Is Bibarel Good in X & Y Playthrough?
Normal/Water at level 15 with AbilitySimple. HM carrier for Surf and Waterfall. AbilitySimple doubles stat boosts from moves like Curse, but the stats can't carry gym fights.
Bibarel resists most of Viola's coverage and hits back hard.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Grant's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Korrina's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Ramos's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Clemont's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Valerie's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Olympia's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Wulfric's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Malva's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Wikstrom's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Drasna's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Siebold's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Diantha's team.
Catchable
Catch Bibarel on Route 22 (walking, Lv 26-27, common). Yellow flower patch.
Catch Bidoof
Catch Bidoof on Route 3 (walking, Lv 3-4, common).
How to Get Bibarel in X & Y
Bibarel settles into one grassy spot in Central Kalos, common at level 26 or 27 and found in a flower patch there.
Where To Catch Bibarel in XY
Bidoof is your first catch on the way to Bibarel. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 3-27 across 6 total spots in the chain.
Bring the right balls: check Bibarel catch odds in the X & Y Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Bibarel in X & Y
Bibarel plods through the grass on Route 22, so link Poke Radar chains of it patch after patch to court the boosted shiny rate. Compare Shiny Bibarel odds across every game
X & Y Shiny Bibarel Calculator
4 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 100 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Friend Safari: Friend Safari slots roll at a fixed boosted rate near 1 in 512. The Shiny Charm does not raise it further.
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 |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 11 |
| 25%one in four | 29 |
| 50%coin flip | 69 |
| 90%very likely | 230 |
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 X & Y 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 |
What is Bibarel Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Bibarel
 Simisage Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Simisage builds →Seed Bomb 2x89-106%KO Rock Smash 2x30-37% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Gallade builds →Leaf Blade 2x83-98% Rock Smash 2x59-70% Thunderbolt 2x51-61% | ||
 Plusle Electric | C | |
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Pikachu builds →Thunderbolt 2x65-77% Rock Smash 2x22-27% | ||
 Quilladin Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chespin (Aquacorde Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Quilladin builds →Vine Whip 2x46-55% Rock Smash 2x27-32% | ||
 Pancham Fighting | C | |
 Ivysaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Lumiose City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Ivysaur builds →Razor Leaf 2x46-55% Rock Smash 2x22-27% | ||
 Scraggy DarkFighting | C | |
 Machop Fighting | C | |
 Riolu Fighting | C | |
 Ferroseed GrassSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Ferroseed builds →Thunderbolt 2x28-34% Rock Smash 2x21-24% | ||
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 200 partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Aqua Tail, Defense Curl, Double-Edge and 9 more.
XY Bibarel Best Moveset
AbilitySimple doubles MoveCurse boosts to +2/+2 Attack and Defense each turn. Normal/Water TermStab fires from the boosted Attack. Fairy types don't resist Normal. The moveset maintained the setup strategy regardless of format changes.
Best Build
Bibarel best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Curse
- Waterfall
- Quick Attack
- Return
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Bibarel. Aqua Tail and Defense Curl come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Giga Impact and Hyper Beam and coverage across 8 types.
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
It busily makes its nest with stacks of branches and roots it has cut up with its sharp incisors.
It makes its nest by damming streams with bark and mud. It is known as an industrious worker.
Bibarel X & Y Guide
Honestly, in X & Y Bibarel is a tough sell. It rates just E-Tier, and stronger Normal/Water options exist. Fun pick, not a practical one.
Bibarel's hidden ability is Moody. It raises a random stat two stages and lowers another one stage after each turn. Situational compared to Simple and Unaware.
In X & Y, Bibarel plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Waterfall is the primary attack. Set up with Curse when you get a free turn.
In X & Y, Adamant is the go-to nature for Bibarel. That's +Attack / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD EVs. Fits the balanced role.
In X & Y, Bibarel pairs best with Clefable, Excadrill, and Ferrothorn. Clefable 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
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