It is actually on of the few pre evolutions to be faster than its evolution, being 20 points faster than Coalossal and sharing a speed tier with kingambit, this is likely because of Carkol is a minecart pokemon that can roll at high speeds due to its legs being very similar to wheels, whilst Coalossol is merely a standard bipedal pokemon that walks instead of rolling, it may also be so coalossal can have 110/120/90 bulk and 80/80 offenses whilst retaining a modest base stat total of 510, since Carkol is a rock type that can reach high speeds by rolling, it could very much be considered a “rolling stone”.
Speaking of speed, Carkol in lore is quite fast and can reaches speeds of up to 18 miles per hour due to it rapidly rolling its legs, it probably doesn’t move faster because its legs don’t resemble wheels enough as Carkol also wants to able to walk, this was likely solved in the future by making robotic carkols that aren’t sentient so they don’t want to walk and function like minecarts.
Something that will also likely be solved in the future is the fact that the Carkol line is actually the only rock types to be the color black, this because they are coal pokemon so they would be the only rock types so far to mostly consist of the color black.
Another thing that is black is the tar on Carkol’s back which according to its Scarlet dex entry, keeps the coal on its back from completely falling off even as it travels at maximum speeds
On the topic of maximum speeds, with the unique ability steam engine (which is the signature ability of the Carkol line) Carkol can actually outspeed the entire unboosted metegame after being hit with a fire move or somehow not getting promptly evaporated by a water move by sheer willpower inherited by its hisuian ancestors that went extinct before being discovered, it can hit 796 speed with max speed evs and a neutral nature after getting its ability activated, outspeeding scarf deoxys speed, every swift swimmer except jolly barraskewda, every booster speed user including iron valiant and iron fraud (not saying which fraud) and all but 3 pokemon listed on the ou speed tiers, this gives Carkol an edge as an abuser of steam engine compared the bulkier and more powerful Coalossal which has 696 speed with speed boosting nature, missing multiple crucial targets even with a nature to hit max speed, speed boosting Coalossal also only has slightly higher power than attack boosting nature Carkol, having 259 in its invested offence compared to 240.
The only thing stranger than that is that despite being a gen 8 pokemon, Carkol did not make an appearance in that generation’s anime even when the main characters went to the Galar region multiple times and instead debuted in Horizons, where it helps fuel the Brave Olivine. This likely because Coalossal’s only appearance was when a singular Coalossal was struck by dynamax energy and went on a rampage, so there wasn’t any way to fit Carkol (or Rolycoly) in the story of journeys at any point.
Thanks for reading these facts about the best pokemon in ZU, have a splendid one.
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Speaking of speed, Carkol in lore is quite fast and can reaches speeds of up to 18 miles per hour due to it rapidly rolling its legs, it probably doesn’t move faster because its legs don’t resemble wheels enough as Carkol also wants to able to walk, this was likely solved in the future by making robotic carkols that aren’t sentient so they don’t want to walk and function like minecarts.
Something that will also likely be solved in the future is the fact that the Carkol line is actually the only rock types to be the color black, this because they are coal pokemon so they would be the only rock types so far to mostly consist of the color black.
Another thing that is black is the tar on Carkol’s back which according to its Scarlet dex entry, keeps the coal on its back from completely falling off even as it travels at maximum speeds
On the topic of maximum speeds, with the unique ability steam engine (which is the signature ability of the Carkol line) Carkol can actually outspeed the entire unboosted metegame after being hit with a fire move or somehow not getting promptly evaporated by a water move by sheer willpower inherited by its hisuian ancestors that went extinct before being discovered, it can hit 796 speed with max speed evs and a neutral nature after getting its ability activated, outspeeding scarf deoxys speed, every swift swimmer except jolly barraskewda, every booster speed user including iron valiant and iron fraud (not saying which fraud) and all but 3 pokemon listed on the ou speed tiers, this gives Carkol an edge as an abuser of steam engine compared the bulkier and more powerful Coalossal which has 696 speed with speed boosting nature, missing multiple crucial targets even with a nature to hit max speed, speed boosting Coalossal also only has slightly higher power than attack boosting nature Carkol, having 259 in its invested offence compared to 240.
The only thing stranger than that is that despite being a gen 8 pokemon, Carkol did not make an appearance in that generation’s anime even when the main characters went to the Galar region multiple times and instead debuted in Horizons, where it helps fuel the Brave Olivine. This likely because Coalossal’s only appearance was when a singular Coalossal was struck by dynamax energy and went on a rampage, so there wasn’t any way to fit Carkol (or Rolycoly) in the story of journeys at any point.
Thanks for reading these facts about the best pokemon in ZU, have a splendid one.
For more information, please consult this humorous low ladder replay:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2366042184-9buu836q4q8ufc6auy6bod5xccc629cpw
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