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Weedle


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General

Weedle
bug poison

Abilities

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

Damage Taken

Dex Numbers

Generation
Red/Blue/Yellow RBY
Red/Blue/Yellow Kanto
13
Gold/Silver/Crystal Johto
27
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Hoenn
n/a
Diamond/Pearl Sinnoh
n/a

Names

Japanese
ビードル
Romaji
Biidoru

Flavor

Height
11.8" or 0.3 m
Weight
7.1 lb or 3.2 kg
Species
Hairy Bug
Color
brown
Cry
mp3 here
Fire Red/Leaf Green Habitat
Forest
Pawprint

Misc

R/B/Y code
112 or 0x70

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
52 or 0x34
Capture rate
255 or 0xff
Base happiness
70 or 0x46
Growth rate
medium
Effort points
1 Speed
Wild held items
n/a

Evolution Chain

See also: Comparison of this evolution chain

BasicStage 1Stage 2
13 Weedle Base form 14 Kakuna Raise to level 7 15 Beedrill Raise to level 10

Stats

Stat Base Max Stat %ile
L50 L100
HP
40
147 284 8.9
Attack
35
87 169 7.7
Defense
30
82 159 2.8
Special Attack
20
72 139 1
Special Defense
20
72 139 0
Speed
50
102 199 28.8
Average
32.5
- - 0.6

Flavor

See also: All versions' flavor text and sprites

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

Locations

Route 204

Note: this ONLY shows Diamond locations for the moment. (New Pokédex with all three games' encounters is in the works.)

Area Section Level Method
Route 204 Jubilife City side 6 Leaf Green 8%

Move List

See also: This list in the move search

See also: Contest list

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

Weedle gets the STAB from bug and poison moves.

Red/Blue/Yellow Gold/Silver/Crystal Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl Platinum Move Type Dmg PP Power Acc.* Pri. Description
-- -- -- -- -- Poison Sting poison physical 35 15 100% Has a 30% chance to Poison the target.
-- -- -- -- -- String Shot bug none 40 -- 95% Lowers the target's Speed.
15 Bug Bite bug physical 20 60 100% Inflicts double damage if the user is holding a berry.

Weedle in other Pokédexes