Competitive Information for Carvanha [Black/White]
Base Stats for Carvanha
Water / Dark
Abilities:
Rough SkinRough Skin: Pokemon making contact with this Pokemon lose 1/8 of their max HP.
, Speed BoostSpeed Boost: This Pokemon's Speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
Bug
Dark
Dragon
Electric
Fighting
Fire
Flying
Ghost
Grass
2x
0.5x
2x
2x
0.5x
0.5x
2x
Ground
Ice
Normal
Poison
Psychic
Rock
Steel
Water
0.5x
0x
0.5x
0.5x
¼x
½x
2x
4x
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Carvanha? 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.
Carvanha is popular Water and Dark-typed Pokemon. Carvanha is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Carvanha is weak to Bug, Electric, Fighting, and Grass-typed attacks.
Species: Carvanha
Item: Life Orb / Black Glasses
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Crunch / Bite
- Waterfall / Aqua Jet
- Ice Fang / Double-Edge
- Zen Headbutt
Item: Life Orb / Black Glasses
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Crunch / Bite
- Waterfall / Aqua Jet
- Ice Fang / Double-Edge
- Zen Headbutt
Physical Sweeper Carvanha (Speed Boost)
Carvanha is popular Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Carvanha from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Carvanha's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Speed Boost, Carvanha's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. Ice Fang was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Carvanha? 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.
Species: Carvanha
Item: Life Orb / Black Glasses
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Crunch / Bite
- Waterfall / Aqua Jet
- Ice Fang / Double-Edge
- Zen Headbutt
Item: Life Orb / Black Glasses
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Crunch / Bite
- Waterfall / Aqua Jet
- Ice Fang / Double-Edge
- Zen Headbutt
Doubles Physical Sweeper Carvanha (Speed Boost)
Carvanha is a notable Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Carvanha from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Carvanha's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Speed Boost, Carvanha's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. Ice Fang was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Carvanha learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Carvanha 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 Carvanha
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Ability: Speed boost + Move: Protect
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Aqua Jet
Optimize Carvanha's EVs for Black/White
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