Competitive Information for Krabby [Sword/Shield]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Krabby? 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.
Krabby is a pretty decent Water-typed Pokemon. Krabby is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Krabby's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Life Orb / Shell Bell
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 68 Hp / 252 Atk / 188 SpD
Moveset:
- Crabhammer / Liquidation
- Double-Edge / Slash
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Knock Off / Night Slash
Physical Sweeper Krabby (Sheer Force)
Krabby is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Krabby's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Krabby. With Sheer Force, Krabby's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Krabby's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Krabby's speed 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).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Krabby? 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: Life Orb / Shell Bell
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 68 Hp / 252 Atk / 188 SpD
Moveset:
- Crabhammer / Liquidation
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Double-Edge / Slash
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Krabby (Sheer Force)
Krabby is a wonderful 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 Krabby's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Krabby. With Sheer Force, Krabby's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Krabby's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Krabby's speed by 1 stage).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Krabby 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 Krabby 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 Krabby
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Ability: Sheer Force + Item: Life Orb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Blizzard
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ice Beam
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Body Slam
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Headbutt
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ancient Power
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Haze, Brick Break
Most notable and possible best moves for Krabby
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Krabby in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Krabby's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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