Monotype Crawdaunt (Water) [QC:3/3] [GP:2/2]

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[SET]
name: Choice Band (Water)
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Crabhammer
move 3: Close Combat / Crunch
move 4: Aqua Jet
item: Choice Band
ability: Adaptability
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Crawdaunt is an incredible wallbreaker that fits on both balance and rain teams and is able to break through many types such as Poison, Water, and Psychic. Knock Off is its most spammable STAB and can 2HKO defensive walls like Toxapex and Slowbro, which can be annoying for rain sweepers, as well as remove important items such as Heavy-Duty Boots from Dragonite. Crabhammer offers more power and threatens Dark-resistant walls like Galarian Weezing, Mandibuzz, and Clefable. Close Combat is a good coverage move for Steel-types such as Ferrothorn and Melmetal. Crunch can be used instead o guarantee solid damage after Knock Off and is especially helpful against bulky archetypes such as Poison and Water stall teams, notably 2HKOing Toxapex and Amoonguss after their item has been removed. Aqua Jet helps Crawdaunt compensate for its low Speed, pick off weakened foes, and potentially OHKO Gengar, Nihilego, Thundurus-T, and Choice Specs Tapu Koko after Stealth Rock in rain. An Adamant nature allows Crawdaunt to hit as hard as possible while being able to outpace slower Pokemon like Clefable, Swampert, uninvested Rotom-W, and Mantine.

Pokemon such as Slowking, Slowbro,and Rotom-W that can pivot Crawdaunt into annoying walls are great teammates; Slowbro and Slowking can also provide Future Sight support that can help Crawdaunt break through Poison teams, especially if it isn't running Crunch. Swampert provides an immunity to Electric, Stealth Rock support, and pivots into Crawdaunt safely with Flip Turn. Toxapex can check Grass-, Fairy- and Fighting-types such as Tapu Bulu, Clefable, and Terrakion, respectively, and carry Eject Button on rain teams to pivot Crawdaunt in against slower threats. Pelipper is a reliable Defog user and activates rain which can allow Crawdaunt to spam Aqua Jet and Crabhammer, 2HKOing Pokemon such as Amoonguss. Urshifu-R can overwhelm Steel-types if Crawdaunt is lacking Close Combat, threaten Ice-types such as Kyurem, and use U-turn to avoid losing momentum by bringing Crawdaunt in against Psychic-types such as Slowbro. As Crawdaunt is slow, faster teammates such as Barraskewda and Choice Scarf Tapu Fini can clean up teams in the late-game.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Water
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A set with Swords Dance and Life Orb or Muscle Band can be used to snowball slower types such as Poison and Steel, as its STAB moves break down bulky walls such as Toxapex and Ferrothorn at +2 after minimal chip, while Aqua Jet takes on faster threats such as Nidoking and Excadrill.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Water analysis by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Quality checked by: [[sasha, 510532], [Neko, 542526]], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
 
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[SET]
name: Choice Band (Water)
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Crabhammer
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Aqua Jet
item: Choice Band
ability: Adaptability
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Crawdaunt is an incredible wallbreaker that fits in both Balanced and Rain teams and is able to break through many types such as Poison, Water and Psychic. Knock Off is the most spammable STAB that can 2HKO defensive walls like Toxapex and remove important items such as Heavy-Duty Boots from Dragonite,(end the sentence here, then talk about crabammer otherwise it becomes a huge run on sentence). while Crabhammer offers more power and can OHKO threats like Galarian Weezing, Defensive Celesteela and Clefable while rain is active. Close Combat is a good coverage moves for Steel-types such as Ferrothorn (would add another example then end the sentence, then talk about aqua jet). while Aqua Jet helps Crawdaunt compensates Crawdaunt's for its low speed and picks up weakened foes and still abuses rain, threatening to OHKO Gengar, Weavile, Thundurus-Therian, and Tapu Koko after it got they have been chipped by Stealth Rock damage. A maximum investment in Attack with an Adamant nature allows Crawdaunt to hit as strong as possible while being able to outpace slower Pokemons like Clefable, and Swampert, or and Rotom-W without investments.

Pokemons such as Slowking, Slowbro and Rotom-W that can pivot it Crawdaunt into annoying walls are great teammates, which can also provide Future Sight support (mention the slowtwins specifically do this) that can help him Crawdaunt breaking through Poison teams. Swampert can provide Stealth Rock support and also pivot into him Crawdaunt (just replace any "it" or "him" etc with crawdaunt) safely with Flip Turn while providing an Electric immunity. Toxapex can check Grass-, Fairy- and Fighting-types such as Tapu Bulu, Clefable and Terrakion, while also being able to carry Eject Button on Rain teams to pivot Crawdaunt in against slower threats. Pelipper is a reliable Defog user and activates rain which can allow Crawdaunt to spam Crabhammer, 2HKOing Pokemons such as Amoonguss. As Crawdaunt is slow, faster teammates such as Barraskewda and Choice Scarf Tapu Fini can clean up teams in the late-game, with the latter being able to Trick the Choice Scarf to annoying walls like Toxapex.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Water
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Crunch can be used instead of Close Combat to guarantee a solid damage after Knock Off has been used, being especially helpful against fat bulkier archetypes such as Poison and Water Stall teams.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Water analysis by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]], [username3, userid3]]
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approving this as QC 1/3, but I'll add a bit of stuff

move 3: Close Combat / Crunch
Crunch should be an option, guaranteeing the 2HKO on Pex even after the sludge has been koffed is big. It can also 2HKO Ferrothornius [after SR] after Lefties has been Koffed, if you're bothered about it too

Adamant nature allow Crawdaunt to hit as strong as possible while being able to outpace slower Pokemons like Clefable and Swampert or Rotom-W without investments.
Add Mantine, Daunt outpacing Mantine is one of the things that makes it cool, it opens up for faster breakers like Barra

*add Urshifu-R in team mates, esp useful if Crab running crunch

*on other options, add that it can run a Swords Dance set w/ Muscle Band, LO, or Sash. This is quite game ending for types like Steel and Poison as their faster mons get Aqua Jetted, while others are Knocked/Hammered.. This is obv inferior though to CB which is strong already w/o needing a boost

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[SET]
name: Choice Band (Water)
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Crabhammer
move 3: Close Combat / Crunch
move 4: Aqua Jet
item: Choice Band
ability: Adaptability
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Crawdaunt is an incredible wallbreaker that fits in both Balance and Rain teams and is able to break through many types such as Poison, Water and Psychic. Knock Off is the most spammable STAB that can 2HKO defensive walls like Toxapex (add that it also deals with typical rain counters like Amoon, Slowbro, and Mantine too. Well, maybe not list all of them, but generalize these as counters to phys water guys like Barra/Shifu) and remove important items such as Heavy-Duty Boots from Dragonite. Crabhammer offers more power and can OHKO threats like Galarian Weezing, Defensive Celesteela and Clefable while rain is active. Close Combat is a good coverage moves for Steel-types such as Ferrothorn and Melmetal. Crunch can be used instead of it to guarantee a solid damage after Knock Off has been used, being especially helpful against bulkier archetypes such as Poison and Water Stall teams, 2HKOing Toxapex and Ferrothorn after their item has been removed. Aqua Jet helps Crawdaunt compensate for its low speed and picks up weakened foes and still abuses rain, threatening to OHKO Gengar, Weavile (swap weavile for someone that scares water, like picking off Goltres, Nihilego, and Victini too), Thundurus-Therian, and Tapu Koko after it has been chipped by Stealth Rock damage. A maximum investment in Attack with an Adamant nature allow Crawdaunt to hit as strong as possible while being able to outpace slower Pokemon like Clefable, Swampert, Rotom-W without investment and Mantine.

Pokemon such as Slowking, Slowbro and Rotom-W that can pivot Crawdaunt into annoying walls are great teammates, with the slowtwins (Idt slowtwins is an acceptable term) being able to provide Future Sight support that can help Crawdaunt breaking through Poison teams (this is especially helpful if crab is crunchless too, as its "walled" by Pex after the first knock). Swampert can provides Stealth Rock support and also pivot into Crawdaunt safely with Flip Turn while providing an Electric immunity. Toxapex can check Grass-, Fairy- and Fighting-types such as Tapu Bulu, Clefable and Terrakion, while also being able to carry Eject Button on Rain teams to pivot Crawdaunt in against slower threats. Pelipper is a reliable Defog user and activates rain which can allow Crawdaunt to spam Crabhammer, 2HKOing Pokemon such as Amoonguss. Urshifu-R can overwhelm Steel-types if Crawdaunt is lacking Close Combat, while also being able to use U-turn to avoid losing momentum and bringing Crawdaunt in against Psychic-types such as Mew (not mew pls, you can say crab deals with CP mew, but other mews burn Crab. Mantine could be the other example tho, but its not a psy type, its phys water-resist walls in general tbh) and Slowbro. As Crawdaunt is slow, faster teammates such as Barraskewda and Choice Scarf Tapu Fini can clean up teams in the late-game, with the latter being able to Trick the Choice Scarf to annoying walls like Toxapex.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Water
--------
A set with Swords Dance and Life Orb / Muscle Band can be used to snowball slower types such as Poison and Steel, with his as its STABs break down bulky walls such as Toxapex and Ferrothorn at +2 after minimal chip, having no switch-ins and while Aqua Jet takesing on faster threats such as Nidoking and Excadrill.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Water analysis by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Quality checked by: [[sasha, 510532], [Neko, 542526username2, userid2]], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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[SET]
name: Choice Band (Water)
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Aqua Jet
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Crunch / Crabhammer
item: Choice Band
ability: Adaptability
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

imo crunch is way more useful than crabhammer on balance because it allows you to consistently break poison and opposing water with future sight. crabhammer is fine on rain but i still think you'd want to be clicking aqua jet / knock 90% of the time.

[SET COMMENTS]
Crawdaunt is an incredible wallbreaker that fits in both Balance and Rain teams and is able to break through many types such as Poison, Water and Psychic. Knock Off is the most spammable STAB that can 2HKO defensive walls like Toxapex and remove important items such as Heavy-Duty Boots from Dragonite. Crabhammer offers more power and can OHKO threats threatens walls like Galarian Weezing, Defensive Celesteela Mandibuzz (knock owns defensive celesteela anyway) and Clefable while rain is active. Close Combat is a good coverage moves for Steel-types such as Ferrothorn and Melmetal. Crunch can be used instead of it to guarantee a solid damage after Knock Off has been used, being especially helpful against bulkier archetypes such as Poison and Water Stall teams, 2HKOing Toxapex and Ferrothorn Amoonguss (ties in with previous point) after their item has been removed. Aqua Jet helps Crawdaunt compensate for its low speed and picks up weakened foes and still abuses rain, threatening to OHKO Gengar, Weavile, Thundurus-Therian, and Tapu Koko after it has been chipped by Stealth Rock damage. A maximum investment in Attack with an Adamant nature allow Crawdaunt to hit as strong as possible while being able to outpace slower Pokemon like Clefable, Swampert, Rotom-W without investment and Mantine.

Pokemon such as Slowking, Slowbro and Rotom-W that can pivot Crawdaunt into annoying walls are great teammates, with the slowtwins being able to provide Future Sight support that can help Crawdaunt breaking through Poison teams. Swampert can provide Stealth Rock support and also pivot into Crawdaunt safely with Flip Turn while providing an Electric immunity. Toxapex can check Grass-, Fairy- and Fighting-types such as Tapu Bulu, Clefable and Terrakion, while also being able to carry Eject Button on Rain teams to pivot Crawdaunt in against slower threats. Pelipper is a reliable Defog user and activates rain which can allow Crawdaunt to spam Aqua Jet and Crabhammer, 2HKOing Pokemon such as Amoonguss. Urshifu-R can overwhelm Steel-types if Crawdaunt is lacking Close Combat, while also being able to use U-turn to avoid losing momentum and bringing Crawdaunt in against Psychic-types such as Mew and Slowbro. (for the first part, it shouldn't be lacking close combat but you can talk about how urshifu threatens ice-types like kyurem As Crawdaunt is slow, faster teammates such as Barraskewda and Choice Scarf Tapu Fini can clean up teams in the late-game, with the latter being able to Trick the Choice Scarf to annoying walls like Toxapex. (you would just knock pex anyway)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Water
--------
A set with Swords Dance and Life Orb / Muscle Band can be used to snowball slower types such as Poison and Steel, with his STABs having no switch-ins and Aqua Jet taking on faster threats such as Nidoking and Excadrill.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Water analysis by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Quality checked by: [[sasha, 510532], [username2, userid2]], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
QC 3/3

edit: um ok apparently the other qc was not implemented i did not realize that. not wasting this check though so implement it when you're done!
 
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[SET]
name: Choice Band (Water)
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Crabhammer
move 3: Close Combat / Crunch
move 4: Aqua Jet
item: Choice Band
ability: Adaptability
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Crawdaunt is an incredible wallbreaker that fits in on both Bb(lowercase)alance and Rr(lowercase)ain teams and is able to break through many types such as Poison, Water,(comma) and Psychic. Knock Off is itsthe most spammable STAB and that can 2HKO defensive walls like Toxapex and Slowbro,(comma) which can be annoying for Rr(lowercase)ain sweepers, and it removes as well as remove important items such as Heavy-Duty Boots from Dragonite. Crabhammer offers more power and threatens Dark-resistant walls like Galarian Weezing, Mandibuzz,(comma) and Clefable. Close Combat is a good coverage move moves for Steel-types such as Ferrothorn and Melmetal. Crunch can be used instead of it to guarantee a solid damage after Knock Off has been used, being and is especially helpful against bulkyier archetypes such as Poison and Water Ss(lowercase)tall teams, notably 2HKOing Toxapex and Amoonguss after their item has been removed. Aqua Jet helps Crawdaunt compensate for its low sS(capitalize)peed,(comma) and picks up off weakened foes,(comma) and still abuses rain, threatening to nearly potentially OHKO Gengar, Nihilego, (does Nihilego ever have a chance to live?) Thundurus-Therian, and Choice Specs Tapu Koko after Stealth Rock in rain. A maximum investment in Attack with aA(capitalize)n Adamant nature allows Crawdaunt to hit as strong hard as possible while being able to outpace slower Pokemon like Clefable, Swampert, uninvested Rotom-W,(comma) without investment and Mantine. (aren't these pretty much always slower regardless except invested rotomw?)

Pokemon such as Slowking, Slowbro,(comma) and Rotom-W that can pivot Crawdaunt into annoying walls are great teammates;(semicolon),(comma) with Slowbro and Slowking being able to can also provide Future Sight support that can help Crawdaunt breaking through Poison teams, especially if it isn't running Crunch. Swampert provides an immunity to Electric, Stealth Rock support,(comma) and also pivots into Crawdaunt safely with Flip Turn.(period) while providing an Electric immunity. Toxapex can check Grass-, Fairy-,(comma) and Fighting-types such as Tapu Bulu, Clefable,(comma) and Terrakion, respectively, while also being able to and carry Eject Button on Rr(lowercase)ain teams to pivot Crawdaunt in against slower threats. Pelipper is a reliable Defog user and activates rain,(comma) which can allow Crawdaunt to spam Aqua Jet and Crabhammer, 2HKOing Pokemon such as Amoonguss. Urshifu-R can overwhelm Steel-types if Crawdaunt is lacking Close Combat, while also threatening Ice-types such as Kyurem,(comma) and being able to use U-turn to avoid losing momentum and bring by bringing Crawdaunt in against Psychic-types such as Slowbro. As Crawdaunt is slow, faster teammates such as Barraskewda and Choice Scarf Tapu Fini can clean up teams in the late-game.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Water
--------
A set with Swords Dance and Life Orb / or Muscle Band can be used to snowball slower types such as Poison and Steel, as its STABs STAB moves break down bulky walls such as Toxapex and Ferrothorn at +2 after minimal chip, while Aqua Jet takes on faster threats such as Nidoking and Excadrill.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Water analysis by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Quality checked by: [[sasha, 510532], [Neko, 542526]], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Isaiah, 375662], [username2, userid2]]
 
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[SET]
name: Choice Band (Water)
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Crabhammer
move 3: Close Combat / Crunch
move 4: Aqua Jet
item: Choice Band
ability: Adaptability
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Crawdaunt is an incredible wallbreaker that fits on both balance and rain teams and is able to can break through teams of many types such as Poison, Water, and Psychic. Knock Off is its most spammable STAB move and can 2HKO defensive walls like Toxapex and Slowbro, which can be annoying for annoy rain sweepers, as well as remove removing important items such as Heavy-Duty Boots from Dragonite. Crabhammer offers more power and threatens Dark-resistant walls like Galarian Weezing, Mandibuzz, and Clefable. Close Combat is a good coverage move for Steel-types such as Ferrothorn and Melmetal. Crunch can be used instead o to guarantee solid damage after Knock Off and is high, reliable damage after Knock Off removes a foe's item. It's especially helpful against bulky archetypes such as Poison and Water stall teams, notably 2HKOing Toxapex and Amoonguss after their item has been removed. even after they lose their items. (I imagine this makes sense?) Aqua Jet helps Crawdaunt compensate for its low Speed, pick off weakened foes, and potentially OHKO Gengar, Nihilego, Thundurus-T, and Choice Specs Tapu Koko after Stealth Rock in rain. An Adamant nature allows Crawdaunt to hit as hard as possible while being able with maximum Speed EVs is enough to outpace slower Pokemon like Clefable, Swampert, uninvested Rotom-W, and Mantine.

Pokemon such as Slowking, Slowbro, (added space) and Rotom-W that can pivot Crawdaunt into annoying walls are great teammates; Slowbro and Slowking can also provide Future Sight support that can help support, which helps Crawdaunt break through Poison teams, especially if it isn't running Crunch. Swampert provides an immunity to Electric, Stealth Rock support, and pivots into Crawdaunt safely with Flip Turn. Flip Turn to pivot Crawdaunt in safely. Toxapex can check Grass-, Fairy- and Fighting-types, (AC) such as Tapu Bulu, Clefable, and Terrakion, respectively, and carry Eject Button on rain teams to pivot Crawdaunt in against slower threats. Pelipper is a reliable Defog user and activates rain, (AC) which can allow Crawdaunt to spam Aqua Jet and Crabhammer, 2HKOing Pokemon such as Amoonguss. Urshifu-R can overwhelm Steel-types if Crawdaunt is lacking Close Combat, threaten Ice-types such as Kyurem, and use U-turn to avoid losing momentum by bringing Crawdaunt in against into Psychic-types such as Slowbro. As Crawdaunt is slow, faster teammates such as Barraskewda and Choice Scarf Tapu Fini can clean up teams in the late-game.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Water
--------
A set with Swords Dance and Life Orb or Muscle Band can be used to snowball slower types through slower teams such as Poison and Steel teams, as its Crawdaunt's STAB moves break down bulky KO (I imagine?) walls such as Toxapex and Ferrothorn at +2 after minimal chip damage, while Aqua Jet takes on faster threats such as Nidoking and Excadrill. (removed extra line break under)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Water analysis by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Quality checked by: [[sasha, 510532], [Neko, 542526]], [username3, userid3]] (add Felines)
- Grammar checked by: [[Isaiah, (fill userID)], [Adeleine, 517429]]
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[SET]
name: Choice Band (Water)
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Crabhammer
move 3: Close Combat / Crunch
move 4: Aqua Jet
item: Choice Band
ability: Adaptability
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Crawdaunt is an incredible wallbreaker that fits on both balance and rain teams and is able to can break through teams of many types such as Poison, Water, and Psychic. Knock Off is its most spammable STAB move and can 2HKO defensive walls like Toxapex and Slowbro, which can be annoying for annoy rain sweepers, as well as remove removing important items such as Heavy-Duty Boots from Dragonite. Crabhammer offers more power and threatens Dark-resistant walls like Galarian Weezing, Mandibuzz, and Clefable. Close Combat is a good coverage move for Steel-types such as Ferrothorn and Melmetal. Crunch can be used instead o to guarantee solid damage after Knock Off and is high, reliable damage after Knock Off removes a foe's item. It's especially helpful against bulky archetypes such as Poison and Water stall teams, notably 2HKOing Toxapex and Amoonguss after their item has been removed. even after they lose their items. (I imagine this makes sense?) Aqua Jet helps Crawdaunt compensate for its low Speed, pick off weakened foes, and potentially OHKO Gengar, Nihilego, Thundurus-T, and Choice Specs Tapu Koko after Stealth Rock in rain. An Adamant nature allows Crawdaunt to hit as hard as possible while being able with maximum Speed EVs is enough to outpace slower Pokemon like Clefable, Swampert, uninvested Rotom-W, and Mantine.

Pokemon such as Slowking, Slowbro, (added space) and Rotom-W that can pivot Crawdaunt into annoying walls are great teammates; Slowbro and Slowking can also provide Future Sight support that can help support, which helps Crawdaunt break through Poison teams, especially if it isn't running Crunch. Swampert provides an immunity to Electric, Stealth Rock support, and pivots into Crawdaunt safely with Flip Turn. Flip Turn to pivot Crawdaunt in safely. Toxapex can check Grass-, Fairy- and Fighting-types, (AC) such as Tapu Bulu, Clefable, and Terrakion, respectively, and carry Eject Button on rain teams to pivot Crawdaunt in against slower threats. Pelipper is a reliable Defog user and activates rain, (AC) which can allow Crawdaunt to spam Aqua Jet and Crabhammer, 2HKOing Pokemon such as Amoonguss. Urshifu-R can overwhelm Steel-types if Crawdaunt is lacking Close Combat, threaten Ice-types such as Kyurem, and use U-turn to avoid losing momentum by bringing Crawdaunt in against into Psychic-types such as Slowbro. As Crawdaunt is slow, faster teammates such as Barraskewda and Choice Scarf Tapu Fini can clean up teams in the late-game.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Water
--------
A set with Swords Dance and Life Orb or Muscle Band can be used to snowball slower types through slower teams such as Poison and Steel teams, as its Crawdaunt's STAB moves break down bulky KO (I imagine?) walls such as Toxapex and Ferrothorn at +2 after minimal chip damage, while Aqua Jet takes on faster threats such as Nidoking and Excadrill. (removed extra line break under)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Water analysis by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Quality checked by: [[sasha, 510532], [Neko, 542526]], [username3, userid3]] (add Felines)
- Grammar checked by: [[Isaiah, (fill userID)], [Adeleine, 517429]]
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[SET]
name: Choice Band (Water)
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Crabhammer
move 3: Close Combat / Crunch
move 4: Aqua Jet
item: Choice Band
ability: Adaptability
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Crawdaunt is an incredible wallbreaker that fits on both balance and rain teams and can break through teams of many types such as Poison, Water, and Psychic. Knock Off is its most spammable move and can 2HKO walls like Toxapex and Slowbro, which can annoy rain sweepers, as well as removing important items such as Heavy-Duty Boots from Dragonite. Crabhammer offers more power and threatens Dark-resistant walls like Galarian Weezing, Mandibuzz, and Clefable. Close Combat is a good coverage move for Steel-types such as Ferrothorn and Melmetal. Crunch can be used instead to guarantee high, reliable damage after Knock Off removes a foe's item. It's especially helpful against bulky archetypes such as Poison and Water stall teams, notably 2HKOing Toxapex and Amoonguss even after they lose their items. Aqua Jet helps Crawdaunt compensate for its low Speed, pick off weakened foes, and potentially OHKO Gengar, Nihilego, Thundurus-T, and Choice Specs Tapu Koko after Stealth Rock in rain. An Adamant nature with maximum Speed EVs is enough to outpace slower Pokemon like Clefable, Swampert, uninvested Rotom-W, and Mantine.

Pokemon such as Slowking, Slowbro, and Rotom-W that can pivot Crawdaunt into annoying walls are great teammates; Slowbro and Slowking can also provide Future Sight support, which helps Crawdaunt break through Poison teams, especially if it isn't running Crunch. Swampert provides an immunity to Electric, Stealth Rock support, and Flip Turn to pivot Crawdaunt in safely. Toxapex can check Grass-, Fairy- and Fighting-types, such as Tapu Bulu, Clefable, and Terrakion, and carry Eject Button on rain teams to pivot Crawdaunt in against slower threats. Pelipper is a reliable Defog user and activates rain, which can allow Crawdaunt to spam Aqua Jet and Crabhammer, 2HKOing Pokemon such as Amoonguss. Urshifu-R can overwhelm Steel-types if Crawdaunt is lacking Close Combat, threaten Ice-types such as Kyurem, and use U-turn to avoid losing momentum by bringing Crawdaunt into Psychic-types such as Slowbro. As Crawdaunt is slow, faster teammates such as Barraskewda and Choice Scarf Tapu Fini can clean up teams late-game.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Water
--------
A set with Swords Dance and Life Orb or Muscle Band can be used to snowball through slower teams such as Poison and Steel teams, as Crawdaunt's STAB moves KO walls such as Toxapex and Ferrothorn at +2 after minimal chip damage, while Aqua Jet takes on faster threats such as Nidoking and Excadrill.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Water analysis by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Quality checked by: [[sasha, 510532], [Neko, 542526], [Felines, 290520]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Isaiah, 375662], [Adeleine, 517429]]

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