Crobat
National Ariados - Crobat (#169) - Chinchou Johto Golbat - Crobat (#039) - Cleffa Hoenn Golbat - Crobat (#065) - Tentacool
Japanese name	クロバット (Kurobatto)
Stage	Stage 2
Evolves from	Golbat
Evolves to	None
Generation	Second
Species	Bat Pokémon
Type	Poison / Flying
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Weight	165.0 lb (75.0 kg)
Ability	Inner Focus

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Its English name is based on the Japanese version of its name, Kurobatto. Its Japanese name is a combination of 黒 kuro, black (or cross, because of its shape), and bat. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Biology

Crobat is a purple bat with four wings, with two main wings above and two secondary wings below. The development of these lower wings to replace its legs, as a result of its pursuit of faster, yet more silent flight, enables it to fly fast and silently indeed, but also makes it tough to stop and rest. Its extra wings will even allow it to fly all night without getting tired. The only way it can rest is to hang on a tree branch using its lower legs to grab onto it the way normal bats would. It flies so silently through the dark on its four wings that it may not be noticed even when nearby. It uses this to its advantage when hunting prey. If this Pokémon is flying by fluttering only a pair of wings on either the forelegs or hind legs, as opposed to all four at once, it is proof that Crobat has been flying a long distance. It switches the wings it uses if it is tired.

In the video games

Evolution

This Pokémon was originally seen in the Gold and Silver editions of the game, and was carried on to Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Fire Red and Leaf Green. It was an expansion of the Zubat evolutionary line. Unlike the typical evolution process (evolving at a certain level), Crobat evolves from Golbat when it's happiness rating is higher. More on the evolution of Golbat can be found in the Golbat article. Zubat ) is a fictional character. ... Golbat is a fictional Pokémon. ...

Moveset

Its signature move in the games is Poison Fang which is a relatively weak poison move (50 base power, although it is boosted by STAB to 75), however, it has a small chance of inflicting toxic poisoning. Since the move's introduction in Ruby/Sapphire, switching a Pokémon out of the battle after it has been toxic poisoned no longer reverts the toxic poisoning to normal poisoning- making this move more effective. However, many trainers find Sludge Bomb (a poison attack with base power 90) a more effective choice. This also receives the STAB, boosting its attack power to a formidable 135. Also, the move has a fairly high chance of inflicting normal poisoning upon the enemy.

Oddly, despite all being flying types, Crobat is the only member of zubat's evolution chain capable of using Fly.

Other popular offensive moves for this Pokémon are Aerial Ace (base power 60 flying move, receives STAB to boost power up to 90, and is one of the 100% accuracy moves such as Shock Wave, Swift and Magical Leaf), Shadow Ball a physical move to cover the ghost Pokemon which a Crobat cannot beat with Sludge bomb and Giga Drain (base power 60 grass move, restores HP to Crobat equivalent to half the damage inflicted to the enemy Pokémon), amongst many others.

Common Use

Trainers in Emerald have been using Crobat(s) to make it as their attack tank to defeat the Frontier Brains, however, this might not work well against Anabel, Brandon, and most likely, Spencer. Despite Crobat's weaknesses against other Pokémon types, it has two things obtained after it has evolved from Golbat. First, it has the ability to Fly to any location, due to its large size, introduced in Pokémon XD. Last but not least, it has increased speed, which can make Crobat attack first in battle.

In the anime

The appearances of Crobat in the animé have been largely of Brock's Crobat. Brock caught a Zubat very early on in the original series, and it evolved into a Golbat, and then a Crobat. Zubat ) is a fictional character. ... Golbat is a fictional Pokémon. ...

Crobat has appeared in Episodes 198 (Control Freak!), Episode 209 (Got Miltank!), Episode 220 (Plant It Now...Diglett Later!), Episode 223 (A Parent Trapped!), Episode 225 (Throwing In The Noctowl!), Episode 228 (Espeon Not Included!), Episode 223 (Due's and Don'ts!), Episode 248 (Wish Upon A Star Shape!), Episode 251 (I Politoed You So!), Episode 259 (Lapras of Luxury!), Episode 261 (Entei At Your Own Risk!), Episode 226 (Mother Of All Battles!), Episode 356 (Beginning Challenge! Sky Match-PokeRinger!), the fourth movie, (Celebi and the Voice of the Forest), the fifth movie (Pokémon Heroes-Latias and Latios) and the fourth anime special.

In the trading card game

Crobat is one of the more prolific Pokémon in the card game, for it has made all the following stage-2 appearances:

• Neo Revelation (Grass-type)
• Neo Destiny (Grass-type, as Dark Crobat)
• Pokémon VS* (Grass-type, as Janine's Crobat, a basic Pokémon)
• Pokémon VS* (Grass-type, as Koga's Crobat, a basic Pokémon)
• The 5th Movie Half Deck (Grass-type, as Brock's Crobat, a basic Pokémon)
• Skyridge (Grass-type)
• Skyridge (Colorless, with the Crystal-type PokePower)
• EX Hidden Legends (Grass-type)
• EX Team Rocket Returns (Dark/Grass dual-type, as Dark Crobat)
• EX Deoxys (Grass-type, as Crobat EX)
• EX Delta Species (Steel/Grass dual-type)

References

• The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2; Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Publications

• Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-15404-9.
• Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1.
• Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
• Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
• Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5

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External links

• Official Pokémon website
• Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Crobat as a species
• Serebii.net’s 3rd Gen Pokédex entry for Crobat
• Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
• PsyPoke - Crobat Pokédex entry and Usage Overview
• Smogon.com - Crobat Tactical Data
• WikiKnowledge.net’s entry for Crobat Previously hosted by Wikibooks