Bug (type)

Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Notable trainers that specialize in Bug-type Pokémon are Bugsy of Azalea Town and Aaron of the Sinnoh Elite Four.

Statistical averages

Overall

Stat
HP: 54
Attack: 65
Defense: 65
Sp.Atk: 48
Sp.Def: 62
Speed: 57
Total: 0

Fully evolved

Stat
HP: 62.69
Attack: 78.35
Defense: 78.88
Sp.Atk: 63.35
Sp.Def: 80.62
Speed: 63.42
Total: 0

Battle properties

Generation I

Bug-type moves:

• Are super effective against: Grass, Poison, Psychic
• Are not very effective against: Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ghost
• Have no effect against: None

Bug-type Pokémon:

• Resist: Fighting, Grass, Ground
• Are weak to: Fire, Flying, Poison, Rock
• Have immunity to: None

Generation II-onward

Bug-type moves:

• Are super effective against: Dark, Grass, Psychic
• Are not very effective against: Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Poison, Steel
• Have no effect against: None

Bug-type Pokémon:

• Resist: Fighting, Grass, Ground
• Are weak to: Fire, Flying, Rock
• Have immunity to: None

Characteristics

Bug Pokémon are amongst the first Pokémon types a Trainer can find in the wild. They generally evolve at very early levels compared to most other Pokémon. The type varies from strong to weak. Depending how said Pokémon is raised, they can provide annoyance with stat altering moves or hit hard with attacks such as Megahorn, X-Scissor, Signal Beam and Bug Buzz.

They are super effective against Psychic- and Template:Type2s, which are two types common in most teams, and also the very common Template:Type2, even though many Grass-types are also Poison-typed, making them neutral to Bug-type moves. The Generation I games weren't very kind to this type, having only three very weak damage-dealing moves, but many Pokémon of this type have improved over time.

Defensively, however, Bug-types are still kind of weak, because of their low Defense and the fact that there are many that are part Flying, magnifying their weakness to Rock. However, they resist Ground and even Fighting, two extremely powerful types. Dual-type Bug/Flying and Bug/Poison Pokémon have an outstanding 4x resistance to Fighting, which can make up for their slightly low Defense. They also have a 4x resistance to common Grass moves, meaning they would take very little damage from such notorious moves as Giga Drain, Power Whip or Petal Dance.

Notably, many Bug-type families evolve dependent on unique methods, such as an Template:P2, its Template:P2, Template:P2, or Template:P2.

In total, there are 47 Pokémon with the Bug-type.

Pokémon

Pure Bug-type Pokémon

#		Name
010		Caterpie
011		Metapod
127		Pinsir
204		Pineco
265		Wurmple
266		Silcoon
268		Cascoon
313		Volbeat
314		Illumise
401		Kricketot
402		Kricketune
412		Burmy

Half Bug-type Pokémon

Primary Bug-type Pokémon

#		Name	Type 1	Type 2
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying
013		Weedle	Bug	Poison
014		Kakuna	Bug	Poison
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison
046		Paras	Bug	Grass
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying
165		Ledyba	Bug	Flying
166		Ledian	Bug	Flying
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying
205		Forretress	Bug	Steel
212		Scizor	Bug	Steel
213		Shuckle	Bug	Rock
214		Heracross	Bug	Fighting
267		Beautifly	Bug	Flying
269		Dustox	Bug	Poison
283		Surskit	Bug	Water
284		Masquerain	Bug	Flying
290		Nincada	Bug	Ground
291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying
292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost
413		Wormadam	Bug	Grass
		Wormadam	Bug	Ground
		Wormadam	Bug	Steel
414		Mothim	Bug	Flying
415		Combee	Bug	Flying
416		Vespiquen	Bug	Flying
469		Yanmega	Bug	Flying

Secondary Bug-type Pokémon

#		Name	Type 1	Type 2
347		Anorith	Rock	Bug
348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug

Moves

Damage-dealing moves

Name	Category	Contest	Power	Accuracy	PP	Target	Notes
Attack Order		Smart	90	100%	15	One target	It has a high critical-hit ratio.
Bug Bite		Tough	60	100%	20	One target	If the target has a berry, the user takes it and uses it.
Bug Buzz		Cute	90	100%	10	One target	Has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense.
Fury Cutter		Cool	10	95%	20	One target	Each consecutive round it hits, the damage is doubled.
Leech Life		Smart	20	100%	15	One target	Restores the user's HP by half the damage dealt.
Megahorn		Cool	120	85%	10	One target
Pin Missile		Cool	14	85%	20	One target	Attacks two to five times in a row.
Signal Beam		Beauty	75	100%	15	One target	Has a 10% chance of confusing the target.
Silver Wind		Beauty	60	100%	5	One target	Has a 10% chance of raising all of the user's stats.
Twineedle		Cool	25	100%	20	One target	Hits twice. Has a 20% chance of poisoning the target.
U-turn		Cute	70	100%	20	One target	User switches out after dealing damage.
X-Scissor		Beauty	80	100%	15	One target

Non-damaging moves

Name	Category	Contest	Power	Accuracy	PP	Target	Notes
Defend Order		Smart	—	—	10	User	Raises the user's Defense and Special Defense.
Heal Order		Smart	—	—	10	User	Restores user's HP by half of its maximum HP.
Spider Web		Smart	—	—	10	One target	Target cannot flee or be switched out.
String Shot		Smart	—	95%	40	Both foes	Lowers target's Speed.
Tail Glow		Beauty	—	—	20	User	Raises user's Special Attack.

Trivia

• Even though Flying is a common secondary type among Bug-types, not a single Bug-type can learn the move Fly. This is probably due to the fragile or small nature of Bug-types, who would be unable to carry a human.
• The Bug-type is the only type in which all members are capable of breeding. In all other types, there is at least one Pokémon that cannot breed or refuses to breed.
• Using the move Twineedle is the only way to poison a Template:Type2, as they are immune to Template:Type2 moves, which all other poison-inducing moves are. However, this only works in Generation II.
• All Bug-types besides Shedinja, Anorith, and Armaldo are in the Bug Egg Group.
• With the exception of Arceus holding an Insect Plate, there has yet to be a Bug-type legendary Pokémon.
• Each Generation has at least one Bug Type Pokémon starting with the letter S.
• Shuckle, Burmy, Combee, Kricketot, and Wormadam (all three forms) are the only Bug-types that cannot learn any Bug-type moves.
  • With the Platinum learnset update, all Bug-type Pokémon can learn at least one Bug-type move, Bug Bite.

In other languages

• Dutch: Insect
• French: Insecte
• German: Käfer
• Italian: Coleottero
• Spanish: Bicho
• Korean: 벌레 beolle
• Hebrew: חרק harak