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carracosta
#565

Carracosta

Prototurtle Pokémon

WaterRock

It constructed its sturdy shell by crunching and swallowing the hard shells or bones of its prey.

Base Stats

HP 74
Attack 108
Defense 133
Sp. Atk 83
Sp. Def 65
Speed 32
Total 495

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

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

carracosta Front Front
carracosta Back Back
carracosta Front Shiny Front Shiny
carracosta Back Shiny Back Shiny
carracosta Official Art Official Art
carracosta Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

1v1 Usage: 0.4%
Mixed Waterium Z
Item
Waterium Z
Ability
Sturdy
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 16
SpA 252
Spe 240

Strategy Overview

Carracosta is a powerful Pokemon thanks to its combination of Shell Smash, mixed offense movepool, Sturdy, and priority moves. With Shell Smash and Waterium Z, it can outpace and OHKO a lot of Pokemon such as Heatran, Landorus-T, and Porygon-Z, while priority in Aqua Jet allows it to beat opposing Sturdy Pokemon such as Magnezone, Crustle, and Trace users like Mega Gardevoir. Because Carracosta can run a mixed set, it can easily threaten defensive Pokemon and isn’t threatened by Will-O-Wisp from Mega Charizard X or Mega Gardevoir like many other Sturdy Pokemon are. Unfortunately, Carracosta can't effectively run mixed STAB attacks, priority, Shell Smash, and coverage in one set and individual sets lose out on key power that could be helpful. It also is reliant on its STAB moves, meaning Pokemon that resist them like Mega Venusaur can easily beat it. It's also extremely slow and can be beaten by faster priority users like Donphan or can be prevented from setting up by Taunt users like Tapu Lele.

Most Used Moves

Aqua Jet
100.0%
Aqua Tail
73.0%
Waterfall
18.6%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc