Essentials

Weedle

Weedle

bug poison

Abilities

Shield Dust

Protects against the secondary effects of attacking Pokémon's moves.

Damage Taken

  • bug ½
  • dark 1
  • dragon 1
  • electric 1
  • fighting ¼
  • fire 2
  • flying 2
  • ghost 1
  • grass ¼
  • ground 1
  • ice 1
  • normal 1
  • poison ½
  • psychic 2
  • rock 2
  • steel 1
  • water 1
  • ??? 1

Pokédex Numbers

Introduced in
Generation 1
National
13
Kanto
13 Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, LeafGreen
Original Johto
27 Gold, Silver, Crystal
Updated Johto
27 HeartGold, SoulSilver

Names

Japanese
ビードル (biidoru)
Official Roomaji
Beedle
Korean
뿔충이
Chinese
獨角蟲
French
Aspicot
German
Hornliu

Breeding

Gender
½ male, ½ female Search:
Egg groups
  • Bug
Hatch counter
15 Search:
Steps to hatch
4080 / 2295

Compatibility

  • Caterpie
  • Weedle
  • Paras
  • Venonat
  • Scyther
  • Pinsir
  • Ledyba
  • Spinarak
  • Yanma
  • Pineco
  • Gligar
  • Shuckle
  • Heracross
  • Wurmple
  • Surskit
  • Nincada
  • Volbeat
  • Illumise
  • Trapinch
  • Kricketot
  • Burmy
  • Combee
  • Skorupi

Training

Base EXP
52 Search:
742 EXP at level
Effort points
  • 1 Speed
Capture rate
255 Search:
Base happiness
70 Search:
Growth rate
medium Search:

Wild held items

Generation 3 nothing
Generation 4 nothing

Evolution

Baby Basic Stage 1 Stage 2
Weedle Weedle KakunaKakuna Level up, starting at level 7 BeedrillBeedrill Level up, starting at level 10

Stats

Pctile Min IVs Max IVs
HP
40
11.9 253 284
Attack
35
8.6 138 169
Defense
30
4.4 128 159
Special Attack
20
1.8 108 139
Special Defense
20
0.6 108 139
Speed
50
32.0 168 199
Total
195
0.9

Flavor

Flavor Text

Generation 4
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum

It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head.

HeartGold

Its poison stinger is very powerful. Its bright-colored body is intended to warn off its enemies.

SoulSilver

It attacks using a two-inch poison barb on its head. It can usually be found under the leaves it eats.

Sprites

Weedle Weedle Weedle Weedle

Miscellany

Species
Hairy Bug Search:
Color
brown Search:
Cry
Habitat Generation 3
forest Search:
Pawprint
Weedle
Shape
Caudal Search:

Height

Trainer dude

Weedle
3

0'11.8"
0.3 m

Weight

Trainer dudette

Weedle
32

7.1 lb
3.2 kg

Locations

Red Red
Blue Blue
Diamond Diamond
Pearl Pearl
Platinum Platinum
SoulSilver SoulSilver

Moves

Bug and poison moves get STAB, and have their type highlighted in green.

Physical moves better suit Weedle's higher Attack, and have their class highlighted in green.

Generation 1 Generation 2 Generation 3 Diamond, Pearl Platinum
HeartGold, SoulSilver
Move Type Class PP Power Acc Pri Effect
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
Poison Sting poison Physical 35 15 100%

Has a 30% chance to poison the target.

String Shot bug None 40 0 95%

Lowers the target's Speed by one level.

15 Bug Bite bug Physical 20 60 100%

If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry.

Generation 1 Generation 2 Generation 3 Diamond, Pearl Platinum
HeartGold, SoulSilver
Move Type Class PP Power Acc Pri Effect
Tutor: Can be taught at any time by an NPC.
HeartGold, SoulSilver Bug Bite bug Physical 20 60 100%

If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry.

HeartGold, SoulSilver String Shot bug None 40 0 95%

Lowers the target's Speed by one level.

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