NationalDex
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

pu Usage: 16.0%
Life Orb Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 252
SpA 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Murkrow is a potent wallbreaker in PU. It can hit most of the tier neutrally with its coverage and can be difficult to switch into with Brave Bird. Sucker Punch is helpful against offense as well, preempting threats like Magmar that outspeed Murkrow naturally. While extremely frail, Murkrow does have a sliver of defensive utility in the form of Insomnia, letting it aggressively switch into some of the tier's Grass-types like Tangela and Victreebel, which use Sleep Powder. However, this is rather risky. Murkrow also struggles with sustainability between Stealth Rock, Brave Bird, and Life Orb recoil.

Most Used Moves

Brave Bird
100.0%
Heat Wave
93.6%
Pursuit
6.5%
Roost
2.0%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
94.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc