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murkrow
#198

Murkrow

Darkness Pokémon

DarkFlying

It is believed that seeing this Pokémon at night will bring about ominous occurrences.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 85
Defense 42
Sp. Atk 85
Sp. Def 42
Speed 91
Total 405

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Darkness Pokémon
Height 0.5 m
Weight 2.1 kg
Base Exp 81
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 30
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

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

Competitive

uu
Life Orb
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Hasty / Naive
EVs
Atk 252
SpA 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Despite terrible defenses and a lack of overall power, Murkrow can often be a valuable team member. Possessing potent STAB moves and a fantastic ability in Insomnia, which allows him to switch into the common Venusaur's Sleep Powder, Murkrow has the potential to wreak the havoc that his evolution, Honchkrow, once did upon the tier. However, though faster than his evolution, Murkrow lacks the same raw power - he is not a Pokemon to simply throw onto a team as a wallbreaker. Indeed, Murkrow requires quite a bit of support to be effective.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc