THE COMMUNAL POKéMON DIARY THREAD

[jouzea]

24/1/16

General cleaning today. I wondertraded all my charmanders in the past few days, as a result my boxes are now full. So i decided to clean it up. But instead of releasing all of it, I pick some mons that I can use for breeding. I then saw this guy



I already have two of them but with different abilities and one has Aqua Jet. So I looked for Carracosta stats and moves at pokemondb. I was surprised that it's not that bad. He has quite a good movepool. His only problem is fighting bulky grass types. He has a pretty decent SpA with his high Atk stats. His speed is useful for trick room or you can use his other ability swift swim. I ran some damage calculations and was surprised that he can survive some common attacks.

So now I'm torn between

Weakness policy vs Assault Vest. Weakness policy will take advantage of his good defense and attack stats. Defense can survive some hits then revenge it or become a force in trick room. Assault vest will give him more bulk though.

Solid rock vs Sturdy Solid rock will help him survive some attacks which is useful for either WP or AV, but sturdy is a guaranteed survival

Trick Room vs Sand Trick Room is kinda needed because of his low speed but Sand strengthens its SpD. I think i might use both. But then I won't be able to use AV since I need to protect 'til the TR is up.