Competitive Information for Bibarel [Sun/Moon]
Normal / Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Bibarel? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Bibarel is a pretty decent Normal and Water-typed Pokemon. It's common to see Bibarel show up as a Sun/Moon opponent. Bibarel is weak to Electric, Fighting, and Grass-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Life Orb
Ability: Simple
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower
- Aqua Jet / Waterfall
- Quick Attack
- Swords Dance / Return
Physical Sweeper Bibarel (Popular/Trending)
Bibarel is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Bibarel from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Bibarel's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Simple, when Bibarel's stat stages are raised or lowered the effect is doubled instead.
♦ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Quick Attack is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Bibarel's attack by 2 stages).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Normalium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Moody
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Liquidation / Aqua Tail
- Superpower / Rock Smash
- Crunch / Thief
Physical Sweeper Bibarel (Moody)
Bibarel is a notable Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Moody, raises a random stat by 2 and lowers another stat by 1 at the end of each turn.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Bibarel's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Bibarel has no item, it steals the target's).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Bibarel? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Item: Normalium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Moody
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Liquidation / Aqua Tail
- Superpower / Rock Smash
- Bulldoze / Stomping Tantrum
Doubles Physical Sweeper Bibarel (Moody)
Bibarel is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Moody, raises a random stat by 2 and lowers another stat by 1 at the end of each turn.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Bibarel's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Bibarel's last move failed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Bibarel learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Bibarel can perform in Sun/Moon. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SM Move and Ability Combos for Bibarel
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Aqua Jet, Quick Attack
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Scald, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Bibarel's stats
- Amnesia
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Skull Bash
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Bibarel
- Aqua Jet
- Double-Edge
- Hidden Power
- Ice Beam
- Liquidation
- Protect
- Quick Attack
- Rest
- Return
- Scald
- Stealth Rock
- Stealth Rock
- Superpower
- Swords Dance
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Waterfall
Common Effort Values for Bibarel in Sun and Moon
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Optimize Bibarel's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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