What is a good moveset for Scrafty?

Question

If you have a good competitive moveset for Scrafty, post an answer below and upvote the best ones. Movesets for its pre-evolutions, if any, can also be shared on this thread.

Be sure to include full set details in your post, e.g. items, abilities, natures and EVs. Some detail, including the intended game mode for your set, is also appreciated. Access the full list of guidelines here.

Scrafty Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Comments

Likely tier: Borderline

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Drain punch
Crunch
Bulk up
Rest

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I reckon a good moveset for Scrafty is Focus Punch, High jump kick, giga impact and Hyper beam

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Scrafty's a cool Pokemon and all, but I don't really understand it that much. Think about it: it punches a ghost and does nothing, it bites a ghost and lands super-effective damage.

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Mines different I run crunch/ dark pulse, drain punch/ focus blast, sludge bomb (deals with fairys) and hp Fire suprised people who use mega mawile or any bug

Answer 1

Man, my Zuruzukin is a beast. I seriously love using this Pokemon in battle. They look kinda cool, too!

HI JUMP KICK (Incredibly power STAB with fair accuracy. Feeling lucky?)

CRUNCH (More STAB with Defense loss)

STONE EDGE / DRAGON DANCE (Use Stone Edge for coverage against Flying-types, or Dragon Dance for buffing)

DRAGON CLAW / FAKE OUT (Bonus hits on the Dragon, or the PUNCH FROM BROOKLYN)

Comments

Hi Jump Kick is an awesome last resort move. Its power increased to 130 in B/W, but if you miss you lose HALF YOUR HP!!

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Why was this voted down?

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zoom lens HI JUMP KICK is awesome on Srcafty thanks to it's low speed.makes it's accuracy 99. pretty good chance if you ask me.

Answer 2

Great defenses and decent attack = nice physical wall. However, he has a lot of great attacks so you could bulk him up with full Attack/HP EVs and go for 4 attacking moves.

EVs: 252 HP, 80 Attack, 108 Defense, 68 SpDef
Ability: Overconfident

Toxic
Double Team
Crunch
Stone Edge or Ice Punch

Comments

You mean moxie or intimidate

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stop using japanese translations!!!

Answer 3

Its dis-advantages are Flying and fighting and its quite slow...so id recommend !!

Thunderpunch/Icepunch (Beats flying)
Zen headbutt (Beats fighting)
Draco dance (Speed+Power)
Hi-Jump Kick* /Crunch(STAB)
I recommend Hi jump kick cause fighting has more adv. than dark in offence !
Hope I helped .
Cheers!!

Comments

The same moveset that I'm using!
Aren't Scrafty Perfect... and you can give all these Moves without Wasting one Shards just Get a SMEARGLE, Sketch them and Breed him!
;)

Answer 4

Scrafty (M) @ Leftovers

Trait: Moxie

EVs: 136 Def / 120 SDef / 252 Spd

Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)

• Dragon Dance
• Crunch
• Drain Punch
• Rock Slide

Answer 5

Scrafty (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 100 Atk / 204 Def / 204 SDef
Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd)
- Drain Punch
- Substitute
- Crunch
- Focus Punch

Answer 6

Scrafty (M) @ Leftovers

Trait: Shed Skin
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)

• Drain Punch
• Bulk Up
• Rest
• Ice Punch

Comments

Beware of Shedinja, Starmie, Slowbro/king, Tentecruel, Froslass, Victini, Jellicent, Chandelure, and Volcarona. (Skarmory also ruins it with Whirlwind)

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Why not crunch? It gets stab and has perfect coverage on every pokemon in the game except heracross and toxicroak.

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Mine is similar but instead of rest stone edge and instead of bulk up dragon dance

Answer 7

I'm gonna get beat for this, but I'm currently trying it, and this could just possibly work....

Eminem (Scrafty) (M) @ Liechi Berry
Trait: Intimidate
EVs: 8 Atk / / 252 SDef / 248 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Ice Punch
- Bulk Up/Dragon Dance, or both, as I did.
- Hi Jump Kick
- Stone Edge

The nickname is an obscure reference to Slim Shady, although I hate it, I thought it fit in perfectly. Before you say ANYTHING about the ability, please first consider I've invested in a lot of Sp. Def and I have just better than decent Defense. THAT is why I have Intimidate. If you think you're fast or bulky enough, you start with Bulk Up. If you think you're gonna get raped, switch. If you think severe (Yet Surviving) damage go for a Dragon Dance. After boosting, and possibly getting a Liechi boost, go start sweeping. Have fun with your Stone Edge (Flying coverage among 4 others) and your high-end STAB/Coverage Hi-Jump Kick.

Answer 8

After much research I found that the moveset with the widest coverage is: FIGHTING, DARK, ICE, GROUND. Covering 14/17 types. (all but water, fighting, and bug)

Scrafty is one of the only Pokemon that can be easily obtained and acquire this set without extensive breeding.

My Scrafty knows:

BRICK BREAK: in learned by level up, nice damage and not as risky as Hi Jump Kick which causes Scrafty to lose 1/2 his max HP if he misses.

CRUNCH: solid physical dark move learned by level up.

DIG: solid, two turn, ground move learned by TM found early in the game (route 4 in BW2). And only ground type attack Scrafty can preform.

ICE PUNCH: best physical ice attack in the game. Can be aquired in Driftveil City through the move tutor in the house west of the pokécenter for 10 red shards (BW2). Also covers his flying weakness.

Without this moveset it's a waste of a Scrafty's coverage advantage.

Comments

How r u meant to sweep.... where is the status?

Answer 9

Ok. I have answered late but this moveset is BAWS for sweeping.

Scrafty
Item: Muscle Band
EVs: 252 Atk | 252 Spe| 4 Def
Trait: Moxie
Nature: Adamant
Moves:

• Ice Punch ( coverage against Flying types without recoil from a move like Head Smash.)
• Drain Punch ( Provides healing for Scrafty and has decent power)
• Crunch ( Coverage)
• Dragon-Dance ( You know why that is here. xD)

Ok this is a sweeper Scrafty incase you didn't know :P

Comments

Is this really a good set?

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Amazing exactly wat I use since this move set has a type dvatage to 12/18 types in the game making it an excellent pokemon to trust. It wrecks everything

Answer 10

Scrafty is such a boss.

Adamant Nature

Ability: Moxie

Held Item: Leftovers (With Outrage - Persim Berry)
- Bulk Up or Amnesia
- Low Sweep
- Crunch or Faint Attack
- Ice Punch or Outrage

Low Sweep could be changed Hi Jump Kick only if you have Ice Punch.
Hi Jump Kick will help the foe knock you out if it's used Fly before you attack BEWARE.
One more thing, Hi Jump Kick has a slight chance of missing already.

Comments

Scrafty cannot learn Calm Mind.  You might want to edit this.

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Lol calm mind is pointless too xD

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sorry i meant amnesia

Answer 11

Why hasn't anyone posted this lol?
One of the the best sweeping movesets ever!
Scrafty @ Life Orb
Moxie
252Atk/252spe/4HP
Jolly nature
-Drain Punch
-Dragon Dance
-Ice Punch
-Knock off

• Drain Punch is powerful STAB for healing back life orb damage.
• Dragon Dance to up speed and attack and to sweep. (It outspeeds all Pokemon(provided no scarf) after 2 DD and most of the Pokemon after 1 DD and you can proceed to sweep with moxie boost.
• Ice Punch for coverage against both flying and ground (thunder punch won't hit ground if they switch predicting it)
• Knock off for stab and to get rid of opponents item!

This set only hits azumarill and Marill not very effectively while beating up everyone else. (Move coverage allows it to hit 480 Pokemon super effectively)

Answer 12

Scrafty @ Life Orb
Ability: Moxie
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Substitute
- Drain Punch
- Focus Punch
- Crunch

Set up substitute when possible, and then just unleash a devastating focus punch (or drain punch to recover HP). STAB and life orb will make it have devastating power on anything that doesn't resist it.

Answer 13

This is an effective part sweeper part tank set.
Scrafty
Nature: Impish
252 Hp, 252 Def, 4 Att
Item: Assault Vest or Lum berry
Ability: Moxie

Moves
Drain Punch: reliable recovery while doing damage. Plus it is STAB.
Power-Up Punch: boosts attack while doing damage.
Knock Off: not only removes items but is actually this guy's strongest move if the opponent is holding an item.
Poison Jab: coverage for fairy types plus a decent chance to poison.

Answer 14

An interesting Pokemon. While notthe top defensive force, it ca take some hits for sure.

Ability: Intimidate

EVs: Attack, Sp Def, Def Nature: Adamant

Stone Edge: Deal with one of your two weaknesses.

Substitute: Low speed allows you to pull it off well.

Focus Punch: Protected by Substitute for major damage.

Crunch: STAB.

Answer 15

Sweeper. Dragon Dance(speed)

Crunch(STAB)
Brick Break(STAB)
Stone Edge(coverage)

Answer 16

Scrafty very good defensive7offensive pokemon.

the sweeper version is crunch, stone edge, zen headbutt, high jump kick.
with moxie as ability.

The defensive version is toxic, Substitute, focus punch, crunch/zen headbutt.
With shed skin as ability.

Answer 17

Surprise defensive scrafty use shed skin i hate toxic.

Substitute, focus punch is deadly.
Payback doubles the damage very often with this slow pokemon.
zen headbutt covers fighting weakness.

**** flying types....

Answer 18

Scrafty (F) @Big Root

Ability:Moxie
Lonely Nature (+Atk, -Def)
Role:Phsyical Sweeper

-Drain Punch
-Dragon Dance
-Head Smash
-Hi Jump Kick

Answer 19

I wanna say...
Scrafty(F) @ Big Root
Ability: Shed Skin
Brave Nature(+atk, -spd)

Bulk Up(Get up atk and def)
Rest(With Shed Skin!!!)
Drain Punch(Strong, Get back Health)
Toxic/Payback: Toxic for stalling, payback for amazing power.

Answer 20

King Kaid
Scrafty (M) @ Big Root
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpAtk)
Trait: Shed Skin
Role: Bulky Sweeper

EV Spread:
252 Atk
128 Def
128 SpDef

IV Spread:
0 Speed (if possible)

-Bulk Up
-Drain Punch
-Rock Slide
-Payback