What is a good competitive moveset for Karrablast? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Karrablast is a wonderful Bug-typed Pokemon. Karrablast is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Karrablast can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Karrablast is weak to Fire, Flying, and Rock-typed attacks.
Species: Karrablast Item: Normalium Z / Shell Bell Ability: No Guard Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Moveset: - Double-Edge / Return - X-Scissor / Bug Bite - Drill Run - Knock Off / Pursuit
Physical Sweeper Karrablast (No Guard)
Karrablast is popular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With No Guard, every move used by or against Karrablast will always hit.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a decent amount of damage. ♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Karrablast steals and eats the target's berry). ♦ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item). ♦ Pursuit is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if a foe is switching out).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Karrablast? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Species: Karrablast Item: Normalium Z / Shell Bell Ability: No Guard Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Moveset: - Double-Edge / Return - X-Scissor / Bug Bite - Drill Run - Knock Off / Pursuit
Doubles Physical Sweeper Karrablast (No Guard)
Karrablast is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With No Guard, every move used by or against Karrablast will always hit.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage. ♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Karrablast steals and eats the target's berry). ♦ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item). ♦ Pursuit is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if a foe is switching out).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Karrablast learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation. Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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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 Karrablast can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Karrablast
Moves: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Endure + Flail
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: Endure, Protect
Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Karrablast's stats
Iron Defense
Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Karrablast
Hidden Power
Knock Off
Protect
Rest
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Karrablast in Sun and Moon
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