Competitive Information for Carbink [X/Y]
Rock / Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Carbink? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Carbink is an astounding Rock and Fairy-typed Pokemon. Carbink is a pretty usual Pokemon to see in Generation 6. Carbink is weak to Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Babiri Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Return / Secret Power
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Gyro Ball
- Harden
Physical Sweeper Carbink (Clear Body)
Carbink is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It is designed 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.
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Gyro Ball is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Carbink than the target).
♦ Harden is a status move (raises your Carbink's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Babiri Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Psychic
- Earth Power
Special Sweeper Carbink (Clear Body)
Carbink is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed 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.
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ 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 a phenomenal Double Wall. It is designed 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 stamina 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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Item: Custap Berry
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Lonely (+Atk, -Def)
EVs: 160 Hp / 160 SpD / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Stone Edge
- Substitute
- Rock Slide
- Explosion / Toxic
Carbink Special Wall (Explobink)
Carbink is pretty popular Special Wall. It is meant to take a good amount of hits from special attacks 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.
♦ Substitute is a status move (Carbink takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Explosion is a physical 250-base power Normal-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. your Carbink faints).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Carbink? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Babiri Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Return / Secret Power
- Gyro Ball
- Harden
Doubles Physical Sweeper Carbink (Clear Body)
Carbink is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's meant 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.
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Gyro Ball is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Carbink than the target).
♦ Harden is a status move (raises your Carbink's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Babiri Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Moonblast
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Psychic
- Earth Power
Doubles Special Sweeper Carbink (Clear Body)
Carbink is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It attempts 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 hefty 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: Bashful
EVs: 252 Hp / 128 Def / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Harden
- Substitute
- Return / Secret Power
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Carbink (Clear Body)
Carbink is an interesting Defensive Trick Room. 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.
♦ Substitute is a status move (Carbink takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ 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.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Carbink can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Carbink
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- 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: Protect, Magic Coat
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Carbink's stats
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
- Sharpen
Most notable and possible best moves for Carbink
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Carbink in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Carbink's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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