Cradily
PvE Analysis
Cradily has almost nothing to its name as its unimpressive stats hold it back severely. With better bulk, it would’ve been a cool defender, but it’s still weak to Fighting-types.
Best PvE Offensive Moveset
Bullet Seed + Grass Knot | Best |
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- Bullet Seed is Cradily's only STAB fast move, making it the move of choice in most cases.
- Acid has better DPS and neutral coverage, while Infestation has higher energy gain.
- Grass Knot outperforms Stone Edge on neutral damage, but both have their matchups.
- Bulldoze serves no purpose on offense.
Best PvE Defensive Moveset
Bullet Seed or Infestation + Grass Knot or Bulldoze | Best |
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- Bullet Seed has the highest energy generation and damage with STAB.
- Infestation ties with Bullet Seed's energy gains while being off-type with its best defensive charged move.
- Acid’s advantage is its neutral coverage, though it lacks STAB.
- Grass Knot is strong and has 2 bars, which is appropriate for Cradily’s average bulk.
- Stone Edge is the most likely charge move to hit if Cradily manages to use it.
- Bulldoze is both weak and easily reactable.
PvP Analysis
Bullet Seed + Rock Slide and Grass Knot | Best |
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Bullet Seed is Cradily’s best fast move, building energy pretty quickly and benefiting from STAB. Infestation offers the same energy generation, but falls behind slightly without STAB.
Rock Slide and Grass Knot benefit from STAB to provide very solid coverage, only being walled by Steel-types and certain dual-type Fighting Pokémon. Stone Edge is an very good move, but it's rather expensive, and Rock Slide is often preferred as a result. Bulldoze isn’t very good. While you certainly could swap out either of the other moves to give you anti-Steel coverage, swapping Stone Edge leaves you hard walled by a lot of Flying-type Pokémon, and swapping Grass Knot just makes Cradily a worse version of Mud Shot/Stone Edge/Mud Bomb Quagsire (which is a better Great League investment anyway).
Great League | 0 / 5 |
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Cradily's unique Rock / Grass typing allows it to break certain cores, such as those involving Lanturn and Noctowl. With solid bulk and good moves, Cradily is pretty reliable at this job. Vulnerabilities to Registeel and Counter users can be tough for it, but Cradily can leave a dent against most other things. | |
Ultra League | 0 / 5 |
Cradily can reach the Ultra League CP Cap at Level 50. It has a tougher time making progress in this league due to the prevalence of Giratina and Cobalion, and in general the cores that Cradily breaks are less common. Certain cups can still let Cradily shine though. | |
Master League | 0 / 5 |
Cradily can’t really compete in Master League. |