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Carracosta

Prototurtle Pokémon

WaterRock

They can live both in the ocean and on land. A slap from one of them is enough to open a hole in the bottom of a tanker.

Base Stats

HP 74

Attack 108

Defense 133

Sp. Atk 83

Sp. Def 65

Speed 32

Total 495

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

grass 4x fighting 2x ground 2x electric 2x

Resistant to

fire ¼x normal ½x flying ½x poison ½x ice ½x

Abilities

Solid Rock Sturdy Swift Swim (Hidden)

Evolution Chain

Tirtouga

→

Carracosta Lv. 37

Moves

Details

Category Prototurtle Pokémon

Height 1.2 m

Weight 81.0 kg

Base Exp 173

Growth Rate Medium

Capture Rate 45

Base Happiness 70

Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀

Habitat —

Egg Groups Water1 ,Water3

Sprites

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 2.1%

VGC2011 UU RU NU

Shell Smash

Moves

Item

Life Orb

Nature

Adamant / Jolly

EVs

Atk 252

Def 4

Spe 252

Tank

Moves

Stealth Rock

Waterfall

Stone Edge

Aqua Jet / Toxic

Item

Leftovers

Nature

Adamant

EVs

HP 248

Atk 252

Def 8

Strategy Overview

Carracosta is one of the best setup sweepers in NU, as it can set up on many offensive Pokemon and tank super effective hits thanks to its ability, Solid Rock. Carracosta has a great offensive typing and powerful STAB options, making it very difficult to defeat if it sets up Shell Smash. However, aside from being an offensive sweeper, Carracosta can also run a tank set with Stealth Rock. Carracosta's awful Speed stat might be the only thing holding it back, but having access to Aqua Jet mitigates that weakness somewhat. After Carracosta sets up a Shell Smash, it can be really devastating and game-changing.