Giving up Stone Edge to pick up Grass Knot as an anti-Water play might leave it too weak against the overall meta, and its strengths against Fire-type Pokemon are not as highly valued due to their uncommon usage. Losses vs Flying-types like Drifblim (with shields) or Altaria suggests Barbaracle is less consistent than other meta Pokemon. Barbaracle's access to Fighting-type, Rock-type, and Grass-type coverage is extremely valuable in the meta, and gives it a lot of options to consider, but being a jack-of-all-trades won't bring it to the top of the meta. Stone Edge might not be used before Barbaracle faints, but hits hard and fast.īarbaracle is a Rock/Water Pokemon with decent bulk thanks to its relatively high DEF stat, though that quickly becomes irrelevant against Grass-type Pokemon.Grass Knot deals significantly more damage as a 2-bar move, but is easier to dodge.Cross Chop can be used frequently as a 2-bar move, and is hard to dodge, but doesn't hit very hard.Water Gun and Fury Cutter are very poor for defense, but at least the former gets STAB.Mud Slap is the best for defense due to its high base damage.Skull Bash lacks STAB and can't be Super Effective vs anything.Grass Knot is the strongest when attacking a neutral opponent, but consider other attackers instead.Stone Edge benefits from STAB and suits Barbaracle's role the most.Mud Slap has good synergy, but lacks STAB and falls behind.Fury Cutter provides faster access to charge moves, making it okay if lacking TMs.Water Gun benefits from STAB and is the best overall fast move.
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