Cilan's Crustle was revealed in
A Seven-colored Arch (七色アーチ), the 5th overall Japanese ending for Best Wishes which first aired at the end of
BW63.
Cilan's Dwebble evolved into
Cilan's Crustle during a conflict with Rocket Gang at the Electric Stone Cave in
BW64.
Tag Battle VS Bianca and Professor Juniper
After
Bianca's Shelmet and
Professor Juniper's Karrablast evolved via link trade,
Professor Juniper suggested to
Bianca that they team up and have a tag battle against
Ash Ketchum and
Cilan.
Ash's Boldore and
Cilan's Crustle had recently evolved so they decided to use them against
Bianca's Escavalier and
Professor Juniper's Accelgor. The beginning of the battle went well for
Bianca and
Professor Juniper as
Bianca's Escavalier's
Fury Attack was excellent but
Bianca hadn't commanded it to use it. Realizing that
Bianca's Escavalier wasn't following commands,
Ash Ketchum and
Cilan decided to focus their attacks on it.
Professor Juniper's Accelgor managed to protect
Bianca's Escavalier as
Professor Juniper explained that tag battles were all about teamwork.
Professor Juniper's Accelgor lost a lot of stamina defending
Bianca's Escavalier after it used
Substitute and
Bianca's Escavalier finally realized that it needed to listen to
Bianca otherwise it would loose the battle. After
Professor Juniper's Accelgor did a quick
Recover,
Professor Juniper's Accelgor and
Bianca's Escavalier started working together and they combined their
Hyper Beam attacks which knocked out
Ash's Boldore.
Cilan's Crustle fought back with its powerful
Rock Wrecker to knock out both
Bianca's Escavalier and
Professor Juniper's Accelgor and give
Ash Ketchum and
Cilan the tag battle win.
Battle against Skyla
Skyla's Swanna was matched up against
Cilan's Crustle in
Skyla's air battle and she believed that her Swanna would be victorious. In the actual gym battle,
Cilan's Pansage was replaced by
Cilan's Crustle after it was knocked out and
Skyla's Swoobat was one hit knocked out by
Cilan's Crustle's
Rock Wrecker.
Skyla's Swoobat was then replaced by
Skyla's Unfezant. It didn't fare too well against
Cilan's Crustle as
Rock Wrecker hit its mark once again.
Skyla's Unfezant's
Air Slash then proved to be ineffective against
Cilan's Crustle rock.
Skyla's Unfezant was then knocked out by a combination of
Cilan's Crustle's
Shell Smash and
X-Scissor to give
Cilan the lead in the battle.
Skyla's Unfezant was then replaced by
Skyla's Swanna and the match-up from
Skyla's air battle would actually take place. Despite
Skyla believing that she could defeat
Cilan's Crustle by using
BubbleBeam in her air battle, it didn't prove too effective in the actual battle as
Cilan's Crustle tried to protect itself by hiding in its rock shell.
Cilan's Crustle then went on the offensive and jumped out of its shell to do another
Shell Smash/
X-Scissor combo, but
Skyla saw it coming this time and
Skyla's Swanna countered it with a
Brave Bird and knocked it out.
Mr. Hatterly suggested the two have a Pokémon battle to determine which A-class Pokémon Sommelier would get to choose the Pokémon for
Marigold. The battle was a 1-on-1 affair and
Ricard Nouveau's Purrloin was sent out to face
Cilan's Crustle.
Ricard Nouveau said his Choroneko's speed and power even surpasses its evolved form Lepardas. It showed its speed early on in the battle and
Cilan's Crustle had a hard time hitting it. During the battle,
Ricard Nouveau noted that
Cilan's Crustle was a good choice for
Cilan in that it's faithful to the basics but that alone was nothing but an ordinary and boring tasting. He expanded by saying that selecting Iwapalace, who is both a Rock and a Bug type, against Choroneko, a Dark type, is a standard reaction. He suggested to
Cilan that an A-class Sommelier needed to have more unpredictability which
Cilan's Crustle showed by coming out of its shell and using
Rock Wrecker to defeat
Ricard Nouveau's Purrloin.
Ricard Nouveau admitted that
Cilan's Crustle hid an unexpected flavor.