Competitive Information for Kartana [Sword/Shield]
Grass / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Kartana? 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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Kartana is an interesting Grass and Steel-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to find yourself dealing with Kartana when battling in the 8th generation meta. Kartana can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Kartana's only type-related weaknesses are Fighting and Fire.
Item: Assault Vest / Focus Sash
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 84 Atk / 4 Def / 164 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Blade
- Sacred Sword
- Smart Strike
- Aerial Ace
Physical Sweeper Kartana (Popular/Trending)
Kartana is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Kartana from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Beast Boost, Kartana's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon. With a Assault Vest equipped to it, Kartana's sp. Def is 1.5x, but it can only select damaging moves.
◆ Sacred Sword is a physical 90-base power Fighting-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
◆ Smart Strike is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Steel-type move (this move does not check accuracy).
◆ Aerial Ace is a physical 60-base power Flying-type move (this move does not check accuracy).
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Item: Focus Sash / Occa Berry
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 84 SpD / 172 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Blade / Razor Leaf
- Night Slash
- Psycho Cut
- Sacred Sword / Brick Break
Physical Sweeper Kartana (Beast Boost)
Kartana is a marvelous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Kartana from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Beast Boost, Kartana's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon. With a Occa Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fire-type attack then the Occa Berry gets consumed.
◆ Razor Leaf is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Sacred Sword is a physical 90-base power Fighting-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Kartana? 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: Assault Vest
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 4 Atk / 4 Def / 244 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Blade
- Smart Strike
- Sacred Sword
- Aerial Ace
Doubles Support Kartana (Popular VGC)
Kartana is a pretty decent Support for double battles. This particular build was popular during previous competitions. With Beast Boost, Kartana's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon. With a Assault Vest equipped to it, Kartana's sp. Def is 1.5x, but it can only select damaging moves.
◆ Smart Strike is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Steel-type move (this move does not check accuracy).
◆ Sacred Sword is a physical 90-base power Fighting-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
◆ Aerial Ace is a physical 60-base power Flying-type move (this move does not check accuracy).
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Item: Focus Sash / Occa Berry
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 84 SpD / 172 Spe
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade
- Night Slash
- Psycho Cut
- Sacred Sword / Brick Break
Doubles Physical Sweeper Kartana (Beast Boost)
Kartana is a decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Kartana from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Beast Boost, Kartana's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon. With a Occa Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fire-type attack then the Occa Berry gets consumed.
◆ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Sacred Sword is a physical 90-base power Fighting-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Kartana 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 Kartana 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 Kartana
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break, Defog
Moves that boost Kartana's stats
- Calm Mind
- Iron Defense
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Kartana
- Aerial Ace
- Detect
- Giga Impact
- Leaf Blade
- Protect
- Rest
- Sacred Sword
- Smart Strike
Common Effort Values for Kartana in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 4/84/4/0/164/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Optimize Kartana's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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