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crobat
#169

Crobat

Bat Pokémon

PoisonFlying

Both its legs became wings, and as a result, it can’t move well on the ground. All it can do is crawl around.

Base Stats

HP 85
Attack 90
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 70
Sp. Def 80
Speed 130
Total 535

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

golbat Golbat Lv. 22
crobat Crobat Happiness 160

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Bat Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 75.0 kg
Base Exp 241
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Cave
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

crobat Front Front
crobat Back Back
crobat Front Shiny Front Shiny
crobat Back Shiny Back Shiny
crobat Official Art Official Art
crobat Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 2.4%
Stallbreaker
Item
Flyinium Z / Sharp Beak
Ability
Infiltrator
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Crobat's great Speed stat allows it to be an effective revenge killer capable of picking off threats such as Celebi, Infernape, and Gengar, and its ability Infiltrator allows Crobat to bypass Substitute and revenge kill Gengar even through its Substitute. Crobat is also a decent stallbreaker, as it can annoy and whittle down slower Pokemon such as Alomomola, Mega Aggron, and Blissey with the combination of Taunt and Super Fang. Furthermore, an immunity to Toxic prevents these Pokemon from being able to break past Crobat. Crobat's Speed and typing also allow it to be a great check to Dragon Dance Mega Altaria and consistently pivot into Ground-types like Gligar and Hippowdon. However, while Crobat has a stellar Speed stat, it is easily revenge killed by the faster threats in the tier such as Zeraora, Mega Aerodactyl, and Mega Manectric. Mega Aerodactyl in particular is able to shrug off Super Fang damage with Roost and proceed to Pursuit trap Crobat. Crobat also has a mediocre Attack stat, which prevents it from being able to revenge kill threats like Latias and Terrakion, especially if Crobat has expended its Z-Move. Crobat's weakness to Stealth Rock greatly hinders its ability to pivot into Pokemon like Cobalion and Mega Altaria effectively, thus increasing the need for Crobat to use Roost to stay healthy, which can be a huge momentum drain.

Most Used Moves

Roost
70.9%
U-turn
52.5%
Defog
44.6%
Taunt
19.0%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc