Competitive Information for Carnivine [X/Y]
Grass
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Levitate ability are immune to Ground attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Carnivine? 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.
Carnivine is a wonderful Grass-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to find yourself dealing with Carnivine when battling in the 6th generation meta. Carnivine is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb / Razor Leaf
- Return / Facade
- Knock Off / Crunch
- Bug Bite / Fury Cutter
Physical Sweeper Carnivine (Levitate)
Carnivine is popular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Carnivine's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Carnivine's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Carnivine is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Razor Leaf is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Carnivine is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ 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).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bug Bite is a physical 60-base power Bug-type move (Carnivine steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Fury Cutter is a physical 40-base power Bug-type move (power doubles with each hit, up to 160).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Sludge Bomb
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Carnivine (Levitate)
Carnivine is a spectacular Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Carnivine's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Carnivine's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Carnivine is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Carnivine recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Carnivine cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Carnivine? 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: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Seed Bomb
- Return / Facade
- Knock Off / Crunch
- Bug Bite / Fury Cutter
Doubles Physical Sweeper Carnivine (Levitate)
Carnivine is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Carnivine's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Carnivine's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Carnivine is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Carnivine is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ 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).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bug Bite is a physical 60-base power Bug-type move (Carnivine steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Fury Cutter is a physical 40-base power Bug-type move (power doubles with each hit, up to 160).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Sludge Bomb
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Carnivine (Levitate)
Carnivine is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Carnivine's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Carnivine's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Carnivine is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Carnivine recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Carnivine cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Carnivine 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 Carnivine 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 Carnivine
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Rage Powder
- Moves that inflict status: Stun Spore, Toxic, Sleep Powder
Moves that boost Carnivine's stats
- Growth
- Stockpile
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Carnivine
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Carnivine in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Carnivine's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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