Pokedex · Champions · #689
Barbaracle
Rock / water type · strong stats (BST 500, top 64% of the Champions roster) · builds into a physical tank.
Barbaracle
rock water · BST 500 · physical tank
Base stats
| HP | 72 | |
| Attack | 105 | |
| Defense | 115 | |
| Sp. Atk | 54 | |
| Sp. Def | 86 | |
| Speed | 68 |
Defensive profile
How incoming damage multiplies for this form.
Abilities
Selectable in Champions (400 VP to change).
- Tough Claws
- Sniper
- Pickpocket
Mega Barbaracle
rock fighting · BST 600 · physical attacker
Mega Evolution — must hold its Mega Stone to evolve during battle; one Mega per team.
Base stats
| HP | 72 | |
| Attack | 140 | |
| Defense | 130 | |
| Sp. Atk | 64 | |
| Sp. Def | 106 | |
| Speed | 88 |
Defensive profile
How incoming damage multiplies for this form.
Abilities
Selectable in Champions (400 VP to change).
- Tough Claws
How to use Barbaracle in Champions
Barbaracle fills a physical tank niche on Champions ranked teams. With a 66-stat-point budget (max 32 per stat), most builds pour 32 into Attack and its best defensive stat, then fine-tune Speed in steps of 2 to sit just above or below the metagame's common numbers.
Defensively it is hurt hardest by Electric, Grass, Fighting, Ground, while resisting Normal, Fire, Ice, Poison. Check the Rock page for the full matchup math behind those numbers.
Movepool highlights
Barbaracle can learn 68 moves in Champions. Coverage by type: bug dark dragon fighting ghost ground ice normal poison psychic rock steel water. Pick four that patch your team's coverage gaps — the team builder flags what's missing automatically.
Full move list
| Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Power | rock | Special | 60 | 100 |
| Aqua Cutter | water | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| Assurance | dark | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Attract | normal | Status | — | 100 |
| Blizzard | ice | Special | 110 | 70 |
| Brick Break | fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 |
| Brutal Swing | dark | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Bulk Up | fighting | Status | — | 101 |
| Bulldoze | ground | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Chilling Water | water | Special | 50 | 100 |
| Close Combat | fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 |
| Cross Chop | fighting | Physical | 100 | 80 |
| Dig | ground | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Dive | water | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Double Hit | normal | Physical | 35 | 90 |
| Dragon Claw | dragon | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Earth Power | ground | Special | 90 | 100 |
| Earthquake | ground | Physical | 100 | 100 |
| Endure | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Facade | normal | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| Focus Blast | fighting | Special | 120 | 70 |
| Giga Impact | normal | Physical | 150 | 90 |
| Helping Hand | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Hyper Beam | normal | Special | 150 | 90 |
| Ice Beam | ice | Special | 90 | 100 |
| Icy Wind | ice | Special | 55 | 95 |
| Iron Defense | steel | Status | — | 101 |
| Liquidation | water | Physical | 85 | 100 |
| Meteor Beam | rock | Special | 120 | 90 |
| Mud Shot | ground | Special | 55 | 95 |
| Mud-Slap | ground | Special | 20 | 100 |
| Muddy Water | water | Special | 90 | 85 |
| Night Slash | dark | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| Payback | dark | Physical | 50 | 100 |
| Poison Jab | poison | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Protect | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Rain Dance | water | Status | — | 101 |
| Razor Shell | water | Physical | 75 | 95 |
| Rest | psychic | Status | — | 101 |
| Rock Blast | rock | Physical | 25 | 90 |
| Rock Polish | rock | Status | — | 101 |
| Rock Slide | rock | Physical | 75 | 90 |
| Rock Tomb | rock | Physical | 60 | 95 |
| Round | normal | Special | 60 | 100 |
| Safeguard | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Sandstorm | rock | Status | — | 101 |
| Scald | water | Special | 80 | 100 |
| Screech | normal | Status | — | 85 |
| Shadow Claw | ghost | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| Shell Smash | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Slash | normal | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Sleep Talk | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Sludge Bomb | poison | Special | 90 | 100 |
| Sludge Wave | poison | Special | 95 | 100 |
| Snore | normal | Special | 50 | 100 |
| Stealth Rock | rock | Status | — | 101 |
| Stone Edge | rock | Physical | 100 | 80 |
| Substitute | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Superpower | fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 |
| Surf | water | Special | 90 | 100 |
| Switcheroo | dark | Status | — | 100 |
| Swords Dance | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Taunt | dark | Status | — | 100 |
| Thief | dark | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Uproar | normal | Special | 90 | 100 |
| Waterfall | water | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Whirlpool | water | Special | 35 | 85 |
| X-Scissor | bug | Physical | 80 | 100 |