Competitive Information for Carracosta [Sword/Shield]
Water / Rock
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Carracosta? 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.
Carracosta is a fabulous Water and Rock-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to see Carracosta show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Carracosta is weak to Electric, Fighting, Grass, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Rindo Berry / Eject Pack
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 144 Hp / 252 Atk / 112 SpD
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Aqua Tail
- Superpower
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Carracosta (Swift Swim)
Carracosta is a spectacular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Swift Swim, Carracosta's speed is doubled during rainy weather. With a Rindo Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective grass-type attack then the Rindo Berry gets consumed. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Carracosta's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Carracosta's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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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 sensational Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is 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 make the target flinch).
◆ 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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Item: Weakness Policy
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Shell Smash
- Aqua Jet
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
Carracosta Physical Sweeper (Smashing Tortoise)
Carracosta is a notable Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Weakness Policy activates if Carracosta is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Sturdy, if Carracosta is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. Immune to ohko.
◆ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first).
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Carracosta? 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.
Item: Rindo Berry / Eject Pack
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 144 Hp / 252 Atk / 112 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Liquidation / Aqua Tail
- Superpower
Doubles Physical Sweeper Carracosta (Swift Swim)
Carracosta is a wonderful Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Swift Swim, Carracosta's speed is doubled during rainy weather. With a Rindo Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective grass-type attack then the Rindo Berry gets consumed. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Carracosta's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ 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 Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
◆ 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 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 Carracosta
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Meteor Beam + Item: Power Herb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Wide Guard, Aqua Jet
- Moves that inflict status: Scald
Moves that boost Carracosta's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Iron Defense
- Meteor Beam
- Shell Smash
- Withdraw
Most notable and possible best moves for Carracosta
- Earthquake
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Stealth Rock
Common Effort Values for Carracosta in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Carracosta's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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