Moves
Move usage- 1
Rock Slide
74.8% - 2
Protect
63.1% - 3
Close Combat
59.9% - 4
Shell Smash
56.7%

Base Stats
Type defenses
Barbaracle takes damage from each attacking type below.
| Normal | Fire | Water | Electric | Grass | Ice | Fighting | Poison | Ground | Flying | Psychic | Bug | Rock | Ghost | Dragon | Dark | Steel | Fairy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2x | 1/4x | 1x | 2x | 4x | 1/2x | 2x | 1/2x | 2x | 1/2x | 1x | 1x | 1x | 1x | 1x | 1x | 1x | 1x |
Forms / Mega
Battle Data
Learnable Moves
| Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Power | 60 | 100 | 5 | Has a 10% chance to raise the user's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed by 1 stage. | ||
| Aqua Cutter | 70 | 100 | 20 | Has a higher chance for a critical hit. | ||
| Assurance | 60 | 100 | 10 | Power doubles if the target has already taken damage this turn, other than direct damage from Belly Drum, confusion, Curse, or Pain Split. | ||
| Attract | - | 100 | 15 | Causes the target to become infatuated, making it unable to attack 50% of the time. Fails if both the user and the target are the same gender, if either is genderless, or if the target is already infatuated. The effect ends when either the user or the target is no longer active. Pokemon with the Oblivious Ability or protected by the Aroma Veil Ability are immune. | ||
| Beat Up | - | 100 | 10 | Hits one time for the user and one time for each unfainted Pokemon without a non-volatile status condition in the user's party. The power of each hit is equal to 5+(X/10), where X is each participating Pokemon's base Attack; each hit is considered to come from the user. | ||
| Blizzard | 110 | 70 | 5 | Has a 10% chance to freeze the target. If the weather is Snow, this move does not check accuracy. | ||
| Brick Break | 75 | 100 | 15 | If this attack does not miss, the effects of Reflect, Light Screen, and Aurora Veil end for the target's side of the field before damage is calculated. | ||
| Brutal Swing | 60 | 100 | 20 | No additional effect. | ||
| Bulk Up | - | - | 20 | Raises the user's Attack and Defense by 1 stage. | ||
| Bulldoze | 60 | 100 | 20 | Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed by 1 stage. | ||
| Chilling Water | 50 | 100 | 20 | Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Attack by 1 stage. | ||
| Close Combat | 120 | 100 | 5 | Lowers the user's Defense and Special Defense by 1 stage. | ||
| Cross Chop | 100 | 80 | 5 | Has a higher chance for a critical hit. | ||
| Dig | 80 | 100 | 10 | This attack charges on the first turn and executes on the second. On the first turn, the user avoids all attacks other than Earthquake and Magnitude but takes double damage from them, and is also unaffected by weather. If the user is holding a Power Herb, the move completes in one turn. | ||
| Dive | 80 | 100 | 10 | This attack charges on the first turn and executes on the second. On the first turn, the user avoids all attacks other than Surf and Whirlpool but takes double damage from them, and is also unaffected by weather. If the user is holding a Power Herb, the move completes in one turn. | ||
| Double Hit | 35 | 90 | 10 | Hits twice. If the first hit breaks the target's substitute, it will take damage for the second hit. | ||
| Dragon Claw | 80 | 100 | 15 | No additional effect. | ||
| Earth Power | 90 | 100 | 10 | Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by 1 stage. | ||
| Earthquake | 100 | 100 | 10 | Damage doubles if the target is using Dig. | ||
| Endure | - | - | 10 | The user will survive attacks made by other Pokemon during this turn with at least 1 HP. This move has a 1/X chance of being successful, where X starts at 1 and triples each time this move is successfully used. X resets to 1 if this move fails, if the user's last move used is not Baneful Bunker, Burning Bulwark, Detect, Endure, King's Shield, Max Guard, Obstruct, Protect, Quick Guard, Silk Trap, Spiky Shield, or Wide Guard, or if it was one of those moves and the user's protection was broken. Fails if the user moves last this turn. | ||
| Facade | 70 | 100 | 20 | Power doubles if the user is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned. The physical damage halving effect from the user's burn is ignored. | ||
| Fling | - | 100 | 10 | The power of this move is based on the user's held item. The held item is lost and it activates for the target if applicable. If there is no target or the target avoids this move by protecting itself, the user's held item is still lost. The user can regain a thrown item with Recycle or the Harvest Ability. Fails if the user has no held item, if the held item cannot be thrown, if the user is under the effect of Embargo or Magic Room, or if the user has the Klutz Ability. | ||
| Focus Blast | 120 | 70 | 5 | Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by 1 stage. | ||
| Giga Impact | 150 | 90 | 5 | If this move is successful, the user must recharge on the following turn and cannot select a move. | ||
| Grass Knot | - | 100 | 20 | This move's power is 20 if the target weighs less than 10 kg, 40 if less than 25 kg, 60 if less than 50 kg, 80 if less than 100 kg, 100 if less than 200 kg, and 120 if greater than or equal to 200 kg. | ||
| Helping Hand | - | - | 20 | The power of the target's attack this turn is multiplied by 1.5 (this effect is stackable). Fails if there is no ally adjacent to the user or if the ally already moved this turn, but does not fail if the ally is using a two-turn move. | ||
| Hyper Beam | 150 | 90 | 5 | If this move is successful, the user must recharge on the following turn and cannot select a move. | ||
| Ice Beam | 90 | 100 | 10 | Has a 10% chance to freeze the target. | ||
| Icy Wind | 55 | 95 | 15 | Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed by 1 stage. | ||
| Iron Defense | - | - | 15 | Raises the user's Defense by 2 stages. | ||
| Liquidation | 85 | 100 | 10 | Has a 20% chance to lower the target's Defense by 1 stage. | ||
| Low Kick | - | 100 | 20 | This move's power is 20 if the target weighs less than 10 kg, 40 if less than 25 kg, 60 if less than 50 kg, 80 if less than 100 kg, 100 if less than 200 kg, and 120 if greater than or equal to 200 kg. | ||
| Meteor Beam | 120 | 90 | 10 | This attack charges on the first turn and executes on the second. Raises the user's Special Attack by 1 stage on the first turn. If the user is holding a Power Herb, the move completes in one turn. | ||
| Mud Shot | 55 | 95 | 15 | Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed by 1 stage. | ||
| Mud-Slap | 20 | 100 | 10 | Has a 100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage. | ||
| Muddy Water | 90 | 85 | 10 | Has a 30% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage. | ||
| Night Slash | 70 | 100 | 20 | Has a higher chance for a critical hit. | ||
| Payback | 50 | 100 | 10 | Power doubles if the user moves after the target this turn, including actions taken through Instruct or the Dancer Ability. Switching in does not count as an action. | ||
| Poison Jab | 80 | 100 | 20 | Has a 30% chance to poison the target. | ||
| Protect | - | - | 5 | The user is protected from most attacks made by other Pokemon during this turn. This move has a 1/X chance of being successful, where X starts at 1 and triples each time this move is successfully used. X resets to 1 if this move fails, if the user's last move used is not Baneful Bunker, Burning Bulwark, Detect, Endure, King's Shield, Max Guard, Obstruct, Protect, Quick Guard, Silk Trap, Spiky Shield, or Wide Guard, or if it was one of those moves and the user's protection was broken. Fails if the user moves last this turn. | ||
| Rain Dance | - | - | 5 | For 5 turns, the weather becomes Rain. The damage of Water-type attacks is multiplied by 1.5 and the damage of Fire-type attacks is multiplied by 0.5 during the effect. Lasts for 8 turns if the user is holding Damp Rock. Fails if the current weather is Rain. | ||
| Razor Shell | 75 | 95 | 10 | Has a 50% chance to lower the target's Defense by 1 stage. | ||
| Rest | - | - | 5 | The user falls asleep for the next two turns and restores all of its HP, curing itself of any non-volatile status condition in the process. Fails if the user has full HP, is already asleep, or if another effect is preventing sleep. | ||
| Rock Blast | 25 | 90 | 10 | Hits two to five times. Has a 35% chance to hit two or three times and a 15% chance to hit four or five times. If one of the hits breaks the target's substitute, it will take damage for the remaining hits. If the user has the Skill Link Ability, this move will always hit five times. If the user is holding Loaded Dice, this move will hit 4-5 times. | ||
| Rock Polish | - | - | 20 | Raises the user's Speed by 2 stages. | ||
| Rock Slide | 75 | 90 | 10 | Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch. | ||
| Rock Tomb | 60 | 95 | 15 | Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed by 1 stage. | ||
| Round | 60 | 100 | 15 | If there are other active Pokemon that chose this move for use this turn, those Pokemon take their turn immediately after the user, in Speed order, and this move's power is 120 for each other user. | ||
| Safeguard | - | - | 20 | For 5 turns, the user and its party members cannot have non-volatile status conditions or confusion inflicted on them by other Pokemon. Pokemon on the user's side cannot become affected by Yawn but can fall asleep from its effect. It is removed from the user's side if the user or an ally is successfully hit by Defog. Fails if the effect is already active on the user's side. | ||
| Sandstorm | - | - | 5 | For 5 turns, the weather becomes Sandstorm. At the end of each turn except the last, all active Pokemon lose 1/16 of their maximum HP, rounded down, unless they are a Ground, Rock, or Steel type, or have the Magic Guard, Overcoat, Sand Force, Sand Rush, or Sand Veil Abilities. During the effect, the Special Defense of Rock-type Pokemon is multiplied by 1.5 when taking damage from a special attack. Lasts for 8 turns if the user is holding Smooth Rock. Fails if the current weather is Sandstorm. | ||
| Scald | 80 | 100 | 15 | Has a 30% chance to burn the target. The target thaws out if it is frozen. | ||
| Screech | - | 85 | 20 | Lowers the target's Defense by 2 stages. | ||
| Shadow Claw | 70 | 100 | 15 | Has a higher chance for a critical hit. | ||
| Shell Smash | - | - | 15 | Lowers the user's Defense and Special Defense by 1 stage. Raises the user's Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by 2 stages. | ||
| Slash | 80 | 100 | 20 | Has a higher chance for a critical hit. | ||
| Sleep Talk | - | - | 10 | One of the user's known moves, besides this move, is selected for use at random. Fails if the user is not asleep. The selected move does not have PP deducted from it, and can currently have 0 PP. This move cannot select Assist, Beak Blast, Belch, Bide, Blazing Torque, Celebrate, Chatter, Combat Torque, Copycat, Dynamax Cannon, Focus Punch, Hold Hands, Magical Torque, Me First, Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Move, Nature Power, Noxious Torque, Shell Trap, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Struggle, Uproar, Wicked Torque, or any two-turn move. | ||
| Sludge Bomb | 90 | 100 | 10 | Has a 30% chance to poison the target. | ||
| Sludge Wave | 95 | 100 | 10 | Has a 10% chance to poison the target. | ||
| Snore | 50 | 100 | 15 | Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch. Fails if the user is not asleep. | ||
| Stealth Rock | - | - | 20 | Sets up a hazard on the opposing side of the field, damaging each opposing Pokemon that switches in. Fails if the effect is already active on the opposing side. Foes lose 1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, or 1/2 of their maximum HP, rounded down, based on their weakness to the Rock type; 0.25×, 0.5×, neutral, 2×, or 4×, respectively. Can be removed from the opposing side if any Pokemon uses Tidy Up, or if any opposing Pokemon uses Mortal Spin, Rapid Spin, or Defog successfully, or is hit by Defog. | ||
| Stone Edge | 100 | 80 | 5 | Has a higher chance for a critical hit. | ||
| Substitute | - | - | 10 | The user takes 1/4 of its maximum HP, rounded down, and puts it into a substitute to take its place in battle. The substitute is removed once enough damage is inflicted on it, if the user switches out or faints, or if any Pokemon uses Tidy Up. Baton Pass can be used to transfer the substitute to an ally, and the substitute will keep its remaining HP. Until the substitute is broken, it receives damage from all attacks made by other Pokemon and shields the user from status effects and stat stage changes caused by other Pokemon. Sound-based moves and Pokemon with the Infiltrator Ability ignore substitutes. The user still takes normal damage from weather and status effects while behind its substitute. If the substitute breaks during a multi-hit attack, the user will take damage from any remaining hits. If a substitute is created while the user is trapped by a binding move, the binding effect ends immediately. Fails if the user does not have enough HP remaining to create a substitute without fainting, or if it already has a substitute. | ||
| Superpower | 120 | 100 | 5 | Lowers the user's Attack and Defense by 1 stage. | ||
| Surf | 90 | 100 | 15 | Damage doubles if the target is using Dive. | ||
| Switcheroo | - | 100 | 10 | The user swaps its held item with the target's held item. Fails if both the user and the target have no held item, or if the user is trying to give or take a Blue Orb, Red Orb, Adamant Crystal, Lustrous Globe, Griseous Core, Plate, Drive, Memory, Rusted Sword, Rusted Shield, Booster Energy, or Mask to or from a Kyogre, Groudon, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus, Genesect, Silvally, Zacian, Zamazenta, Paradox Pokemon, or Ogerpon, respectively. In this case, Paradox Pokemon include every species with the Protosynthesis and Quark Drive Abilities, except Gouging Fire, Raging Bolt, Iron Boulder, and Iron Crown. The target is immune to this move if it has the Sticky Hold Ability. | ||
| Swords Dance | - | - | 20 | Raises the user's Attack by 2 stages. | ||
| Taunt | - | 100 | 20 | Prevents the target from using non-damaging moves for its next three turns. Pokemon with the Oblivious Ability or protected by the Aroma Veil Ability are immune. | ||
| Thief | 60 | 100 | 20 | If this attack was successful and the user has not fainted, it steals the target's held item if the user is not holding one. A target with the Sticky Hold Ability does not lose its held item if it has not fainted. The target's item is not stolen if it is a Blue Orb, Red Orb, Adamant Crystal, Lustrous Globe, Griseous Core, Plate, Drive, Memory, Rusted Sword, Rusted Shield, Booster Energy, or Mask held by a Kyogre, Groudon, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus, Genesect, Silvally, Zacian, Zamazenta, Paradox Pokemon, or Ogerpon, respectively, or if the user is one of those species and the target is holding the respective item. In this case, Paradox Pokemon include every species with the Protosynthesis and Quark Drive Abilities, except Gouging Fire, Raging Bolt, Iron Boulder, and Iron Crown. Items lost to this move cannot be regained with Recycle or the Harvest Ability. | ||
| Uproar | 90 | 100 | 10 | The user spends three turns locked into this move. This move targets an opponent at random on each turn. On the first of the three turns, all sleeping active Pokemon wake up. During the three turns, no active Pokemon can fall asleep by any means, and Pokemon switched in during the effect do not wake up. If the user is prevented from moving or the attack is not successful against the target during one of the turns, the effect ends. | ||
| Waterfall | 80 | 100 | 15 | Has a 20% chance to make the target flinch. | ||
| Whirlpool | 35 | 85 | 15 | Prevents the target from switching for four or five turns (seven turns if the user is holding Grip Claw). Causes damage to the target equal to 1/8 of its maximum HP (1/6 if the user is holding Binding Band), rounded down, at the end of each turn during effect. The target can still switch out if it is holding Shed Shell or uses Baton Pass, Flip Turn, Parting Shot, Shed Tail, Teleport, U-turn, or Volt Switch. The effect ends if either the user or the target leaves the field, or if the target uses Mortal Spin, Rapid Spin, or Substitute successfully. This effect is not stackable or reset by using this or another binding move. | ||
| X-Scissor | 80 | 100 | 15 | No additional effect. |