Sunday, July 8, 2012

Scrafty

  Groups of Scrafty beat up anything that enters their territory.  Each can spit acidic liquid from their mouths. They can also smash concrete block with their kicking attacks.  The one in the group with the biggest crest is the leader.

  Scrafty looks so awesome.  His sprite in the games make him look mindless, but he's really tough.  Loose skin behind his head can be stretched over on his head to be worn like a ski mask.  He also has a cool scarlet Mohawk-like crest.  He's the only Dark-And-Fighting-Type in existence, all pre-evolved forms aside.  Scrafty's stats are pretty good.  Both of its Defensive stats are fairly high with bases of 115.  Defensive stats are top priorities in Pokemon; if they can't easily take hits, they're history.  However, Scrafty only has a base HP stat of 65, and a low Speed stat of 58.  Even though Scrafty has low Sp. Attack, he can make do without it, as he has way better Physical moves.  Even though Scrafty only has a base Attack stat of 90, he still can make for an okay Physical Sweeper.  Scrafty has good stats overall.

  Scrafty gets access to many great attacks.  Keep in mind that Scrafty needs to stay Physically based to match its higher Physical offensive stat.  This means no Hidden Power, no Hyper Beam, and no Focus Blast.  Anything that's Specially based needs to stay off of Scrafty.  Scrafty can Focus Punch by leveling up, and can also learn Substitute.  Substitute takes damage for the user while the user takes none at all, but still can inflict damage on opponents.  And Focus Punch is a really powerful move, but takes two moves to charge up.  If the user is hit by a move during the two turns, then Focus Punch won't hit.  Just set up Substitute and you won't get hit by attacks.  That'll give you enough time to charge up Focus Punch.  Scrafty can also learn the Elemental Punches, Fire Punch, Ice Punch, and Thunderpunch.  He even learns Dragon Dance, a move that boosts its Attack and Speed stats- that makes Scrafty extremely stronger.  He also learn Drain Punch, which is not only a STAB move, but does damage & drains the opponents HP, restoring your HP.  Lots of other great moves Scrafty can get are Headbutt, Brick Break, Chip Away, Crunch, Facade, Rock Climb, Hi Jump Kick, Crunch, Head Smash, Counter, Zen Headbutt, Strength, Dragon Claw, Toxic, Bulk Up, Frustration, Return, Dig, Poison Jab, Fling, Retaliate, Giga Impact, Stone Edge, Rock Slide, and finally, Dragon Tail.

  Like many other Pokemon, Scrafty gets 2 abilities and Dream World Ability as well.  The first one is Moxie, which is arguably the best ability Scrafty has to offer.  Every time Scrafty KO's an opponent Scrafty's Attack stat goes up by 1 stage.  This can make him more powerful for the next Pokemon, and if Scrafty's lucky, he'll get a second Attack boost after KO-ing that Pokemon.  That was a bit over exaggerated, but Moxie is still a great ability nonetheless.  Up next is Shed Skin, an ability that gives the Pokemon a chance to heal its own status problems, even Sleep!  This ability can really save your butt against Poison or Burn damage.  So it's a useful ability, not as hardcore as Moxie, but still a great ability.  Last is Scrafty's hidden ability, Intimidate.  When Scrafty is sent out to battle, the opponent's Attack is lowered by 1 stage.  It's okay, but with specially based Pokemon like Chandelure, this is just another worthless ability.  

  In a nutshell, Scrafty has awesome looks and an attitude common amongst his Dark-Type brethren.  With many great Physical moves to match his higher Attack stat, as well as his high Defenses at the cost of low HP and Speed, Scrafty makes for a very capable Pokemon when it comes to Physical sweeping.  All his abilities are great with the small exception of Intimidate.  He's another one of those strong and tough Pokemon with great battling abilities.  Scrafty's awesome.

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