Carracosta

No. 0565 · Gen 5

Carracosta weakness and type

Hit CARRACOSTA with Grass for 4× damage. Electric, Fighting and Ground also deal 2×.

Moves against Carracosta

4×Hits hardest
2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it

In Pokémon GO: Grass deals 2.56× instead of 4×. GO chart

Test a matchup against Carracosta

Abilities

  • Solid RockSuper-effective hits deal 25% less
  • SturdyNo change to type matchups
  • Swift SwimNo change to type matchups

The table on this page assumes no ability. Check which one it has before you commit.

Base stats

  • HP74
  • Attack108
  • Defense133
  • Sp. Atk83
  • Sp. Def65
  • Speed32
  • Total495

Best nature

ImpishRaises its best defense and drops Sp. Atk, which it won't use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Carracosta gives 2 Defense EVs.

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How Carracosta evolves

TirtougaWaterRock
  • Level 37
    CarracostaWaterRock
All evolutions

What Carracosta can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalHyper BeamSpecial150
RockMeteor Beamsame typeSpecial120
FightingSuperpowerPhysical120
WaterHydro Pumpsame typeSpecial110
IceBlizzardSpecial110
GroundEarthquakePhysical100
SteelIron TailPhysical100
DarkCrunchPhysical80
PsychicZen HeadbuttPhysical80

Type counters to Carracosta

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.