Is Crawdaunt Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
ORAS finally fixes Crawdaunt. In the original Ruby and Sapphire, Dark was a Special type, completely wasting Crawdaunt's 120 Attack. The per-move split makes MoveCrunch and MoveKnock Off physical now. Water/Dark coverage handles Phoebe, Tate and Liza, and chunks of Steven's team. A Pokemon reborn by the remake.
Corphish resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Corphish has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Corphish has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Corphish resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Corphish has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Crawdaunt trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Crawdaunt trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Catch Crawdaunt on Route 117 (Super Rod fishing, Lv 40, rare).
Catch Corphish on Route 102 (Super Rod fishing, Lv 30-40, common).
How to Get Crawdaunt in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Crawdaunt tops out at moderate rates across 4 locations in late-game fishing spots. The encounters below are sorted by rate so you can see exactly what you're working with.
Where To Catch Crawdaunt in ORAS
To get Crawdaunt, start by catching Corphish through fishing encounters at Lv. 25-40. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
Step 1Catch CorphishPetalburg CityLv.30-40Super RodRate 100%Route 102Lv.30-40Super RodRate 100%Route 117Lv.30-35Super RodRate 95%Route 123Lv.30-35Super RodRate 95%Petalburg CityLv.25Good RodRate 5%Route 102Lv.25Good RodRate 5%Route 117Lv.25Good RodRate 5%Route 123Lv.25Good RodRate 5%
Step 2Crawdaunt ✓Route 117Lv.40Super RodRate 5%Route 123Lv.40Super RodRate 5%or evolve from Corphish (Step 1)
Crawdaunt Weakness
Type-wise, Crawdaunt takes extra damage from Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug, and Fairy. Psychic moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. 6 resistances give it solid defensive coverage on top of that. Crawdaunt's physical bulk (base 85 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug, Fairy |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Ghost, Dark, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Psychic |
What is Crawdaunt Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Crawdaunt
 Hitmonlee Fighting | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Hitmonlee builds →High Jump Kick 2x139-164%KO | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Breloom builds →Low Sweep 2x75-89% Mega Drain 2x39-46% | ||
 Sawk Fighting | C | |
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Throh Fighting | C | |
Hitmonlee Fighting | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Hitmonlee builds →High Jump Kick 2x143-169%KO | ||
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Breloom builds →Low Sweep 2x76-91% Mega Drain 2x37-44% | ||
Sawk Fighting | C | |
Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | B | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x124-147%KO Rock Smash 2x29-34% | ||
Hitmonlee Fighting | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Hitmonlee builds →High Jump Kick 2x144-169%KO | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Meganium builds →Petal Dance 2x138-163%KO Rock Smash 2x23-28% | ||
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Breloom builds →Low Sweep 2x78-93% Mega Drain 2x37-45% | ||
Sawk Fighting | C | |
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Heracross builds →Close Combat 2x138-163%KO Megahorn 2x138-163%KO Bullet Seed 2x20-24% | ||
Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x124-146%KO Rock Smash 2x28-34% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x179-211%KO Focus Blast 2x119-141%KO Pin Missile 2x18-22% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Roserade builds →Solar Beam 2x191-226%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x86-101%KO | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x145-170%KO Focus Blast 2x96-114%KO | ||
Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Heracross builds →Close Combat 2x135-159%KO Megahorn 2x135-159%KO Bullet Seed 2x20-23% | ||
Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Hariyama builds →Close Combat 2x129-152%KO | ||
Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x120-141%KO Rock Smash 2x27-33% | ||
Cacturne GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x175-206%KO Focus Blast 2x116-138%KO Pin Missile 2x18-22% | ||
Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Roserade builds →Solar Beam 2x189-223%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x84-100%KO | ||
 Tangrowth Grass | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x171-201%KO Focus Blast 2x113-134%KO Infestation 2x20-23% | ||
 Gurdurr Fighting | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Gurdurr builds →Focus Punch 2x146-172%KO | ||
Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Heracross builds →Close Combat 2x136-160%KO Megahorn 2x136-160%KO Bullet Seed 2x20-23% | ||
 Hitmonchan Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Hitmonchan builds →Focus Punch 2x146-172%KO Thunder Punch 2x49-58% | ||
Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Hariyama builds →Close Combat 2x132-155%KO | ||
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Hippowdon's Earthquake hits Crawdaunt for 34-40%.
A | ||
Recommended Build AbilityFlashfire ItemLeftovers NatureCalm Moves View Heatran builds →
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B | ||
Recommended Build AbilitySand Stream ItemLeftovers NatureImpish Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Hippowdon builds →Earthquake34-40% Rock Slide25-30% | ||
B | ||
Recommended Build AbilityNatural Cure ItemEviolite NatureBold Moves View Chansey builds →
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B | ||
Recommended Build AbilityPoisonheal ItemToxic Orb NatureCareful Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Gliscor builds →Earthquake30-35% Knock Off9-11% | ||
B | ||
Recommended Build AbilityRegenerator ItemLeftovers NatureBold Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Slowbro builds →Scald17-20% Ice Beam19-23% | ||
Crawdaunt Evolutions
Crawdaunt is the evolved form of Corphish. Breeding produces Corphish eggs, and they're quick to hatch. Evolving from Corphish gave Crawdaunt the biggest boost in Attack (+40), bringing the total to 468 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Crawdaunt to get Corphish eggs easily using 87 partners from the Water1 and Water3 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Aqua Jet, Body Slam and 10 more.
ORAS Crawdaunt Best Moveset
AbilityAdaptability doubles Water/Dark TermStab to 2x, and 120 Attack fires the boosted TermStab at power nothing survives neutrally. Only Fairy resists both types. The moveset earns A-tier because Adaptability makes an already strong Attack stat hit twice as hard as normal TermStab would.
Best Build
Crawdaunt best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Aqua Jet
- Crabhammer
- Knock Off
- Swords Dance
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Ancient Power and Aqua Jet give Crawdaunt options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 9 types already covers a decent range on top of Crabhammer and Surf. The egg moves push it further.
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
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Crawdaunt has an extremely violent nature that compels it to challenge other living things to battle. Other life-forms refuse to live in ponds inhabited by this Pokémon, making them desolate places.
Crawdaunt molts (sheds) its shell regularly. Immediately after molting, its shell is soft and tender. Until the shell hardens, this Pokémon hides in its streambed burrow to avoid attack from its foes.
Crawdaunt Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Don't let Crawdaunt's 468 base stat total fool you. Adaptability is what makes it tick. It punches way above its weight class. We rate it C-Tier as a cannon. Aqua Jet with Life Orb is the standard set.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Run Adaptability on Crawdaunt. It's the ability that defines how you build around it and the main reason it holds a competitive niche. Crawdaunt also gets Hyper Cutter and Shell Armor, but they don't compare.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Crawdaunt fills the cannon role. It's a physical attacker with base 120 Attack. At base 55 Speed, it won't be moving first often. And it's enough bulk to take a hit or two.
For Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, the core moveset is Aqua Jet, Crabhammer, Knock Off, and Swords Dance. Aqua Jet leads at 0% usage. Crabhammer provides reliable STAB damage.
Game Availability
Crawdaunt first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 15 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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