Competitive Information for Scrafty [Sword/Shield]
Dark / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Scrafty? 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.
Scrafty is a stupendous Dark and Fighting-typed Pokemon. Scrafty are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Scrafty is weak to Fairy, Fighting, and Flying-typed attacks.
Item: Eject Button / Roseli Berry
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Lash Out / Foul Play
- Fake Out
- Protect
Special Wall Scrafty (Popular/Trending)
Scrafty is a wonderful Special Wall for single battles. It attempts to take a substantial amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Intimidate, on switch-in Scrafty lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage. With a Eject Button equipped to it, if Scrafty survives a hit, it immediately switches out to a chosen ally then the Eject Button gets consumed. With a Roseli Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fairy-type attack then the Roseli Berry gets consumed.
◆ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Scrafty recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Lash Out is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Dark-type move (2x power if your Scrafty had a stat lowered this turn).
◆ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Fake Out is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. First turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Scrafty this turn).
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Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Knock Off / Throat Chop
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Iron Head
Physical Sweeper Scrafty (Intimidate)
Scrafty is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Scrafty's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Intimidate, on switch-in Scrafty lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Scrafty's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Scrafty is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
◆ Knock Off is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Throat Chop is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
◆ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Scrafty afterwards).
◆ Dragon Claw is a physical 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Moxie
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Drain Punch / High Jump Kick
- Dragon Dance
- Crunch
- Ice Punch / Zen Headbutt
Scrafty Physical Sweeper (Moxie Swagmaster)
Scrafty is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Scrafty's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Moxie, Scrafty's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
◆ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Scrafty is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
◆ Dragon Dance is a status move (raises your Scrafty's attack and speed by 1 stage).
◆ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Moxie
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Stone Edge
- Dragon Dance
- Outrage
- Ice Punch
Scrafty Support (Got Swag)
Scrafty is an astounding Support for single battles. Life Orb boosts the power of Scrafty's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Moxie, Scrafty's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
◆ Dragon Dance is a status move (raises your Scrafty's attack and speed by 1 stage).
◆ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Scrafty afterwards).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Scrafty? 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: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Knock Off / Throat Chop
- Rock Slide
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Scrafty (Intimidate)
Scrafty is popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Scrafty's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Intimidate, on switch-in Scrafty lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Scrafty's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Scrafty is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
◆ Knock Off is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Throat Chop is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Scrafty afterwards).
◆ Dragon Claw is a physical 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Scrafty 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 Scrafty 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 Scrafty
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Quick Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Scrafty's stats
- Amnesia
- Bulk Up
- Dragon Dance
- Iron Defense
- Power-Up Punch
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Scrafty
- Brick Break
- Close Combat
- Coaching
- Crunch
- Detect
- Drain Punch
- Fake Out
- Foul Play
- Head Smash
- Knock Off
- Lash Out
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Snarl
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Scrafty in Sword and Shield
- Careful Nature ( 252/4/0/0/252/0 )
- Hardy Nature ( 252/100/148/0/0/0 )
- Optimize Scrafty's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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