Is Barboach Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Route 111 fishing. Water/Ground with AbilityOblivious. Whiscash at 30 gets the same typing as Swampert with lower stats. One weakness to Grass. If you didn't pick Mudkip, Whiscash fills the Water/Ground role from mid-game. A budget Swampert that gets the job done.
Barboach resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Barboach trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Barboach has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Barboach has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Norman's typing presses Barboach's defenses.
Whiscash trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Whiscash trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Whiscash trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Whiscash trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Whiscash trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Whiscash trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Whiscash trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Whiscash trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Barboach on Route 111 (Good Rod fishing, Lv 10-30, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- LV 31GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- LV 36PsychicFuture SightPower 80Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
Evolve Barboach to Whiscash
Barboach evolves into Whiscash at Level 30. Your Barboach should hit Level 30 before you reach Winona, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- LV 36GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
How to Get Barboach in Ruby & Sapphire
Barboach is a reliable nibble in muddy rivers, biting on either the Good or Super Rod across five different waters. Levels run a wide 10 to 45, but it never makes you work hard for one.
5 locations to catch Barboach
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
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The line opens with Barboach at Lv. 10-45 via fishing encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 1Barboach ✓Meteor Falls - 1F Room 1Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Meteor Falls - 1F Room 2Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Meteor Falls - B1F Room 1Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Meteor Falls - B1F Room 2Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 111 - SouthLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 114Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 120Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Victory Road - B2FLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Meteor Falls - 1F Room 1Lv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Route 111 - SouthLv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Route 114Lv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Route 120Lv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Meteor Falls - 1F Room 2Lv.25-35Super RodRate 80%Meteor Falls - B1F Room 1Lv.25-35Super RodRate 80%Meteor Falls - B1F Room 2Lv.25-35Super RodRate 80%Victory Road - B2FLv.25-35Super RodRate 80%
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into WhiscashMeteor Falls - 1F Room 2Lv.30-45Super RodRate 20%Meteor Falls - B1F Room 1Lv.30-45Super RodRate 20%Meteor Falls - B1F Room 2Lv.30-45Super RodRate 20%Victory Road - B2FLv.30-45Super RodRate 20%or evolve from Barboach (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Barboach catch rates for Ruby & Sapphire by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Barboach in Ruby & Sapphire
Barboach bites on the Good Rod and Super Rod in the waters of Meteor Falls, so keep reeling and inspect each catch for shiny colors. Compare Shiny Barboach odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Barboach Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Ruby & Sapphire with Barboach preloaded.
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
Good
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 take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Barboach. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Barboach easily with 17 breeding partners from the Water 2 egg group. Pass egg moves like Spark, Thrash, Whirlpool to offspring.
RS Barboach Best Moveset
Water/Ground pre-evolution with Electric immunity. AbilityOblivious prevents attraction. MoveEarthquake at low power. 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
All 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
BARBOACH’s sensitive whiskers serve as a superb radar system. This POKéMON hides in mud, leaving only its two whiskers exposed while it waits for prey to come along.
BARBOACH’s body is covered with a slimy film. If a foe grabs it, this POKéMON just slips out of the enemy’s grip. This POKéMON grows weak if the slimy coating dries up.
Barboach Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Barboach can be fished up at Hoenn Meteor Falls, Hoenn Route 111, Hoenn Route 114, and Hoenn Route 120 in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Barboach first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 16 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
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- 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 7Let's Go
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
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