Sharpedo or Crawdaunt?

[UberChomp]

Both these pokemon brought upon a first. The Water/Dark type combonation. Both are obviously from the 3rd gen, and both seem to have two distinct groups of fans. I want to know which one of these two and only Water/Dark type pokemon do you like better?

Crawdaunt for me. It was one of Ash's coolest pokemon, and its movepool has been boosted up when D/P came out. I think its a great pokemon when it comes to design also.

 

[4th Gen Matt]

I hated fighting Crawdaunt in the battle tower. That thing always proved to be such a challenge for me.

As much as I think Crawdaunt is stronger, I like Sharpedo more. He has a cooler design and he is the only real shark.

Garchomp can't be counted. A Hammerhead shark has nothing to do with Dragon or Ground.

Idiotic Pokemon.

 

[UberChomp]

I hated fighting Crawdaunt in the battle tower. That thing always proved to be such a challenge for me.

As much as I think Crawdaunt is stronger, I like Sharpedo more. He has a cooler design and he is the only real shark.

Garchomp can't be counted. A Hammerhead shark has nothing to do with Dragon or Ground.

Idiotic Pokemon.

lol, where did Garchomp come from?

Anyway, both pokemon got a huge boost from this gen, so they both are formidable pokemon to face, I think Sharpedo should be in the BL tier now. Crawdaunt has some great attacks like: Crabhammer, SuperPower, Night Slash, etc. Thats mostly why I like him. But any Choice sets on Sharpedo can be deadly and appealing too. Overall they are both great pokes.

 

[Ash&pikachuarethebest]

I think Sharpedo because of it's design and it's added effect Rough Skin so if a grass type like Cacturn uses the move needle arm he will get hurt as well so it makes people stop using physical attacks on it. Also I agree with 4th gen mat he is the only real shark pokemon and I think it's design looks cooler than crawdant.

 

[Azonic]

Sharpedo is, of course, the bestest Pokemon in the world because it isn't walled by anything and it should be moved up to the ubers rank where it can also beat Arceus and get an OHKO on the most sturdiest defensive walls. :D

Sharpedo's my favorite Pokemon, of course it's better than that pan-fried talking lobster.

...buut...

Sharpedo is a pretty good sweeper in UU. It has pretty good coverage with Ice and Ground attacks, and hits those psychic walls hard with Crunch. Waterfall from my CBsharpedo does tremendous damage in the rain. We're talking about around a 180 power move from a Pokemon with a 510 Attack Stat, so even a not-very-effective move would still deal a great amount of damage. It's got decent speed too, and Aqua Jet to help him out with the speedy Pokemon. Rough Skin ruins Focus Sashers, and actually won me a battle against a Weavile. xP

 

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Sharpedo's main problem is switching in. It's defenses are piss poor, and it's inability to outspeed Base 100's hurts it alot (I'd expect a shark in the water to be faster than a fat cow) Offensively though, Sharpedo is a monster. Its movepool is quite good too; Water and Dark hit a lot of UU for super effective, and a lot of things for neutral in general. It makes a terrific mixed sweeper, and decent Scarfer (I use it at a revenge killer myself)

Crawdaunt just doesn't seem like it can hurt things as much. Being much slower, and doing technically the same thing as Sharpedo hurts its ability to take up a moveslot. Crawdaunt also has a rival in Kingler for a full physical moveset. Kingler is also faster and has more Def AND more Att, so that doesn't help the poor thing.

 

[Luck]

I'd have to go with sharpedo.
It has a cooler design overall, and has pretty high attack and special attack. It also has a bigger movepool. its real drawback is its god-awful base 40 defense. Of course, the only trouble is electric types(in general), because most of the strengths against sharpedo aren't as fast as it.
Crawdaunt is nice and strong and all, but it seems its only high stat is attack, which is strange for water types.It learns many good moves, but it just lacks at speed. most of the pokemon are faster than its amazing speed stat of *gasp* 55!
besides, crawdaunt just doesn't look as good. I'd prefer a shark over a crawfish/crab any day.

 

[Mōnštȝr¿]

Crawaunt does it for me.. Sharpedo is overrated..

 

[UberChomp]

Sharpedo's main problem is switching in. It's defenses are piss poor, and it's inability to outspeed Base 100's hurts it alot (I'd expect a shark in the water to be faster than a fat cow) Offensively though, Sharpedo is a monster. Its movepool is quite good too; Water and Dark hit a lot of UU for super effective, and a lot of things for neutral in general. It makes a terrific mixed sweeper, and decent Scarfer (I use it at a revenge killer myself)

Crawdaunt just doesn't seem like it can hurt things as much. Being much slower, and doing technically the same thing as Sharpedo hurts its ability to take up a moveslot. Crawdaunt also has a rival in Kingler for a full physical moveset. Kingler is also faster and has more Def AND more Att, so that doesn't help the poor thing.

Crawdaunt can take a lot more hits than poor little Sharpedo with a disgusting Defense, and plus with Swords Dance, Crawdaunt can be effectively be used in sweeping teams. I'm not saying Crawdaunt is better than Sharpedo I'm just stating that both have their downsides and both belong in BL.

I think Sharpedo because of it's design and it's added effect Rough Skin so if a grass type like Cacturn uses the move needle arm he will get hurt as well so it makes people stop using physical attacks on it. Also I agree with 4th gen mat he is the only real shark pokemon and I think it's design looks cooler than crawdant.

I am sure Rough Skin does not scare away physical attackers, the mere few HP lost by Rough Skin can be easily covered up by any pokemon with Leftovers, (which is highly common obviously).

 

[.Eevee-Chan]

Sharpedo!^.^ Other than looks,it's a killer/stab even better with waterfall or Aquajet(Could it learn that move?)Oh and Plus attack + speed= a clear win^^

 

[Sushi.]

The design between Crawdaunt and Sharpedo. Sharpedo has a better design then Crawdaunt, and it does very well in battle too. So I'll have to go for Sharpedo! ^^

 

[The Hero Without a Name]

Sharpedo, though there's no denying that both have improved significantly from Advance.

 

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Crawdaunt can take a lot more hits than poor little Sharpedo with a disgusting Defense, and plus with Swords Dance, Crawdaunt can be effectively be used in sweeping teams. I'm not saying Crawdaunt is better than Sharpedo I'm just stating that both have their downsides and both belong in BL.

Crawdaunt's Defenses are 63/85/55. Tell me how that's remotely impressive. It's no better than Sharpedo honestly. Considering Crawdaunt has a ton of weaknesses (Grass, Fighting, Electric, and Bug) and lacks the speed to carry out a sweep, it's clear who's superior; Sharpedo.

Neither of them belong in BL, since neither of them break UU. Both have their counters (Crawdaunt is a meh Sharpedo counter surprisingly)

I am sure Rough Skin does not scare away physical attackers, the mere few HP lost by Rough Skin can be easily covered up by any pokemon with Leftovers, (which is highly common obviously).

Rough Skin messes up Sashers, which is a huge plus.

 

[Hiidoran]

Well, as always, I base my opinions off of pure asthetic looks.
I think Crawdaunt just looks a little absurd and I much prefer Sharpedo when given the option of the two. I suppose my opinion is a little biased as Sharpedo was a very valued component of my team back on my first Ruby file. It took out quite a few foes and I suppose I just have an attachment to it. I suppose Crawdaunt could have been a good substitute if I had known about it at the time, however; I much prefer Sharpedo.

 

[PorygonSquared]

Sharpedo in BL?

Opponent Pokemon used Mach Punch.

+1 unconscious Sharpedo.

And 95 Speed isn't quite good enough considering those defenses.

Anyways, I voted Crawdaunt because that thing doesn't get enough love. Even Ruby/Sapphire kind of neglected it by not giving it to any trainers.

 

[MasterZman]

Can't anserw that i like them both

 

[Aegis]

Considering I haven't used either, this is just off appearances :[ So as far as appearances go, Sharpedo would take the spot as my favourite :> I don't think it looks particularly good compared other Pokémon, but I'd chose it over Crawdaunt. Crawdaunt is slightly creepy, in my opinion XD; It's claws and and eyes and head and and ... ;;

 

[Tobi-kun]

i say sharpedo all you do is ev train its defense and special defence

 

[Archeopterix]

Although I've always felt that both pokemon's designs don't do any justice to their concepts (that means I dislike them), I voted Sharpedo.

 

[Azonic]

i say sharpedo all you do is ev train its defense and special defence

Irony much? What kind of fragile sweeper would EV train themselves in their defensive stats? I mean, when was the last time you actually saw Sharpedo live through 2+ attacks? Even EV training Sharpedo defensively won't do any good. Sharpedo has the defenses of a twig and has too many weaknesses to count. Sharpedo would invest most of its EVs in Speed and Attack, with some in Sp.Atk if one wants to run a MixedSharpedo. As much as I like Sharpedo, I know that it can't take a hit for its life.