Is Carnivine Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Great Marsh at level 20 during the story. Grass-type with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity. Carnivine doesn't evolve and the stats are middling. Roserade and Torterra handle Grass coverage far better. A Great Marsh curiosity.
Carnivine resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Carnivine trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Carnivine has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Carnivine trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Carnivine has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Carnivine trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Carnivine trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Carnivine trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Aaron's Pokemon outpace and outclass Carnivine here.
Carnivine has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Flint's team hits Carnivine's weaknesses hard.
Carnivine trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Carnivine trades roughly evenly with Jupiter's team.
Carnivine trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Saturn's team hits Carnivine's weaknesses hard.
Cynthia's team hits Carnivine's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Carnivine in the Great Marsh (walking, Lv 27-30, uncommon). Pre-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 209
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- LV 47GrassPower WhipPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Platinum Carnivine Locations
Carnivine is a Great Marsh exclusive, uncommon in the roster whether you visit before or after the National Dex. That single swamp is its whole range, so the bug-eating plant hides nowhere else in Sinnoh.
1 location to catch Carnivine
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 5Best Locations to Catch Carnivine in Platinum
How to Get Shiny Carnivine in Platinum
Carnivine only lurks in the Great Marsh, out of the Radar's reach, so breed one with a foreign Ditto for a shiny. Compare Shiny Carnivine odds across every game
Shiny Carnivine Evolution
Does Not EvolvePlatinum Shiny Carnivine Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Platinum shiny odds for Carnivine.
Carnivine Weakness
Carnivine's Grass typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. The Grass typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Carnivine Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Carnivine
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Infernape builds →Fire Blast 2x119-141%KO U-turn 2x48-57% Aerial Ace 2x40-48% | ||
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Scyther builds →U-turn 2x74-88% Wing Attack 2x63-74% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x117-138%KO Aerial Ace 2x42-50% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Houndoom builds →Fire Blast 2x124-146%KO Smog 2x15-18% | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Staraptor builds →Fly 2x101-119%KO U-turn 2x54-64% | ||
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Vespiquen builds →Attack Order 2x74-88% Aerial Ace 2x50-58% Poison Sting 2x10-12% | ||
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Altaria builds →Fly 2x67-80% Fire Blast 2x58-69% Ice Beam 2x46-55% | ||
 Forretress BugSteel | B | |
 Dodrio Normal | C | |
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Kricketune builds →X-Scissor 2x70-82% Aerial Ace 2x35-41% | ||
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Yanmega builds →U-turn 2x56-66% Aerial Ace 2x50-58% | ||
Carnivine Evolutions
Carnivine doesn't evolve, so breeding's where the action is. You'll find a decent partner pool across one egg group, and eggs take an average time to hatch. It's got 8 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Carnivine easily with 45 breeding partners from the Grass egg group. Pass egg moves like Leech Seed, Magical Leaf, Razor Leaf and 5 more to offspring.
Pt Carnivine Best Moveset
100 Attack and AbilityLevitate removing Ground weakness on a Grass type are the two standout features. The moveset runs physical Grass attacks, but 46 Speed and no defensive standout leave Carnivine too slow and too fragile.
Best Build
Carnivine best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Special Tank Moveset
- Sleep Powder
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power Ice
- Sludge Bomb
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Leech Seed and Magical Leaf from the egg pool give Carnivine something extra.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
29 of 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It binds itself to trees in marshes. It attracts prey with its sweet-smelling drool and gulps them down.
Carnivine Platinum Guide
In Platinum, use Carnivine as an attacker. Splits damage between physical and special. Not the fastest,
For Platinum, build your team around Starmie, Delcatty, and Forretress. These have the highest co-usage rates with Carnivine in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
For Platinum, run Modest on Carnivine. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the attacker role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Carnivine appears in 11 games across 6 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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