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carbink
#703

Carbink

Jewel Pokémon

RockFairy

Born from the high temperatures and pressures deep underground, it defends itself by firing beams from the jewel part of its body.

Base Stats

HP 50
Attack 50
Defense 150
Sp. Atk 50
Sp. Def 150
Speed 50
Total 500

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Jewel Pokémon
Height 0.3 m
Weight 5.7 kg
Base Exp 100
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups Fairy ,Mineral

Sprites

carbink Front Front
carbink Back Back
carbink Front Shiny Front Shiny
carbink Back Shiny Back Shiny
carbink Official Art Official Art
carbink Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 3.3%
Trick Room Lead
Item
Mental Herb
Ability
Sturdy
Nature
Relaxed
EVs
HP 252
Atk 4
Def 252
Stealth Rock
Moves
Moonblast / Rock Slide
Rest / Protect
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Calm / Careful
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Carbink is one of the best Trick Room setters in the tier thanks to its access to Sturdy, which give it great odds at setting Trick Room successfully. It is also one of PU's niche special walls thanks to its amazing defensive typing and stats, which allow it to check threatening offensive Pokemon such as Drampa, Oricorio-G, and Simisear. Furthermore, these traits almost guarantee that Carbink will set up Stealth Rock in a match. On the downside, Carbink's abysmal Speed leaves it as an open target for Taunt users like Jellicent. Despite Carbink's amazing defenses, its low HP stat, along with its weakness to common attacking types like Water, Ground, and Grass means that it struggles to take hits from powerful attackers such as Omastar and Victreebel, which both 2HKO Carbink with ease, and while Steel-type coverage moves may not be as common, Steel-types like Alolan Sandslash and Aggron can easily exploit Carbink's 4x weakness. Unfortunately, Carbink faces competition from other bulky Stealth Rock users such as Regirock and Torterra, which have a combination of better offensive presence, better stats, and better support movepools. Despite these weaknesses, Carbink still holds a niche as one of the best Trick Room setters, and its ability to switch into Drampa is unrivaled.

Most Used Moves

Moonblast
65.6%
Rest
55.9%
Calm Mind
48.2%
Explosion
40.9%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
52.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc