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Carkol, a Rock and Fire type Pokémon, official artwork

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Carkol: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

RockFireNFE

Carkol is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Defense (90) and HP (80), with a base stat total of 410. Competitively it is not fully evolved, so it mostly sees use with Eviolite or in lower tiers.

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What is Carkol weak to?

How much damage Carkol takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toGroundWater
2×Weak toFightingRock
0.5×ResistsBugFairyFlyingIceNormalPoison
0.25×ResistsFire

With Flash Fire, Fire attacks do nothing instead of quarter damage.

Carkol takes super-effective damage from Ground, Water, Fighting, Rock (Ground and Water hit it for 4x damage). It resists Bug, Fairy, Flying, Ice, Normal, Poison, Fire. That is by type alone: with Flash Fire, Fire attacks do nothing instead of quarter damage.

Best moveset for Carkol

Carkol has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • OverheatFire130
  • Meteor BeamRock120
  • Take DownNormal90
  • Body PressFighting80

Best nature for Carkol

Careful or Bold. Carkol's mixed stats mean the best nature depends on the set: boost whichever defense or attacking stat your build leans on.

Abilities

  • Steam EngineThis Pokemon's Speed is raised by 6 stages after it is damaged by Fire/Water moves.
  • Flame Body30% chance a Pokemon making contact with this Pokemon will be burned.
  • Flash FireThis Pokemon's Fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one Fire move; Fire immunity.

Evolution line

Rolycoly
Carkol
Coalossal
Full learnset (49 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
OverheatFire13090%Special
Flare BlitzFire120100%Physical
Meteor BeamRock12090%Special
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Heat WaveFire9590%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Power GemRock80100%Special
ScaldWater80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Temper FlareFire75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Scorching SandsGround70100%Special
Ancient PowerRock60100%Special
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
IncinerateFire60100%Special
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Flame ChargeFire50100%Physical
Rapid SpinNormal50100%Physical
Smack DownRock50100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Fire SpinFire3585%Special
Sand TombGround3585%Physical
Rock BlastRock2590%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
Gyro BallSteel?100%Physical
Heat CrashFire?100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
CurseGhost--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Rock PolishRock--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SmokescreenNormal-100%Status
SpikesGround--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Will-O-WispFire-85%Status