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croagunk
#453

Croagunk

Toxic Mouth Pokémon

PoisonFighting

It rarely fights fairly, but that is strictly to ensure survival. It is popular as a mascot.

Base Stats

HP 48
Attack 61
Defense 40
Sp. Atk 61
Sp. Def 40
Speed 50
Total 300

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Toxic Mouth Pokémon
Height 0.7 m
Weight 23.0 kg
Base Exp 60
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 140
Base Happiness 100
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Humanshape

Sprites

croagunk Front Front
croagunk Back Back
croagunk Front Shiny Front Shiny
croagunk Back Shiny Back Shiny
croagunk Front ♀ Front ♀
croagunk Back ♀ Back ♀
croagunk Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
croagunk Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
croagunk Official Art Official Art
croagunk Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 3.1%
Utility
Item
Eviolite
Ability
Dry Skin
Nature
Quiet
EVs
HP 212
Atk 28
Def 36
SpA 108
SpD 116
Bulk Up
Moves
Payback / Knock Off / Vacuum Wave
Item
Eviolite
Ability
Dry Skin
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 212
Atk 28
Def 116
SpD 116
Spe 36

Strategy Overview

One of the many Fighting-types in Little Cup, Croagunk is the preeminent utility Pokemon. It has an amazing typing and ability, giving it an immunity to Water and resistances to key attacking types in Fighting and Rock. That Fighting resistance lets it check the dominant Fighting-types in the metagame, such as Mienfoo, Riolu, and Timburr, and hard counter Tirtouga. Croagunk can also beat many common Pokemon on balanced teams, including Chinchou, Lileep, and most Staryu. With its huge movepool, it can act as a solid revenge killer, a general utility check, and even as a bulky setup sweeper, potentially all in one set. However, Croagunk's weakness to Flying is a huge drawback with Murkrow as the best Pokemon in the metagame. It also does poorly against Ghost-types like Drifloon and bulky Ground-types, such as Hippopotas and Sandshrew. Additionally, its attacking stats aren't overly impressive so it can lack some power. Overall, Croagunk excels as the glue for a team, filling gaps and acting as a fail-safe, but can not carry the team on its own.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
86.8%
Fake Out
20.5%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc