Crobat Moveset?

[Dorynator]

Can anyone help me with a moveset for my crobat? The only moves I can think of is mean look and toxic, so he's somewhat of an annoyer. Also, EVs and nature would be nice. Thanks!

 

[Johny_Hungry]

Ok, Crobat.

Well... i would have to say a good set for him would be:

Hasty [+Spd -Def]
Jolly [+spd. -Sp. Atk]

EVs:
attack =252
spd = 252
sp. df = 6

Attacks:
Toxic
Mean Look
Confuse Ray
Cross Poision/X-Scissor/U-turn

I would say, go with U-turn, Mean look the foe, posion 'em, confuse 'em, and then U-turn and bring out something that crush that poor little pokemon.

 

[Ooka]

Well, in 3rd gen that would be the only option but now there's:

Crobat@Leftovers
Timid~252 Special Attack/Speed
Nasty Plot
Air Slash
Sludge Bomb/Substitute
Dark Pulse/Shadow Ball

 

[Shamfrit-The-Scorched]

I'm with the first suggestion I use my Crobat for status and flee;

Confuse Ray
Toxic
U-Turn
Mean Look

As long as you have big speed on Crobat nature isn't so big, Hasty or Jolly as aforementioned will be cool enough.

 

[Milke]

I agree with both of you fleeing is good to weakent he pokemon but kazaam is right too you have a better choice of moves.

 

[Johny_Hungry]

Ok, i was thinkin 'bout it, and something came into mind.
U-turn wont pass the mean look on, can crobat learn Baton Pass?
If so... then i'd say have baton pass. Come in mean look confuse ray toxic and then baton pass... if it isn't knocked out by then and an item for crobat would be left overs.

 

[Alakazam17]

I don't believe he can learn Baton Pass, heh.

Well, I can't believe I'm saying this, but Fly just might be useful in this instance, if you are planning to stall as much as you can. Crobat flies up, and the opponent gets one more round of damage while Crobat is protected.

Well, it's what I would have given Crobat in my n00by days....but it is one of the few instances where it still looks all right. Though knowing me, I'd go with ~Kazaam~'s set myself.

 

[Alter Ego]

All these posts and no-one has even mentioned the move that makes Crobat tick yet. Shame on you, people, shame. xP

Crobat @ Black Sludge/Choice Band
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 HP
Cross Poison
Aerial Ace
U-Turn
Hypnosis/Pursuit

Do the words "fastest sleep inducer around" ring any bells here? Stallbat is the eptiome of failure, always was and always will be. Seriously, what possess people to stick a stalling moveset on a pokémon with such average defensive stats and such an obvious inclination for sweeping is beyond me. -.- Timid with Air Slash and a special filler could also be passable for the flinching fun, though you'd need a good Hidden Power to get a together a Choice Specs set. Plotbat is fun and all, but it's not very useful in practice because its type coverage bites and it doesn't get to use that 130 base speed Hypnosis (now with higher accuracy). :\

 

[Samson]

agree with the above post except for cross poison -- completely useless on a pokemon meant to CB u-turn. i'd give it some HP because it's going to need to take hits. roost is a quick option even with CB if it takes too much stealth rock damage/does instant stalling.

 

[Alter Ego]

Lawl, find me another usable physical move from Crobat's movepool and I'll make the change right away. Quick Attack with 130 base Speed Jolly is even worse and Pursuit + Hypnosis is an illegal egg move combo. Crappy coverage or not, Cross Poison is the strongest physical STAB it's got. =O

 

[Faceless*]

No, Alter Ego, Crobat's strongest STAB is Brave Bird =D

Crobat doesn't need Cross Poison. Flying attacks cover both it's coverage. If you're saying Bug/Steel like Forretress and Scizor, they lol at Cross Poison too.

With that said...

Crobat@Life Orb/Shell Bell/Focus Sash
Trait : Inner Focus
Nature : Hasty/Naive/Jolly
Moves :
- Brave Bird
- U-Turn
- Haze/Toxic/Taunt
- Haze/Toxic/Taunt

Quite frankly, however, this poor bat's walled by nearly any Steel type.

 

[Alter Ego]

I meant strongest STAB that doesn't make it commit suicide. I don't want something that's already looking at losing 25% of its HP on its switch-in to start hurting itself as well. <.< Also, Cross Poison is high critical hit ratio and 105 x 2 > 180. Cross Poison also hits electric types harder, and STalking Zapdos seems like a pretty freakin' obvious switch-in against this thing. You will also note that the above CB set has a flying move too; like I said, find me a better physical filler and I'll be glad to change it.

And to be perfectly blunt: wtf are those last two moves on your set good for? A hazer has to be good at taking hits so it can switch into stuff, a description which - I'm sure we can all agree - does not fit Crobat at all. In a similar vein, Toxic requires several turns to reach any serious damaging potential, and with random masochists like Breloom and Heracross about, that move has seriously been reduced to a last resort for stalling types.

...

Crobat isn't a stalling type. <.< And finally, wtf do you plan on taunting? Even walling types would sooner go for the kill when Crobat comes around simply because of its frailness. Just what is this mysterious pokémon who'd use a non-damaging move against it? o.O Those aren't the kind of moves you can just randomly splash into a moveset and expect to have use of. :\ Hypnosis is a must on any Crobat that doesn't plan on using Pursuit or Nasty Plot so that should definitely be in there.

Those items are also quite silly to be honest. Focus Sash on something with a recoil move? (Did you plan on using Brave Bird before Sash kicks in to prevent it from activating or after it comes to suicide Crobat?) Life Orb on something with a recoil move? ('Cause obviously we aren't taking enough damage from Stealth Rock and that single recoil, let's double the fun and have Crobat die even faster =D) Shell Bell is also a lolish item by nature. The amount of damage you'd need to inflict to get more HP out of it than Black Sludge is way more than a CBless Crobat can cause. Meh, Black Sludge, CB or possibly Wide Lens (to further boost Hypnosis' accuracy) are all superior options. O= Anyway, the only thing that Crobat is really good for is picking off the odd weakened opponent (or one with a poor type matchup) and putting big threats to sleep with high-speed Hypnosis. Case closed.

Though, come to think of it, Screech could be kind of cool. Something like

Crobat @ Black Sludge/Wide Lens
Jolly Nature
Aerial Ace/Cross Poison
U-Turn
Hypnosis
Screech

Hypnotize the first opponent, then Screech the switch-in and smack it with U-Turn to bring in a physical sweep. I'm considering lens here since Screech still has that slight accuracy problem.

 

[nitemare]

my crobat

My crobat

Nature-Jolly
Ability-Inner focus
252 Atk EV
252 Spd EV
6 Spc Df EV

Moveset
Wing attack (i already used aerial ace on salamence)
Toxic
Confuse Ray
Double Team

I would get SOOOO annoyed if i fought my crobat. lol

 

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