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scrafty
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Scrafty

Hoodlum Pokémon

DarkFighting

This Pokémon may be rude, but it takes very good care of its family, its friends, and its turf.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 90
Defense 115
Sp. Atk 45
Sp. Def 115
Speed 58
Total 488

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

scrafty Scrafty Lv. 39

Moves

Details

Category Hoodlum Pokémon
Height 1.1 m
Weight 30.0 kg
Base Exp 171
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground ,Dragon

Sprites

scrafty Front Front
scrafty Back Back
scrafty Front Shiny Front Shiny
scrafty Back Shiny Back Shiny
scrafty Official Art Official Art
scrafty Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Intimidatingly Bulky (Bulk Up)
Item
Darkinium Z
Ability
Intimidate
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 252
Atk 180
SpD 76

Strategy Overview

Scrafty has a legitimate niche that stems from its wonderful ability Intimidate as well as its access to Bulk Up. While it has heavy competition with Incineroar and Krookodile, its typing prevents it from being entirely outclassed, allowing it to beat Water-type threats like Carracosta and Choice Specs Greninja as well as Taunt Mega Gyarados if played correctly. In addition, a Dark and Fighting typing work very well with each other offensively, allowing Scrafty to beat Pokemon like Meloetta, Aegislash, and Heatran with the same set. Despite its rather low HP, its defenses are very high, allowing it to win some matchups even without Intimidate's help such as against Mega Metagross barring Iron Head flinches, Choice Specs Greninja, and Magnezone. However, Scrafty has a very middling base 90 Attack, so it is very vulnerable to Pokemon that can stall it out, like Mega Slowbro and Zygarde. It is also slightly stretched thin in EVs, and it isn't especially versatile in its moves, items, or EV spread. Furthermore, it is torn between KOing Heatran and tanking Mega Lopunny or Magnezone's attacks, being unable to do all three consistently at the same time. It is generally not preferred over the other two Dark-type Bulk Up Intimidate users, Incineroar and Krookodile. Both not only have higher Attack stats, but they also have much better ways than Scrafty for dealing with stall. Furthermore, Incineroar has Darkest Lariat, which is able to bypass Defense boosts, and Krookodile has a speedy Rock Tomb plus Taunt.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc