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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

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

crustle Crustle Lv. 34

Moves

Locations

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

1v1 Usage: 11.9%
Shell Smash
Item
Rockium Z
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

While Crustle might seem like an inferior Golem or Donphan, it has one trick up its sleeve: Shell Smash. This is one of the best moves and the game, and boosts Crustle's lackluster Speed while boosting its Attack to threatening levels. With Sturdy, Crustle doesn't usually struggle to set up. However, even after a Shell Smash, Crustle still has a mediocre Speed stat. Additionally, Pokemon that resist Rock often have no problems beating Crustle, Steel-types like Magearna and Mega Metagross and Ground-types like Zygarde-C don't take much damage from Crustle's Rock-type moves, even after a Shell Smash.

Most Used Moves

Counter
89.2%
Protect
12.7%

Most Used Items

Rockium Z
98.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc