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carvanha
#318

Carvanha

Savage Pokémon

WaterDark

Each school has its own territory. Any intruders are mercilessly attacked with fangs bared.

Base Stats

HP 45
Attack 90
Defense 20
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 20
Speed 65
Total 305

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Savage Pokémon
Height 0.8 m
Weight 20.8 kg
Base Exp 61
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 225
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water2

Sprites

carvanha Front Front
carvanha Back Back
carvanha Front Shiny Front Shiny
carvanha Back Shiny Back Shiny
carvanha Official Art Official Art
carvanha Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 4.5%
Physical Life Orb
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Speed Boost
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 196
Def 36
SpD 36
Spe 236
Special Life Orb
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Speed Boost
Nature
Modest
EVs
Def 36
SpA 236
Spe 236

Strategy Overview

Carvanha is the epitome of a glass cannon, with great offensive potential and almost nonexistent defensive abilities. With Speed Boost, Carvanha quickly becomes hard to outspeed, which generally can act to offset its paper-like defenses. However, Carvanha is reliant on KOing the opposition, as otherwise it is KOed in return. Thankfully, this is not too much of an issue, with Carvanha having two excellent STAB attacks and decent coverage options to support them. This makes Carvanha pretty hard to wall, especially considering its ability to act as either a physical or special attacker.

Most Used Moves

Waterfall
93.2%
Crunch
91.2%
Protect
77.4%
Aqua Jet
26.4%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
79.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc