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Carnivine, a Grass type Pokémon, official artwork

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Carnivine: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

GrassIllegal

Carnivine is a straightforward attacker, led by its Attack (100) and Sp. Atk (90), with a base stat total of 454.

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What is Carnivine weak to?

How much damage Carnivine takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toBugFireFlyingIcePoison
0.5×ResistsElectricGrassGroundWater

With Levitate, Ground attacks do nothing instead of half damage.

Carnivine takes super-effective damage from Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison. It resists Electric, Grass, Ground, Water. That is by type alone: with Levitate, Ground attacks do nothing instead of half damage.

Best moveset for Carnivine

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

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Power WhipGrass120
  • Sludge BombPoison90
  • CrunchDark80

Best nature for Carnivine

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

Abilities

  • LevitateThis Pokemon is immune to Ground; Gravity/Ingrain/Smack Down/Iron Ball nullify it.
Full learnset (69 moves; tap to expand)

Carnivine is not obtainable in Scarlet/Violet, so this is its National Dex movepool.

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Power WhipGrass12085%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Sludge BombPoison90100%Special
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
SlamNormal8075%Physical
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Secret PowerNormal70100%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Leaf TornadoGrass6590%Special
BiteDark60100%Physical
Bug BiteBug60100%Physical
Feint AttackDark60-Physical
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
Magical LeafGrass60-Special
RoundNormal60100%Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Razor LeafGrass5595%Physical
CutNormal5095%Physical
PaybackDark50100%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Vine WhipGrass45100%Physical
Acid SprayPoison40100%Special
Fury CutterBug4095%Physical
Bullet SeedGrass25100%Physical
InfestationBug20100%Special
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
BindNormal1585%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Natural GiftNormal?100%Physical
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
Spit UpNormal?100%Special
Wring OutNormal?100%Special
AttractNormal-100%Status
CaptivateNormal-100%Status
ConfideNormal--Status
DefogFlying--Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
FlashNormal-100%Status
Gastro AcidPoison-100%Status
Grass WhistleGrass-55%Status
GrowthNormal--Status
IngrainGrass--Status
Leech SeedGrass-90%Status
Nature PowerNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rage PowderBug--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Sleep PowderGrass-75%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
StockpileNormal--Status
Stun SporeGrass-75%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
SwallowNormal--Status
Sweet ScentNormal-100%Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
SynthesisGrass--Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
Worry SeedGrass-100%Status