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Barbaracle, a Rock and Water type Pokémon, official artwork

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Barbaracle: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Barbaracle is a straightforward attacker, led by its Defense (115) and Attack (105), with a base stat total of 500.

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What is Barbaracle weak to?

How much damage Barbaracle takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toGrass
0.25×ResistsFire

Barbaracle takes super-effective damage from Grass, Electric, Fighting, Ground (Grass hit it for 4x damage). It resists Flying, Ice, Normal, Poison, Fire.

Best moveset for Barbaracle

Barbaracle has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Focus BlastFighting120
  • Meteor BeamRock120
  • BlizzardIce110

Best nature for Barbaracle

Adamant. Barbaracle is a physical attacker (105 Attack vs 54 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Tough ClawsThis Pokemon's contact moves have their power multiplied by 1.3.
  • SniperIf this Pokemon strikes with a critical hit, the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
  • PickpocketIf this Pokemon has no item and is hit by a contact move, it steals the attacker's item.

Evolution line

Full learnset (98 moves; tap to expand)

Barbaracle is not obtainable in Scarlet/Violet, so this is its National Dex movepool.

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Skull BashNormal130100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Meteor BeamRock12090%Special
SuperpowerFighting120100%Physical
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Cross ChopFighting10080%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Sludge WavePoison95100%Special
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
Muddy WaterWater9085%Special
Sludge BombPoison90100%Special
SurfWater90100%Special
UproarNormal90100%Special
LiquidationWater85100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
DiveWater80100%Physical
Dragon ClawDragon80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
ScaldWater80100%Special
StrengthNormal80100%Physical
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Razor ShellWater7595%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Night SlashDark70100%Physical
Secret PowerNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Ancient PowerRock60100%Special
AssuranceDark60100%Physical
Brutal SwingDark60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
RoundNormal60100%Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Water PulseWater60100%Special
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
CutNormal5095%Physical
PaybackDark50100%Physical
Smack DownRock50100%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Dual ChopDragon4090%Physical
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
Fury CutterBug4095%Physical
Power-Up PunchFighting40100%Physical
Rock SmashFighting40100%Physical
ScratchNormal40100%Physical
Water GunWater40100%Special
ClampWater3585%Physical
WhirlpoolWater3585%Special
Rock BlastRock2590%Physical
InfestationBug20100%Special
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
Fury SwipesNormal1880%Physical
Beat UpDark?100%Physical
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
AttractNormal-100%Status
Bulk UpFighting--Status
ConfideNormal--Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EmbargoDark-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Hone ClawsDark--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
Laser FocusNormal--Status
Nature PowerNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Rock PolishRock--Status
SafeguardNormal--Status
Sand AttackGround-100%Status
SandstormRock--Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Shell SmashNormal--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
TormentDark-100%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
WithdrawWater--Status