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[OVERVIEW]
Bibarel stands out among the plethora of Normal-types in ZU thanks to its unique combination of Simple and Swords Dance raising its Attack by 4 stages in one turn. After such a boost, Bibarel's defensive checks are very limited, and it is able to break through common physical walls such as Torterra and Mareanie. Thanks to its Water typing, Bibarel can break through common Normal-type checks such as Golem and Bronzor. Furthermore, due to the infrequence of faster, Normal-resistant Pokemon, a boosted Bibarel is able to clean late-game with a strong priority move in Quick Attack. However, Bibarel's stats are average at best. Its low initial power means it requires a boost from Swords Dance before becoming threatening. Additionally, Bibarel struggles to find setup opportunities when screens are not on the field due to its mediocre bulk and lack of useful resistances. Most offensive Pokemon such as Komala and Floatzel can OHKO it with their STAB moves and super effective coverage moves. Additionally, its Speed is not high enough to outspeed some very common Pokemon such as Silvally and its different formes and Rotom-S, which also avoid the OHKO from a boosted Quick Attack. Because of these flaws, Bibarel is mostly seen on Sticky Web and dual screens offense with the support of Shuckle and Electrode.
[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Return
move 3: Quick Attack
move 4: Liquidation / Aqua Jet
item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
ability: Simple
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Return is Bibarel's strongest STAB move, with its strong Normal-type coverage allowing it to OHKO physical walls such as Poliwrath and Shiinotic after a boost. Quick Attack is preferred over Aqua Jet as a priority move because there are only a few Normal-resistant Pokemon faster than Bibarel, while faster, Water-resistant Pokemon such as Simisage, Swanna, and Silvally-Dragon are far more common. Liquidation is Bibarel's strongest Water-type move, allowing it to tear apart slower Normal-resistant or -immune Pokemon such as Mawile, Dusclops, and Bronzor. Aqua Jet is a viable option over Liquidation, since it also targets common Rock-type Pokemon such as Golem and Probopass while allowing unboosted Bibarel to revenge kill Pokemon weak to Water, such as Combusken and Shell Smash Crustle. However, the lower power hinders Bibarel's ability to break through common Normal-resistant Pokemon such as Metang, Corsola, and Dusclops.
Set Details
========
An Adamant nature is preferred over a Jolly one, as it provides guaranteed OHKOs on the likes of Bronzor, Metang, and Swanna when combined with Life Orb. Since Life Orb Bibarel often faints from the recoil before cleaning the opposing team, Silk Scarf is an alternative that avoids Life Orb's recoil and still boosts Bibarel's hits enough in order to break through several walls such as Mareanie and Poliwrath.
Usage Tips
========
Due to its poor bulk and status vulnerability, it can very hard for Bibarel to set up. Therefore, it is important to decide which Pokemon Bibarel could set up on as early as possible. This includes defensive Pokemon that lacks status moves and super effective moves, such as Mawile and Sandslash lacking Toxic, and offensive Pokemon locked into a weak move Bibarel resists or is immune to, such as Choice Specs Glaceon locked into Shadow Ball and Choice Scarf Electivire locked into Ice Punch. Due to the aforementioned issues, Bibarel should avoid taking hard hits, even if it resists them, such as Rapidash's Flare Blitz. Therefore, it should only enter the field through a slow Volt Switch or U-turn, after a teammate faints, or through a double switch. This also means that Bibarel should stay as healthy as possible to find setup opportunities. Therefore, its entrance on the field should be limited to setting up and potentially revenge killing a weakened foe with Quick Attack or Aqua Jet. Bibarel should avoid coming on the field and setting up if it can't sweep the opposing team or weaken it enough in order for another teammate to sweep.
Team Options
========
Bibarel benefits a lot from dual screens, so a Pokemon like Electrode makes for a great partner. Furthermore, Sticky Web eases a lot Bibarel's matchups against faster threats such as Furfrou and Silvally-Dark, since it allows Bibarel to outspeed and OHKO them with a boosted Return. Therefore, Shuckle or Smeargle fits well with Bibarel. Bibarel appreciates sweepers like Rock Polish Torterra and Swords Dance Combusken that can create setup opportunities by getting revenge killed by Choice item users like Electivire and Floatzel. A Memento user, such as Dugtrio or Jumpluff, benefits Bibarel's team by its ability to give it a setup opportunity. Dugtrio, as well as other entry hazard setters such as Sandslash and Golem, are extremely crucial for Bibarel, as it needs significant chip damage in order to remove faster threats with Quick Attack such as Silvally-Water and defensive Rotom-S. VoltTurn users like Electivire and Silvally-Fighting are also great partners, since they can bring Bibarel in without it taking damage on the field, and they can inflict chip damage to opposing Pokemon such as Leafeon and Rotom-S, putting them in range of a boosted Quick Attack. Since Bibarel struggles against Ghost-types such as Gourgeist-XL and Dusclops, Pokemon that beat them, such as Cacturne, Exeggutor, and Komala, are great partners. In addition, other physical Pokemon such as Swords Dance Torterra and stallbreaker Bouffalant can weaken Bibarel's checks in Pyukumuku, Cradily, and Gourgeist-XL in order for it to sweep.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Bibarel can give up Liquidation for Crunch to beat two of its biggest counters in Gourgeist-XL and Dusclops. However, Bibarel still loses to Gourgeist-XL holding a Colbur Berry. This also slightly increases Bibarel's damage output against Cradily, even if it needs a substantial amount of chip damage for Crunch to take it out, even after Swords Dance. A Jolly nature can be run over Adamant in order to outspeed several Pokemon like Glaceon and Komala. However, Bibarel already beats them with a boosted Quick Attack. Running Taunt on Bibarel allows it to find more setup opportunities on defensive Pokemon that rely on status moves to hinder is, such as Altaria and Avalugg, as well as defeat Pyukumuku. However, just like for Crunch, Bibarel usually can't find the room for this move. With Lum Berry, Bibarel can find setup opportunities more easily on defensive Pokemon such as Mareanie and Altaria that rely on Scald burns and Toxic to deal with it. However, Bibarel misses out on the boost from Life Orb or Silk Scarf, which is needed to OHKO Bronzor or weaken faster Pokemon such as Leafeon and Furfrou.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Ghost-types**: Ghost-types are immune to Bibarel's priority and strongest move. Thus, defensive ones such as Gourgeist-XL, Dusclops, and Shedinja as well as faster ones such as Misdreavus and Gourgeist-S can check it even when boosted. However, all of them have to be careful of being put in range of Crunch.
**Pyukumuku**: Thanks to Unaware, Pyukumuku ignores Bibarel's Attack boosts. Therefore, due to Bibarel's low initial power, it can easily wall Bibarel throughout the game and cripple it with Toxic or PP stall it with the combination of Block and Spite.
**Faster Bulky Pokemon**: Since Bibarel isn't fast, several Pokemon such as defensive Silvally formes, Leafeon, and Choice Band Furfrou outspeed it and are bulky enough to take a boosted priority move before KOing it.
**Offensive Pressure**: Since Bibarel's initial power is very limited, the best way to deal with it is to prevent it from setting up. Its mediocre bulk paired with its mediocre Speed lets it easily getting pressured by common attackers such as Servine, Raichu, and Silvally-Dragon, which can OHKO it before it sets up.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tuthur1, 369076]]
- Quality checked by: [[Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074], [Aaronboyer, 239454], [uhuhuhu7, 407249]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732], [The Dutch Plumberjack, 232216]]
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Bibarel stands out among the plethora of Normal-types in ZU thanks to its unique combination of Simple and Swords Dance raising its Attack by 4 stages in one turn. After such a boost, Bibarel's defensive checks are very limited, and it is able to break through common physical walls such as Torterra and Mareanie. Thanks to its Water typing, Bibarel can break through common Normal-type checks such as Golem and Bronzor. Furthermore, due to the infrequence of faster, Normal-resistant Pokemon, a boosted Bibarel is able to clean late-game with a strong priority move in Quick Attack. However, Bibarel's stats are average at best. Its low initial power means it requires a boost from Swords Dance before becoming threatening. Additionally, Bibarel struggles to find setup opportunities when screens are not on the field due to its mediocre bulk and lack of useful resistances. Most offensive Pokemon such as Komala and Floatzel can OHKO it with their STAB moves and super effective coverage moves. Additionally, its Speed is not high enough to outspeed some very common Pokemon such as Silvally and its different formes and Rotom-S, which also avoid the OHKO from a boosted Quick Attack. Because of these flaws, Bibarel is mostly seen on Sticky Web and dual screens offense with the support of Shuckle and Electrode.
[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Return
move 3: Quick Attack
move 4: Liquidation / Aqua Jet
item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
ability: Simple
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Return is Bibarel's strongest STAB move, with its strong Normal-type coverage allowing it to OHKO physical walls such as Poliwrath and Shiinotic after a boost. Quick Attack is preferred over Aqua Jet as a priority move because there are only a few Normal-resistant Pokemon faster than Bibarel, while faster, Water-resistant Pokemon such as Simisage, Swanna, and Silvally-Dragon are far more common. Liquidation is Bibarel's strongest Water-type move, allowing it to tear apart slower Normal-resistant or -immune Pokemon such as Mawile, Dusclops, and Bronzor. Aqua Jet is a viable option over Liquidation, since it also targets common Rock-type Pokemon such as Golem and Probopass while allowing unboosted Bibarel to revenge kill Pokemon weak to Water, such as Combusken and Shell Smash Crustle. However, the lower power hinders Bibarel's ability to break through common Normal-resistant Pokemon such as Metang, Corsola, and Dusclops.
Set Details
========
An Adamant nature is preferred over a Jolly one, as it provides guaranteed OHKOs on the likes of Bronzor, Metang, and Swanna when combined with Life Orb. Since Life Orb Bibarel often faints from the recoil before cleaning the opposing team, Silk Scarf is an alternative that avoids Life Orb's recoil and still boosts Bibarel's hits enough in order to break through several walls such as Mareanie and Poliwrath.
