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Wurmple

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General

Wurmple
bug

Abilities

Shield Dust
This Pokémon is immune to stat/status changes from damaging moves.

Damage Taken

Dex Numbers

Generation
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald RSE
Red/Blue/Yellow Kanto
265
Gold/Silver/Crystal Johto
n/a
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Hoenn
14
Diamond/Pearl Sinnoh
48

Names

Japanese
ケムッソ
Romaji
Kemusso

Flavor

Height
11.8" or 0.3 m
Weight
7.9 lb or 3.6 kg
Species
Worm
Color
red
Cry
mp3 here
Fire Red/Leaf Green Habitat
Forest
Pawprint

Misc

R/B/Y code
n/a

Breeding

Gender
½ male; ½ female (code: 127 or 0x7f)
Breeding groups
3: Bug
Steps to hatch
3,840
Compatible with
25 families; 50 total Pokémon

In the Wild

Base EXP
54 or 0x36
Capture rate
255 or 0xff
Base happiness
70 or 0x46
Growth rate
medium
Effort points
1 HP
Wild held items
n/a

Evolution Chain

See also: Comparison of this evolution chain

BasicStage 1Stage 2
265 Wurmple Base form 266 Silcoon Raise to level 7 267 Beautifly Raise to level 10
268 Cascoon Raise to level 7 269 Dustox Raise to level 10

Stats

Stat Base Max Stat %ile
L50 L100
HP
45
 152 294 16.6
Attack
45
 97 189 14.4
Defense
35
 87 169 6.5
Special Attack
20
 72 139 1
Special Defense
30
 82 159 3
Speed
20
 72 139 2.2
Average
32.5
 - - 0.6

Flavor

See also: All versions' flavor text and sprites

Diamond It loves to eat leaves. If it is attacked by a STARLY, it will defend itself with its spiked rear.

Pearl It spits a white silk that turns sticky when it contacts air. It is used to immobilize foes.

Locations

Eterna Forest

Sorry, Pearl players! Only Diamond for the moment.

Area Section Level Method
Eterna Forest 10 - 11 Morning Daytime 30%; Night 20%

Move List

See also: This list in the move search

See also: Contest list

Wurmple's Attack is higher, so it will inflict more damage with physical () moves.

Wurmple gets the STAB from bug moves.

Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl Move Type Dmg PP Power Acc.* Pri. Description
-- -- String Shot bug none 40 -- 95% Lowers the target's Speed.
-- -- Tackle normal physical 35 35 95% Inflicts regular damage.
5 5 Poison Sting poison physical 35 15 100% Has a 30% chance to Poison the target.

Wurmple in other Pokédexes