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croagunk
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Croagunk

Toxic Mouth Pokémon

PoisonFighting

Its cheeks hold poison sacs. It tries to catch foes off guard to jab them with toxic fingers.

Base Stats

HP 48
Attack 61
Defense 40
Sp. Atk 61
Sp. Def 40
Speed 50
Total 300

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Toxic Mouth Pokémon
Height 0.7 m
Weight 23.0 kg
Base Exp 60
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 140
Base Happiness 100
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Humanshape

Sprites

croagunk Front Front
croagunk Back Back
croagunk Front Shiny Front Shiny
croagunk Back Shiny Back Shiny
croagunk Front ♀ Front ♀
croagunk Back ♀ Back ♀
croagunk Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
croagunk Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
croagunk Official Art Official Art
croagunk Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 4.8%
Special Attacker
Item
Eviolite / Berry Juice
Ability
Dry Skin
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 52
Def 116
SpA 188
SpD 116
Spe 36
Mixed Utility
Item
Eviolite
Ability
Dry Skin
Nature
Quiet
EVs
HP 132
Atk 28
Def 116
SpA 108
SpD 116
Physical Support
Moves
Knock Off / Thief / Bulk Up
Sucker Punch / Bulk Up
Item
Eviolite
Ability
Dry Skin
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 52
Atk 188
Def 116
SpD 116
Spe 36

Strategy Overview

Croagunk's unique typing and ability let it compress a variety of roles into a single team slot and serve as a fantastic glue Pokemon for offensive teams. Due to its typing, Croagunk has resistances to the common Fighting- and Dark-type moves, and due to its Dry Skin ability, it has a pseudo-immunity to Water. With these resistances, Croagunk becomes one of the few Pokemon in Little Cup with the ability to check all of the Pokemon that rely on these types, such as Chinchou, Mienfoo, Timburr, Pawniard, and Carvanha. Croagunk's typing is helpful offensively as well, as the only relevant Pokemon that resist its STAB coverage are Ghost-types, which it can hit with Knock Off, and other Poison-types. Additionally, Croagunk's wide movepool and acceptable all-around base stats allow it to customize its moveset and thus fit on a wide variety of teams. Access to Knock Off and various forms of priority, including Sucker Punch and Vacuum Wave, further improve Croagunk's ability to support its teammates. However, Croagunk's typing gives it weaknesses to the common Flying- and Ground-type moves and a susceptibility to being trapped and KOed by Diglett. Additionally, Croagunk's Speed is quite low, which leaves it susceptible to being revenge killed by a large portion of the metagame, though its access to priority somewhat remedies this.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
34.6%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
87.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc