Crabrawler
Boxing Pokémon
Crabrawler has been known to mistake Exeggutor for a coconut tree and climb it. The enraged Exeggutor shakes it off and stomps it.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Crabrawler
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Crabrawler can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bubble Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage. | Water | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 5 | Rock Smash Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage. | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 9 | Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 13 | Bubble Beam Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage. | Water | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 13 | Pursuit Has double power against, and can hit, Pokémon attempting to switch out. | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 17 | Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 22 | Brick Break Destroys Reflect and Light Screen. | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| 22 | Power-Up Punch Raises the user’s Attack by one stage after inflicting damage. | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Dizzy Punch Has a chance to confuse the target. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 10 |
| 25 | Slam Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 80 | 75 | 20 |
| 29 | Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn. | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 33 | Reversal Inflicts more damage when the user has less HP remaining, with a maximum of 200 power. | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 15 |
| 37 | Crabhammer Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Water | Physical | 100 | 90 | 10 |
| 42 | Iron Defense Raises the user’s Defense by two stages. | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 45 | Dynamic Punch Has a chance to confuse the target. | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 50 | 5 |
| 49 | Close Combat Lowers the user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage after inflicting damage. | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Crabrawler can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
11 sprites & renders for Crabrawler.






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More Fighting-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Crabrawler”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/crabrawler.
Species data from PokéAPI.