Time to hop on the boosting train. Today I am going to talk to you about one of the best 'mons that have ever existed. A god amongst gods. A deity among deities.
Admit it. As soon as you saw me post in here, you knew I would be covering Bibarel.
Now let's take a look at this badass motherfucker. For starters, its abilities. If there's anything that doesn't need changing, it's the abilities. Bibarel may very well have one of the best ability sets of all Pokémon overall. Moody is so broken (read as: uncompetitive) that Smogon had to ban it overall. Unaware makes sure that Bibarel doesn't give a single fuck about your Swords Dance or Nasty Plot. And then there's Simple, which just is an incredible ability. Simple makes one Bulk Up into a combination of both Swords Dance and Acid Armor, and one Calm Mind into both Amnesia and Nasty Plot. If you didn't realize it yet, yes, Simple is a divine ability to have.
So what would need changing on this god, as it is clearly already overpowered? Well, for some reason, its stats and movepool are very, very lackluster. That's sad. So we're here to fix this. Bear with me.
1. First thing that comes to mind, is its lack of great set-up moves. Curse could work, yes, but the problem there is that Bibarel has no reliable recovery to go with that. So it's stuck with greatly lowered speed, and its only way to recover is through Rest. Yeah, no. For our first boost, let's take a look at the Pokédex.
'It makes its nest by damming streams with bark and mud. It is known as an industrious worker.'
An industrious worked, hmm? Workers must be pretty muscular and bulky, especially if they work as hard as Bibarel. That's where our first boost comes in. Say hello to Bulk Up. Basically, Bulk Up does the same as Curse once did, except that now there's no longer a speed drop. Bulk Up raised both Bibarel's attack and defense by two levels, without a drawback. Do I even need to point out that this is really powerful?
The problem is that Bibarel's priority and speed are a little lackluster to work with this boost to its physical offense. Let's fix that.
2. The first problem is Bibarel's lack of priority. That doesn't mean it doesn't get any priority at all, but let's be real, Quick Attack is not the kind of priority you want, unless you run something like Mega Pinsir. So, which other move than Aqua Jet would fit greatly on Bibarel?
3. We still need a boost for this solid monster. That's why we're going with a buff in its speed. +10 still doesn't allow it to outspeed a lot, but the things that do get outsped, will have a solid Waterfall or Return coming their way.
sorry if the last two points seem rushed I had to go