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
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Battle properties
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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 on the Bug Pokémon, they can provide annoyance with stat altering moves or hit hard with attacks such as Megahorn, X-Scissor, Signal Beam and Bug Buzz.
Offensively, they can be problematic. Speaking from the pros they can come in handy against Psychic and Template:Type2s, which are two types common in most teams, and also the very common Template:Type2, but 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. This is all mitigated by the fact that too many types (six, falling one short of Grass) resist it to call it a main form of dealing damage. Also, they can often offset their advantage over Psychic-types especially due to the reatively common typing of Bug/Poison types. The fact that they are resisted by Poison, a popular defensive type, causes further problems (though many Poison types also have a subtype that is weak to Bug, such as Grass). In addition, their aforementioned advantage against Psychic-types is mitigated by the Psychic/Flying, Psychic/Fighting and the Psychic/Steel types.
Defensively, Bug-types are still flawed, because of their low Defense and the fact that there are many that are part Flying, magnifying their weakness to Rock. They resist Ground and even Fighting, two extremely powerful types, however, Pokémon of both those types can also learn Rock-type moves to render the Bug type's resistance to them useless. Dual-type Bug/Flying and Bug/Poison Pokémon have an outstanding double resistance to Fighting, which can make up for their slightly low Defense. They also have a double resistance to common Grass moves, meaning they would take very little damage from such notorious moves as Giga Drain, Energy Ball, or Petal Dance.
Notably, many Bug-type families evolve dependent on unique methods, such as an extra slot in the party, its current moveset, gender, or personality values.
When used in contests, Bug-type moves do not favor one contest category.
Pokémon
As of Generation V, there are 63 Pokémon (65 if counting each of Wormadam's cloaks) with the Bug type.
Pure Bug-type Pokémon
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Half Bug-type Pokémon
Primary Bug-type Pokémon
Secondary Bug-type Pokémon
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Moves
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Trivia
- Even though Flying is a common secondary type among Bug-type Pokémon, there has yet to be a single Bug-type that can learn the move Fly.
- Each generation has introduced at least one Bug-type Pokémon whose name starts with the letter S.
- Until Platinum, several Bug-type Pokémon, Shuckle, Kricketot, Burmy, Wormadam, and Combee, were unable to learn any Bug-type moves. Each of them is now able to learn Bug Bite by level, and Wormadam can learn Signal Beam by move tutor.
- Almost all Bug-type Pokémon evolve very early. Reasons for that could be to give the player the opportunity of having a strong evolved Pokémon in the beginning in order to earn the Gym Badge more easily, and that insects in fact can increase their population in short periods of time.
- Despite this, all but one of the very first Gyms are strong against Bug-types, as they specialize in Rock and Template:Type2s, and even the one that isn't has a chance to specialize in Template:Type2s.
- As of Generation II, the Bug type (along with the Fighting type) are one of only two pairs of different types to share the same interaction against each other (Bug resists Fighting and vice versa). The other pair is Normal and Ghost (Normal is immune to Ghost and vice versa).
- In Generation I, the Bug type and the Poison type also shared the same interaction: they were super-effective against each other. As of Generation II, Poison-type Pokémon now resist Bug-type moves, and Poison-type moves are neutral on Bug-types.
- The Poison type's now neutral matchup against Bug is likely based on insects adapting to Poison in real life.
- All middle evolution Bug Pokémon are based on cocoons.
- String Shot is the only Bug-type status move that can miss.
In other languages
- Chinese: 蟲 chóng
- Dutch: Insect
- Finnish: Ötökkä Bug / Hyönteinen Insect
- French: Insecte
- German: Käfer
- Hebrew: חרק harak
- Italian: Coleottero
- Japanese: むし (虫) mushi
- Korean: 벌레 beolle
- Polish: Robaczy
- Portuguese (Brazilian): Inseto Insect
- Russian: Жучий zhuchii - Beatle / Насекомое nasekomoye - Insect
- Spanish: Bicho
- Danish: Insekt/Kryb
- Swedish: Insekt/Kryp