Scraggy Pokémon

Last Modified Jul 14, 2021 04:07 GMT

Scraggy is one of the many strange and unique Pokmeon added in Generation 5. It takes its inspiration from youth hip hop and punk cultures but Scraggy ended up as a cute dark/fighting type lizard with baggy pants.

Scraggy

About Scraggy

First appearance in animeIn the Pokemon Black and White series episode ‘Scraggy—Hatched to be Wild!’
First appearance in gameBlack and White
Region Unova
Evolution Scraggy-->Scrafty
1st Evo level39
Pokedex EntryIf it locks eyes with you, watch out! Nothing and no one is safe from the reckless headbutts of this troublesome Pokémon. It protects itself with its durable skin. It's thought that this Pokémon will evolve once its skin has completely stretched out.

Scraggy’s Base Stats

HP50
Attack75
Defense70
Sp. Attack35
Sp. Defense70
Speed48

Appearance

scraggy Appearance

Scraggy is a small lizard-like Pokemon with cream colored scales on its body but the top half of its head is yellow. It’s belly is covered in red scales and there is a small red scale on the top of its head. The entire lower part of its body is covered in loose, shedded skin which looks like baggy pants and is the same yellow color as its head.

Behavior

The saggier their shedded skin, the more respect a Scraggy gains amongst other Scraggys but they are still an incredibly aggressive Pokemon and doesn’t need any excuse to headbutt something with its hard head. However this strong ability to headbutt comes from Scraggy’s head being very heavy which makes it difficult for the Pokemon to keep balance.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Scraggy’s dark/fighting typing hands it a few good matchups as it is strong against rock and ghost type moves, taking half damage from them. Not only that, they are especially resistant against dark type moves and take only quarter damage from them. It is also completely immune to psychic type moves but is weak to fighting and flying type moves and thus takes double damage from them. It is especially weak to fairy type moves and takes quadruple damage from them.

Best Moveset for Scraggy

Offensive Setup: Scraggy is a good Pokemon to have a speed boost on which makes a Choice Scarf, as it’s held item, or using Dragon Dance to set up very effective. On top of that, Scraggy’s typing means it has access to lots of moves with the same type attack bonus.

Dragon DanceKnock Off
High Jump Kick/Drain PunchZen Headbutt/Poison Jab/Drain Punch

How to Catch Scraggy in Pokemon Go

Scraggy is only obtainable in Pokemon Go’s battle league. Reaching rank eight in this PvP mode will give you the opportunity to capture a Scraggy.

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Trivia

  1. Scraggy and its evolution are the only fighting type Pokemon that are immune to psychic type moves due to their dark typing.
  2. While not easily apparent, Scraggy is based on a lizard with molted skin.

FAQs

Is Scraggy a good Pokemon?

Scraggy used to be better before the addition of fairy types due to its typing but it is still very good as it has good defenses and its resistances are very useful.

Conclusion

Scraggy is a strange Pokemon and sometimes a forgotten one. But as it is a fighting type, it can still be a strong opponent especially due to the fact that the main weakness of fighting types, psychic moves, is completely ineffective against it.

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