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.
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. Outside of its strong super-effective moves, it is not very effective against many common types.
Defensively, however, Bug-types are still somewhat flawed, 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 (although 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 type.
In total, there are 47 Pokémon with the Bug-type.
Pokémon
Pure Bug-type Pokémon
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Half Bug-type Pokémon
Primary Bug-type Pokémon
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Secondary Bug-type Pokémon
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Moves
Damage-dealing moves
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Trivia
- Even though Flying is a common secondary type among Bug-types, there has yet to be a single Bug-type that can learn the move Fly.
- Every Bug-type Pokémon can breed. Other types have at least one baby or legendary Pokémon among them, which cannot breed.
- 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 introduced at least one Bug-type Pokémon whose name starts with the letter S.
- Until Platinum, several Bug-types, 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.
- 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.
- All middle evolution Bug Pokémon are based on cocoons.
- Kakuna is the only cocoon Pokémon who has a dual type (Bug and Poison). All the others are Pure Bug-types.
- Misty of the Cerulean Gym strongly dislikes Bug-types, to the point she even fears them.
In other languages
- Dutch: Insect
- Finnish: Ötökkä Bug / Hyönteis Insect
- French: Insecte
- German: Käfer
- Hebrew: חרק harak
- Italian: Coleottero
- Korean: 벌레 beolle
- Polish: Robaczy
- Portuguese (Brazilian): Inseto Insect
- Spanish: Bicho