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scraggy
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Scraggy

Shedding Pokémon

DarkFighting

Its skin has a rubbery elasticity, so it can reduce damage by defensively pulling its skin up to its neck.

Base Stats

HP 50
Attack 75
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 35
Sp. Def 70
Speed 48
Total 348

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

scrafty Scrafty Lv. 39

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Shedding Pokémon
Height 0.6 m
Weight 11.8 kg
Base Exp 70
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 180
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground ,Dragon

Sprites

scraggy Front Front
scraggy Back Back
scraggy Front Shiny Front Shiny
scraggy Back Shiny Back Shiny
scraggy Official Art Official Art
scraggy Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Dragon Dance
Item
Eviolite
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Bulk Up
Item
Eviolite
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
SpD 236
Spe 20

Strategy Overview

Don't let Scraggy's NFE status fool you into thinking that it's not a threat, as Scraggy is far from helpless on the battlefield. While Scraggy's base stats might not look outstanding, or even decent at first, they're just enough for it to get the job done, and Scraggy has unique attributes that further augment its ability and help it stand out from the rest of the crowd, most notably its unresisted STAB combination. Scraggy also boasts two excellent boosting moves in Dragon Dance and Bulk Up, and while at first Scraggy's Attack stat looks too low to effectively utilize them, its aforementioned STAB combination and access to a high Base Power move in High Jump Kick make up for this, turning Scraggy into a dangerous threat after a boost. In addition, Scraggy possesses an excellent ability in Shed Skin, making it resistant to dangerous status conditions and allowing it to set up on a wider variety of Pokemon with little fear. Scraggy is not without its flaws, however; while Scraggy's Speed stat is acceptable after a Dragon Dance, beating out positive nature base 95 Speed Pokemon such as Drapion and Jynx, it's still somewhat vulnerable to being revenge killed by faster Pokemon such as Sceptile and Durant, somewhat reducing its effectiveness. Likewise, Scraggy's Bulk Up set is very hard to KO outright, but opponents can break through it with strong Fighting- and Flying-type moves. In the end, Scraggy isn't a top threat by any means, but underestimating it is a grave mistake.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc