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carnivine
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Carnivine

Bug Catcher Pokémon

Grass

It attracts prey with its sweet-smelling saliva, then chomps down. It takes a whole day to eat prey.

Base Stats

HP 74
Attack 100
Defense 72
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 72
Speed 46
Total 454

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Bug Catcher Pokémon
Height 1.4 m
Weight 27.0 kg
Base Exp 159
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 200
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Plant

Sprites

carnivine Front Front
carnivine Back Back
carnivine Front Shiny Front Shiny
carnivine Back Shiny Back Shiny
carnivine Official Art Official Art
carnivine Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 0.2%
Offensive
Item
Watmel Berry
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 188
Atk 252
Spe 68

Strategy Overview

Carnivine is severely outclassed by other Grass-types such as Leafeon, Tangela, and Roselia due to its slow base Speed, mediocre defenses, and shallow support movepool. It lacks reliable recovery, can easily be worn down, and is easily revenge killed due to its poor Speed. Although it has Levitate, which gives it an immunity to Spikes and Toxic Spikes; Sleep Powder, which usually gives it a chance to set up; and a good Attack stat coupled with a 120 Base Power STAB move and Knock Off, Carnivine still remains hopelessly outdone by its fellow Grass-types and will rarely, if ever, perform better than them.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
83.2%
Synthesis
23.9%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
28.0%
Life Orb
16.0%
Zoom Lens
11.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc