Is Bibarel Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Bidoof evolves at level 15. Normal/Water with AbilitySimple. The HM champion of Sinnoh. Cut, Surf, Strength, Rock Smash, Waterfall, Rock Climb. Bibarel's entire value is freeing your real team from HM moves.
Roark's typing presses Bidoof's defenses.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Bibarel resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Bidoof
Catch Bidoof on Route 201 (walking, Lv 2-3, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 17NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 21NormalHyper FangPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- LV 33NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 41FightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalLast ResortPower 195Accuracy 100%PP 5Snowpoint City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 90Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
Evolve Bidoof to Bibarel
Bidoof evolves into Bibarel at Level 15. Your Bidoof should hit Level 15 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalLast ResortPower 195Accuracy 100%PP 5Snowpoint City
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15From Jasmine in Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Bibarel in Platinum
Bibarel walks the mid-game grass commonly across eight routes and marsh zones, sitting in the high twenties and up. You can also just level a Bidoof to 15, which most players do well before meeting a wild one.
Wild Bibarel may be holding when caught:
Oran Berry (50% chance) Held: Consumed at 1/2 max HP to recover 10 HP.
Sitrus Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed at 1/2 max HP to recover 1/4 max HP.8 locations to catch Bibarel9 locations to catch Bidoof
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Bidoof at any of the 9 locations below, then level it up to 15 — it evolves into Bibarel.
Badge 1
Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6Where To Catch Bibarel in Pt
Available earlier: catch Bidoof at the very start and evolve it at Lv 15. Wild Bibarel first appears at Route 209 (after Badge 2).
- Step 1Catch BidoofLake VerityLv.2-4GrassRate 50%Route 201Lv.2-3GrassRate 50%Route 202Lv.2-4GrassRate 50%Route 201Lv.2-3GrassRate 40%MorningRoute 202Lv.2-4GrassRate 40%MorningRoute 205 - NorthLv.12-14GrassRate 30%Route 203Lv.4-7GrassRate 25%DayRoute 204 - SouthLv.4-6GrassRate 25%Route 204 - NorthLv.9-11GrassRate 25%Route 211 - WestLv.14GrassRate 20%Route 203Lv.5-7GrassRate 15%Morning/nightRoute 205 - SouthLv.10GrassRate 10%Eterna ForestLv.12GrassRate 10%Route 208Lv.18GrassRate 20%
- Step 2Bibarel ✓Route 209Lv.18-19GrassRate 30%Valor LakefrontLv.25-27GrassRate 30%Great Marsh - Area 5Lv.26-27FloorRate 30%Morning/dayGreat Marsh - Area 6Lv.26-27FloorRate 30%Morning/dayGreat Marsh - Area 3Lv.27-28FloorRate 30%Morning/dayGreat Marsh - Area 4Lv.27-28FloorRate 30%Morning/dayRoute 208Lv.18-20GrassRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 5Lv.26FloorRate 20%NightGreat Marsh - Area 6Lv.26FloorRate 20%NightGreat Marsh - Area 3Lv.27FloorRate 20%NightGreat Marsh - Area 4Lv.27FloorRate 20%NightGreat Marsh - Area 1Lv.28FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.28FloorRate 20%Route 210 - NorthLv.28GrassRate 20%Lake ValorLv.39-41GrassRate 35%Sendoff SpringLv.37-38GrassRate 30%Lake AcuityLv.39-40GrassRate 25%or evolve from Bidoof (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Bibarel catch odds in the Platinum Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Bibarel in Platinum
Bibarel plods across Route 209 and Route 210, so chain it to 40 for a shiny, or evolve a chained Bidoof. Compare Shiny Bibarel odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Bibarel Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Bibarel in the Platinum Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Bibarel Weakness
Bibarel is weak to Electric, Grass, and Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass, Fighting |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Bibarel Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Bibarel
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x205-241%KO Seed Bomb 2x111-131%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x143-169%KO Focus Blast 2x95-113%KO Shock Wave 2x48-58% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x199-234%KO Leaf Blade 2x80-94% Thunderbolt 2x50-59% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x143-169%KO Rock Smash 2x33-39% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x169-199%KO Solar Beam 2x90-106%KO | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x123-145%KO Focus Punch 2x103-122%KO | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 2x111-131%KO Rock Smash 2x27-31% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x121-143%KO Focus Blast 2x80-95% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x121-143%KO Focus Punch 2x84-98% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
Bibarel Evolutions
Evolved from Bidoof. Bibarel is the final form in this two-stage line. A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+40 over Bidoof), and Bibarel peaks at 410 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Bibarel to get Bidoof eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Aqua Tail, Defense Curl, Double-Edge and 5 more.
Pt Bibarel Best Moveset
Ignoring opponent stat boosts through AbilityUnaware gives the moveset a defensive role that AbilitySimple doesn't cover. Normal/Water at 85 Attack uses physical Water and Normal hits, and the choice between doubling boosts or ignoring them defines the build.
Best Build
Bibarel best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Waterfall
- Curse
- Quick Attack
- Rest
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 11 types means almost nothing walls Bibarel cleanly, with Giga Impact and Hyper Beam anchoring the STAB side. Matchup flexibility isn't a problem.
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
42 of 44 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A river dammed by BIBAREL will never overflow its banks, which is appreciated by people nearby.
Bibarel Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Bibarel in Platinum can hold Oran Berry (50%) or Sitrus Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Oran Berry.
In Platinum, Bibarel can work for a story run. It rates C-Tier, a middle-of-the-pack pick, so the Normal/Water typing decides whether it earns a team slot.
In Platinum, Bibarel plays as a support. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Waterfall is the primary attack. Set up with Curse when you get a free turn.
In Platinum, Jolly is the go-to nature for Bibarel. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the support role.
In Platinum, Bibarel pairs best with Staraptor. Staraptor has Decent synergy and covers what Bibarel can't handle on its own.
Game Availability
Available in 11 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Bibarel spans 6 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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
Winds & Waves
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