Bug Bite (move)

Bug Bite むしくい Bug Bite

Battles Type  Bug Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Steals the Voltage of the Pokémon that just went.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Bug Bite (Japanese: むしくい Bug Bite) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Bug Bite inflicts damage. If the target is holding a Berry, the user will then eat the target's Berry and gain its effect. Bug Bite's Berry-stealing ability will not work on a target that is behind a Substitute.

Generation V

Bug Bite's power doubles to 120 if the target is holding a Berry. It steals and eats the Berry as usual.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0010 Caterpie Bug 15 0013 Weedle Bug Poison 15 0168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 0204 Pineco Bug 9 0205 Forretress Bug Steel -- 9 0213 Shuckle Bug Rock 40 0265 Wurmple Bug 15 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying -- 0401 Kricketot Bug 16 0412 Burmy Bug 15 0412 Burmy Bug 15 0412 Burmy Bug 15 0413 Wormadam Bug Grass 15 0413 Wormadam Bug Ground 15 0413 Wormadam Bug Steel 15 0414 Mothim Bug Flying 15 0415 Combee Bug Flying 13 0451 Skorupi Poison Bug 34 0452 Drapion Poison Dark 34 0469 Yanmega Bug Flying -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0046 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Paras
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Ariados
Ninjask
Yanmega |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0048 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Venonat
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Ariados
Ninjask
Yanmega |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0165 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Ariados
Ninjask
Yanmega |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0283 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Surskit
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Ariados
Ninjask
Yanmega |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0290 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Nincada
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Ariados
Ninjask
Yanmega

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By move tutor

In HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 0010 Caterpie Bug 0011 Metapod Bug 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 0013 Weedle Bug Poison 0014 Kakuna Bug Poison 0015 Beedrill Bug Poison 0046 Paras Bug Grass 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 0151 Mew Psychic 0165 Ledyba Bug Flying 0166 Ledian Bug Flying 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 0168 Ariados Bug Poison 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 0204 Pineco Bug 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 0213 Shuckle Bug Rock 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 0265 Wurmple Bug 0266 Silcoon Bug 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 0268 Cascoon Bug 0269 Dustox Bug Poison 0283 Surskit Bug Water 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying 0290 Nincada Bug Ground 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying 0292 Shedinja Bug Ghost 0313 Volbeat Bug 0314 Illumise Bug 0328 Trapinch Ground 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon 0401 Kricketot Bug 0402 Kricketune Bug 0412 Burmy Bug 0412 Burmy Bug 0412 Burmy Bug 0413 Wormadam Bug Grass 0413 Wormadam Bug Ground 0413 Wormadam Bug Steel 0414 Mothim Bug Flying 0415 Combee Bug Flying 0416 Vespiquen Bug Flying 0451 Skorupi Poison Bug 0452 Drapion Poison Dark 0455 Carnivine Grass 0469 Yanmega Bug Flying 0485 Heatran Fire Steel Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0010 Caterpie Bug 15 0013 Weedle Bug Poison 15 0168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 0204 Pineco Bug 9 0205 Forretress Bug Steel -- 9 0213 Shuckle Bug Rock 40 0265 Wurmple Bug 15 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying -- 0401 Kricketot Bug 16 0412 Burmy Bug 15 0412 Burmy Bug 15 0412 Burmy Bug 15 0413 Wormadam Bug Grass 15 0413 Wormadam Bug Ground 15 0413 Wormadam Bug Steel 15 0414 Mothim Bug Flying 15 0415 Combee Bug Flying 13 0451 Skorupi Poison Bug 34 0452 Drapion Poison Dark 34 0469 Yanmega Bug Flying -- 0540 Sewaddle Bug Grass 8 0541 Swadloon Bug Grass -- 0542 Leavanny Bug Grass -- 0543 Venipede Bug Poison 22 0544 Whirlipede Bug Poison 23 0545 Scolipede Bug Poison 23 0557 Dwebble Bug Rock 23 0558 Crustle Bug Rock 23 0595 Joltik Bug Electric 18 0596 Galvantula Bug Electric 18 0631 Heatmor Fire 36 0632 Durant Bug Steel 26 0636 Larvesta Bug Fire 40 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0046 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Paras
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree
Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill
Ariados
Pineco, Forretress
Wurmple, Silcoon, Beautifly, Cascoon, Dustox
Ninjask
Kricketot, Kricketune
Burmy, Mothim
Combee
Skorupi, Drapion
Yanmega
Sewaddle, Swadloon, Leavanny
Venipede, Whirlipede, Scolipede
Dwebble, Crustle
Joltik, Galvantula
Durant
Larvesta, Volcarona |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0048 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Venonat
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree
Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill
Ariados
Pineco, Forretress
Wurmple, Silcoon, Beautifly, Cascoon, Dustox
Ninjask
Kricketot, Kricketune
Burmy, Mothim
Combee
Skorupi, Drapion
Yanmega
Sewaddle, Swadloon, Leavanny
Venipede, Whirlipede, Scolipede
Dwebble, Crustle
Joltik, Galvantula
Durant
Larvesta, Volcarona |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0127 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pinsir
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree
Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill
Ariados
Pineco, Forretress
Wurmple, Silcoon, Beautifly, Cascoon, Dustox
Ninjask
Kricketot, Kricketune
Burmy, Mothim
Combee
Skorupi, Drapion
Yanmega
Sewaddle, Swadloon, Leavanny
Venipede, Whirlipede, Scolipede
Dwebble, Crustle
Joltik, Galvantula
Durant
Larvesta, Volcarona |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0165 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree
Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill
Ariados
Pineco, Forretress
Wurmple, Silcoon, Beautifly, Cascoon, Dustox
Ninjask
Kricketot, Kricketune
Burmy, Mothim
Combee
Skorupi, Drapion
Yanmega
Sewaddle, Swadloon, Leavanny
Venipede, Whirlipede, Scolipede
Dwebble, Crustle
Joltik, Galvantula
Durant
Larvesta, Volcarona |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0283 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Surskit
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree
Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill
Ariados
Pineco, Forretress
Wurmple, Silcoon, Beautifly, Cascoon, Dustox
Ninjask
Kricketot, Kricketune
Burmy, Mothim
Combee
Skorupi, Drapion
Yanmega
Sewaddle, Swadloon, Leavanny
Venipede, Whirlipede, Scolipede
Dwebble, Crustle
Joltik, Galvantula
Durant
Larvesta, Volcarona |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0290 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Nincada
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree
Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill
Ariados
Pineco, Forretress
Wurmple, Silcoon, Beautifly, Cascoon, Dustox
Ninjask
Kricketot, Kricketune
Burmy, Mothim
Combee
Skorupi, Drapion
Yanmega
Sewaddle, Swadloon, Leavanny
Venipede, Whirlipede, Scolipede
Dwebble, Crustle
Joltik, Galvantula
Durant
Larvesta, Volcarona |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0328 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree
Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill
Ariados
Pineco, Forretress
Wurmple, Silcoon, Beautifly, Cascoon, Dustox
Ninjask
Kricketot, Kricketune
Burmy, Mothim
Combee
Skorupi, Drapion
Yanmega
Sewaddle, Swadloon, Leavanny
Venipede, Whirlipede, Scolipede
Dwebble, Crustle
Joltik, Galvantula
Durant
Larvesta, Volcarona |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0588 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Karrablast
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree
Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill
Ariados
Pineco, Forretress
Wurmple, Silcoon, Beautifly, Cascoon, Dustox
Ninjask
Kricketot, Kricketune
Burmy, Mothim
Combee
Skorupi, Drapion
Yanmega
Sewaddle, Swadloon, Leavanny
Venipede, Whirlipede, Scolipede
Dwebble, Crustle
Joltik, Galvantula
Durant
Larvesta, Volcarona

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:Sewaddle Bug Bite.png Sewaddle
The user gnaws on the opponent with its fangs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Sewaddle's fangs glow white, and it bites on the opponent.
Ash's Sewaddle	BW018		Debut

Trivia

• This move was more widely distributed in Pokémon Platinum. Only four Pokémon were able to learn it (without breeding) in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, and even then, only by way of move relearner.
• Heatmor and Drapion are the only non Template:Type2 Pokémon that are capable of learning Bug Bite by leveling up.
  • However, the latter evolves from a Bug-type.
    • Heatmor's ability to learn this move may stem from the fact it eats Durant.

In other languages

• French: Piqure
• German: Käferbiss
• Greek: Τσίμπημα Εντόμου
• Italian: Coleomorso
• Korean: 벌레먹음 Beolle Meok'eum
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Mordida de Inseto
• Spanish: Picadura

Variations of the move Pluck
Pluck • Bug Bite

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