What is a good competitive moveset for Crustle? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Crustle is a stupendous Bug and Rock-typed Pokemon. Crustle are common Pokemon to see in the XY metagame. Crustle is weak to Rock, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Crustle Item: White Herb / Life Orb Ability: Weak Armor Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 220 Hp / 252 Atk / 36 SpD Moveset: - X-Scissor / Bug Bite - Return / Slash - Rock Slide / Rock Wrecker - Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Crustle (Weak Armor)
Crustle is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Crustle's negative stat changes once. Life Orb boosts the power of Crustle's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. 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. ♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Crustle steals and eats the target's berry). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ 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).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Crustle? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Species: Crustle Item: White Herb / Life Orb Ability: Weak Armor Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 220 Hp / 252 Atk / 36 SpD Moveset: - Rock Slide / Rock Wrecker - Earthquake / Bulldoze - X-Scissor / Bug Bite - Return / Slash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Crustle (Weak Armor)
Crustle is an interesting Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Crustle's negative stat changes once. Life Orb boosts the power of Crustle's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. 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 Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ 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 pkmn speed by 1 stage). ♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a large amount of damage. ♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Crustle steals and eats the target's berry). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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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. 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Crustle can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Crustle
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