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Kartana, a Grass and Steel type Pokémon, official artwork

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Kartana: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Kartana is a fast, hard-hitting attacker, led by its Attack (181) and Defense (131), with a base stat total of 570.

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What is Kartana weak to?

How much damage Kartana takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toFire
2×Weak toFighting
0.5×ResistsDragonElectricFairyNormalPsychicRockSteelWater
0.25×ResistsGrass
0×Immune toPoison

Kartana takes super-effective damage from Fire, Fighting (Fire hit it for 4x damage). It resists Dragon, Electric, Fairy, Normal, Psychic, Rock, Steel, Water, Grass and is immune to Poison.

Best moveset for Kartana

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

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Steel BeamSteel140
  • Solar BladeGrass125
  • Sacred SwordFighting90

Best nature for Kartana

Jolly. Kartana's Attack (181) far outclasses its Special Attack (59), and its 109 Speed is worth maximising, so Jolly (+Speed, −Sp. Atk) fits best.

Abilities

  • Beast BoostThis Pokemon's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and KOes another Pokemon.
Full learnset (45 moves; tap to expand)

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

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Last ResortNormal140100%Physical
Steel BeamSteel14095%Special
Solar BladeGrass125100%Physical
Leaf BladeGrass90100%Physical
Sacred SwordFighting90100%Physical
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Air SlashFlying7595%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
Night SlashDark70100%Physical
Psycho CutPsychic70100%Physical
Smart StrikeSteel70-Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Air CutterFlying6095%Special
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
RoundNormal60100%Special
Razor LeafGrass5595%Physical
CutNormal5095%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
Fury CutterBug4095%Physical
Vacuum WaveFighting40100%Special
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
GuillotineNormal?30%Physical
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
Calm MindPsychic--Status
ConfideNormal--Status
DefogFlying--Status
DetectFighting--Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
Laser FocusNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
SynthesisGrass--Status
TailwindFlying--Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status