
Is Barboach Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
Water/Ground from Hoenn with AbilityOblivious. Trade-only. Whiscash at 30 gets the same typing as Swampert with lower stats. One weakness to Grass. If imported, handles Surge, Blaine, and Giovanni.
Barboach resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Misty's typing presses Barboach's defenses.
Barboach has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's Pokemon outpace and outclass Barboach here.
Barboach trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Barboach trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Barboach has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Barboach has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Barboach trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Barboach has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Barboach trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Lance's typing presses Barboach's defenses.
Terry's team hits Barboach's weaknesses hard.
Barboach cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. On GBA, cross-region trading unlocks post-game after Celio's Sevii Islands Ruby & Sapphire quest. The Switch re-release supports only one-way transfers out to Pokemon HOME.
- After Misty
- TM03WaterWater Pulse90100%20
- After Erika
- TM14IceBlizzard11070%5
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- LV 31GroundEarthquake150100%10
- LV 36PsychicFuture Sight120100%10
- After Koga
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
How to Get Barboach in FireRed & LeafGreen
Barboach doesn't spawn in FireRed or LeafGreen fishing data. Route 111's waterside or Route 120 in Hoenn are the sources, so trading from a Hoenn save is the way in.
How to Obtain Barboach in FRLG
Step 1Barboach ✓CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom Ruby & SapphireAvailableCatch in Ruby & Sapphire via Super rod · Meteor Falls, then trade to the current game via link cable.CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom EmeraldAvailableCatch in Emerald via Super rod · Meteor Falls, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEHOME TRANSFERNot TradeablePokemon HOME on Switch FireRed & LeafGreen is permanently deposit-only — once it launches, Barboach can be sent from this game into HOME, but never transferred in.
Step 2Evolve into Whiscash
Barboach Weakness
Barboach's Water/Ground typing leaves it vulnerable to Grass. Grass hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Barboach Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Barboach
Bulbasaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift | ||
Barboach Evolutions
Barboach evolves into Whiscash. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are average hatch time. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Barboach. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
FRLG Barboach Best Moveset
Water/Ground with Electric immunity through Ground typing and AbilityOblivious preventing attraction. Whiscash improves the stats where the typing functions.
Best Build
Barboach best EVs are Sp. Atk and Attack
Utility Moveset
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Hidden Power Fire
- Protect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Spark and Thrash on Barboach. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Earthquake and Surf, they expand what Barboach can actually threaten in practice.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
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Barboach FireRed & LeafGreen Guide
Barboach isn't catchable in FireRed & LeafGreen. Catch one in Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald, then trade it to FireRed & LeafGreen.
Game Availability
Barboach first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 16 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB

Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS

Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut

Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG

FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP

Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS

HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW

Black & White - Gen 5B2W2

Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY

X & Y - Gen 6ORAS

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM

Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM

Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE

Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh

Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV

Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW

Winds & Waves