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barraskewda
#847

Barraskewda

Skewer Pokémon

Water

This Pokémon has a jaw that’s as sharp as a spear and as strong as steel. Apparently Barraskewda’s flesh is surprisingly tasty, too.

Base Stats

HP 61
Attack 123
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 50
Speed 136
Total 490

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Skewer Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 30.0 kg
Base Exp 172
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 50
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Water2

Sprites

barraskewda Front Front
barraskewda Back Back
barraskewda Front Shiny Front Shiny
barraskewda Back Shiny Back Shiny
barraskewda Official Art Official Art
barraskewda Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Offensive Pivot
Item
Choice Band / Heavy-Duty Boots
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Tera Type
WaterFightingDark

Strategy Overview

With one of the fastest natural Speed tiers in the metagame, Barraskewda is an excellent pick for a wallbreaker that can easily pivot out of its checks with Flip Turn, dealing decent chip damage to most Pokemon, and clean up late-game with its stronger attacks. On rain teams, Barraskewda turns into an incredibly powerful threat that is practically impossible to outspeed thanks to Swift Swim. However, Barraskewda suffers from the presence of common Water-resistant Regenerator Pokemon like Slowbro and Amoonguss that can shut it down and render its attempts at wallbreaking useless. Barraskewda is also quite frail and can be easily forced out, which can end up giving strong wallbreakers such as Basculegion-F and Hisuian Lilligant more opportunities to blow holes in Barraskewda's team. Thus, Barraskewda often relies on offensive partners to break through its checks and counters and defensive ones to restrict opposing wallbreakers from taking advantage of it.

Most Used Moves

Flip Turn
92.5%
Aqua Jet
91.2%
Crunch
12.7%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc