Competitive Information for Carbink [Sword/Shield]
Rock / Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Carbink? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Carbink is an astounding Rock and Fairy-typed Pokemon. Carbink are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Carbink is weak to Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Mental Herb / Aguav Berry
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Guard Split
- Iron Defense
- Protect
- Trick Room
Physical Wall Carbink (Popular/Trending)
Carbink is an outstanding Physical Wall for single battles. It's goal is to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Sturdy, if Carbink is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. Immune to ohko. With a Mental Herb equipped to it, cures Carbink of attract, disable, encore, heal block, taunt, torment then the Mental Herb gets consumed. With a Aguav Berry equipped to it, restores 33% max hp at 1/4 max hp or less; confuses if -spd nature then the Aguav Berry gets consumed.
◆ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Carbink's defense by 2 stages).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Carbink this turn).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!
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Item: Babiri Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Body Press
- Stomping Tantrum
- Facade / Tackle
Physical Sweeper Carbink (Clear Body)
Carbink is a marvelous Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. Life Orb boosts the power of Carbink's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Carbink's stat stages. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Carbink's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Carbink's last move failed).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Carbink is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Tackle is a physical 40-base power Normal-type move that deals damage.
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Item: Babiri Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Misty Explosion / Moonblast
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Psychic
- Earth Power
Special Sweeper Carbink (Clear Body)
Carbink is a marvelous Special Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. Life Orb boosts the power of Carbink's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Carbink's stat stages.
◆ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
◆ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
EVs: 220 Hp / 236 Def / 52 SpD
Moveset:
- Moonblast
- Trick Room
- Calm Mind
- Harden
Carbink Double Wall (Brutal Carbink)
Carbink is pretty popular Double Wall for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Carbink last longer regaining it's healthiness every turn. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Carbink's stat stages. With it's INSANE amount of Defense, this Pokemon will be the best under-rated new creature to have emerged this gen!
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
◆ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Carbink's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Harden is a status move (raises your Carbink's defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Carbink? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Babiri Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Body Press
- Stomping Tantrum
- Facade / Tackle
Doubles Physical Sweeper Carbink (Clear Body)
Carbink is popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. Life Orb boosts the power of Carbink's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Carbink's stat stages. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Carbink's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Carbink's last move failed).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Carbink is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Tackle is a physical 40-base power Normal-type move that deals damage.
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Item: Babiri Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Misty Explosion
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Psychic
- Earth Power
Doubles Special Sweeper Carbink (Clear Body)
Carbink is a stupendous Special Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. Life Orb boosts the power of Carbink's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Carbink's stat stages.
◆ Misty Explosion is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fairy-type move (Carbink faints. Carbink on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
◆ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Babiri Berry
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 128 Def / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Body Press
- Stomping Tantrum
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Carbink (Clear Body)
Carbink is a stupendous Defensive Trick Room for single battles. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Carbink's stat stages.
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Carbink's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Carbink's last move failed).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Carbink 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.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Carbink can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Carbink
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Body Press + Harden
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Ally Switch
Moves that boost Carbink's stats
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Carbink
- Body Press
- Charm
- Guard Split
- Gyro Ball
- Iron Defense
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Trick Room
Common Effort Values for Carbink in Sword and Shield
- Relaxed Nature ( 4/0/252/0/252/0 )
- Sassy Nature ( 252/0/252/0/4/0 )
- Optimize Carbink's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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