From: Baboonskin@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:19 PM

Subject: 18th How to Use ~Crobat -Chris
       Here's the 18th article in my pojo series, Neo: Revelation Crobat!

FACTS:
**90 HP. Since Crobat is a Stage 2 Pokemon, 90 HP is nice. Even while using Breeder, Crobat still is likely to take some damage before he gets put into play. This is while Gold Berry/Focus Band help...

**Bottom Stats. Even though there is a Psychic Weakness, are you going to argue with Fighting Resistance AND free retreat? I think not! Also, if you want to use Crobat as a hit and retreat Pokemon, the retreat cost is great.

**Evolves from Zubat, Golbat. Since Modified is done, Pokemon Breeder is back! Well, Pokemon Breeder is nearly essential to Golbat in Standard. With an attack that only requires (G), 2nd turn, Breeding quickly is good.

**Triggered Poison. (G) does 20 damage, and if the opponent attaches an Energy card to their Active Pokemon, it's also now Poisoned! Did I mention, (G)!?

**Cross Attack. (G)(G)(*) can do 20 damage times the number of heads out of 4 flips. In addition, if 2 or more are heads, the Defending Pokemon is also Confused! This could possibly be one of the best Status effects card out there today.

Cards to use with it/Strategy...

       Since Crobat is a great Pokemon to give negative effects to the Defending Pokemon, like Poison and Confusion, wouldn't it also be great to not let them retreat, so they can't shake off the effects? Look below...

~Rocket's Training Gym. Increase their retreat cost by (*), so it makes it harder to remove the negative conditions.
~Dark Muk. Confuse and Poison them, then retreat for free to Dk. Muk, so they get stuck Active while receiving all this damage!
~Super Energy Removal. Removing Energy reduces the chance of the opponent retreating. Also, your opponent will most likely try to retreat to remove those conditions, so they'll add Energy cards, Triggered Poison...
~Pokemon Breeder. Stage 2 Evolution. Standard Format. There you go.

Rating:
Since Modified is now gone, I will only give 1 rating, until a new format comes around...
Due to the strong ability to give Poison and Confusion, for reasonably low Energy costs, and with the free retreat, I will give Crobat a 9/10.
Try using Crobat in some of your decks, and let me know how it goes!

~Chris
Baboonskin@aol.com