Barball

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Barball Barb Pokémon #152
Type Steel Poison Unknown
Abilities Iron Barbs or Poison Point		Hidden Ability Mold Breaker
Mega Ability
Gender ratio Genderless		Catch rate 150 (19.6%)
Breeding Egg group Mineral Hatch time 6630 steps
Height 0.5 m 0 m		Weight 32.6 kg 0 kg
Regional numbers Pokédex #152 Rikoto
Base experience yield 62		Leveling rate Medium Slow
EV yield Total: 1 0 HP 0 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Body style		Footprint
Pokédex color   Purple		Base friendship 35

Barball is a dual-type Steel/Poison Pokémon.

It evolves into Barbviral when leveled up while knowing the move Toxic Spikes.

Biology

Physiology

Barball is a Pokémon that is a small poisonous metal ball. The main body is indigo, with dark gray metal around it that goes in a cross shape, four diagonal dark gray spikes, two small white eyes with pinprick black pupils, and many small pinkish-purple spikes on the top of the cross-shaped metal.

Gender Differences

None, because it's Gender-less.

Special Abilities

Barball shed their worn-out spikes for new, sharper ones every once in a while. The shed spikes are still incredibly venomous, and have been used as arrowheads in the past.

Behavior

Every once in a while, Barball will shed its worn-out spikes for new, sharper ones. These shed spikes have been used as arrowheads in the past. They must be avoided, because they're still incredibly venomous and very dangerous.

Habitat

Wild Barball are found in the grass on Routes 6 and 7.

Shiny Coloration Differences

For Shiny Barball, the indigo turns a fairly dark shade of pink, while the pinkish-purple spikes turn yellow.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Pokédex entry Barball sheds their worn-out spikes for new, sharper ones every once a while. The shed spikes are still incredibly venomous, and have been used as arrowheads in the past.

Game locations

Availability None This Pokémon cannot be obtained. Common Route 6, Route 7 Uncommon Fossil Rare One

Held items

Held item(s) None This Pokémon cannot be found holding an item. Common Uncommon Rare Always

Stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 72	132 - 179	254 - 348
Attack: 61	59 - 124	114 - 243
Defense: 101	95 - 168	186 - 331
Sp.Atk: 20	22 - 79	40 - 152
Sp.Def: 51	50 - 113	96 - 221
Speed: 5	9 - 62	13 - 119
Total: 310   Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:

Immune to: Normal ½× Fighting 1× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 4× Rock ½× Bug ¼× Ghost ½× Steel ½× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon ½× Dark ½× Fairy ¼× None

Doubly resistant to: Normal ½× Fighting 1× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 4× Rock ½× Bug ¼× Ghost ½× Steel ½× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon ½× Dark ½× Fairy ¼× None

Resistant to: Normal ½× Fighting 1× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 4× Rock ½× Bug ¼× Ghost ½× Steel ½× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon ½× Dark ½× Fairy ¼× None

Damaged normally by: Normal ½× Fighting 1× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 4× Rock ½× Bug ¼× Ghost ½× Steel ½× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon ½× Dark ½× Fairy ¼× None

Weak to: Normal ½× Fighting 1× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 4× Rock ½× Bug ¼× Ghost ½× Steel ½× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon ½× Dark ½× Fairy ¼× None

Doubly weak to: Normal ½× Fighting 1× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 4× Rock ½× Bug ¼× Ghost ½× Steel ½× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon ½× Dark ½× Fairy ¼× None

Learnset

By leveling up

By leveling up

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Start Poison Sting Poison Physical 15 100% 35 Start Withdraw Water Status — —% 40 4 Rollout Rock Physical 30 90% 20 8 Spike Cannon Normal Physical 20 100% 15 12 Pin Missile Bug Physical 25 95% 20 16 Payback Dark Physical 50 100% 10 20 Gyro Ball Steel Physical Varies 100% 5 24 Spikes Ground Status — —% 20 28 Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100% 20 32 Metal Burst Steel Physical — 100% 10 36 Toxic Spikes Poison Status — —% 20 40 Self-Destruct Normal Physical 200 100% 5 44 Iron Defense Steel Status — —% 15 48 Spiky Shield Grass Status — —% 10 52 Memento Dark Status — 100% 10

A level of "Start" indicates a move that will be known by a Barball obtained at level 1 Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Barball Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Barball

By TM/HM

By TM/HM

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM09 Venoshock Poison Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM12 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM23 Smack Down Rock Physical 05050 100}}100% 15 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM33 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM36 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM39 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM41 Torment Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM63 Embargo Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM64 Explosion Normal Physical 250250 100}}100% 5 TM66 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM69 Rock Polish Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM70 Flash Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM71 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM74 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM77 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM83 Infestation Bug Special 02020 100}}100% 20 TM84 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 090}}90% 15 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM91 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM101 Secret Power Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM102 Fever Poison Special 06060 100}}100% 25 TM108 Magnet Bomb Steel Physical 06060 00—}}—% 20 HM04 Strength Normal Physical 08080 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Barball Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Barball

By tutoring

By Move Tutor

Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Cost  Snore Normal Special 50 100% 20 1 Seed Bomb Grass Physical 80 100% 15 3 Drill Run Ground Physical 80 95% 10 3 Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120 70% 5 5 Gastro Acid Poison Status — 100% 10 1 Spite Ghost Status — 100% 10 1 Iron Defense Steel Status — —% 15 2 Acupressure Normal Status — —% 10 2 Snatch Dark Status — —% 10 2 Pain Split Normal Status — —% 20 4 Foul Play Dark Physical 95 100% 15 4 Nasty Plot Dark Status — —% 20 5 Block Normal Status — —% 5 1 Magnet Rise Electric Status — —% 10 1 Stealth Rock Rock Status — —% 20 4 Headbutt Normal Physical 70 100% 15 None

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Barball Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Barball

Evolution

Unevolved Barball  Steel  Poison

Level up knowing Toxic Spikes →

First evolution Barbviral  Steel  Poison

Sprites

Front	Back
Front shiny	Back shiny

Trivia

• Prior to Version 1.0.1, Barball uses Ferrothorn's cry.
• Barball and Barbviral have a Type combination that official Pokémon currently have are Varoom and Revaroom.

• Barball has the lowest base Speed Stat of all of the Steel- and Poison-type Pokémon, and is tied with Iggle for the lowest base Speed Stat of all of the Pokémon currently available in Solar Light and Lunar Dark.

Origin

Barball is mainly based on the club of a mace used in medieval times. It also draws some inspiration from poison and wrecking balls.

Name Origin

Barball's name comes from the words Barb and ball.

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