Competitive Information for Carracosta [X/Y]
Water / Rock
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Carracosta? 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.
Carracosta is a remarkable Water and Rock-typed Pokemon. It's a common sight to see Carracosta out in the 6th generation battlefield. Carracosta is weak to Electric, Fighting, Grass, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Rindo Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 144 Hp / 252 Atk / 112 SpD
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Superpower
- Earthquake / Return
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
Physical Sweeper Carracosta (Swift Swim)
Carracosta is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It tries 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 Swift Swim, Carracosta's speed is doubled during rainy weather. Earthquake was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Carracosta's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ 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).
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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 an astounding Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts 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 flinch the target).
♦ 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 an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It was designed 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 flinch the target).
♦ 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 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: Rindo Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 144 Hp / 252 Atk / 112 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Superpower
Doubles Physical Sweeper Carracosta (Swift Swim)
Carracosta is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed 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 Swift Swim, Carracosta's speed is doubled during rainy weather.
♦ 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 pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ 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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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Carracosta 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 Carracosta
- 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: Bide, Protect, Wide Guard, Aqua Jet
- Moves that inflict status: Scald, Toxic
Moves that boost Carracosta's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
- Shell Smash
- Withdraw
Most notable and possible best moves for Carracosta
- Earthquake
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Carracosta in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Carracosta's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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