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So, how is Crobat?

Crobat is one of my favourite 'mons in the main series, and I wonder how he performs in GO. Is Crobat a viable Pokemon in gym battles and/or raids?

Asked by Gamerzo7 years 6 months ago
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by pipjay 7 years 6 months ago

I rarely see anyone place fighting or grass types in gyms. Not strong enough to excell against Machamp raids.

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If the speed stat was better incorporated into GO, like for example, faster mons having quicker attack cooldowns or higher eps to build up charge moves (so they are more likely to release their charge move before the opposing slower pokemon, imitating the faster mon moving first in the main games) then Crobat and other speedy mons like Electrode and Jolteon might get great buffs. But as it is, Crobat isnt recommended for raids( mediocre attack and hp ) but is fine for attacking gyms

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Unfortunately, Crobat is kinda meh, which is a shame because I like him too. Not terrible, but not great either.

His typing does providing him with some strong resistances (.51x damage from Bug, Grass, and Fighting) but none of these are particularly useful against the majority of common gym defenders and raid bosses, limiting his use. That could change in the future though, especially if they also have a double weakness to flying, for example Heracross.

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While this is not a recommendation, Crobat does learn Shadowball. You could have some fun against Mewtwo if you dare risk your damage balls

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I agree. Pokebattler has Crobat with Bite/Shadowball as a decent option against Mewtwo and Alakazam with Focus Blast. There are many better options, but it can be serviceable if you manage to fire one Shadow Ball.

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You dare crobat vs confusion mewtwo???

Some people like to live dangerously :)

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All his moves are super effective to Exeggutor, plus double resistance to grass. I have 2 of them at 1.3k CP, I used them to train against a 2.3k double grass Exeggutor in the old prestiging meta.

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Going against Exeggutor would not have been very good because it was weak to both of Exeggutor's fast moves and its then best defensive charge move. I used Golbat occasionally to presitge against Venusaur because it resists all of Venusaur's moves and was super effective with Wing Attack/Air Cutter.

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