Is Carracosta Good in Black 2 & White 2 Playthrough?
Tirtouga evolves at level 37. Water/Rock with AbilitySolid Rock. Strong Attack and excellent physical bulk. Handles Skyla through Rock and mirrors Marlon's ace. Shell Smash turns it into an offensive threat too.
Tirtouga has the type edge here and should clean up Cheren's team.
Tirtouga has the type edge here and should clean up Roxie's team.
Tirtouga has the type edge here and should clean up Burgh's team.
Tirtouga trades roughly evenly with Elesa's team.
Tirtouga trades roughly evenly with Clay's team.
Tirtouga trades roughly evenly with Skyla's team.
Drayden's team hits Tirtouga's weaknesses hard.
Marlon's typing presses Tirtouga's defenses.
Carracosta trades roughly evenly with Shauntal's team.
Carracosta trades roughly evenly with Grimsley's team.
Carracosta trades roughly evenly with Caitlin's team.
Marshal's team hits Carracosta's weaknesses hard.
Carracosta trades roughly evenly with Iris's team.
Tirtouga can be revived from a fossil obtained on Nacrene City. Revive Cover Fossil.
Your Tirtouga should hit Level 37 before you reach Shauntal, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Carracosta in Black 2 & White 2
Carracosta doesn't appear wild. Catch Tirtouga instead, it shows up but it's a rare spawn. Evolve it at level 37 to get Carracosta. The 2-stage line is mapped in the step cards below.
How to Obtain Carracosta in B2W2
Step 1Catch TirtougaNacrene City - Nacrene MuseumLv.25Gift from NPCLimitedAnyRevive Cover Fossil- Step 2Carracosta ✓
Carracosta Weakness
Grass, Electric, Fighting, and Ground moves hit Carracosta for super-effective damage. Grass hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Solid Rock reduces SE moves damage, further improving the defensive spread. Carracosta's physical bulk (base 133 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Fighting, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Ice, Poison, Flying |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Fire |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Carracosta Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Carracosta
 Snivy Grass | D | |
Obtain MethodAspertia City Gift | ||
Snivy Grass | D | |
Obtain MethodAspertia City Gift | ||
 Sewaddle BugGrass | D | |
 Flaaffy Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Flaaffy builds →Thunder Shock 2x42-50% Rock Smash 2x13-17% | ||
 Riolu Fighting | C | |
 Magnemite ElectricSteel | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Magnemite builds →Thunder Shock 2x47-55% | ||
 Lilligant Grass | C | |
 Leafeon Grass | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Leafeon builds →Razor Leaf 4x80-95% Rock Smash 2x20-24% | ||
 Whimsicott Grass | C | |
 Servine Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Snivy (Aspertia City Gift) | ||
 Swadloon BugGrass | C | |
Lilligant Grass | C | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Sunflora builds →Petal Dance 4x274-323%KO | ||
Leafeon Grass | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Leafeon builds →Razor Leaf 4x82-97% Dig 2x38-45% Rock Smash 2x19-24% | ||
 Maractus Grass | C | |
Whimsicott Grass | C | |
Sunflora Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Sunflora builds →Petal Dance 4x264-312%KO | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Heracross builds →Close Combat 2x88-104%KO Dig 2x38-46% | ||
Leafeon Grass | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Leafeon builds →Razor Leaf 4x78-92% Dig 2x36-42% Rock Smash 2x19-23% | ||
Sunflora Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Sunflora builds →Petal Dance 4x264-310%KO | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Roselia builds →Petal Dance 4x254-300%KO | ||
Maractus Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Maractus builds →Petal Dance 4x268-315%KO | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
 Sawsbuck NormalGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Sawsbuck builds →Horn Leech 4x95-112%KO Jump Kick 2x40-47% | ||
 Ferrothorn GrassSteel | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Ferrothorn builds →Power Whip 4x138-164%KO Bulldoze 2x24-28% Thunder 2x53-63% Rock Smash 2x16-20% | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Lilligant builds →Petal Dance 4x278-327%KO | ||
Sunflora Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Sunflora builds →Leaf Storm 4x313-369%KO | ||
 Tangrowth Grass | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Tangrowth builds →Energy Ball 4x189-222%KO Brick Break 2x31-36% Bulldoze 2x24-29% | ||
Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Roselia builds →Petal Dance 4x257-302%KO | ||
Ferrothorn GrassSteel | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Ferrothorn builds →Power Whip 4x138-162%KO Bulldoze 2x23-28% Thunder 2x52-62% Rock Smash 2x16-20% | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Lilligant builds →Petal Dance 4x275-324%KO | ||
Sunflora Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Sunflora builds →Leaf Storm 4x305-359%KO | ||
Tangrowth Grass | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Tangrowth builds →Energy Ball 4x184-217%KO Brick Break 2x30-36% Bulldoze 2x24-29% | ||
Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Roselia builds →Petal Dance 4x255-300%KO | ||
Tangrowth Grass | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 4x277-326%KO Earthquake 2x39-46% Focus Blast 2x92-109%KO | ||
Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Virizion GrassFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 11 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Virizion builds →Solar Beam 4x235-276%KO Close Combat 2x65-77% | ||
Ferrothorn GrassSteel | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Ferrothorn builds →Power Whip 4x134-158%KO Bulldoze 2x23-27% Thunderbolt 2x42-49% Rock Smash 2x15-18% | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Lilligant builds →Petal Dance 4x277-326%KO | ||
In Black 2 & White 2, Excadrill can KO Carracosta with Earthquake (92-108%). Breloom's Bullet Seed hits Carracosta for 66-78%. Raikou's Thunderbolt also KOs at 172-202%.
 Excadrill GroundSteel | A | |
Recommended Build AbilitySandforce ItemChoice Scarf NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Excadrill builds →Earthquake 2x92-108%KO Rapid Spin8-9% Rock Slide23-27% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityTechnician ItemLife Orb NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Breloom builds →Mach Punch 2x52-61% Bullet Seed 4x66-78% | ||
 Raikou Electric | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Raikou builds →Thunderbolt 2x172-202%KO Aura Sphere 2x102-120%KO | ||
 Lucario FightingSteel | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityJustified ItemLife Orb NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Carracosta View Lucario builds →Close Combat 2x124-146%KO Extreme Speed13-16% | ||
Carracosta Evolutions
Evolved from Tirtouga. Carracosta is the final form in this two-stage line. Plenty of partners for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are slow to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+30 over Tirtouga), and Carracosta peaks at 495 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Carracosta to get Tirtouga eggs using 78 partners from the Water1 and Water3 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Bide, Body Slam, Flail and 6 more.
B2W2 Carracosta Best Moveset
108 Attack at 133 Defense with AbilitySolid Rock cutting super-effective damage by 25%% or AbilitySwift Swim for rain Speed. MoveShell Smash boosts offenses and Speed by two stages. The moveset answers Fire and Flying types through Water/Rock TermStab while surviving the Shell Smash defense drops through bulk.
Best Build
Carracosta best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Shell Smash
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge
- Aqua Jet
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Carracosta misses out on Bide and Body Slam. That's 9 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Hydro Pump and Stone Edge, with Normal and Dark coverage and more rounding things out.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It could knock out a foe with a slap from one of its developed front appendages and chew it up, shell or bones and all.
Carracosta Black 2 & White 2 Guide
In Black 2 & White 2, Swift Swim changes the entire equation for Carracosta. The 495 BST doesn't tell the full story. Ranked C-Tier as a trick room. Shellsmash with Salacberry is the standard set.
In Black 2 & White 2, watch for Exeggutor (Grass), Raikou (Electric), and Hitmonlee (Fighting) when using Carracosta. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Exeggutor is the most dangerous since Grass moves deal 4x damage. Ground-type attackers are also a problem. At base 32 Speed, Carracosta won't outrun any of these threats so switching to a resist is usually the safer play.
Swift Swim is what you want on Carracosta. Every competitive set worth running is built with that ability in mind. The alternatives (Solid Rock, Sturdy) work on paper but Swift Swim is what makes Carracosta worth using.
Base 32 Speed is low. Priority moves or Trick Room are the way to go. On offense, Carracosta is a physical attacker with base 108 Attack. Defensively? Enough bulk to take a hit or two. Best used as a trick room.
In Black 2 & White 2, run Shellsmash, Waterfall, Stone Edge, and Aqua Jet on Carracosta. Shellsmash is the most common pick at 0% usage. Waterfall provides reliable STAB damage.
Game Availability
Carracosta joined the series in Black & White and has been available in 7 titles so far. With 6 generations of appearances, it's established itself despite the later start.
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 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BWDebut
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 7LGPE
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