Competitive Information for Carracosta [Black/White]
Water / Rock
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Carracosta? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Carracosta is an interesting Water and Rock-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to see Carracosta show up as a Black/White opponent. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Carracosta is weak to Electric, Fighting, Grass, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Water Gem / Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Crunch
- Aqua Jet
- Shell Smash
Physical Sweeper Carracosta (Popular/Trending)
Carracosta is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Carracosta last longer regaining it's it's vitality every turn. With Sturdy, if Carracosta is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Shell Smash is a status move (lowers def, spd by 1 stage; raises atk, spa, spe by 2 stages).
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Item: Life Orb / Mystic Water
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 16 Hp / 252 Atk / 52 SpD / 188 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Superpower
- Earthquake / Return
- Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Carracosta (Swift Swim)
Carracosta is a notable Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Carracosta's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Carracosta from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Carracosta's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Carracosta's speed is doubled. Earthquake was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Carracosta's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Shell Smash
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
- Low Kick
Carracosta Physical Sweeper (Shell Smash + 3 Attacks)
Carracosta is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Carracosta's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sturdy, if Carracosta is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Low Kick is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Carracosta? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Hard Stone
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 16 Hp / 252 Atk / 52 SpD / 188 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Superpower
Doubles Physical Sweeper Carracosta (Swift Swim)
Carracosta is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Carracosta's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Carracosta from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Carracosta's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Carracosta's speed is doubled.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Carracosta's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Carracosta learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Carracosta can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Carracosta
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Protect, Wide Guard, Aqua Jet
- Moves that inflict status: Scald, Toxic
Moves that boost Carracosta's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
- Shell Smash
- Withdraw
Most notable and possible best moves for Carracosta
- Aqua Jet
- Aqua Tail
- Crunch
- Curse
- Earthquake
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Other
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Scald
- Shell Smash
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
- Waterfall
Common Effort Values for Carracosta in Black and White
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/4/0/0/252/ )
- Impish Nature ( 252/60/196/0/0/0/ )
- Optimize Carracosta's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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