hone Claws
- Iron Defense
- Meteor Beam
- Rock Polish
- Shell Smash
- Swords Dance
- Withdraw
Most notable and possible best moves for Crustle
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Rock Wrecker
- Shell Smash
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Toxic
- X-Scissor
Common Effort Values for Crustle in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 20/252/0/0/0/236 )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/4/0/0/252 )
- Optimize Crustle's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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