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cradily
#346

Cradily

Barnacle Pokémon

RockGrass

Normally, it lived on shallow sea shoals. When the tide went out, this Pokémon came up on land to search for prey.

Base Stats

HP 86
Attack 81
Defense 97
Sp. Atk 81
Sp. Def 107
Speed 43
Total 495

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

cradily Cradily Lv. 40

Moves

Details

Category Barnacle Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 60.4 kg
Base Exp 173
Growth Rate Slow Then Very Fast
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water3

Sprites

cradily Front Front
cradily Back Back
cradily Front Shiny Front Shiny
cradily Back Shiny Back Shiny
cradily Official Art Official Art
cradily Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 1.2%
Specially Defensive
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Storm Drain
Nature
Careful / Calm
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Cradily is a fairly niche defensive Stealth Rock setter that manages to set itself apart with unique resistances and immunities. Its good bulk and access to reliable recovery allow it to consistently set up Stealth Rock multiple times in a match while checking strong threats such as Jellicent. Cradily's unique type combination and access to Storm Drain give it useful immunities and resistances to Water, Normal, and Electric, allowing it to check Pokemon such as Jellicent, Kangaskhan, and Eelektross. However, Cradily is highly susceptible to common Ice- and Fighting-types such as Aurorus and Throh. Additionally, many Water- and Normal-types pack Ice- or Fighting-type coverage, meaning Cradily is not a reliable counter to Pokemon such as Omastar and Stoutland. Base 81 offenses make Cradily unable to do much damage against anything that resists its STAB moves, forcing it to rely on badly poisoning them with Toxic. It is terribly slow and thus usually forced to take two hits when switching in, limiting its ability to switch into strong hits and set up Stealth Rock. Being passive can also invite setup sweepers that are not worried about Toxic such as Gurdurr and Oricorio-G. All of these flaws mean that Cradily faces severe competition from other Stealth Rock setters such as Regirock and Torterra.

Most Used Moves

Recover
88.5%
Toxic
81.9%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
90.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc