#0565

Carracosta

Prototurtle Pokémon

Water Rock

This Pokémon emerges from the water in search of prey despite the fact that it moves more slowly on land.

In Pokémon GO · 2621 max CP 1 TCG Pocket card

Details

Height1.2 m

Weight81.0 kg

Gender87.5% ♂ · 12.5% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time30 cycles · ~7,905 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP173

Abilities

Solid Rock

Decreases damage taken from super-effective moves by 1/4.

Sturdy

Prevents being KOed from full HP, leaving 1 HP instead. Protects against the one-hit KO moves regardless of HP.

Swift SwimHidden

Doubles Speed during rain.

Egg groups: Water 1, Water 3

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

108

Defense

133

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

495

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Grass4×

Fighting2×

Ground2×

Electric2×

Resistant to

Fire¼×

Normal½×

Flying½×

Poison½×

Ice½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Shell Smash

Moves

Item

Life Orb / White Herb

Nature{"Naive","Naughty"}

EV spread

Atk252

SpA4

Spe252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Evolution

#0564Tirtouga

Lv. 37

#0565Carracosta

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Carracosta can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Aqua Jet Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Physical	40	100	20
1	Bide User waits for two turns, then hits back for twice the damage it took.	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
1	Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
1	Rollout Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, resetting after five turns.	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
1	Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	40	100	25
1	Withdraw Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.	Water	Status	—	—	40
9	Smack Down Removes any immunity to Ground damage.	Rock	Physical	50	100	15
12	Ancient Power Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage.	Rock	Special	60	100	5
15	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
18	Wide Guard Prevents any multi-target moves from hitting friendly Pokémon this turn.	Rock	Status	—	—	10
21	Brine Has double power against Pokémon that have less than half their max HP remaining.	Water	Special	65	100	10
24	Rock Slide Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
27	Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
30	Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense.	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
33	Iron Defense Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.	Steel	Status	—	—	15
36	Aqua Tail Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Physical	90	90	10
41	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rain for five turns.	Water	Status	—	—	5
46	Hydro Pump Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	110	80	5
51	Shell Smash Raises user’s Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by two stages. Lower user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	15