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Carracosta, a Water and Rock type Pokémon, official artwork

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Carracosta: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

WaterRockIllegal

Carracosta is a straightforward attacker, led by its Defense (133) and Attack (108), with a base stat total of 495.

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What is Carracosta weak to?

How much damage Carracosta takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toGrass
2×Weak toElectricFightingGround
0.5×ResistsFlyingIceNormalPoison
0.25×ResistsFire

Carracosta takes super-effective damage from Grass, Electric, Fighting, Ground (Grass hit it for 4x damage). It resists Flying, Ice, Normal, Poison, Fire.

Best moveset for Carracosta

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

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Focus BlastFighting120
  • Meteor BeamRock120
  • BlizzardIce110

Best nature for Carracosta

Adamant. Carracosta is a physical attacker (108 Attack vs 83 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Solid RockThis Pokemon receives 3/4 damage from supereffective attacks.
  • SturdyIf this Pokemon is at full HP, it survives one hit with at least 1 HP. Immune to OHKO.
  • Swift SwimIf Rain Dance is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled.

Evolution line

Tirtouga
Carracosta
Full learnset (73 moves; tap to expand)

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

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Meteor BeamRock12090%Special
SuperpowerFighting120100%Physical
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Hydro PumpWater11080%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Iron TailSteel10075%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Aqua TailWater9090%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
Muddy WaterWater9085%Special
SurfWater90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
LiquidationWater85100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
DiveWater80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
ScaldWater80100%Special
StrengthNormal80100%Physical
WaterfallWater80100%Physical
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Razor ShellWater7595%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Secret PowerNormal70100%Physical
BrineWater65100%Special
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Ancient PowerRock60100%Special
BiteDark60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
RoundNormal60100%Special
Water PulseWater60100%Special
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
Smack DownRock50100%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Aqua JetWater40100%Physical
Rock SmashFighting40100%Physical
Water GunWater40100%Special
WhirlpoolWater3585%Special
RolloutRock3090%Physical
Rock BlastRock2590%Physical
BideNormal?-Physical
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
AttractNormal-100%Status
BlockNormal--Status
ConfideNormal--Status
CurseGhost--Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Guard SwapPsychic--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Rock PolishRock--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Shell SmashNormal--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
Wide GuardRock--Status
WithdrawWater--Status