<p>First off, Cradily is a great adapter wall, whether you want a mixed, attack, or special wall. My personal favorite is SpcWall. So I dearly love this pokemon.</p>

<p>Max out HP ev's, and you can pick between def or spcdef ev's. SpcDef is better for my team, but you can pick whatever you need. Also due to the fact that it learns curse, I think that stockpile is absolutly worthless, so pick amnesia. This move is great to have to STALL THE CRAP out of SpcAttackers, so you can build up curse. Even after one use you will feel the effect of Cradily's Super-SpcWall presence. Rest is a key move due to the fact that most opponents will need to burn you to take on a fully buffed Cradily. Add this with Suction Cups, and you have a Beefy wall that can not be effected by forced switches. Very cool! Rock Slide is the best offensive move to have. For two reasons: It is the same element, and rock is #2 in top offensive elements. Rock also can hit all types, so no need to worry about immunities. Making this Cradily in for the LONG HAUL.</p>

<p>Finally this pokemon is a great counter to the stealth rock/roar combo (which I loathe to death). The only downside is that this poke does have 4 weakness. That is about average, but those types are easy to counter. Ice, Fighting, Bug, and Steel. These are very commonly used elements in most teams. But they are easy to switch-sponge if needed. Just keep a ghost type and a water type in the ranks and you will have great time sponging. This is what I do, and it works extrememly well!</p>

<p>One more note: Impish is better for this pokemon than Relaxed. Due to the fact that Cradily does have low-unneeded speed, but Cradily's speed is not horrible. So in the occasions that you run into a super slow poke, you will have the assurance that Cradily will go first. With that said, there is no need to put EV's into speed. But there is no need to lower it any more than it is. It should end up around ~90 speed at 100: Slow enough but also fast enough...just right.</p>

<p>Combined efforts against DAers is about 580 as a base. My Cradily had great IV's so mine ended up in the around 630, reaching Bulky status. Against SAers it is around the high 600's almost breaching 700 which is wall status, but after just one Amnesia use it will jump about 80 more points. Almsost breaching Elite Wall Status, it will definitly breach if you max out Amnesia. Now after about 2 curse uses combined efforts to DAers will breach Wall status. So overall, this pokemon can be defined as an Upper tier Wall, almost reaching Elite Wall status as a base.</p>