Crawdaunt vs Sharpedo?

I’m actually planning my Alpha Sapphire team WAY in advance XD so yeah. My top 2 contenders for he water-type Pokemon in my team go to Sharpedo and Crawdaunt. They’re both water/dark and you can obtain them at generally the same time (after getting the Good Rod) so I need your opinions on which is the better option of the 2 and why. If you have any further questions, ask me! BTW judge these Pokemon as they are in gen 6, not in gen 3. Thanks!

HB

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

Sharpedo is a faster and more frail Pokemon compared to Crawdaunt.If you are using it in-game you are going to have the abilityRough skin(I assume you won’t be breeding for the hidden ability).

The ability for in-game is decent, definitely usable. A big drawback is itsbad movepool, the only water move it learns via leveling up is Aqu jet at level 34 and it learns few dark moves. It learns Crunch at level 28.

Crawdaunt is slower compared to Sharpedo, but can also take a hit or two more than it. The two abilities you can get areHyper cutterandShell armor, both being decent in-game.

Its movepool isn’t a luxury either, but definitely better. It learns a few really good moves along the way. Moves likeSwords dance(level 52),Knock off(level 26),Crabhammer(level 44) andCrunch(level 57).

In the end, my suggestion would be:Go with Crawdaunt. But you decide for yourself.

Hope I helped!