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crustle
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Crustle

Stone Home Pokémon

BugRock

It possesses legs of enormous strength, enabling it to carry heavy slabs for many days, even when crossing arid land.

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

nu Usage: 0.4%
Hazard Setter
Item
Custap Berry
Nature
Naughty
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Crustle has access to both Stealth Rock and Spikes, as well as Sturdy, making it an excellent suicide lead. In addition, its Bug / Rock typing gives it a good matchup against Xatu, which is a common anti-lead that can utilize Magic Bounce to prevent entry hazards from going up on the opponent's side of the field; Crustle's STAB moves prevent it from coming in safely, while its access to Rock Blast allows it to beat other leads such as Archeops. However, Crustle's low speed means that it's often Taunt bait, preventing it from setting up Stealth Rock or Spikes if hit by the move. Furthermore, Crustle is ridiculously one-dimensional, as opponents will know its set the majority of the time and will often send out a lead with good matchup against it, occasionally preventing it from doing its job.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
74.6%
Spikes
74.1%
X-Scissor
25.5%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
34.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc