Is Carnivine Good in X & Y Playthrough?
Grass with AbilityLevitate. Wild in Kalos. No evolution. AbilityLevitate removes Ground weakness. Handles Grant and Siebold through Grass. Low stats limit it past mid-game.
Carnivine has the type edge here and should clean up Viola's team.
Carnivine resists most of Grant's coverage and hits back hard.
Carnivine trades roughly evenly with Korrina's team.
Ramos's team hits Carnivine's weaknesses hard.
Carnivine trades roughly evenly with Clemont's team.
Carnivine trades roughly evenly with Valerie's team.
Carnivine has the type edge here and should clean up Olympia's team.
Carnivine trades roughly evenly with Wulfric's team.
Malva's team hits Carnivine's weaknesses hard.
Wikstrom's team hits Carnivine's weaknesses hard.
Drasna's team hits Carnivine's weaknesses hard.
Carnivine has the type edge here and should clean up Siebold's team.
Carnivine trades roughly evenly with Diantha's team.
Catch Carnivine on Route 14 (walking, Lv 30-32, uncommon).
X & Y Carnivine Locations
10 encounter spots for Carnivine at decent spawn rates starting from mid-game routes. Best and Earliest sort options below help narrow down your approach based on odds vs. Accessibility.
Best Locations to Catch Carnivine in X & Y
You can catch Carnivine through 5 walking encounters from Lv. 30-46, but availability differs between X and Y. Some spots are exclusive to one version.
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 |
What is Carnivine Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Carnivine
 Pansear Fire | D | |
 Fennekin Fire | D | |
Obtain MethodAquacorde Town Gift | ||
 Combee Bug | D | |
 Fletchling Normal | D | |
 Ledyba Bug | C | |
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
 Ivysaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Lumiose City Gift) | ||
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Ninjask builds →Bug Bite 2x62-74% Aerial Ace 2x62-74% | ||
 Fletchinder Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Fletchinder builds →Aerial Ace 2x54-65% Flame Charge 2x46-55% | ||
 Simisear Fire | C | |
 Scolipede BugPoison | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Scolipede builds →Poison Jab 2x77-91% Bug Bite 2x59-70% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Vileplume builds →Venoshock 2x69-82% Infestation 2x15-18% | ||
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Lumiose City Gift) | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Beedrill builds →Poison Jab 2x72-85% Aerial Ace 2x35-42% Twineedle 2x25-30% | ||
 Hawlucha Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Hawlucha builds →Bounce 2x77-91% Poison Jab 2x47-57% | ||
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Lumiose City Gift) | ||
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Vileplume builds →Venoshock 2x69-82% Infestation 2x15-18% | ||
Scolipede BugPoison | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Scolipede builds →Poison Jab 2x77-91% X-Scissor 2x77-91% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Pinsir Bug | C | |
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Lumiose City Gift) | ||
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Vileplume builds →Venoshock 2x69-82% Infestation 2x15-18% | ||
Scolipede BugPoison | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Scolipede builds →Poison Jab 2x77-91% X-Scissor 2x77-91% | ||
Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Charizard Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Lumiose City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Charizard builds →Flare Blitz 2x103-122%KO Air Slash 2x81-96% | ||
 Talonflame Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Talonflame builds →Flare Blitz 2x101-119%KO Fly 2x77-91% | ||
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Pinsir Bug | C | |
Scolipede BugPoison | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Scolipede builds →Poison Jab 2x81-96% X-Scissor 2x81-96% | ||
Charizard Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Lumiose City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Charizard builds →Flare Blitz 2x105-124%KO Air Slash 2x82-97% | ||
Talonflame Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Talonflame builds →Flare Blitz 2x102-121%KO Fly 2x78-92% | ||
Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Pinsir Bug | C | |
Scolipede BugPoison | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Scolipede builds →Poison Jab 2x82-97% X-Scissor 2x82-97% | ||
 Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Chandelure builds →Fire Blast 2x150-177%KO Smog 2x28-34% | ||
Charizard Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Lumiose City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Charizard builds →Fire Blast 2x117-139%KO Air Slash 2x82-97% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Heracross builds →Megahorn 2x145-171%KO Aerial Ace 2x49-58% Venoshock 2x23-27% | ||
 Salamence Dragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Salamence builds →Fly 2x116-137%KO Fire Blast 2x80-94% | ||
Talonflame Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Talonflame builds →Flare Blitz 2x101-119%KO Fly 2x77-91% U-turn 2x40-47% | ||
Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Chandelure builds →Overheat 2x177-208%KO Smog 2x28-33% | ||
Salamence Dragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Salamence builds →Fly 2x116-136%KO Fire Blast 2x79-93% | ||
Charizard Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Lumiose City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x138-162%KO Air Slash 2x80-95% | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodSea Spirits Den Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x155-183%KO Sky Attack 2x138-162%KO U-turn 2x46-55% | ||
 Delphox FirePsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Fennekin (Aquacorde Town Gift) | ||
In X & Y, Talonflame can KO Carnivine with Flare Blitz (107-126%). Genesect threatens a KO with Explosion (96-113%). Charizard's Fire Blast also KOs at 105-123%.
Talonflame Fire | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityGalewings ItemLeftovers NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Talonflame builds →Flare Blitz 2x107-126%KO | ||
 Genesect BugSteel | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityDownload ItemChoice Scarf NatureHasty Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Genesect builds →U Turn 2x81-96% Ice Beam 2x39-46% Explosion96-113%KO | ||
Charizard Fire | C | |
Recommended Build AbilityBlaze ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Carnivine View Charizard builds →Flamethrower 2x86-101%KO Air Slash 2x72-84% Dragon Pulse27-32% Fire Blast 2x105-123%KO | ||
Carnivine Evolutions
Carnivine doesn't evolve, so breeding's where the action is. You'll find plenty of partners across one egg group, and eggs are average hatch time. It's got 11 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Carnivine easily with 59 breeding partners from the Plant egg group. Pass egg moves like Giga Drain, Grass Whistle, Leech Seed and 8 more to offspring.
XY Carnivine Best Moveset
Grass at 100 Attack with AbilityLevitate removing Ground weakness. Fairy types resist Grass TermStab. 46 Speed goes last. The moveset lost offensive targets through Fairy resistance. Grass now blocks powder moves, the one positive change.
Best Build
Carnivine best EVs are Sp. Def and HP
Wall Moveset
- Leech Seed
- Sludge Bomb
- Giga Drain
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Giga Drain and Grass Whistle 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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It attracts prey with its sweet-smelling saliva, then chomps down. It takes a whole day to eat prey.
It binds itself to trees in marshes. It attracts prey with its sweet-smelling drool and gulps them down.
Carnivine X & Y Guide
In X & Y, Carnivine looks average on paper at 454 BST. But Levitate is why it sees play. Build around that and it pulls its weight. C-Tier support on our tier list. Leech Seed with Bigroot is the standard set.
Carnivine gets Levitate. But Levitate is the one that matters. It's the centerpiece of every viable set. Build around that.
Carnivine is a mixed attacker with base 100 Attack and 90 Sp. Atk. Enough bulk to take a hit or two, too. Speed tells the real story. Base 46 Speed is low. Priority moves or Trick Room are the way to go. Fits the support role.
In X & Y, run Leech Seed, Sludge Bomb, Giga Drain, and Substitute on Carnivine. Leech Seed is the most common pick at 0% usage. This set covers the support role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Carnivine appears in 12 games across 7 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 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