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bibarel
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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

zu Usage: 2.6%
Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Bibarel stands out among the plethora of Normal-types in ZU thanks to its unique combination of Simple and Swords Dance raising its Attack by 4 stages in one turn. After such a boost, Bibarel's defensive checks are very limited, and it is able to break through common physical walls such as Torterra and Mareanie. Thanks to its Water typing, Bibarel can break through common Normal-type checks such as Golem and Bronzor. Furthermore, due to the infrequence of faster, Normal-resistant Pokemon, a boosted Bibarel is able to clean late-game with a strong priority move in Quick Attack. However, Bibarel's stats are average at best. Its low initial power means it requires a boost from Swords Dance before becoming threatening. Additionally, Bibarel struggles to find setup opportunities when screens are not on the field due to its mediocre bulk and lack of useful resistances. Most offensive Pokemon such as Komala and Floatzel can OHKO it with their STAB moves and super effective coverage moves. Additionally, its Speed is not high enough to outspeed some very common Pokemon such as Silvally and its different formes and Rotom-S, which also avoid the OHKO from a boosted Quick Attack. Because of these flaws, Bibarel is mostly seen on Sticky Web and dual screens offense with the support of Shuckle and Electrode.

Most Used Moves

Return
53.2%
Aqua Jet
46.5%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
64.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc