Barbviral

Barbviral is a dual-type Steel/Poison Pokémon.

It evolves from Barball when leveled up while knowing the move.

Physiology
Barbviral is a Pokémon that looks like a toxic mine with barbed wire for arms. These "arms" connect to two dark gray hands with black circles at the palms and three purple spikes for fingers each. The main body is a pale grayish-purple, with two purple spikes for legs, a large dark gray uni-brow with a big dark gray nose, four purple spikes at the top of its head, three small black oval shapes on its forehead, and two white eyes with pinprick black pupils, with black on the outside. There are three large black ovals on its rear, as well.

Gender Differences
None, because it's Gender-less.

Special Abilities
Barbviral can shoot out the spikes on it as if they're missiles. To grow the spikes back, it consumes large amounts of minerals and poisonous plants.

Behavior
Barbviral shoot its body spikes like missiles. It has to eat lots of minerals and poisonous plants in order to grow them back.

Habitat
Barbviral cannot be found in the Wild, so you must Evolve a Barball in order to obtain one.

Shiny Coloration Differences
For Shiny Barbviral, all of the purple turns a toxic green, with the pale grayish-purple turning a pale toxic grayish-green.

Trivia

 * Prior to 1.0.1, Barbviral used Durant's cry.
 * Barbviral has the Highest Base Defence of all Steel-type pokemon in Rikoto.
 * Prior to Solar Light and Lunar Dark update, Barbviral has the Highest Base Defence of all Poison-type pokemon in Rikoto.
 * In an earlier version of the Pokédex, Barbviral was called Venowire.
 * Barbviral and Barball have a Type combination that no official Pokémon currently have.
 * In its old design, Barbviral had longer barbed wire "arms", its hands were significantly smaller, it had a pinkish-purple "mask" around its eyes, three pinkish-purple spikes instead of four, its forehead had what looked like a skull shape, and it had three black oval shapes for its mouth. Also, the top of its hands were visible, having three small thin black oval shapes each, and its "fingers" and "legs" were also pinkish-purple, with the latter being larger than its current design.

Origin

 * Barbviral is mainly based on a mace, a weapon used in medieval times. It also draws some inspiration from wrecking balls, poison and barbed wire.

Name Origin

 * Barbviral 's name comes from the words Barb and viral, having to do with its Poison-type. Meanwhile, its old name, Venowire, comes from the words Venom and wire.