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Crobat
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Crobat

PoisonFlying

Best attacking moveset: Gust and Sludge Bomb, worth 10.9 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Crobat can learn 15 combinations. Gust with Sludge Bomb does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Air SlashFlying121.0s+8
BiteDark60.5s+4
GustFlying252.0s+20
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Air CutterFlying552.5s-50
Cross PoisonPoison401.5s-33
Poison FangPoison301.5s-33
Shadow BallGhost1003.0s-50
Sludge BombPoison852.5s-50

Best moveset against each type

Crobat does not have one best moveset, it has 5. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Grass, Ghost, Psychic.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
GrassGust + Sludge Bomb17.7
GhostBite + Shadow Ball14.8
PsychicBite + Shadow Ball14.8
FairyGust + Sludge Bomb14.7
FightingGust + Air Cutter14.2
BugGust + Air Cutter14.2
NormalGust + Sludge Bomb10.9
FlyingGust + Sludge Bomb10.9
FireGust + Sludge Bomb10.9
WaterGust + Sludge Bomb10.9
IceGust + Sludge Bomb10.9
DragonGust + Sludge Bomb10.9
DarkGust + Sludge Bomb10.9
PoisonGust + Shadow Ball10.1
GroundGust + Shadow Ball10.1
ElectricBite + Sludge Bomb9.7
RockBite + Shadow Ball9.0
SteelBite + Shadow Ball9.0

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Crobat is actually for.

Counters: what beats Crobat

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
DeoxysPsychicCharge BeamPsycho Boost40.5
RegielekiElectricLock OnThunder CageLegacy35.7
MewtwoPsychicConfusionPsystrikeLegacy32.5
ZeraoraElectricVolt SwitchPlasma Fists30.7
ZekromDragonElectricCharge BeamFusion BoltLegacy30.0

Ranked by damage per second against Crobat's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family. Twelve deep, with what Crobat is weak to.

Type matchups

Weak toRockElectricPsychicIce
ResistsPoisonGroundFairy
Strongly resistsFightingBugGrass

Shiny

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Shiny Crobat
Shiny

Yes. Shiny Crobat has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, evolution, photobomb.

Evolution family

Numbers

Max CP2,992 at level 50, 2,646 at level 40
Raid catch1,512 CP at level 20, or 1,890 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch1,439 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats194 attack · 178 defense · 198 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Buddy distance1 km per Candy
Purify a Shadow one1,000 Stardust and 1 Candy
Size1.8 m and 75 kg