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murkrow
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Murkrow

Darkness Pokémon

DarkFlying

MURKROW was feared and loathed as the alleged bearer of ill fortune. This POKéMON shows strong interest in anything that sparkles or glitters. It will even try to steal rings from women.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 85
Defense 42
Sp. Atk 85
Sp. Def 42
Speed 91
Total 405

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

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Details

Category Darkness Pokémon
Height 0.5 m
Weight 2.1 kg
Base Exp 81
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 30
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

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

Competitive

nu Usage: 8.8%
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Murkrow is one of the most simple, yet one of the most dangerous Pokemon in the NU metagame. An extremely high Speed stat, STAB Drill Peck, and really high Attack when combined with a Choice Band give it an incredible offensive presence on the battlefield. While it's extremely similar to Pidgeot, which even boasts the same Speed stat, Murkrow has a slightly better typing, ability, and overall coverage than its brother-in-wings. Insomnia makes Murkrow a golden answer to a majority of the Grass-types in the tier (though it needs to be really wary of Stun Spore), and its Dark typing means it can get a free switch into Chimecho's STAB Psychic and threaten it back with Shadow Ball. While it is much, much frailer than Pidgeot, and its STAB Drill Peck is leagues weaker than Pidgeot's Double-Edge, there's still very little risk to using Murkrow. Quoth the raven: "your walls will be nevermore."

Most Used Moves

Most Used Items

Leftovers
14.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc