Bug Bite (move)

Bug Bite むしくい Bug Bite

File:DPBug bite.PNG

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 Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

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

Bug Bite inflicts damage and if the target is holding a Berry, the Base Power will be doubled to 120. The user will then eat the target's Berry and gain its effect.

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. |} |}

In other languages

• French: Piqure
• Italian: Coleomorso
• Spanish: Picadura
• German: Käferbiss

Trivia

• More Pokémon received this move in Platinum, then any other move, concidently, most of them are Template:Type2 Pokémon.

Variations of the move Pluck
Pluck • Bug Bite

Template:Project MoveDex notice