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crustle
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Crustle

Stone Home Pokémon

BugRock

Competing for territory, Crustle fight viciously. The one whose boulder is broken is the loser of the battle.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 105
Defense 125
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 75
Speed 45
Total 485

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
rock 2xsteel 2xwater 2x
Resistant to
normal ½xpoison ½x

Abilities

Sturdy Shell Armor Weak Armor (Hidden)

Held Items

Rare Bone 1%Hard Stone 5%

Evolution Chain

dwebble Dwebble
→
crustle Crustle Lv. 34

Moves

Locations

Unova Route 18
Seaside Cave 1f

Details

Category Stone Home Pokémon
Height 1.4 m
Weight 200.0 kg
Base Exp 170
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat —
Egg Groups Bug ,Mineral

Sprites

crustle Front Front
crustle Back Back
crustle Front Shiny Front Shiny
crustle Back Shiny Back Shiny
crustle Official Art Official Art
crustle Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

vgc2011 Usage: 1.5%
1V1VGC2011UURU
Trick Room Sweeper
Item
Rock Gem / Lum Berry
Nature
Brave
EVs
HP 252
Atk 252
SpD 4
Shell Smash
Item
White Herb / Lum Berry
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

With poor Speed and average Attack, Crustle seems destined to fall to the bottom of the VGC barrel. However, access to boosting moves in Swords Dance and Shell Smash allows Crustle to boost its Attack to obscene levels, and with the right support, Crustle can rip apart unprepared teams. Crustle also receives a great ability in Sturdy, which acts as a built-in Focus Sash. This allows Crustle to almost always get off its boosting move, and proceed to wreck opposing teams.

Most Used Moves

Protect
100.0%
Rock Slide
100.0%
Shell Smash
100.0%
X-Scissor
100.0%

Most Used Items

Lum Berry
100.0%

Common Teammates

Thundurus 97.6%Carracosta 67.1%Conkeldurr 67.1%Hydreigon 67.1%Terrakion 67.1%Amoonguss 30.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc