>>34270822Not by itself but it excels in Trick Room and that playstyle is actually legit with Stakataka and Tapu Lele to block priority.
Crab gained three extremely useful moves in Focus Punch, Drain Punch and Thunder Punch, meaning it has perfect coverage and its
entire moveset gets an Iron Fist boost.
Max Attack Iron Fist Life Orb Focus Punch/Ice Hammer/Drain Punch/Thunder Punch
has zero counters other than physically defensive Slowbro.
If you can build a team around that it will completely murder the entire tier.
Problem is, TR is a very hard playstyle to play on the high ladder. Still worth considering.
To give you an idea of how disgusting this thing is:
252+ Atk Life Orb Iron Fist Crabominable Ice Hammer vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Skarmory: 161-191 (48.3 - 57.3%) -- 94.1% chance to 2HKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Iron Fist Crabominable Thunder Punch vs. 252 HP / 192+ Def Toxapex: 159-187 (52.3 - 61.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
