Competitive Information for Krookodile [X/Y]
Ground / Dark
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Krookodile? 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.
Krookodile is an awesome Ground and Dark-typed Pokemon. Krookodile is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 6. Krookodile is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Krookodile is weak to Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Anger Point
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 48 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Knock Off / Crunch
- Superpower
- Double-Edge / Return
Physical Sweeper Krookodile (Anger Point)
Krookodile is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Krookodile from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Krookodile's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Anger Point, if Krookodile (not its substitute) takes a critical hit its attack is raised 12 stages.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Krookodile's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Moxie
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Crunch
- Outrage
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
Krookodile Physical Sweeper (Murderous Krock)
Krookodile is popular Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Scarf will increase Krookodile's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Moxie, Krookodile's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon. Typical sweeping Krookodile. This can even be used in Team battles for a knockout, massively raising attack. Crunch and Earthquake is STAB, Outrage is just freaking powerful, and Rock Slide deals with Ice types.
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Krookodile afterwards).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Krookodile? 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.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Anger Point
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 48 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Knock Off / Crunch
- Rock Slide
- Superpower / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Krookodile (Anger Point)
Krookodile is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Krookodile from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Krookodile's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Anger Point, if Krookodile (not its substitute) takes a critical hit its attack is raised 12 stages. Superpower was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-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).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Krookodile's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Krookodile 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 Krookodile 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 Krookodile
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- 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: Protect, Snatch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Krookodile's stats
- Bulk Up
- Hone Claws
- Power-Up Punch
- Rage
Most notable and possible best moves for Krookodile
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Krookodile in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Krookodile's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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