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Sticky Barb Effect and How to Get It

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Sticky Barb Effect and How to Get It

This is a page on the Battle Item Sticky Barb and its location in Pokemon Sword and Shield, Isle of Armor, and the Crown Tundra DLC. Read on to see its effect, how to get it, and how to use it competitively.

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Sticky Barb Effect

Sticky Barb ImageSticky Barb
Effect An item to be held by a Pokémon. It damages the holder every turn and may latch on to Pokémon that touch the holder.

How to Get Sticky Barb

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Places This Item Can Be Found
Currently Unavailable.

Obtain from the Digging Duo

Digging Duo.jpg
You have a chance to obtain Sticky Barb from the Digging Duo located near the nursery in the Wild Area.

However, you have to pay 500 Watts for them to start digging up random items for you.

You will need lots of Watts for your target item to appear. Click the link below to learn how to get Watts easily.
How to Farm Watts Quickly

Obtain from Wild Pokemon

The following Pokemon may hold the item, Hyper Potion. You can get it by using the move Thief or Trick.

Ferrothorn ImageFerrothorn Ferroseed ImageFerroseed

How to Use Sticky Barb

The Sticky Barb has the effect of dealing damage 1/8 of the Maximum HP every turn while being able to latch on to an attacker making a Contact Move.

This item can be useful for defensive and stall teams that don't do much contact damage since this can deal residual damage over time. Pokemon with the moves Thief (TM23) or Switcheroo can also benefit from this by trading this as a held item to an opposing Pokemon.

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