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bibarel
#400

Bibarel

Beaver Pokémon

NormalWater

It makes its nest by damming streams with bark and mud. It is known as an industrious worker.

Base Stats

HP 79
Attack 85
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 55
Sp. Def 60
Speed 71
Total 410

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

bibarel Bibarel Lv. 15

Moves

Details

Category Beaver Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 31.5 kg
Base Exp 144
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 127
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Water1 ,Ground

Sprites

bibarel Front Front
bibarel Back Back
bibarel Front Shiny Front Shiny
bibarel Back Shiny Back Shiny
bibarel Front ♀ Front ♀
bibarel Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
bibarel Official Art Official Art
bibarel Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 0.4%
Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Bibarel finds a small niche in PU as a sweeper thanks to its ability Simple, which, in conjunction with Swords Dance, allows Bibarel's Attack to reach high levels and lets Bibarel break past opposing Pokemon easily. Bibarel's unique STAB combination allows it to hit the majority of the tier for neutral damage, so when it is able to boost its Attack, it will almost always heavily damage opposing Pokemon. Unfortunately, Bibarel has very poor defensive stats, lackluster Speed, and mediocre Attack, making it quite slow and weak without a Swords Dance boost. It faces strong competition from many offensive Water-types in the tier such as Floatzel and Kabutops due to them being more reliable sweepers with higher Attack and Speed stats than Bibarel. Bibarel also faces strong competition as a Normal-type wallbreaker with Kangaskhan and Stoutland, which also possess higher Attack and Speed stats. Furthermore, Bibarel struggles with bulky Grass-types like Tangela and Leafeon, which can reliably switch into it and threaten it back with strong super effective attacks.

Most Used Moves

Aqua Jet
97.1%
Return
84.0%
Waterfall
30.6%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
46.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc