Murkrow (Doubles PokeMMO)

[GMjoshua]

Hi! Today I'll talk about my favorite Pokémon of the tier: Murkrow. This poke is really utility and support with its hability: Prankster. 

With Prankster, Murkrow gets +1 priority to status moves like Tailwind, thunder Wave, taunt, haze, quash, feather dance, etc. 

 

The typing of Murkrow is really good for the tier with 2 inmunities(earth, Psychic), 4 3 resistences(sinyster, Ghost, grass, bug) and 3 weakness (ice, electric and rock). Murkrow also has inmunity to Taunt or another status moves of Prankster Pokémon like: Whimsicott or Sableye. This poke can make a lot of insane COREs like:

 

 

The IVs have to maximize the bulk(You also can maximize the speed and atack or special atack) because this poke needs The maximun number of turns for put the Tailwind. 

 

 

 

The EVspread have to tank: Salamence's Draco Metor with dragon gem, Crobat's Acrobatics with flyging Gem and Rock slide of life orb Tyranirar(-1 atack). Murkrow needs to put the Tailwind and then switch or atack.

 

 

 

 

Murkrow also can atack to specific Pokes of The tier like:grass and fightyng types. 

 

The Item is Eviolite because Murkrow has a poor bulk and this item can make of this poke a headache.

 

 

 

The Moveset is : Tailwind, for speed control; Taunt for Trick Room, Follow me, Will o whisp pokes like Rotom-W or Dusclops; Haze For clean Boost of serperior and Hydreigon. 

Some examples of perfect Target For taunt:

 

 

Drill Peck is my favorite atack For damage because doesn't have The recoil of Brave bird and is better than Snarl(sinyster type with little damage and doesn't inflige superefective damage to Mienshao For example, also can active Competitive of Milotic or Contrary of Serperior).

 

 

Murkrow @ Eviolite  
Ability: Prankster  
Level: 50  
EVs: 252 HP / 36 Def / 220 SpD  
Careful Nature  
- Drill Peck  
- Tailwind  
- Taunt  
- Haze

 

UPDATE New Moveset (March 2023):

Murkrow @ Eviolite  
Ability: Prankster  
Level: 50  
EVs: 252 HP / 36 Def / 220 SpD  
Careful Nature  
- Drill Peck
-Foul Play 
- Tailwind  
- Taunt  

Ok, Drill peck+Foul Play is really nice vs all the tier. Foul play also is insane vs metagross, excadrill, garchomp and ghost or psychic types like chandelure, jellicent, gothitele or reuniclus. Drill peck can smash Ludicolo , Mienshao and Hariyama and Foul play can smash other sword dancer sweepers like scizor, dragonite or gyarados. Haze is not good because you can beat +6 Atck Lucario's gimmick with Drill Peck or Foul play(depend the predict and the health of Lucario) and you can smash +6 Poliwrath with drill peck so Haze is irrelevant.

This format Murkrow has more COREs with Garchomp, Rotom-M or Kangaskhan. First, Murkrow+Garchomp= Earthquake/Rock slide+Tailwind so Garchomp can beat Excadrill in sand storm, and if you use focus sash in Garchomp you can smash ludicolo after TW+protect and drill peck for kill ludicolo in rain. Then, Rotom-M + Garchomp is really insane because they can smash all the tier under TW (Tyranitar, Ludicolo, Excadrill, Charizard, Volcarona, Torkoal, Salamence,etc) and Murkorw can beat Grass type(this type resist both Rotom-Mow' STAB and Garchomp's EQ)with Drill peck. Finally, Murkorw+Kangaskhan can destroy TR teams because Murkorw can taunt and Kangas can flinch ghost type. Kangaskhan also has yawn for support and to win momentum and if your Rotom-M has Trick you can trap Porygon 2, Bronzong and Gothitele.

In my opinion, Murkorw is in its best competitive moment and I rank its in Tier B+. In a future Murkorw could ascend to Tier A o Tier A-, but depends if players plays this poke more and make more builds and cores. 

 

Thanks for read this post 😄 You can give my your opinion in the box and help me searching and reacting to this post.

Edited March 12, 2023 by GMjoshua

[NiceRNGbro]

Very cool pokémon, creative! 💖

[Ramallero]

I'm a bit too late but Murkrow is neutral to bug because of his dark typing.

 The rest is great! I'm not play doubles much but sounds fun