Usage Tips
========
Due to its poor bulk and status vulnerability, it can very hard for Bibarel to set up. Therefore, it is important to decide which Pokemon Bibarel could set up on as early as possible. This includes defensive Pokemon that lacks status moves and super effective moves, such as Mawile and Sandslash lacking Toxic, and offensive Pokemon locked into a weak move Bibarel resists or is immune to, such as Choice Specs Glaceon locked into Shadow Ball and Choice Scarf Electivire locked into Ice Punch. Due to the aforementioned issues, Bibarel should avoid taking hard hits, even if it resists them, such as Rapidash's Flare Blitz. Therefore, it should only enter the field through a slow Volt Switch or U-turn, after a teammate faints, or through a double switch. This also means that Bibarel should stay as healthy as possible to find setup opportunities. Therefore, its entrance on the field should be limited to setting up and potentially revenge killing a weakened foe with Quick Attack or Aqua Jet. Bibarel should avoid coming on the field and setting up if it can't sweep the opposing team or weaken it enough in order for another teammate to sweep.
Team Options
========
Bibarel benefits a lot from dual screens, so a Pokemon like Electrode makes for a great partner. Furthermore, Sticky Web eases a lot Bibarel's matchups against faster threats such as Furfrou and Silvally-Dark, since it allows Bibarel to outspeed and OHKO them with a boosted Return. Therefore, Shuckle or Smeargle fits well with Bibarel. Bibarel appreciates sweepers like Rock Polish Torterra and Swords Dance Combusken that can create setup opportunities by getting revenge killed by Choice item users like Electivire and Floatzel. A Memento user, such as Dugtrio or Jumpluff, benefits Bibarel's team by its ability to give it a setup opportunity. Dugtrio, as well as other entry hazard setters such as Sandslash and Golem, are extremely crucial for Bibarel, as it needs significant chip damage in order to remove faster threats with Quick Attack such as Silvally-Water and defensive Rotom-S. VoltTurn users like Electivire and Silvally-Fighting are also great partners, since they can bring Bibarel in without it taking damage on the field, and they can inflict chip damage to opposing Pokemon such as Leafeon and Rotom-S, putting them in range of a boosted Quick Attack. Since Bibarel struggles against Ghost-types such as Gourgeist-XL and Dusclops, Pokemon that beat them, such as Cacturne, Exeggutor, and Komala, are great partners. In addition, other physical Pokemon such as Swords Dance Torterra and stallbreaker Bouffalant can weaken Bibarel's checks in Pyukumuku, Cradily, and Gourgeist-XL in order for it to sweep.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Bibarel can give up Liquidation for Crunch to beat two of its biggest counters in Gourgeist-XL and Dusclops. However, Bibarel still loses to Gourgeist-XL holding a Colbur Berry. This also slightly increases Bibarel's damage output against Cradily, even if it needs a substantial amount of chip damage for Crunch to take it out, even after Swords Dance. A Jolly nature can be run over Adamant in order to outspeed several Pokemon like Glaceon and Komala. However, Bibarel already beats them with a boosted Quick Attack. Running Taunt on Bibarel allows it to find more setup opportunities on defensive Pokemon that rely on status moves to hinder is, such as Altaria and Avalugg, as well as defeat Pyukumuku. However, just like for Crunch, Bibarel usually can't find the room for this move. With Lum Berry, Bibarel can find setup opportunities more easily on defensive Pokemon such as Mareanie and Altaria that rely on Scald burns and Toxic to deal with it. However, Bibarel misses out on the boost from Life Orb or Silk Scarf, which is needed to OHKO Bronzor or weaken faster Pokemon such as Leafeon and Furfrou.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Ghost-types**: Ghost-types are immune to Bibarel's priority and strongest move. Thus, defensive ones such as Gourgeist-XL, Dusclops, and Shedinja as well as faster ones such as Misdreavus and Gourgeist-S can check it even when boosted. However, all of them have to be careful of being put in range of Crunch.
**Pyukumuku**: Thanks to Unaware, Pyukumuku ignores Bibarel's Attack boosts. Therefore, due to Bibarel's low initial power, it can easily wall Bibarel throughout the game and cripple it with Toxic or PP stall it with the combination of Block and Spite.
**Faster Bulky Pokemon**: Since Bibarel isn't fast, several Pokemon such as defensive Silvally formes, Leafeon, and Choice Band Furfrou outspeed it and are bulky enough to take a boosted priority move before KOing it.
**Offensive Pressure**: Since Bibarel's initial power is very limited, the best way to deal with it is to prevent it from setting up. Its mediocre bulk paired with its mediocre Speed lets it easily getting pressured by common attackers such as Servine, Raichu, and Silvally-Dragon, which can OHKO it before it sets up.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tuthur1, 369076]]
- Quality checked by: [[Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074], [Aaronboyer, 239454], [uhuhuhu7, 407249]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732], [The Dutch Plumberjack, 232216]]
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