Bibarel
Beaver Pokémon
Bibarel fur repels water and is also a fantastic material for heat retention. These Pokémon create dams on rivers to live in.
Details
Abilities
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Bibarel
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Bibarel can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Water | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 |
| 0 | Water Pulse Has a chance to confuse the target. | Water | Special | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Aqua Jet Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Water | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Rollout Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, resetting after five turns. | Rock | Physical | 30 | 90 | 20 |
| 1 | Rototiller Raises the Attack and Special Attack of all Grass Pokémon in battle. | Ground | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 5 | Defense Curl Raises user’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 5 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 10 | Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 13 | Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 16 | Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 18 | Hyper Fang Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Normal | Physical | 80 | 90 | 15 |
| 18 | Taunt For the next few turns, the target can only use damaging moves. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 23 | Aqua Tail Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Water | Physical | 90 | 90 | 10 |
| 23 | Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage. | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 23 | Yawn Target sleeps at the end of the next turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 31 | Swords Dance Raises the user’s Attack by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 33 | Take Down User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 |
| 38 | Super Fang Inflicts damage equal to half the target’s HP. | Normal | Physical | — | 90 | 10 |
| 40 | Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
| 48 | Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 53 | Superpower Lowers the user’s Attack and Defense by one stage after inflicting damage. | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |
| 58 | Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 |
Sprites & renders
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Cite this page
“Bibarel”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/bibarel.
Species data from PokéAPI.