Scraggy Pokemon Guide

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Scraggy Pokemon Guide

Scraggy is a Dark and Fighting-type Pokemon known for its loose, protective skin, sturdy headbutts and evolution into Scrafty. This guide covers Scraggy’s stats, best moves, abilities, evolution, shiny form, typing, weaknesses and locations across Pokemon games.

Normal Form

Scraggy

Shiny Form

Shiny Scraggy

Last Updated: May 2026 | Page Status: This Scraggy guide supports current Pokemon games, Pokemon Champions and future updates. Location, moves and availability details will be updated as new Pokemon game data becomes available.

Scraggy Guide Contents

Description	Quick Facts
Stats	Best Moves
All Moves	Weaknesses
Evolution	Locations
Abilities	FAQ

Scraggy Description

Scraggy is a Dark and Fighting-type Pokemon introduced in Generation 5. It protects itself by pulling its loose skin up around its body and is known for headbutting opponents that make eye contact with it.

Competitive Overview

Is Scraggy Good in Competitive?

Scraggy is usually seen as a lower-stage Pokemon with niche competitive use, especially in formats where unevolved Pokemon can shine. Its typing, access to Dragon Dance, Moxie and utility attacks can make it threatening if it finds a setup chance.

Scraggy’s biggest issues are its modest Speed and heavy Fairy weakness. It often needs careful support, but its Dark and Fighting coverage gives it useful offensive pressure when played around those weaknesses.

Scraggy Quick Facts

Here are the key facts to know about Scraggy, including its type, abilities, height, weight and species information.

Name

Scraggy

National Dex

#0559

Type

Dark / Fighting

Species

Shedding Pokemon

Height

2’00” / 0.6 m

60 cm

Weight

26.0 lbs / 11.8 kg

11.8 kg

Abilities

Shed Skin, Moxie, Intimidate

Scraggy Stats

Scraggy has balanced early-stage stats with solid Attack and Defense for an unevolved Pokemon. Its Speed and Special Attack are low, so it usually performs best with physical attacks and setup moves.

Attack

Defense

Special Attack

Special Defense

Speed

Scraggy Best Moves Across Pokemon Games

This Pokemon has a physical movepool built around Dark, Fighting, Rock, Poison, Ice and Fire coverage. These are some of its most useful and recognizable moves across Pokemon games.

Dark type Pokemon icon

Crunch

A reliable Dark-type attack with a chance to lower the target’s Defense.

Fighting type Pokemon icon

High Jump Kick

A very powerful Fighting-type move that can punish misses but hits extremely hard.

Fighting type Pokemon icon

Drain Punch

A useful Fighting-type attack that restores HP based on the damage dealt.

Dragon type Pokemon icon

Dragon Dance

A setup move that boosts Attack and Speed for sweeping potential.

Dark type Pokemon icon

Knock Off

A strong utility attack that removes the target’s held item when it connects.

Ice type Pokemon icon

Ice Punch

Coverage against Flying, Dragon, Grass and Ground-type Pokemon.

Fire type Pokemon icon

Fire Punch

Coverage against Steel, Bug, Grass and Ice-type Pokemon.

Poison type Pokemon icon

Poison Jab

Coverage that helps against Fairy-type Pokemon.

Scraggy All Moves

This Pokemon can learn a wide move pool across different Pokemon games, including Dark, Fighting, Rock, Poison, Ice, Fire and utility moves. Use the section below to view its move list by learn method.

Move data shown from: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Level-Up Moves

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
1	Leer	Normal	Status	–	100
1	Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	–	100
4	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100
8	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100
12	Sand Attack	Ground	Status	–	100
16	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
20	Torment	Dark	Status	–	100
24	Beat Up	Dark	Physical	–	100
28	Scary Face	Normal	Status	–	100
32	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100
36	Swagger	Normal	Status	–	85
40	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100
44	High Jump Kick	Fighting	Physical	130	90
48	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100
52	Head Smash	Rock	Physical	150	80

TM Moves

Method	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
TM	Acid Spray	Poison	Special	40	100
TM	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100
TM	Bulk Up	Fighting	Status	–	–
TM	Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120	100
TM	Coaching	Fighting	Status	–	–
TM	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100
TM	Curse	Ghost	Status	–	–
TM	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100
TM	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100
TM	Double Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100
TM	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100
TM	Dragon Dance	Dragon	Status	–	–
TM	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100
TM	Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	60	90
TM	Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100
TM	Encore	Normal	Status	–	100
TM	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	–	100
TM	Endure	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
TM	Fake Tears	Dark	Status	–	100
TM	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100
TM	Fling	Dark	Physical	–	100
TM	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70
TM	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100
TM	Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100
TM	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	–	100
TM	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100
TM	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	–	–
TM	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100
TM	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100
TM	Lash Out	Dark	Physical	75	100
TM	Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	–	100
TM	Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	65	100
TM	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100
TM	Protect	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Rain Dance	Water	Status	–	–
TM	Rest	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Roar	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90
TM	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95
TM	Scary Face	Normal	Status	–	100
TM	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100
TM	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100
TM	Snarl	Dark	Special	55	95
TM	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80
TM	Substitute	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	–	–
TM	Super Fang	Normal	Physical	–	90
TM	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85
TM	Taunt	Dark	Status	–	100
TM	Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100
TM	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100
TM	Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100
TM	Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100
TM	Trailblaze	Grass	Physical	50	100
TM	Upper Hand	Fighting	Physical	65	100
TM	Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100
TM	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
Counter	Fighting	Physical	–	100
Detect	Fighting	Status	–	–
Fake Out	Normal	Physical	40	100
Quick Guard	Fighting	Status	–	–

Scraggy Typing, Weaknesses and Resistances

Scraggy is a Dark and Fighting-type Pokemon. This gives it useful Rock, Ghost and Dark resistances plus a Psychic immunity, but it has a major weakness to Fairy-type moves.

Type

Dark / Fighting

Weaknesses

Fighting, Flying and Fairy

Resistances

Rock, Ghost and Dark

Immunity

Psychic

Scraggy Abilities

Its abilities support both offensive and defensive play, with status recovery, snowball potential and Intimidate utility depending on the game and format.

Shed Skin

May heal a status condition at the end of a turn. This can help the Pokemon recover from burn, paralysis, poison and sleep without using an item.

Moxie

Raises Attack after the Pokemon knocks out an opponent. This can help it snowball late in battles.

Intimidate

The hidden ability lowers the opposing Pokemon’s Attack when this Pokemon enters battle, giving it extra defensive utility.

Scraggy Evolution

Scraggy evolves into Scrafty starting at Level 39. The full Scraggy evolution line is Scraggy and Scrafty.

Stage 1

Scraggy

Starting form

Stage 2

Scrafty

Evolves from Scraggy at Level 39

Where to Find Scraggy in Pokemon Games

Availability changes depending on the Pokemon game. In many games, this Pokemon is obtained directly in the wild, by evolving Scraggy or by transferring from another compatible game.

Generation 1: Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow

Game	Where to Find Scraggy
Pokemon Red	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Blue	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Yellow	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.

Generation 2: Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal

Game	Where to Find Scraggy
Pokemon Gold	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Silver	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Crystal	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.

Generation 3: Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen

Game	Where to Find Scraggy
Pokemon Ruby	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Sapphire	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Emerald	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon FireRed	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon LeafGreen	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.

Generation 4: Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver

Game	Where to Find Scraggy
Pokemon Diamond	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Pearl	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Platinum	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon HeartGold	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon SoulSilver	Not available because Scraggy had not been introduced yet.

Generation 5: Black, White, Black 2 and White 2

Game	Where to Find Scraggy
Pokemon Black	Route 1, Route 4, Route 18, P2 Laboratory and Desert Resort.
Pokemon White	Route 1, Route 4, Route 18, P2 Laboratory and Desert Resort.
Pokemon Black 2	Route 4 and Desert Resort.
Pokemon White 2	Route 4 and Desert Resort.

Generation 6: X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Game	Where to Find Scraggy
Pokemon X	Route 5.
Pokemon Y	Route 5.
Pokemon Omega Ruby	Route 113.
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire	Route 113.

Generation 7: Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon and Let’s Go

Game	Where to Find Scraggy
Pokemon Sun	Trade, transfer or migrate from another game.
Pokemon Moon	Trade, transfer or migrate from another game.
Pokemon Ultra Sun	Route 16 and Route 17.
Pokemon Ultra Moon	Route 16 and Route 17.
Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu	Not available in this game.
Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee	Not available in this game.

Generation 8: Sword, Shield, Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl and Legends: Arceus

Game	Where to Find Scraggy
Pokemon Sword	Bridge Field, Dusty Bowl, Giant’s Cap, Motostoke Outskirts, Stony Wilderness, Galar Mine No. 2, Challenge Road and Potbottom Desert.
Pokemon Shield	Trade, transfer or migrate from another game.
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond	Not available in this game.
Pokemon Shining Pearl	Not available in this game.
Pokemon Legends: Arceus	Not available in this game.

Generation 9: Scarlet, Violet and Legends Z-A

Game	Where to Find Scraggy
Pokemon Scarlet	Terarium in The Indigo Disk DLC.
Pokemon Violet	Terarium in The Indigo Disk DLC.
Pokemon Legends Z-A	Found on the roof of Passage de la Felicite. Alpha Scraggy can also spawn in the southeast room of the Lumiose Sewers, and Scraggy can appear in 1-Star Hyperspace Wild Zones.

Generation 10: Pokemon Winds and Waves

Game	Where to Find Scraggy
Pokemon Winds and Waves	Coming soon once official location, encounter or transfer information is confirmed.

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Scraggy FAQ

Here are quick answers to common questions about Scraggy. This FAQ is visible on-page content only and does not use FAQ schema markup.

What type is Scraggy?

Scraggy is a Dark and Fighting-type Pokemon.

What is Scraggy weak against?

Scraggy is weak to Fighting, Flying and Fairy-type moves. Fairy is especially dangerous because Scraggy has a major weakness to it.

What does Scraggy evolve into?

Scraggy evolves into Scrafty starting at Level 39.

What are Scraggy’s abilities?

Scraggy’s abilities are Shed Skin and Moxie. Its hidden ability is Intimidate.

What are Scraggy’s best moves?

Scraggy’s best moves often include Crunch, High Jump Kick, Drain Punch, Dragon Dance, Knock Off, Ice Punch, Fire Punch and Poison Jab.

Is Scraggy good in Pokemon?

Scraggy can be useful in some formats, especially when it can set up with Dragon Dance or use Moxie to build momentum.

How do you get Scraggy?

Scraggy is found in several games after Generation 5, including Unova locations, Kalos Route 5, Hoenn Route 113 in the remakes, parts of Galar and modern DLC locations.

Is Shiny Scraggy available?

Yes, Shiny Scraggy exists in Pokemon games where Scraggy can be encountered or transferred and shiny hunting is supported.

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