Is Cradily Good in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Playthrough?
Rock/Grass with high Special Defense. Olivia runs one on her Kahuna team. Handles Water-types that threaten other Rock Pokemon, and the Grass side covers Hapu's Ground Grand Trial. Niche defensive option.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Ilima's team.
Hala's team hits Lileep's weaknesses hard.
Lileep has the type edge here and should clean up Lana's team.
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Lileep trades roughly evenly with Kiawe's team.
Mallow's team hits Lileep's weaknesses hard.
Lileep has the type edge here and should clean up Olivia's team.
Sophocles's team hits Lileep's weaknesses hard.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Acerola's team.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Nanu's team.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Mina's team.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Hapu's team.
Molayne's team hits Cradily's weaknesses hard.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Olivia's team.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Acerola's team.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Kahili's team.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Kukui's team.
Lileep can be revived from a fossil obtained on Route 8. Revive Root Fossil. Restore from a fossil at the Fossil Restoration Center on Route 8
Your Lileep should hit Level 40 before you reach Mina, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Cradily in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
Cradily doesn't appear wild. Catch Lileep instead, it shows up at moderate rates. Evolve it at level 40 to get Cradily. The 2-stage line is mapped in the step cards below.
How to Obtain Cradily in USUM
Step 1Catch LileepRoute 8 - Fossil Restoration CenterLv.15Gift from NPCRevive Root Fossil
Step 2Cradily ✓
Cradily Weakness
Type-wise, Cradily takes extra damage from Ice, Fighting, Bug, and Steel. Storm Drain grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Cradily's overall bulk (86/97/107) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Fighting, Bug, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Electric |
What is Cradily Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Cradily
 Hawlucha Fighting | A | |
 Crabrawler Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Crabrawler builds →Brick Break 2x52-62% Frost Breath 2x19-24% | ||
 Machop Fighting | C | |
 Mankey Fighting | C | |
 Mawile SteelFairy | C | |
Hawlucha Fighting | A | |
 Glaceon Ice | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
Crabrawler Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Crabrawler builds →Brick Break 2x50-59% Frost Breath 2x17-21% | ||
Mankey Fighting | C | |
Machop Fighting | C | |
Hawlucha Fighting | A | |
Glaceon Ice | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
Crabrawler Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Crabrawler builds →Brick Break 2x54-64% Frost Breath 2x19-23% | ||
Machop Fighting | C | |
Mankey Fighting | C | |
 Bewear NormalFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodHauoli City Interact Encounter | ||
 Passimian Fighting | C | |
 Hariyama Fighting | C | |
 Gallade PsychicFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Gallade builds →Brick Break 2x67-80% Fury Cutter 2x24-30% | ||
Hawlucha Fighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Hawlucha builds →Flying Press 2x70-83% Steel Wing 2x34-40% | ||
 Aegislash SteelGhost | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Aegislash builds →Iron Head 2x37-44% Sacred Sword 2x28-33% Fury Cutter 2x13-16% | ||
 Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Pangoro builds →Hammer Arm 2x90-106%KO Bullet Punch 2x24-29% Infestation 2x9-10% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | B | |
Glaceon Ice | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
 Golisopod BugWater | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Wimpod (Dividing Peak Tunnel Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Golisopod builds →First Impression 2x81-96% Brick Break 2x45-53% Ice Beam 2x29-34% | ||
Aegislash SteelGhost | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Aegislash builds →Iron Head 2x36-42% Sacred Sword 2x26-31% Fury Cutter 2x13-15% | ||
Passimian Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Passimian builds →Close Combat 2x99-117%KO U-turn 2x39-46% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Blaziken builds →High Jump Kick 2x107-126%KO | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Infernape builds →Close Combat 2x89-105%KO U-turn 2x36-42% | ||
Magnezone ElectricSteel | B | |
 Solgaleo PsychicSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodMahalo Trail Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Solgaleo builds →Sunsteel Strike 2x92-109%KO Wake-Up Slap 2x44-52% | ||
Passimian Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Passimian builds →Close Combat 2x100-118%KO U-turn 2x39-46% | ||
Aegislash SteelGhost | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Aegislash builds →Iron Head 2x34-40% Sacred Sword 2x25-30% Fury Cutter 2x12-14% | ||
Gallade PsychicFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Gallade builds →Close Combat 2x103-121%KO X-Scissor 2x46-54% | ||
Hariyama Fighting | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Hariyama builds →Close Combat 2x100-118%KO | ||
Solgaleo PsychicSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodMahalo Trail Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Solgaleo builds →Sunsteel Strike 2x95-112%KO Wake-Up Slap 2x44-52% | ||
Bewear NormalFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodHauoli City Interact Encounter | ||
 Cobalion SteelFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodUltra Space Wilds Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Cobalion builds →Close Combat 2x80-95% Iron Head 2x54-64% X-Scissor 2x36-43% | ||
Passimian Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Passimian builds →Close Combat 2x101-119%KO U-turn 2x39-47% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Heracross builds →Close Combat 2x105-124%KO Megahorn 2x105-124%KO | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityUnaware ItemLeftovers NatureRelaxed Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Quagsire builds →Scald7-9% Earthquake17-20% | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityStormdrain ItemLeftovers NatureSassy Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Gastrodon builds →Scald10-12% Earthquake17-20% | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityUnaware ItemLeftovers NatureBold Moves View Pyukumuku builds →
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C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityVoltabsorb ItemAssault Vest NatureModest Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Lanturn builds →Volt Switch4-5% Scald9-11% Ice Beam 2x21-25% Surf10-13% | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityTechnician ItemFocus Sash NatureTimid Moves View Smeargle builds →
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Cradily Evolutions
Evolved from Lileep. Cradily is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are slow to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+40 over Lileep), and Cradily peaks at 495 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
USUM Cradily Best Moveset
97 Defense and 107 Sp. Def with AbilityStorm Drain absorbing Water for a Sp. Atk boost as a hidden ability. Rock/Grass TermStab at 81 from both sides. MoveStealth Rock sets hazards. But 43 Speed and middling offenses leave the moveset unable to pressure anything while absorbing hits.
Best Build
Cradily best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Giga Drain
- Recover
- Toxic
- Stealth Rock
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Barrier and Curse aren't available any other way for Cradily, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Solar Beam and Stone Edge for solid options.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Normally, it lived on shallow sea shoals. When the tide went out, this Pokémon came up on land to search for prey.
This carnivorous Pokémon lived in primordial seas. It catches prey in its eight tentacles and dissolves them with digestive fluid as it eats.
Cradily Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Guide
In Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, Storm Drain changes the entire equation for Cradily. The 495 BST doesn't tell the full story. Ranked C-Tier as a support. Giga Drain with Leftovers is the standard set.
Storm Drain is what you want on Cradily. Every competitive set worth running is built with that ability in mind. The alternatives (Suction Cups) work on paper but Storm Drain is what makes Cradily worth using.
Base 43 Speed is low. Priority moves or Trick Room are the way to go. On offense, Cradily is a special attacker with base 81 Sp. Atk. Defensively? Tanky enough to absorb a few hits. Best used as a support.
For Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, the core moveset is Giga Drain, Recover, Toxic, and Stealth Rock. Giga Drain leads at 0% usage. This set covers the support role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Cradily spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves