Carbink

Carbink has 500 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (50) and a Speed of 50. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 350, which makes it a defensive wall.

Build a team with Carbink

What Carbink is weak to

Weak to: Steel (×4), Water, Grass, Ground. Resists: Normal, Fire, Flying, Bug, Dark. Immune to: Dragon (×0). The ×4 weakness is the danger: one hit of Steel does huge damage.

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Best teammates for Carbink

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Carbink: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

1. Scizor BugSteel

   Resists grass, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, psychic, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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2. Escavalier BugSteel

   Resists grass, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, psychic, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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3. Durant BugSteel

   Resists grass, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, psychic, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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4. Forretress BugSteel

   Resists grass, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, psychic, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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5. Iron Treads GroundSteel

   Resists steel, which your team is weak to. Hits electric, poison, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to water, ground.

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6. Gholdengo SteelGhost

   Resists grass, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits psychic, rock, ghost super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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Counters to Carbink

1. Kartana

   Grass and Steel STAB hits Carbink super effectively and it resists everything Carbink can hit it with by type.

2. Excadrill

   Ground and Steel STAB hits Carbink super effectively and it resists everything Carbink can hit it with by type.

3. Iron Treads

   Ground and Steel STAB hits Carbink super effectively and it resists everything Carbink can hit it with by type.

4. Empoleon

   Water and Steel STAB hits Carbink super effectively and it resists everything Carbink can hit it with by type.

5. Ferrothorn

   Grass and Steel STAB hits Carbink super effectively and it resists everything Carbink can hit it with by type.

6. Steelix

   Steel and Ground STAB hits Carbink super effectively and it resists everything Carbink can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Carbink

Carbink is in the regional Pokédex of 2 games we cover: