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 has the type edge here and should clean up 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.
Barboach 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.
Catch Barboach on Route 111 (Super Rod fishing, Lv 20-45, common).
- After Wattson
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- LV 31GroundEarthquake150100%10
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Winona
- TM14IceBlizzard11070%5
- LV 36PsychicFuture Sight120100%10
- After Tate & Liza
- HM08WaterDive120100%10
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater Pulse90100%20
Your Barboach should hit Level 30 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
- After Wattson
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Winona
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- LV 36GroundEarthquake150100%10
- After Tate & Liza
- HM08WaterDive120100%10
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater Pulse90100%20
- LV 46PsychicFuture Sight120100%10
How to Get Barboach in Ruby & Sapphire
Easy grab on Barboach with high spawn rates across 32 locations in early-game fishing spots. The sorted list below shows the full spread so you can pick the most convenient spot.
Where To Catch Barboach in RS
The path to Barboach starts 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)
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
GoodBest Pokemon Against Barboach
 Tropius Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Barboach View Tropius builds →Magical Leaf 4x165-195%KO | ||
 Grovyle Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Barboach View Roselia builds →Magical Leaf 4x213-251%KO | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
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 are average hatch time. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Barboach. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
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
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
In Ruby & Sapphire, Barboach does the job early-game if you need a Water/Ground type on your team. Evolve it into Whiscash before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Barboach first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 16 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- 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 7LGPE
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