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Cranidos, a Rock type Pokémon, official artwork

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Cranidos: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Cranidos is a straightforward attacker, led by its Attack (125) and HP (67), with a base stat total of 350. Competitively it is a Little Cup Pokémon.

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What is Cranidos weak to?

How much damage Cranidos takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFightingGrassGroundSteelWater
0.5×ResistsFireFlyingNormalPoison

Cranidos takes super-effective damage from Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, Water. It resists Fire, Flying, Normal, Poison.

Best moveset for Cranidos

Cranidos has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Head SmashRock150
  • Double-EdgeNormal120
  • BlizzardIce110
  • Fire BlastFire110

Best nature for Cranidos

Adamant. Cranidos is a physical attacker (125 Attack vs 30 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Mold BreakerThis Pokemon's moves and their effects ignore the Abilities of other Pokemon.
  • Sheer ForceThis Pokemon's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.

Evolution line

Cranidos
Rampardos
Full learnset (60 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Head SmashRock15080%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
ThrashNormal120100%Physical
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Hammer ArmFighting10090%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
UproarNormal90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dragon PulseDragon85100%Special
CrunchDark80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
SlamNormal8075%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
StompNormal65100%Physical
Ancient PowerRock60100%Special
AssuranceDark60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Smack DownRock50100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
Rock SmashFighting40100%Physical
Rock BlastRock2590%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
CurseGhost--Status
Dragon CheerDragon--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Focus EnergyNormal--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
WhirlwindNormal--Status